The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-16

mcu,aeo. indsed; but ~ Rrealdent's
menlifo ioboH y INT 70 important, 90 IN
torcstink. ID fhoae whom Il concerns. 2
Then. ~ the time tho message Is sent,
The dinner u ready In Mr.. TGwmanss pri- 4
vnfe once, when Nm. 6elter partakes Of
Il, but doe not think proper TO waken the
weary child, that abe may eat also.
Then NJ. TAWmAn says: 8 Nov, You
| had better so. IN eee to tie child; I'll
bring the little girl up with me tonight
No, nol's exclAims the mother.
must Lave my Ellie with me always, sir.
! You are 90 very good, though, sir; 90 very
| gOodi And y there no news q tho Good
Luck p
" Not : word, Pm sorry to say
:" It can't Be possible. The brig must
come irxto-day."
.I'm sure I hope 90. with all my heart
and soul, Mrs Setter
know you do, she responds, with 9
sigh.
waken the child, but suppose you can't
help it"
ssCome, Ellie" says the mother, touch
ing her lightly on the shoulder.
The child with start awakes and cries
" Is it my pApaf Dear, dear papar'
| Then seeing her disappointment, she
bursts into tears.
"Don't cry, Gear, don't cry. The brig
will come inl Don't cryi' the good old
man speaks soothingly to the sobbing
4 child; and the mother catching her hand
walks slowly and sadly away, followed by
MI. Tawman, who lifts the little girl down
the stairs, and helps both her and hel
mother into q car.
The next morning the woman is again
lettering about the wharves with the samt
agonized inquiry. She again puts thu
question to the wharfmen, and again re
ccives only the same answer. Then, u
before, she seeks the Office Of the brig own
ers, still accompanied by her little girl
and asks:
+" Has the brig Good Luck comeinyets p
Not yet, ma'am."
She signs and looks out of the window
at the shipping. She says she will wal
for Tawman, and sits down.
When Mr.. Tawman comes In, as usual
he greets her veiy kindly, and kisses tn
little girl aid says:
I'm sorry the brig isn't in yetl''
"Will it be in TO-DAY -
IL hope So And he goes behind hi
\ desk and looks over his letters. He hs
: not been long engaged in his correspond
g ence. when q scream from the w0ma
4 startles MIN.
:, = She has risen and is pointing excited
4 out Of the window.
: !. Here is ship, coming in; lool
y lookr'
4 "That's not it." says clerk; 'sthat
Il q schooner
!. "Oh, nor adds Mr.. Tawman; " that
4 not the Good Luck"
:, alt is! it is!' She darts from the o
ns fee, dragging the child after her, rul
across the crowded street, across the bu
,el ting wharf out to the very edge OF tt
he water.
!" Mr.. Tawman rushes to the window
no opens it and calls to her. To no purWs
At however. All the clerks cluster about Il
AZ window to watch her.
60 1.-THE woman is mad, says one. "She
ID going to drown herself
Tawman says quietly to the telegraK
We operator:
ve 7" It's the Mary"
- The schooner is being tOwed up Il
n river by tug. She is making prepar
" tious 10 anchor In the stream, opposite Il
ne wharf. All this time Mrs. Setter is stan
or ing in the midst of crowd of excited pe
nd tie girl is waving here.
ha overheard !" cries one of the clerks.
nd CRY of alarm goes up from the wharf.
he q Thunder!'' exclaims Mr.. Tawma
no thoroughly aroused. "What does th
Nv meanr'
Ok "He's swimming like fish," says
to clerk.
m. "He has landed. Hark at the cheers
"God of Mercyi lookl loOkr' shout
10. the operator. "She is hugging him; SO
ns- the little girl. It's Capt. Selterin
RIO "Thank God!" exclaimed Tawmi
he "and pray Heaven she may not sink unt
n;s the shock! Poor woman. How she clin
av to the drenched man. Dearl dear''
Then he puts on his hat and runs dow
of stairs like a boy, and darts over to WHIT
husband and wife and child are, unit
The Good Luck's come inr' ye
Tawman, Justify.
%I "Ahl'' he exclaimed, shaking the Y,
Mt. tain by the hand, and not caring for
1er gaping and wondering crowd all arou
- hi 2 th;s 10 ~end Inch mn how ion y
81 planned it allr' chatters old Ts
j." man. :" You see, got dispatch, vest
Ia day, from the Breakwater, saying Il
The CAPT Setter had been picked up on a
by the schooner Mary, bound in, and Il
at you were coming up by rail from Lew
lg, telegraphed back word for you to col
zee up in the schooner, for certain purpo
The shock would have been worse to
cd if hadn't. told her when l put her
re- the car yesterday, that the brig wo,
|; a come in, and come in it did. Over to
MT office, every one of you, and after DIM
and dry clothes, Cap, we'll have a t,
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