Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-24
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A<ts6t SatuAu0y q Ya4S ~ HonoAVAAADAs XII
were sailing at Browne Lake, near Bur-
lington. John H. Bell, an old sailor, ha6
charge Of the lanyards, and the crcw
consisted Of E. B. Reynolds, s. D. Per
self, Felix Hitler, w. G. Anderson and
Sam Matthew'S. Nj. Matthews ego ~
suddenly attracted to the shore, BY 80
ing q girl in aswing. HE comrades
told him to beware, and to look not uFsn
the girl whom che was rod headed, for1e
last she biteth, etc; but Mr. Matthevs,
who is an old canpaignsr, said he was r.
great student Of nature and he wanted
to see whether they were wearing
stripes this year or plain. While he was
twisting his neck she careensd- -ths
boat lid--no Pike county girl ever on
reeDs-she careened, from the effects Of
q zephyr which struck herji b-the boats
jib, please understand. Mr.. Bell, whe
had ono hand on her rudder, and the
other one some where else, saw she wax
bound to gil with water, and no shout
ed .'Hard a-port!' and prepared to
climb into her rigging. Mr.. Reynolds,
with GOODNESS that was simply remar-
kable, said there was NO hard a-port on
board, or hardly anything else, but he
would swim ashore and get bottle 81
beer. It was very annoying to an old
sailor like Mr.. Bell, to have a crew Of
landsmen, not familiar with nautical
phrases, but he did the best he could.
Said no, "She is going over. Get on heR
side" They all knew what he meant,
and in moment they we're on her side.
the sail was down in the water and they
were quarter Of mile from shore.
No one can picture their despair. Tiers
they were, the waves rolling eight OF
nine inches high, night coming on, no
provisions, and the girl in the swing
reading dime novel. Hunger stared
them in the stomach, and yet they
would never desert the ship, because
they couldn't swim, the water was three
feet deep, and they had their best
clothes on. They were beginning to get
hungry, and it was decided to kill one
| of their number and eat him. It Wac.
decided to kill Hitler. II was argued
that there would he Killers enough loft
| in the world anyway, and Killer said he
would rather DO killed than to try to
cat any Of the other follows. "Waters
Water p cried Mr.. Anderson, as his thirst
became unbearable, and hisbrain began
to reel. Mr.. Reynolds asked him why
he didn't dip up some Of the lake wa
| ter in his hat and drink it. Mr.. Ander-
son gasped that there was no Ice IN IT.,
and besides he didn't want to get his
hat wet. 1t was decided to kill Hitler
by slow starvation, and then eat him.
Mr.. Persell offered to wade ashore and
get a bottle Of mustard and some bread,
but they wouldn't allow it, fearing that
he would eat it and not come back, but
leave them to perish alone.
While Hitler was starving to death ~
they could eat him, the crew wrote let.
ters home. A bottle was found in Mr..
Reynolds pocket into which the letters
were placed and the bottle thrown into
the vastly deep. Hitler was just taking
q last gasp, when there appeared on the
horizon sail. Mr.. Bell told thom to
brace up, as deliyerance was at.hand.
As the boat neared them it provedto be
Dick Cloy, who had been over where the
girl was swinging. He guided his boat
to the wreck and in short time the
crew were safe. It was terrible ordeal,
but all Of the men are as well as could
be expected under the circumstances.
The girl is hearty, too.--C. H. Whitman.