The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-15

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life. Finally day came and the
squalls blew harder, but l did not
think the seas were so high, which
was good sign. was now begin
ming to feel thirsty and hungry, and
when is would rain l. would hold my
head up, open my mouth and try TO
catch some rain water, but the salt
spray would fly in my mouth. The
sharks still kept watch about my
raft. Throughout the day ! kept a
lookout for vessels, though / knew il
one should sight me it could not res
cue me in thar gale. The day
Thursday passed away and dark
ness settled down again on the face
of the deep. The wind moderated
considerably during the night, and
the sea grew quite smooth. 1t was
calm nearly all day Friday. i had
not seen single sail, and was so
thirsty / could have drank my own
blood. The sharks were still about.
Friday and Saturday passed with
nothing to mark them.
My mouth and throat were
parched. was exposed to the sun
long enough Saturday to burn my
body. Saturday night did not feel
right in my head, l was growing de-
lir:oas, and knew it, and tried to shake
it off, but could not. just about
dark l saw vessel five or six miles
off, in the direction of which l was
drifting, and another off to the right.
/ soon saw that the one off to the
right was light-ship. imagined
that was close to land, so close that
! could see it plainly, and cried aloud
for help. Then l would listen to
hear some one answer thought !
had some one with me, and l sent
him in small boat to get me some
water and waited for him to return.
Then would imagine some one was
handing me pitcher of ice water. |
would grab it and drink, only to find
it salt. would try to stand up and
would fall over board, / was SO weak.
Then thought my raft was on land.
| could see the trees and bushes
plainly. Then l would jump. off the
raft, thinking / was on land, and
would go two or three feet under wa
ter. | made several attempts during
the night to get off on land, but al
ways found water. AT times would
think / was about to run into a tree
and would put out my hands to stop
myselfand would 60 overheard. Then
imagined | was on land about ~
miles from Wilmington, N. G., and
was naked l saw men at work,
a white and colorcd man and a wo-
man. / asked them for water and
thew sent me to their boss. went
to him and he showed me q light
house and told me would have to 60
there before / got water. Then he
put me in a flat-car that ran on a
railroad and / had to propel the car
along with my feet. ! could not get
any closer o,the lighthouse, let me
work as hard as / could. Neither
could escape from the man who
sent me there. Then l would think
the windows in my raft were beauti-
full springs of water, and would get
on my hands and knees to drink,
only to find it salt.
Sunday morning the sun rose out
Of clear horizon, not cloud visible
in the heavens. / discovered l was
on my raft again, but could not think
how / got there. That is the last
thing 1 remember until Monday
evening. What / suffered and went
through with can never tell. Capt.
S. f. Foote, of the steamship Santi-
ago de Cuba, says he picked me up
Monday morning, somewhere about
Bulls bay, delirious, and from that
kind gentleman's hands and his crew
/ received the very best of treatment.