Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-28
pAToN R017GE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY MAY 2s 1881.


A TERRIBLE SCENE.
Last Saturday party Of gentlemen
were sailing at Browns Lake, near Bar
lington. John H. Bell, an old sailor, had
charge Of the lanyards, and the crew
consisted Of f. B. Reynolds, s. D. Per-
sell, Felix Hitler, w. G. Anderson and
Sam Matthews. Mr.. Matthewsfeye was
suddenly attracted to the shore, by SEQ
ing girl in . swing. His comrades
told him to beware, and 70 look not upon
the GIRL when she was red headed, for a.
last she biteth, ETC.; but Mr. Matthews,
who ID m old canpsignsr, said he wasa
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 csreened- tho
boat did-no Pike county girl ever CO.
reeps she careened, from the effects Of
. zephyr which struck herjib-the boats
lib, please understand. Mr.. Bell, who
had one hand on her rudder, and the
other one some where else, saw she was
bound to fill with water, and he shout
ed "Hard a-portw and prepared TO-
climb into her rigging. NJ. Reynolds,
with q GOODNESS that was simply remar-
ksble, said there was no hard a-port ON
board, or hardly anything else, but he
would swim ashore and get bottle Of
beer. It was very annoying to an old
sailor like Mr.. Bell, to have a crew Of
lsndsmen, not familiar with nautical
phrases, hat he did the best he could.
Said he, s'She isgsing over. Get ON her
side" They all know what he meant.
and in moment they were on her side,
tho sail WAS down in the water and they
| were quarter Of mile from shore.
No one can picture their despair. There
they were, the waves rolling eight or
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 tho 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 was
decided to kill Hitler. 1t was argued
| that there would Ike Killers enough left
in the world anyway, and Hitler said he
would rather be killed than to try to
est any Of the other fellows. "Water
Water ~ cried Mr.. Anderson, as his thirst
became unbearable, and his brain 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 yasped that there was no ice in 1t,
and besides he didn't want to get hia
hat wet. 1t was decided to kill Hitler
by slow starvation, and then cat him
D Mr.. Persell offered to wade ashore and
u ret bottle of mustard and some bread
{ but they wouldn't allow it, fearing that
= he would eat it and not come back, bu
l. leave them to perish alone.
u While Hitler was starving to death q
Il they could eat him, the crew wrote let
9 ters home. A bottle was found in hr
o Reynolds pocket into which the letter
y were placed and the bottle thrown int
y tho Vastly deep. Hitler was just takinI
last gasp, when there appeared on tn
u horizon q sail. Mr.. Bell told them t
ID brace up, as deliverance was at HAND
t. As the boat neared them it proved TO b
10 Dick Cloy, who had been over where th
10 girl was swinging. He guided his bo'
% to the wreck and in q short time th
ne crew we're safe. It was o terrible ordea
IN but al Of the men are as we'll as coul
~ be expected under the circumstance
N The girl is hearty, too.-C. H. Whitman
W. "Bong-tong audience" said Mr.. Ma
III kay to Colonel Hungerford. "Wee
III replied the colonel to our John. "Ele
~ cram dc Ia cram-hote tong, eh
=, quote John, as his shirt bosom SWELL