The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-13

OF the waves. Wen, the snip kept
settlin' an settlin', till the deck was
jest about on level with the sea, an
then, all of sudden, they heerd a
gratin sort o sound, as if she q come to
a stoppin' place"
"'Thank the Lord for that seq the
Cap'n; but he hadn't more'n got the
words out of his mouth when a big wave
struck the ship, takin' the two men off
their feet an sweepin' Miss Vflet clean
overheard. Irrs ca
"'Good-by, Cap'n, seq Sampson, an
with that he dashed in after Miss Vrlet
He knowed well enough there was
mighty small chance o savin' her, an
t more'n likely they'd both go to the
bottom; but Sampson always was rash
sort o. Teller, so in he dove, head first
How it happened he never could tell;
but the next he know there was Miss
| Vilet right alongside of him a-clingin'
to his hand. But the sea was runnin'
so high 'twasn't the least airthly use
tryinF to get back to the 'Albatross'
The most he could do was to try to keep
their two heads above water, an how
long he could have stood it the Lord
only knows; but, Jest as he was about
|
boats an picked 'em up, an pretty
soon they was safe aboard the Argos
But 'twas't none too soon, for Miss VIZ
let was whiter'n the sea-foam an looked
as if she hadn't breath o. life left.
But there was .two or three ladies on
board the Argos and a doctor besides,
an they all began working over her,
an it WASH long fore she opened her
eyes, an the very first thing she SEE.
SEE she: Sampson, where my fatherP
They've gone to get him, Miss VIZ
let SEE Sampson. So she shut her eyes
an lay still an patient like, waitin' for
'em to come.
"But when the men got back, they
hadn't no more in the boat n they had
when they started.
1.-the ships gone down. seq they,
loolxin' as scarf as if they d seen a ghost.
/" You'll have to tell her, Sampson,
SEE Collins. But nobody had to tell her.
She knowd by the look of our faces
that somethin' was wrong, an she got
right up an seq she: 'Cap'n, want to
be put ashore v.--
"Now, it wasn't no kind of a place for
any human bein' to be put ashore, let
alone. a little mite of thing like her;
but she'd made up her mind, an there
wasn't no use tryin' to turn her.
&" Sampson II stay with me. Won't
you, Sampson?' sez she. in her pretty,
coaxin' way. ~ I5L- l..1 IA
ITO be sure / WILL SEE Sampson,
KNOWN we'll enough what she was
tbinkin' of, for the wind was BLOWN
straight inland, an any foatin' thing
be sure to wash ashore afore night.
The Cap'n's wife an the rest of 'em
tried their best to keep her. but it didn'
do no good. .aIt..
! Every well,'' SEE the Cap'n, kinder
savage-like, if she will, she will. We'd
wait for her, if we could; but business s
} business, an we must get out O. this
afore another storm comes up
The wind had gone down consd' a.
J bic by that time, an they hadn't nc
great trouble landin'; but Sampson
told me more n once what queer feel
in he had when he found himself alone
|, in that desert sort O. place, with thai
, poor little orphan on his hands, an nc
tellin' but they'd have to stay there {
! month! But Miss Vi'let didn't give hin
much time to worrit about it. .I5.
, "'We'll go long the shore this way
lhSu oCh SHci all IL we uOu u Unit
anything, we'll turn back an go the
! other way"
They'd ben landed jest in line o
lwhere the Albatross' went down. They
could see the mainmast standin' up ou
O. the water, lookin' as ghos'ly as
; tombstone; an, takin' that for guide
they started on their tramp. Once Mis-
Vilet grabbed Sampson by the arm an
p inted, all ON q tremble, to long, darl
, object swashin' up an down amongs
: the rocks; but when they got to /
'twasnt nuthin' but piece o drift
wood. .atu.. .a.'Nr aal
".Now we'll turn an 90 the othe
way seq she, when they'd gone abou
a mile down shore. 1t was kind o
3 pokerish work, walkin' up an down tn,
5 beach, lookin' for q dead man s corpse
2 but Sampson'd tramped all night, i
it d ben any consolation to that poo
child. ais VI ,lti4lt .usa,N t.r-
+ "All right SEE he, turnin' round
t an, jest as they came in range o. tn,
r wreck az in they spied life-boat drift
f, in toward EN-. . | reckon we bette
stop am haul that in, SEE Sampson. II
, may come handy when we get ready t.
? leave. Why, as sure1s you live, Mis-
r Vi'iet, that's our own boat that wa
washed off, SEE he. s.a.,ftH
2 d" There was little stretch o. smooth
beach jest there, an the next breaker
t left the boat high an dry, within tive
foot of where they'd stopped.
, 80 Stan back, Miss Vi'letr Sc;
Sampson, sharpan' sudden-lik for he {
+, seed sometliin' that sot him to shakin' il
his boots; but Miss Vi'let had seed it