The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

and somehow couldnt - shs szloke-
sack Of Sancy Jane peer throug the shad-
o~s as might nor the rcd and green
lights At her head, nor any sign Of her,
and great fear crept over my heart, and
| began TO shake and shiveT. It's oaly
the fog says but there vas no fog. IT'S
dark. says |. but the darker il was the
brighter the lights would have shown
out.
Then all trembling and shaking like
an old man-like my grandfather who
had the palsy used to do, ! remember
thinking Il caught hold Of man who
was passing and said l:
Look here, man, what's the matter
What is the crowd about. What's hap
pened!r
Its the little steamboat down there"
said the man. The Sauoy Jane from
| Pinetown. She's been run into and sunk
by coal boat. She went down in thirty
minutes. The captain was away, they
say, and the men wen, on spree. Only
the cabin boy was there-they picked
him up. You can jus, see her smoke
stack above water. The coal boat was
hun a bit, too. She's lying out there
.'Oh, my God" said |, my daughter.
my daughter"
Then didn't know what happened.
bu, found myself in a doctor shop
pretty soon, and a crowd about me. and
| heard some one saying;
.'His daughter was aboard; she went
down with the boat"
Il locked her in said |. ''Wretehed
old brute that am-locked her into the
cabin. murdered her-I her father
The door was locked and the windows
small and locked her in to drown like a
rat"
Then went of again, and it was a
horrible dream, until awoke to ind
that il was night and was alone IN bed
and man sitting near me.
WHO is this" asked in kind Of
| fright, as thought recognized the face.
lit is Jack Blaze. captain" said the
man. "Do you find yourself better =
said l. All want is to die and go to
Jennie. l murdered her. Jack.
mo. no. captain said lack. softly,
you locked her up from her true love as
loved her, but you didn't know what was
coming"
"Oh. il could bu, die this minute"
said /. Jack. if you have so, pistol
put il 10 my head. My little girl','
We'll, shes safe from marrying me.
captain said Jack. Il suppose tina, Is
comfort 10 YOU"
.'Oh. Jack. SAID |. oh. lack ssaze.
If my Jennie could come 10 lite AGAIN
there's nothing I'd deny her. She might
marry a chimney sweep, and would
give her my blessing. le; alone good
sailor like you, and know nothing
against yeu but that you are what | MAS
thirty years ago. Oh, lack. if Jennie
could come back 10 life. | would give her
to you and be happy. but il Is no use. She
is drowned
Captain said Jack Blaze. bending
over me, "a don't feel sure of that
"Hcy," said I.
ITO be sure said he; III she was in
the cabin, locked up as you LET, her. she
would have been drowned, certain sure.
"Hey," shrieked again.
Indeed said Jack Il Know she
warn't.7
"Oh, Lord, help me-don', torture
me- said |, speak out.
"She warnt. captain, SAID Jack, Tor
fifteen minutes after you left went
aboard. burst open the door-there was
no one there but the cabin boy-and took
her out We went to the circus together.
and we had lovely day. We were hav-
ing gingerbread and buttermilk together
at-ths bakery about the time Sauey
James cabin was stove in. The coal boat
walked straigh. into the cabin. captain
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