Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-10

about threriiartcr> of an hour iii! if the
whole could have been taken down at the
time, they wouid have made Il con>idrra
bic pamphlet which woull. 10 doubt,
have been i'll great demand. Dr. Birch
more ROW at Boston. heard all tho ad
dre>S,s cniy the lat.
~Whc ho finished with the commodore
liz head dropp2,! upon his breast. hi, eyes
cln>.'! and he appeared To have passed
through second dca,h. No pulsation
nor The least degree Of warmth could be
rcrcciycd tiuY,nr the time that he WAS
speaking. | ordered him 20 be laid aside.
and left aim.
Il retired TO bed, deeply rejecting upon
the past unable to sleep, when ahoui 3
O'Clock p. H., many hours after kcmble
lad been laid ly, was called out Of bed 10
visit a man taken suddenly i'll in his ham
mock hanging near kcmbie's apartment.
1t was an hour when all but the watch Oh
deck had turned III: general silence rcigned
and all the lights below with the eXcep-
ton of sirgie lamp i'll the sick apart
meni where lay the remains of kemblc
| had bl,d The sick man-he was relieved
/ entered the SiCk-room before retired, to
replace something, and was turning round
to leave it, bein- alone, when suddenly |
was almost p4triiied upon beholding kem-
BE sitting up in his berth. with his eyes
(Which had regainCd their former
brillancy and intclli -ence) fixed intently
upon mine. became for a moment,
specifies and motionlcsS. Thinks to
myself. what have done. or left undone.
i'll this mans case. that should cause him
thus to stare at me, AT this late hour, and
alone? | waited IA long time in painful
suspense dreading some horrible diSclos-
urc, when ! was relieved by his command
ing me to fetch him some water With
what alacritv oleyed can easily he imag-
incd | gave him tin mug containing
water. which he put to his mouth. drank
off the contents. and returned to me; ten
laid himself quietly down for the last time.
His situation was precisely the same in
every respect as before described. The
time was now expired which. he had said.
was givcn him to remain i'll the body. The
next day by room. all hands attended as
usual To hear the funeral service read. and
SEE his remains consigned to a watery
grave. Ii was an unusually solemn period.
seamen ar naturally superstitious, and on
this occasion their minds had been
wrought upon in a singular manner.
D,corum is always observed by sailors al
such times: hut now they were all
affected to tears, and when the body
was slid from the plank into the
sea, everyone rushed instinctively TO the
ships side 10 take last look. The Usual
weights had been attached to the feet yet.
as if in compliment To their anxiety to see
more of him, the body rose pcrpcndicu-
iarIy from the water breast-high two or
three times This incident added greatly
10 the aS enlistment already created in the
minds OF the men. beg leave to remark
that il was not thought proper to keep the
body longer in the warm latitude We were
| in.
Il have now given short and very i'm
perfect sketch of the important events at
tending the last illness and death of Will
lam kembe. 1t is submitted to the ladies
in this state, begging they will excuse haste
and inaccuracy. The change produced
upon the crew was for a time very remark
able. 1t appeared as if they would never
smile or swear again. The effect wore OIL
by degrees. except when the subject was
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