The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-12

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the port side was row of cabins, five
OF six, think. The door of this deck
house swung open and the two men
and | peered in, and then says 1:
"I'll Just step in and see if I can
come across any papers belonging to
her, for must tell you there was no
name on her bows, and whatever might
have been written on her stern was I'M
der water. But scarce had l uttered
the above observation, when a sort of
thin, wailing cry came from one of the
cabins.
" 'Hellon says one of my men, the
crew have gone and left poor pussy be-
hind
"'Pussy!' says I, who had caught
the cry very clearly, and heard a note
in it there was no installing. that's no
cat, lads. Follow me- And walked
straight to the cabin, from which the
sound appeared to come. and opening
the door, saw just the kind of sight my
mind seemed to have been prepared by
the cry we had heard to witness. The
cabin was bit of box with scuttle
over the topmost of a couple of hunks.
There were some female garments on
the decl, olonr with an infapt,s food;,,e.
hottie broken and a few otbar LIS
tic odds and ends onIv mot viii o. 80
whom there arc yyon,a, aboard A. Sc
entered q second small VIOLIN. ~ -
came from the miner hunk and ~
LOOKING. we snied = dead women i, -
with her riobt arm cast aronnd hoLT
nine mr. fen montbe old II waS ira.sa: 49,
sihle TO tell that she was dead flu "a
drew o1osa ond sou, +bo e;ons~S,1ah.<
She was a vouno woman not more
than tventv-siv Or twentv-savan her
hair yellow and in life 7 don't doubt
she had been pretty enourb bnt now
her face was so STRANGELY White that She
mioht have nassed for n fionre worked
in Dlaster of Paris. The baby was too
young to sit up; he lav-it was bow,
sir-he Law ON his dead mothers arm.
oivino now and tbnn tba onaar c,.v we
had heard. tbe wall an infant utters af-
ter it has exhausted itself in crying for
hours. | picked him I'M ont Of the
bunk and found him wet THROUGH. and
his flesh like stone. for the cold His
mothers clotbes-if the woman were
his mother. which T don't donbt-were
STREAMING wet. too. and this made MS
suppose that she had been driven from
the deck Inv the washing wafer and had
entered Iar cah;n and bad 1oin
down 70 die there
..Tbe mon smoke b,,,.redIv about how
if came to mass that these two should
have been left a1ona inthe wrecl Who
was she's eaid tbcro was no account,
inr for what bannaned Of 500 She
miobt have heen The wife Of tho master
who was drowned in tho storm, and Iof,
No ono to looL otto. bor. ~. al bande
miobt have nerisbed in rottinr tbe
hoots ovo,,. ~. tbo ,ro,,, ,,,io.5t - Co..
Gotten her wbon tbnv mt ar. + i,ls u W.,
no telling There law tho woman dood
T Said. a9d o.a,,o +ho ' ba,,, 80 ano ~
tbe mon naned Ninne,. +o hold ,ybiIo+ !
nulled off NV coat 70 wran the lille
rban nm IN for ho tron,hfad ILL 90 .
sbiverinr bird with tho cold ond kont
on waili1c as if onr bandIino hin, and
the sound Of orr yoicas had MT %, bit 81
life into him We looked burriedIv
into the other cabins. Init thew We're
empty, and we could find no papers.
There was no GOOD BRINGING the dead
mother along with us to bury: the ship
she was in was her rightful coffin, and
being very deep, with her main hatch
open, | rightly reckoned that the next
bit of sea that got up would sink the
wreck fast enough. l don't say as ]
didn't humble PRAYER as 1 came away
holding the little chap. 1t was an az
fecting sight to see that young woman
lying there-quite recently dead, as we
might suppose by her little one being
alive; and when | took a last peep al
her almost felt as if she knew that !
was taking her baby away from her.
We handed the infant into the boat,
and showed Off for the bark that lay
hove to waiting for us about half a mile
TO leeWard.
Nv hat have you there, Mr.. Roband?'
sings out captain Blackett, leaning
over the rail.
. A baby, sir, answers, and Ipulled
my coat bit open to let him see the
little face inside.
We'll, well, cries he, tossing his
hands. Look sharp and get aboard.
"All hands were LOOKING over the
side when | handed the baby no. and
there went deal of hoarse WHISPERING
among the men as they pressed forward
TO see the Waif 7 carried him to tbe
Captain-the worthiest man. sir, with
hn