Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-08
CHAPTER XIV.

Strangf'eld had departed this life, which
brings us into the sloppy, inglorious month
of November that there hung over London,
close down 10 the streets, a yellow fog.
/ All about the monument and where a
maze of streets meet, TO pour their crowds
toward London bridge. the fog was thickeSt
Here were many vehicles at a standstill and
/ voices belonging to invisible creatures went
through the foy, with the clang of bells and
stamping and slipping Of iron-shod feet
4 hackney coachman. swathed in a mass
/ of capcs and looking. with the immense
white shawl around his throat like an arti-
! choke trimmed with sauce suddenly brought
the horse he had been pulling and hauling at
| TO stanl, and, slapning down his whip on
| the roof Of the vehicle, leaned over and
! shouted into the window:
There's no moviu ag'in' it You can git
| out or sit we're YOU are. hut here stops"
AMI, saying this he recovered his upright
| posture, and with great deliberation folded
his arms under his cape
Tie individual thus addressed. protruding
his head through the window Of the carriage.
took a dcspairing look at the blank scene
around, filled with outlines which grew de
fined or vanished as the folds of the fog cir
cled or released them
called out:
IF | knew I'd 90. ahead and blow the
/ cd ISL replied the man
But the gentleman inside was clearly too
impatient 10 behave sensibly: for. catching
hold Of a travelling bag. H. jumped into the
middle Of tha fog. and, giving some money
10 the coachman, went steadily in the direc-
tion to which his nose happened to point:
and, luck being with him, he came TO the
pavement
He asked man the wav to Cornhin
Straight on was the reply And after
twenty minutes of humping and cropping
and when he had measured some two hun
drei yards, the fog lifted the whole space
and scene around cleared and with rush
and a shout London went to work again
1t was a short walk to Cornhin Looking
carefully from sid, to side as he went our
friend arrived presently at passage. on
which, amid other names, carefully indi
Gated by pointing hand, was the scroll,
George Hunter and Company, Second
Floor" He mounted the gloomy staircase.
and reached landing Of four doors, on one
of which he knocked
Behind n tall long desk were several
clerks writing by lampight
Il wish" said the gentleman. ito see the
prnCipal-the owner of the ship Elizabeth
At the sound Of that name the whole Of
the clerks looked up like one man and stared
at him
~Certainlv" exclaimed one of them. Jump
ing up. What name. if you please, sirl"
"Mr Cuthbert Shaw
The clerk passed into another offioe. and
in a moment returned and requested Mr.
Shaw to walk in. This was done by passing
round the desk; and Cuthbert, followed by
the eyes all the clerks, entered a large
office. where at a table sat two elderly gem
tlemen-
One Of them, a gray haired man with
spectacles Immediately rose.
Mr. Shaw, think the name wasl'
Mr. Cuthbert Shaw"
Pray take that chair, sir NV partner,
Mr.. Atkinson. Ny name is Hunter
He resumed his seat looking inauisitively
at the brown, though emaciated face of the
young man
at is possible, Mr. Hunter, that you NAV
have already been apprised of the loss Of
your ship, the Elizabeth. off Cape Palmasi"
Yes, but only one week since, by the
third mate of the vessel. who was rescued
from a boat with four companions"
Il was on board the Elizabeth when she
was wrecked, and am only just arrived in
London"
~Cuthbert Shawl do not remember the !
name in the list of passengers,n said Mr. !
Hunter. Il will refer" and he was about |
TO summon a clerk.
You will not find nv name in your list |
was rescued by the Elizabeth in the Eng |
lish channel last July, day or two after she |
sailed from the Thames was on board an |
English brig of war called the CLEOPATRA |
She engaged French frigate and was sunk |
by her. Some OF us got clear of the sinking |
hull by means of the boats and on the fol |
lowing day the Elizabeth came across the |
boat was in and took me on board
Permit me to continue my story and re- !
late the object of my visit My time is very
short in London
"All had gone proSperously with the Eliza |
beth until We were drawing near the latitude |
of the Gulf Of Guinea, when one Friday |
evening a furious gale set in from the west |
1t obliged Us to run before it, and for a |
whole day were driven helplessly, but on |
Saturday night the captain, not daring to |
run to the westward any longer, hove the |
ship TO- in doing which she was struck by a |
sea that swept away the galley, stove in the |
bulwarks and carried some OF the men over |
board At the same time We lost one Of our |
mastS
Gentlemen, you will probably have re-
ceived a full account Of this disaster from |
the mate. 1t is enough if tell you that, on |
the Monday morning, finding the ship leak |
ing Eeyond our power to keep her ahoat the |
men took TO the boats; but l was in feeble |
health, and, IN the selfish rush, was beaten |
down and left insensible and for a quarter |
of an hour | lay; when, coming to, found |
there was another man left on board-one of |
the Indian princes attendants. ] sprang up |
and halIooed after the boats, which were |
sailing rapidly away-the gale had broken /
on the previous afternoon, and the sea was /
comparatively smooth, if l take no account |
of the heavy swells, and then, perceiving |
that the ship was rapidly sinking, and the |
occupants of the boats either did not or |
would not heed Inc, l prepared myself for |
death-which, God knows, at that time had |
no terrors for me. for l had endured more |
breaking under"
Observing the pause, Mr.. Hunter pro-
duCed bottle of wine from drawer and |
filed glass for the young fellow. With /
kindly eyes and mach sympathy he encour-
aged him 10 proceed
Gentlemen, while I stood awaiting the
moment of death, which l conceived newt |
able, the Indian, appearing to observe ma
for the first time, rushed up to me and, with, |
many wild gesticuiations and unintelligible .
words, dragged me to the stern Of the vessel, |
where, to my joy, | saw a small boat sus-
pended She hung by ropes at the head and
stern, and i mOtionei 10 the Indian to /
slacken the left hand rope while l released /
the other, by which means we got the boat /
down upon the water without capsizlng /