The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-09-21

for one i'll Alexandria, Egypt, and there i,
was the youngest i'll this group first opened
his eyes To the light of heaven In Al.xan
,lra we spent the golden hours of our youth
Father WAS cal,:ain o; II Spanish bark, and
seldom did he have an opportunity of being
ut home. At an early age we began to mani
fest some desire To go tn sea, and well can
remember how poor mother rem"nstiatc,
and pleaded with IL, that we should bauisi
such incinatuns from our minds.
"Ah, too well do remember how she urgn
us to follow some other avoc;ltion, saving at
the time: Since your father began his life Il:
IL sailor have lad no pleasure save in IN,
boys, and NOW it seems that they too MUS
go Soon aitcrthi, my father returned from
IL voyage of nearly eighteen months, an,
when mother told him that we were thinkin.
OF going TO sea, lr, tnc, attempted to dissl,;,,l,
lis from the undertaking. He ,icplctrl i'll TIL,
most thrilling manner the danger, and peril.
attending Il life AT sea- he reminded lis of til,
tolls and lar'lshipS incumbent ON n sailor
Finding all this of no avail, Eo forbu;@ ot.l
leaving home, ut the same time Threatening;
IL, with ,hc sevcrr,l punishment in cas-, ",
dlSolrye,l Him At the time ut which | l,Ic;,k
WAS but H. while the next eldest was Ii.
"lie and ], i'll spite of all that had been
said, determined 10 carry cut our original
designs We Kept quiet, however, until IA
th"r waS called aMay aglm. Due night after
father had been away tor IL little more than
IL week, brother and si"!e uoi,rl,'sslv out of
the house and hurried down to the hurbur
Arrangements had already been made Will,
the captain of II Nurmc cg.an bark and We went
ah'nard content Ia do whatever tine captain
might demand N an early hour III The
morning the hnrk set sail, and Us We looked
back into the ,l,r,riunui the old home where
Il mother and Il Younger brother were sweet.
~ slumhrrlnS, unr"ll"'i,' Of the step We had
taken, tears hrlilmnrd or eye, and vain
would we have rcr,lc,i the past few hours;
but tho stop had been taken; the bark WAS
now swiftly speeding before the wind, and
the only cUnl"ntmrnt W. found WAS in work
We soon @rrw fond "I oar employment, and
by our careful attention tn duty won the u,-
TEEN and confidence of tho captain rs We
grew older WE were appointed To better posi-
tlouls. Five Ion. Years "" spent aboard the
bark
"Brothcr and accumulated some money
and wo were contemplating Il return home,
When II circumstance occurred that changed
our plan. Our captain Was Suddenly taken
very i'll and, despite all that could I,c don. for
him, he grew rapidly wors,, and within Il
week from the beginning, of the attack, hr
brcathr,l out his existence. jus, before diving,
however, he made his viii br'l,rulhing To me
and my brother the hark, together with Il
vast amount of MONEY After huryiu. TIN.
dead body of the lnlcntcC captain, | lssu,,,.
cd command of the vessel, then ON the way to
Panama We reached that place in the
course of three weeks, aud having deposited
our cargo again set sail. This time, however.
we We're on II different v"Sag" from any here.
toturc made. Brother and | had not seen any
member Of our family lor six Years, and wc
were now on our way /" Alexandria Ii was
some weeks before We reached u,Ir d.sliu
ton. On arrival, brother and | Lastcnel l..
tho old home, but our loved ones wcro not lu
be found
"A neighbor informed us that they had not
been in Alexandria for ut least three years.
With heavy hearts We returned To our vessel
und on the following day l,ado a,licu To the
spot of our youth During tho nlnc years
that followed nothing vas heard Of our Ir.-
rents or the younger brother, and we Ind b.-
gun To think that they were II, more.
| Through tho kinune7s ri the Creator, huw
ever, We have been permitted tn l,,,i, on u,l,
long lost brother tpuighl Fifteen year.
have elapsed since last mo saw llln, then
| boy of Z, and although this meeting make
our hearts happy, Yet with this feeling o
happiness comes one of awful sadness Thk
brother tells us that the father and mother
have been dead for more than eight ycurs"
Here thespcaker was so lillrl with emotion
that he could say no more, and as the three
brothers locked arms AMI walked away the
reporter conld not suppress the tears that
came to his eyes, brunswick Ha.) Times