The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-29
EVAFAINTEDANDPRAYED
zER TALE OF DRIFTING Owe OLD
OCEAN ON LOG.


When Sinbad the Sailor returned from
one of his voyages, he was accustomed to
throw open his magnificent house in Bagdad
IN the public and relate all the wondrous
events that befelshim. This was no doubt
an oriental custom not appreciated in the
occident, for when Samuel ]. Thornton aud
Eva Jewell got back yesterday morning.
safe after many perils by land and sea, not
only did they not invite their friends and
peighbors to recital of their marvellous
story, but they sealed, almost Theoretically,
their house on Cumberland street, No. 277,
and secluded themselves from the public
eye.
This, at first blush, would seem migrate
full, for number of their neIghbors-nine-
tenrhs of whom were women-bad assem-
bled at the corners of Cumberland street
and Lafayette avenue, prepared to tender
The waits OF the sea an informal reception.
Il is true that the crowds melted away be-
fore 10 O'Clock when they learned that the
slow old City of Birmingham, on which the
storm tossed voyagers were coming from
Savannah, would be too late, but few of
the more intimate of the Thornton broth
ers' friends staid in the house upstairs, and
with floral decorations, such as Welcome"
''Eva," Samuel" determined to stay, and
did stay, until the voyagers came to them
in coach, and were embraced and congrat-
uated, and the fatted calf served up to
them.
1t must he understood that the friends
upstairs belonged to the Throop Avenue
church, of which Sam is a deacon and a
trustee. The people on the streets below
were there from curiosity, and expressed
doubts as to whether Deacon Thornton and
his sister-in-law had ever gone through
such adventures.
William Thornton, Mrs. Sam Thornton
and Claude Styles OF Piermont, another Of
the numerous brothers-in-law, waited for
the City of Birmingham at her dock in a
covered carriage. Claude issue1 a special
order early In the evening that reporters
were not to be tolerated, and he was implic-
lily obeyed. Claude finally went down to
quarantine and boarded the City of Bir-
mingham there. He was received with re-
spect. but no enthusiasm, by the castaways,
for Claude has been always severe,
aud man who objected to voyages of dis
covery, even on a log. He is married to
Eva's sister, and is famous in Piermont as
a man who does not encourage reporters
aud has never been caught on the crest of a
naughty Atlantic wave with his own or
anybody else's sister-in-law. Claude did
not want to hear their story, and, as a
matter of fact, they were not anxious to
tell it. AT 80 o'clock they arrived at the
pier and be led the way over tbs gangplank
to where the coach was standing. The
scene was quiet but affecting. The first en-
brace was between the deacon and his wife,
and the kiss he planked on her lips as he
stood on tiptoe to give it resounded along
the shore. Mrs. Thornton did not
appear to see Eva at all, but Eva saw
her, and threw her arms around her
and left some salt water on her shoulder.
Then Eva embraced William and Will
y. .. Il
embraced every one all round, and Claude
Styles of Piermont, having whispered that
it was time to quit that fooling, they all
got into the carriage and were driven
rapidly to No. 277 Cumberland street,
Brooklyn.
Before Samuel was waited out to sea by
the treacherous Coney Island waves his
mustache was long and flowing; when he
returned yesterday his upper lip was COW
cred with q red stubbla, but this is easily
accounted for whom it is remembered That
Eva clutched at Sans mustache when she
was rolling off log, and while she pulled
half of it out, saved her precious life.
When the family party reached home
n they talked for some time and then went to
N bed, and they get up yesterday much re-
freshed, Eva telling her sister-in.law that
Il it was the first square sleep she had since she
left home. After while few near friends
ladies. chiefy-called and were received
when, after careful inspection, 1t was found
they were not reporters in disguise. One
of those lady friends put her foot in it, in a
III manner told to reporter Of the Morning
al Advertiser last night:
You see," said the informant, my
sister. after congratulating the sea waits on
their escape, asked Eva how she liked New
II Orleans
"'New Orleans echoed William, with
III stony glare.
80, excuse me. l meant that romantic
n hotel you know-Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leonr echoed Samuel. The
affair was embarrassing, and my sister left
81 pretty SOON"
There was no show for reporters all dav
yesterday. In the morning Brother William
halt promised to give out a written state
ment to the press. but changed his mind,
aud last night received every newspaper
man who called with an ancient mariner
stare. The handsome girls who run the
two stores-one at No. 400 Myrtle avenue,
the other at No. 277 Cumberland street
had all they could do to supply their
customers, new aud old. Ladies went there
Tor shortcake who had never gone before,
and that $50 sent to Florida TO enable the
wanderers to come home was made up in
an hour. Among others who called was a
tall, thin man, of mournful aspect and with
long gray hair.
81 would like to see Mr.. Thornton" he
said. 81 mean Sammy, you know, the gent
carried out on a log into the broad Allan
tic"
Sir" replied the fairest of the beautiful
oonfection vendors, Mr. Samuel does not
want to see reporters"
Reporters! But. my angel, am not
reporter. keep dime museum, and
-
at this stage Brother William entered.
and taking the melancholy gentleman by the
coat collar with one hand, and the waist
band OF the trousers with the other, flung
him half way across Cumberland street
Ii Is hardly necessary to state that during
the slxty-h hours voyage from Savannah
70 this city Sam and Eva were the cynosure
OF all eyes. They were reticent, but W hen
hard pressed they told the story of their
Gupendous adventures in a modest way.
James T. Quinn, one of the Birmingham
crew, said last night:
Miss Eva ie a jewel, she is, and no mis-
ake. Sammy is a fool beside her. She
s9oks awful cunning in them hannels the
spanish captain gave her, and the brown
sailor hat; you bet she does. As near as |
04a remember, this is what she said of the
saventure:
-, Sam and went out bathing aud had a
va Splendid time. Sam can swim a little
~. nv ne was teaching me, with one hand
4er my chin aud the other round my
asts. While / was striking out the
ss Ses carried US away beyond the ropes
srSs{ out. We cried, but no one heard us
~. tainted. l tainted three times and l
v2ea. We had not gone more than 100
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