The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-12-19
a MIsERS RETRIBuTIoN

rem or,si oil. - thoash be bad 20, doas
that living man could DO 10 a,e sbip .
those apon hsr, uood in the compsny
olise, aud t.lsei With HiIsn Basssti, ,er
more worn. more srie.ed. sud more
moiseiul ibsB be
Ibey came 90 board, thsp, said Hirs'
You ns sure my wlie sod enild'
Their names we're Mr., Enslins Bssss
sBd Bella B,.e,t. said the captain. 90
they sere coming 10 Sew York 0se Do
oVsn Craig brought item TO me sod bst
me .sieh sod guard them -tvo shildrs
.lmost they wefs. snd timid sod AFRAID
the sea and ! did my best, did IN
best and God Knows ~ish this old bpl
Of niue bad gone dowu the, nigh iustss
Of their young bodies, | did NY bes, -
did my best.
Tell me shout "a, said Hiram.
The ship hsd sprung . leak The day b
fore. ssid the captain, aud 10 sueh ten
peat we iaew shat ws sbesi OF US, "
sailors; the passengers didn't, just beior
twelve bells struck | ordered the boats /,
be launched and them tbsi could 60 II
them TO 60 - Tor the Iest we made rata
vent 10 ber hfst-your wife. She sat ,tll
sud quiet holding h,r baby close, IL
told her what y. coming.
The first mste is aboard the life boat
said l. The women and childrel will be
eater there. Go you along OF him. ls'
sic.
She caught bold OF my srm-so.
You are going. too. ssys she.
My duty is aboard aLtil the last. Th q
says she, III stay until you go, I'm afraid
to 80 without you. You'll save me cap
tain.
The others crowded iu, and ons .iter
.bs other the boats were filled. The 70
n en weresll gone, and most OF the male
passengers. and still says she, . sitting
here. Ill go along With the csptsin when
le goes,
Aud when our raft Was built took her
q my arms, her aud the baby. and we
rent on II together The storm Was worse.
md the ships sinking fast. | don't know
nore-s drifting through wind sDd rain
nd darkness drifting away 10 such
tormy daylight IS lsndsmen never see.
nd she growing colder in my arms. and
10 sign OF land, and no ship And then
mother gale worse than the first. and our
aft going to pieces, Just IS. far away, We
card the boom OF signal guns aud mp
loi, saw the lighthouse lamp.
She laid over my arm like dead thing
-perhsps she was dead and hand that
I'd been aboard - Hutch Jim We called
i'm held the baby. Take care o. her,
sppeD. says be, III save the young 'un
b and then we parted, oil Of US.
| was the only one they picked up.
ed . bunch OF women's clothes in my fist
hen they pried il open.
Aud Hutch Jim' cried Hiram.
II he's come s'hore we'd have met. said |
le captain, He WAS good seaman no.
iere's nc hope. Even bis body wernt
ssbed ashore.
But Hiram Bassett turned on him with
res sglow and cried;
My child lives tell you my child
vesl
From that moment the beresved man
ung 10 the belief lie was not rich, but
. pncbed and saved 10 oil ways to get
oney to prosecute bis search for the
Md. 1t had about its neck q trinket, .
tile cross OF gold, pendent to . coral
cklsce, by which II might be known.
g sent Advertisements oil over the conn
y. tie paid detectives to assist him,
Long after all sensible people looked
bon bis hopes as q mere delusion be kept
. the search So and Indeed never quite
,sudoned ii When it began he had been
plslo, rather economicsl trsdesmsn
hen 1t ended be was q wealthy specnls
7 aud = mser. To enable himself to
arch for his child he bsd begun TO save,
d be hosrded still saying to himself
a - uHa1 a.. a. - fonn4
g shall be an heiress he lived most
Isersbly, he wore garments that would
We dissrsced a begssr He bad no
ends, no companions. All III, talk WAS
money, OF land. OF bond aud mortgage.
ID nos aud then 10 its midst he would
use, aud, looking st Lis listener With
rs 10 which tears gsthe ed, be would
:;
You see, lave TO be sharp, must.
ben that poor girl vi niue Is found she q
lst be rich,
Ald some would think the poor mao
izy, and laugh, and some would pity
d.
However. 10 his oen unfurnished home 9
ram kept one room under lock aud hey :
. gorgeous ctsm Der, iurni.hei 4, as one G
Z ht see, for womsu.
This vas Tor bis dsDshter whom tvtry l
e elss thought dead, d
So the ye.ts passed on, as they psss
th Ill Of us. un Il twenty we're NUN Der
Wall street kuev old Hiram sell. v
xss slssys lncky. .
strangers took him sometimes iY beg
:. Oaee gentleman bad fi-r-d him }
an sud thou bt him ptouI when be re
ed that b. bad TO gres, need OF 1t,
d u slI bard meo OF .l my .Idlug,
!, sud uupityi0s men-oi ell sv.ucious,
l,hius grinding nru, Hiram Bsssett
= tbe oct uoyieldius. most uupi,yin
., .ssrteious soheur aud stiodtr.
is uud,r all, lived lhe hops OF bis liie
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