The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-05-13

day out when We r.n iaui ola small zoe
berg
Ny clbia boy wee named Jack Wrber..
II vas IA years OF age, sni this was hla
tlrss voysge,
fsnoed thst be wss lhe most sluhl otu
piece Of humanily had ever come saross
made up my miad that be had never
been properly governed aud hal resolved
70 break him Ia told hisl ~ corb bis
temper before Ia done with bim. ln
reply be told me mrgot kl, htm II
liked.
OIs day, when IL was very near noon,
| spoke to him, telling him 10 brlue up
my quadrant he vas looking over tae
quarter rail, aud knew he dil not hrsr
me. Bat the neat time | spoke epgke
sharply anl intimsted that # he didn't
move would help him,
didn't hear you, be sail ia so indie
pendent tone
No words, said |.
suppose | can speak, he ro,ortel, m Nv
ing slowly tJw RI The CON pan,onway.
His looks, words aud the careless manue er
in wLI5h be moved fred ma ia a moment.
arasped him by the collar
Speak to me again like that aud u Il <
you within an ael of your life, said |.
You can ilJg away, be answered AS i'm
as rock.
Aud | did h)g nim. c,lgbt up the
end OF rope and b at him until my arm
fairly achsd. Bu be never WINGED.
How's thsl1 said |.
There's = little more life 10 me yet.
You'd better dog it out, was the repy,
Aud beat him again, boat him till
he sank from my hands to the hoor
sent one Of the men for my quadrant
but when it came and | had adjusted It
for observation | found that the sun had
already passed the meridian aud that |
was too late.
This added fuel TO the firo OF my mad
ness, and seizing the lad by the collar
led him to the main hstchwsy and had
the hstsh taken OFF. thrust nim down
and swore / would keep him there tll bis
stu bboruness was broken.
About clock vent 10 tho hatchwsy
and called to him. But ho returned no
answer. SO | closed the hatch and went
away. An hour afterwards went again,
still no answer.
| did not trouble him again until next
morning. After breakfast ! went 10 Ito
batcnwsy and called to him onos more.
| heard nothing from him. nor could 500
him. Yet the men told me they had
heard him that very morning, He seem
ed TO be calling on them for help. But
he would not answer me. | meant TO
break him into II.
He'll beg before he'll starve, thought,
and so determined to let him stay there.
The day passed away, aud when evening
came began to be startled. He had been
in the hole SO hours. aud 40 hours With
out food or drink He must be- too weak
to cry ont now.
So at length made up my mind TO go
and sec him. little way forward saw
space where Jack might easily have gone
down. and to this point ofswIed on my
hands and knees called ont there, but
could get no answer, A short distance
farther was q wide space, wbioh had eu
tirely forgotten, but wboh now rCmem
Der had been left open on account of
break 10 the flooring Of tbe holl. which
would let anything tbst might have been
stored there rect directly on the thin plank
ing Of the ship.
| heard the splasEing Of water, and
thonght could detect sound like the
incoming Of tiny jst or strelm Al hrst
could see nothing, but as eo1n ar be
came used TO the dim Ight could dls
tiugui,h the faint outlines Of boy sttpg
on the broken floor, with has feat ttrstoL
ed out against q cask.
Jack, are you there2
Yes Help mel For m,rc, . .sks, help
mel Bring men aad brIng Ian'ern, 1hs
ship has sprung leskl
wsitsd to hear no more. bat hurfied
on deck at onoe and 5000 utOtned With
lAu tern and three men. Three Of the iim
bers we're worm eaten 10 the very heart,
and one Of the outer plsnks bad been
k.,k.p nt nguit an
mo nett The boy might leave 1.-THE boy
whose 70, we're brsoed sgsinst the psbk
before him.
saw tue plank N let burst The moment
the strain was removed from IL. 80 made
the tneu brace themselves sgsinst 1t before
lifted bin up. O,tsr men were called
dowr, with pl.uks, etc, and stter much
officially We hnslly saeoe sded Ia stopping
be lsst and svertiug the danger.
Jack Witbers vi. csrfi-d 10 the cal 10
10 my own srms. aud there be msnsge1 10
:, ii hls ,tnry.
Hs bsd sat vita bis feet bf4o-d Tor four
and twenty hours With the sster spuHipg
Ill over him aud dtenehIus h'm 10 the
skin His limbs were racsed 0.tl pain,
bui be ~oud not giTs up.
! rursed him With nv osn hands
purssd him aIl through bic ielui an sud
v hrn ~ tsasOn returned sol be- could
~ up III 1 talk / hImbiy astsI tisp,rIoa
I,r Ill the wrong | had doDe tin. ns
4 a. A
ne II | souli be good - b,u Ls Nonld
levsr give cause Of oisGce a. siisd as
1s sst op sgsiB ! sm n0t q cywtI
could not bs dog.