Show the TRE ore 1 lettey letter from mrs he zady lady mho who sr Survived d the fec rec to her daughter i 1 CONCLUDED A NV hen t V was ank ani hanging ing above above the sea bea beai beal T heard sails shout out don dod dont t scrape her rather raille r throw her into the water but I 1 meekly ex postulated that tha I 1 rather prof ered being scraped poor sails bails was waa ready to jump in for me being half tripped stripped 1 1 and the last thing I 1 clung to on the island was his smooth fat neck I 1 hung in midair mid air and when the boat rose on the swell I 1 was lowered into captain giffords arms and placed safely in the boat the ship was a whaler named the young rae Phe pheanix eniz enix captain gifford charlie mr peters bails 11 and two invalids came ot off with us at the same time captain congratulated me on my fortitude forti fotti tude he said some men had to be helped and would scarcely come at all long before we reached the ship I 1 was sick of course captain gifford insl insi insisted on my staying in the boat and it was hoisted up with me on board the first moment that captain gifford saw distressed people on the island rightly judg ing they thoy could not all nil be got rock that night he had thoughtfully provisioned the boats even evon to tobacco I 1 was taken down stairs and met byan by an augel as she seemed to me with such a fair tender face dace a tall slender woman like a illein lily in her fresh cotton gown she took mo dirty wretched eda edy atcha arms and immediately got a tub of water to 0 wash me I 1 for I 1 could do rio llo nothing thing I 1 was so ill III and nd weak she washed clothed and fed feame me with the kenderest ten derest gentleness tie tle tl eness ness the best of bf everything was given me A bed was arranged olla oila oria sofa with pillows sheets and blankets for seven months 1 I 1 had thought it a luxury to get a flat stone to sit on and had hardly ever lain iain dowil without my feet in a b otus water vater aber aver and sow U aw surround sur roun ded by everi every comfort I 1 did not speak or think but could only lie and wonder and aud thank almighty god for hia hip meroy mercy ve t day the sickness wore off and I 1 was able to antio en enjoy y the nice little american da dainties es she brought me I 1 think she herself scarcely nto ato anything whilst we ire were on board she was so delighted she had said to 0 her husband when h he was going for us brang I 1 me a woman she wao homesick home sick poor thing having been at sea a considerable time hl already ready roady vishno with no prospect of seeing home for many long months five happy days we stayed oa ola board bound for the mauritius though the captain by thul taking us out oat of his way was losing a fishing season a serious matter tor for a whaler and he had not been very already curiously urious ly en enough ough not iong long before he had bad picked up the crew of a deserted vessel num bering boring about thirty so far as iban itan I 1 acan recollect on the fifth day a ship hove in sight we spoke her and her captain agreed to take twenty of u us I 1 preferred stopping but the second mate mr peters and most of the passengers went with her she was the sierra morena iwas I 1 was exceeding birry sirry sorry to patt part with mr hir abo who had all along proved kokind so kind to me JA the after afternoon noon of the bame same day as captain and ind I 1 were comfortably chatting in bur oui our small smail sanctum 11 jose the little little steward came catoe down wih with the 0 news e s that thai the there was another sail an on the iee gieg lee bow up went weilt the cap tairi on deck leek and abd 1 I very sor offu was wasi preparing to get ready to be tran shipped when I 1 was told not to stir till we learned more morenar par tic ulars in the meantime I 1 saw the captains wife busily employed packing up A a lot of her bet best things for me to lake take but I 1 would only accept from her a change 0 of f commoner er onles ones as she had previously alveh me a very handsome rep wrapper and various other articles including a waterproof proof and lovely shoes and aud stockings such shoes she is a fu full fuli I 1 I 1 head bead taller than 1 I jet yet her feet are smaller and acid mine you kno know ware are not very large arge besides though she does doea all ali all ail work W or on board of the vessel her hen 0 b hands and are small and beautifully white hite ve we signalled signal led ed this ship as we had had bad do done n e t the other othen and it was arranged that the remainder of us twenty four iii in all should go on board tha the nevy new vessel we were without exception exceedingly exceed binkly sorry to part with our american friends mrs gifford cried when I 1 left her and would aen aca camely icely lehrian so go and captain gifford at the last bald said iol if I 1 had the least objection to going that charlie arial and I 1 could remain with them and they would be very glad to have hive us however we went way away 1 I nd the basti saw baw of Eleanor over dver the ships side sw with witha a kerchief roun round aher her headland a tender half sad look fui iri her eyes recalled re fe called to 16 my in ind the sweet fade face of my vision on the island all honor to MY the american Amer lehn flag we should mos likely have been on the island now but for their hu hus s manity inanity captain Captai nand and mrs gifford are pure Amer americans ieans leans fauct nd if I 1 lam iam am able in 0 ther other years when they return reo to new bedford I 1 shall almost da dare cross the ocean to see them once more captain ia as tall fo fon for a man as hi his wife is far a woman ho he has haa the rather long face of the american but lie iq 1 very handsome they had a fine harmon harmonium lum on board but I 1 was too weak to use my jeet feet to blow so I 1 sat wrapped in a blanket en an her knee she using her feet and I 1 iglay p 1 ay ing lag the young i phoenix will go to the iia ifa mauritius i ir itu fuu f about six months where mrs gifford will stay some bome time for fok a rest she would have mad made her visit then had we gone gode on with them had you seen me at at first you would not bot have known me iwas I 1 was a perfect skeleton my eyes sunken and hollow 1 with a light ia iii them horrible to sete see MP skin white and like a dead persons persona in my hands an s transparent my har hair short and my figue figure gaunt tottering and wilh with a dreadful stoop for t the e first three months mouths on tife the 1 island land I 1 could not walk a jard j jand ard and with without t assistance even through tho the shanty it was all rock and aud slippery stones and the least wind blew me cowx when I 1 got 4 a little better charlie would take tuko me r aea nes a fey fet swa andi anai returned myself if no jj wa about to give me ao a help I 1 generally crawled on bly hands and knees afterwards whence v heli goh got to nur owa little hole on the other side of the island I 1 gob got rather stronger stron gerand and was able and proud to go to the spring for water escaping with only two or three rails falls ilg you yow never neven saw such an uncompromising place on my way to the well I 1 passed through crowds of penguins without fear 1 I think they were surprised r at pa my perance T but to return to the childers the ship we are now in she belongs to liverpool lind and is commanded by who is very kind hind to me the living is g plenty of nice vez vegetables S delightful taul bread and ei eatables tables of all kind sand and lots lots of preserved fruits and jams if you have any tiny nc nice e homemade I 1 can tell you they will suffer in comparison hince since the first day I 1 haye never been beon been beon sick and have an enormous appetite the consequence is I 1 am getting fast like myself and my bones are quite getting eo vered covered 1 J I had no idea they were so small capt mph ee gave me a curtain doi dol dolly ly V varden arden print to make a skirt skir t of a fancy blue shirt for a bod boddice dice dlce and his own white linen coats coate for jackets my bly constitution Is entirely changed before I 1 was always seasick which is not the case now and when I 1 crossed theline the line before I 1 never meier vt perspired et the result being bein that 1 I 1 felt feit the beat beal exceedingly bl but utmos now I 1 am ani ina inja constant bath ault anit anu ana so have neither red face nol noi suffering charlie lobas and is well and nirm firm now frair thi the effects effet tg of the exposure 4 n bad had feeding tn on the island his J had got quite flaxen which sai sal id t suil suit him at all but now how it has ha hag nearly recovered its original color one day on the island islands when f pa d was waa scarce erce dree and hunting bardy hard he be was wa quite worn outa out and burst into te tears a ra poor felloe I 1 I 1 pelt felt that more than anything that happened to td me mb he bas has shown him velt veit a grand fellow cool coot and steady ia in danger with all ail about him buch such tender care he took of ma me too loo never making a ruff tuff about aboul what he he dudl dull you would havie have thought h he e had bad been the anly one shipwrecked before all the others wera ex extravagant trava gant and wasteful with clothes string etc he got many but of a difficulty by supplying a tittle of the jatter latter commodity and at the last he W was i s the only one with lashing for carrying his birds he won the respect of all especially the khe sailors with whom he was waa a great reat favorite in the evenings when the days w work 9 ik was was done I 1 would amuse charlie b by telling hin him all the litt little e stories p d remember about his 0 own w n yo your youn jair and even evel a my childhood which tonk iback back our minds mindi to home ahod and never fai fal failed iel lei lel to interest however often rp r pea ted some of the mah men were fleat great favorites i of mine walter waiter vl smith or balls aj a we always called ealim hula 11 I 1 was a gem in his fili way he woud knock down his enemy 0 one e ini minute nute and the next risk his binfor ilfe life for him and when lie he had bad a friendship it wasi was to the death he was always so generous and kind so were they li ii all nil 11 the ther three apprentices were very fine nine hads trank tra gilr carmichael seemed a little delicate cub cut sed ned preston and harald turner were more robust arid and capital hunters on harold haroid brought me three aggs ggs out of 11 ave ve lad had buried when b 6 g plentiful le i antl I 1 shall MT nod not qt forget S such a gen erous action netlon there ura fare many man other anecdotes I 1 might tell tel libut but it would make nake my letter itter too long iong ong however he bo wever here there is is one I 1 must nol not forget jphn every A B or oid old iJac jack tack kas we called him one day when food was very scarce brought brough bine time lne ana a small smail duek duck roasted he be had been bucky enough to kill and get cooked though starving himself he freely ave me this delicacy an and insisted ave n my taking ic I 1 ater ajer erl son eon to be under similar ch T culm clim sta sia j ces in order to appreciate such I 1 be sel sacrifices as I 1 have mentioned d As or mr pete peters rs I 1 think him uhe uha beau eau ideal of an n 0 officer e on the Is s j land he did nob not helid belief the rib q good ad 0 P ii ign that the ibb poon poor captain li had d 6 hh him he never spared himself in lp any work in danger he was cobl leaded and nothing selemer him lim away uway froni frow doing what he thought was right I 1 am am aeral afraid d you rou must think me very confuse in n n my letter icat I 1 am on the tho island then oa board loard the whaler or C and then back id the island again but I 1 have written this letter from day to today day and put down j just ev eride as came uppermost soja so ta go back again ti to the chalder Cht Chil lder derk dihe the crew here are nil all jie jle clacks k some bome rat rai rather er han ban handsome adso me they are a very merry merny loti loty lot and heidi heldi when work is done nona fona of a little lau XAU music dancing we have h had d very tery squally equally weather the shir shit ship has haa to go where there Is wind vind w which ta makes may xay h hearl heart eq theat in fact I 1 shall be more or 0 less w te rifled till I 1 get on ow solid aroun ground ida again ga i 1 in old england En giandi glandt Y bope w we will not be very jong ping before we ceab reaca rangoon it would world be lather rather awk ward landing in a strang strange place ladd lagg without a sou edu in our abe bets but 1 suppose somebody will have pity on 0 a us till we get mone money mones ob oh 1 I am thoroughly SIC bic sick siek k of L the sea ho no more going to the seaside ia in summer I 1 lam iam am bringing home quite a valuable book of receipts which the steward has bas very kindly given me we quite yankee notions notion sj and very good abnes ones too I 1 mean to be no end of a cook when wheal I 1 get home I 1 have ibave studied the theory on that desolate island in our grim solitude at present everything is 1 I wonder with us I 1 wonder what you and richard bichard are doing where you are and wh what at everybody ia Is thinking abou about t us us I 1 felt so sor bor sorely borely I 1 f for or you sou au not knowing wha what t had T become ec om of u us I 1 am hm thankful I 1 was not at home the suspense would have driven me crazy zy I 1 hope gopear dear doar old friends are li ii all ali 11 W well weil both in england and Scot scotland landi landt I 1 shall not wr write ite more than this one letter so please end send it to my sisters and all our relations lations sand and friends who may be interested te rested after such a 4 long ramble fancy us being landed at Burm iab lab cfall of all nil plages jades with the exception of two lri fri rings I 1 g 8 and the r rosary osary mrs dycer gave kave me I 1 have not nut a relic of my past bast liboi even when JL thought I 1 was going ta thel ottom I 1 regret regretted fd bun bur picture af pf 0 your sour d dear r father a lige life sized painting fink tink of my pay husband when a boy with bis his favorite pon pony y the figure by hir sir henry ry Aa raeburn eburn and tile the animal by howe jowe however wo we have ourselves and it has been almighty will that we we sh should 0 uld lose loii fhe the he rest once onee I 1 had hail h a delightful dream of f your at cheshire full bf f lovely lovly clean clothed airing before the nire fire it was quite a treat td me squalidly squal idy ragged and cold as I 1 was I 1 only slept siept about three nigh til jn the week my bed was so hard and uncomfortable it I 1 is s mm almost worth byln being g shipwrecked v r decked to experience so much ti kindness il aness captain ithee is very kind his family live in liverpool and his bis wife orten often goes with him I 1 would not like to bo be a ballord sa llora llord wife 1 I was always afraid of building castles in the air about seeing you aga again 1 n I 1 scarcely dar dared d think of yhu frank prank k one of the apprentices and I 1 were wondering whether any marses maises were being said baid for us on all day by the by you had better write teto to his mother yon abd att tell teli IJ her ber berbena he Is safe and behaved like k a a man at the wreck her address is I 1 shall have eo so much to hear heat I 1 get t home all good news 11 I 1 trust I 1 would IMA 19 forget aalthe all ali the hardships nd disagree ables of the last beien seven beven months but I 1 trust I 1 shall forget all till almighty god casdone has done for us our life and on oh the island was all a miracle fancy aing giving all ail that time tima on I 1 a pi barren rock cock with I 1 a little rail rall rank glass grass on it not eyen even brushwood bd tild rhe men men knew I 1 had lead a daughter but I 1 had never said what like ilke you 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