Beadle's Dime Novels No. 208: The Ocean Outlaw — page 80: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

82 "THE OCEAN OUTLAW. been deceived, for he isno longer in the land of the Iiv- — ing. be] ‘*No, Miss Ethel, I am not deceived; for I saw him less than an hour ago; but his v'yge is about over, poor man; I had no idee, when I first seed him, that he would last as long as he has.” What story is this that you are telling, Silas? Do you mean to say that he is really alive yet ?” “* Yes, Capten Gray is really alive; but he ‘won't be long, as I said before; howsomever, I way as well ex- plain, so that you may understand it. You see, most two months ago I got a letter from him, tellin’ me all about his wicked life, and what a rough v’yge you had made; and he asked me to come to him, for he was alone and very sick. I obliged him, Miss Ethel, for I thonght it hard for a poor critter to die alone, particularly one with such a conscience as he had to keep him company. Well, I found him without much difficulty, and he told me how he had managed to make his escape. You know when he jumped overboard he was kind o’ distracted like, and meant to drown himself; but he happened to get entan- gled in some riggin’, and t.en he had a chance to think a bit ; and he made up his mind that he had sins enoug! to repent of already without committin’ one thit he never could repent of; so, while they are hurryin’ about and pullin’ off after him in the boat, he swam to the vessel, and managed to crawl on board; but he was afraid to show himself, so he hid somewhere among the rubbish; and, in reality, came here in the same craft that yqu did. When they arrived at this port he succeeded in gettin’ ashore, without bein’ seen, and make his way to the house of one of his old friends; but they heard of his mishap very soon, and as he wasn’t rich then, they left him to take care of himself.” ** Stop, Silas !’”’ exclaimed Ethel, starting to her feet, ‘1 must visit him immediately. Do not wait a moment, or it may be too late. I would that I had known it before, and I would have taken care of him gladly, with all his -s ~ —— S * a i comicbooks.com