The Aransas Harbor Herald. (Aransas Harbor, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1892 Page: 3 of 4
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THE STATION DESPA! 91.
We must trust the conductor, most surely!
Why millions of millions before
Have made this same journey securely
And come to that ultimate shore.
And we, we will reach it in season;
And ah what a welcome is there!
Reflect, then, now out of all reason
To stop at the station Despair!
Aye, midnights and many a potion
Of trouble and sorrow have we.
As we journey from ocean to ocean.
Prom sea unto ultimate sea.
To that deep sea of seas, and all silence
Of passion, concern, and of care.
That vast sea of Kden-set islands,
Don’t stop ai the station Despair!
Go forward, whatever my follow.
Go forward, friend, led or alone;
Ah, me, to leap off in some hollow
Or fen, in the night and unknown,
Leap off like a thief; try to hide you
From angels, all waiting you therel
Go forward! whatever betide you.
Don’t stop at that station Despair!
-Joaquin Miller in St. Paul Globe.
NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
‘Now, No, 18, finish your ironing, for
1 want you in the storeroom."
No. 18 did not answer me, but bent
her head assentingly As she did so i
noticed a tear fall from her eyes.
1 was interested in this prisoner, for
she was far above the usual class of
criminals; for 1 was at the time of which
1 write second wardress of one of the
county prisons. 1 had noticed her su-
periority to her fellow inmates. I con-
fess that 1 had made her lot easier in a
good many ways, so on this particular
occasion 1 needed her help to assort
clothes in the storeroom. When she had
finished her ironing we were soon en-
gaged at the easier task.
We were by ourselves, and had not
been five minutes in the room when sud-
denly my charge burst into a lit of sob-
bing, and to my surprise threw herself
into my arms.
■‘Come, this will never do, what is the
matter.7’ 1 said quietly. “Suppose the
governor were to come in, what should'
ldo? You would get me into serious
trouble.”
She, however, continued to clasp me
around the neck, giving vent to heart-
breaking sobs.
“You really must be quiet and tell me
the reason of this.” I said, with a little
asperity.
“1 will be quiet, madam,” she said,
with great effort; “I am very miserable
and unhappy.”
“Of course,” 1 answered as cheerfully
as I could, “all are miserable who come
here, except the hardened ones, but you
will soon be home again One short
month and you will be with your
friends. ”
“But my child, madam, my dear little
boy,” she sobbed, “he is ill. and if 1 do
not see him ere then he may die. All
his cry is for his mother, and* 1 cannot,
oh, 1 cannot get to him. What shall 1
do? My heart almost breaks to soothe
his pains and troubles. What shall !.
do?” And she laid her head on myshoul-'
der, with a faint, despairing cry wThich
wrung my heart, for 1 had two bonnie
children at home and my heart went out
to her.
“How do you know this?” 1 inquired
when her grief had subsided.
The lame woman who came in yester-
day told me at exercise, and that “my
boy’s only cry was for his mother.”
“Well,” I replied, “your friends will
take care of him, and a month will soon
pass, take courage. ’ And 1 kissed her,
for 1 wras a woman, if a wardress, and apt
to harden my heart at times.”
“But none can take his mother’s place,”
was all that she could say; then, clasp-
ing me suddenly to her, she whispered
eagerly, “But, if you choose, you could
help me.”
“What do you mean?” 1 said.
“In this way ” she said; “1 want to be
at home in three or four days.”
.^“Nonsense, ” i replied; “you are losing
your vvTts/^il11 with your work.”
She obeyed, bu^conlifiiA'i; “l know 1
can get out if you will aid me a little,
and no one shall be the wiser, i want
you to post me a letter only, and before
long I shall be with my dear boy,” clasp-
ing her hands and looking intensely at
me.
“Now you must put such matters en-
tirely from you. Supposing,’ 1 said, to
humor her, “1 do as you suggest and it
Was found out, the consequences would
be I should lose my pension, which is
only a few years off, and 1 have two
children to think of and am a widow.”
She was quiet at this for a time and
did her work in a random way: then
suddenly-
“What amount of money do you cal-
culate would bring in interest equivalent
to your pension?”
“A thousand pounds,” I said, smiling,
and believing that it would put such
thoughts away from her mind.
She dropper, the clothing she held and
seized my hands firmly. “If you were
t* receive £1,000 would you help me?
w^.ar it by the ove y0U bear your
c l (hen and as you lope for their wel-.
THE HERALD: ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1892.
fare.
“Oh, yes; I'llPromise that,” I replied,
to humor her, for. thought she must be
a little distracted wth grief
“Remember, that Csoieiim promiSe,”
she said, and just upoLit the beU
to close work, and the Prisoners began
to troop to their cells.
At the end of another Lm. my dut
would be over tor the and after
seeing all the inmates of iie eejjs j
sh uld transfer my keys to be ni,rht
waiv :ess, in charge and go hom y^hen
1 came to No. 18’s cell I fom,, b
calmer, and putting her arms *\und
me she embraced and kissed me,
“Good night, dear madam;
member, and God w7ill bless you.” '
away, and my first thought was to de-
stroy it and I held it in my hand over
the fire, but my heart gave a leap as 1
thought of her child, and, looking across
tne room, saw my own dear boy with
his curly head bent over his slate, and
my hand staied. I will not burn it, X
thought. I will wait until morning and
think what 1 must do for the right; so 1
laid it on the mantelpiece.
After w7e had had tea 1 left my little
girl of twelve to clear away things w7hile
I went out to buy eatables for the next
day. 1 was away about an hour, and on
returning my daughter greeted me wnth—
“Mamina, 1 bought a stamp and posted
your letter just in time. Another min-
ute and it would have been too late!”
“What letter, darling, was that?”
‘The one you put on the mantelpiece,”
she answered laughingly; “and you owe
me a penny for the stamp, remember!”
1 sank into a seat, overcome by the
thought that the letter was gone, for
good or evil, and at the hands of my
child.
1 had a restless night, and on going to
my duty next morning found my charge
cheerful.
T know you have helped me. 1 know
it. 1 have been dreaming of my boy,
and he said he was better and would
soon see me.”
“Silence,” 1 replied, “1 cannot hear
any more of this. 1 shall get into
trouble.”
“No, no, you will not; and 1 shall
bless you all my life. But 1 will say no
more,” at which 1 left. her.
Next morning before going on duty 1
received by post a small wooden box. On
opening it 1 found a burble of bank notes
and a letter, the notes being in fifties
to the value of £1,000, at the sight
of which my knees shook under me, the
perspiration rolled from my forehead
and 1 nearly fainted. Here was a pre-
dicament, but I soon revived and pro-
ceeded to read the letter.
“Dear Madam—My wife informs me
that you have consented to help her, and
I have received a letter from her, which
you have doubtless posted, for which aid,
at her desire, 1 inclose you what you need,
with many thanks. Burn this and do
not use the notes for some time, for fear
of suspicion; at any rate, not until you
hear from me again. Tell my wife one
word. Yes. 1 ask this as a favor.”
1 dropped the letter in the fire, and
then, like a guilty thing, 1 hid the notes
under a loose board in the attic floor.
When 1 commenced duty and saw the
anxious mother she looked at me with
eager eyes and as my lips framed the
word “Yes,” the tears rolled down her
cheeks. “My dear boy, then, is better; I
will trouble no more.” 1 left her, think-
ing she might, as her boy was better,
now give up her thought of escape and
settle down quietly; consequently my
mind became easier,
Another day passed and 1 left her once
more. All that night it was very foggy,
and next morning 1 was to my conster-
nation informed that No. 18 had escaped
during the night, having loosened the
bars of her window, and being a slender
woman had squeezed through on to the
sloping roof of a building, down which
she had crept, thence down a ladder
which had been left by the painters, and
being then in the open yard of the prison
she had taken the ladder to the wall, on
gaining the top of which some help had
been afforded from the outside, possibly
by a rope ladder. There all trace was
lost.
Of course I w7as examined, with others,
before the governor, but nothing could
be elicited, at which 1 was much relieved
and thankful, and I never enjoyed get-
ting home more than 1 did that night.
Matters went on as usual and I had
not touched my notes; in fact, I seemed
to care nothing for them, when one
morning, about six 7- eeks later, 1 re-
ceived a bul^y paeka0 j, addressed in a
lady’s hand, bearing the Canadian post-
mark. 1 oroke the seals quickly and
found, to my intense surprise, bant
notes again to the value of £1,000. The
letter inclosed explained everything;
“My Dear Friend—You will no doubt
have wondered many times, with others,
what had become of No. 18. I am now
in Canada with xiy husband and dear
little boy, wht is now, thanks to your
aid and God’s blessing, quite well.
“You no doubt know how 1 escaped.
My husband was to wait for me outside,
which 1 knew would be the same night
on the day you gave me his message,
•Yes.' 1 expect you thought 1 had given
up my idea. 1 descended by a rope lad-
der which my husband had thrown to
the top of the wall, and behind a fast
trotter was soon in a trusted friend’s
house, clasped in my child’s arms.
“May you never be separated from
your children. 1 must tell you in confi-
dence that my husband is the third son
of a nobleman, and was unfortunately
led into difficulties and got into the toils
of a lot of sharpers and forgers, and
they used him as a tool for passing
forged notes 1 unknowingly got one of
those notes, and tendering it, was ar-
rested and suffered imprisonment for it,
as you know, and thus did not involve
my husband. 1 was aware that when
my time in prison was over that we
should leave the country, as my hus-
band had confessed all to his father
with a desire to mend, and he promised
to start us to Canada with £5,000 Then
my boy fell ill and you know the rest.
“The first notes you received from my
husband, 1 may at once say, are all for-
geries. Pray forgive me my ruse, but it
was the only way l could see out of the
difficulty. I heartily hope you have not
used any, but awaited this letter.
“Burn them, every one without fail,
and if 1 might advise you, as possibly
you may have some compunction to use
passed ont and left her for the night may nave some compunction to use
hoping that she had forgotten her idei\^e" *.he g00d for yourself, invest
,. ‘f. | , them for your children, and may it be a
0 . e. ei, . , , | Messing to them. Goodby, my friend;
As l lived outside 1 soon put on my i k, ... ° . . . , J ~ , .
, . J Rif little son sends his love and a kiss to
hat and cloak, which covered my prison th&, • , , . , . . , .
... i "\uxid lady who let his mamma come
uniform, and left for the night, and was to sw,■ f. - , . , ,
. . ... J* hun when he wanted her so badly,
soon at home with my children. Dnu j ■ ut t ,
Judge ol my astonishment, after tak- Worl<\, 0 u&l1 0T wlonS- w 01
ing off mi}' cloak, when 1 put my hand
into my dress pocket, to find an un-
stamped letter, which No. 18 had evi-
dently slipped there before 1 left her
cell.
It was
Arching While Asleep.
It is a authenticated fact that in
the disastro retreat of Sir John Moore
many or^ «^djers fe|] asleep and yet
addressed to a city fifteen miles j CC)T1 imie* along with their com*
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Mexican
Mustang
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Liniment.
A Cure for the Ailments of Man and Beast.
A long-tested pain reliever.
Its use is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer, the
Stock Raiser, and by every one requiring an effective
liniment.
No other application compares with it in efficacy.
This well-known remedy has stood the test of years, almost
generations.
No medicine chest is complete without a bottle of Mustang
Liniment.
Occasions arise for its use almost every day.
All druggists and dealers have it.
The Aransas Pass Harbor Company, which obtained from the United States Government
the right to lemove the bar at Aransas Pass, and which has an authorized capital of 12,000,000,
actually began work on the outer bar on the 2d day of March, 1892, and will press the work as rapidly
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as possible, until 20 feet of water is obtained. All necessary machinery and material has been
purchased; much of it is on the ground, and the remainder is in transit.
The Manager of that Company states that he believes fifteen feet of water will be secured
within the next four months.
THE CITY OF
ARJ
\NSAS HARBOR
The city of Aransas Harbor is a new town beautifully located on the nearest main land to the
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DGGp Water Haibor. Its natural location is far superior to any other place on this coast, and it
is destined to become the great commercial city of the Southwest.
The Aransas Pass Harbor Company, which is obligated to secure deep water on the outer bar
within a certain time, is now shipping its material from the city of Aransas Harbor, because it is
neaiei to the deep water than any other place, and the cost of transportation is less than from any
other point. This one fact alone indicates with unerring certainty where the great deep water
commercial city will be located.
The promoters of the city of Aransas Harbor have appreciated from the very first the many
advantages of its location, and for the purpose of making it a grand success, organized The Aransas
Harbor City and Improvement Company, one of the best organized companies in this or any other
country, including, among ,others, as stockholders, the following well-known capitalists, financiers and
statesmen :
DANIEL CARR, New York,
Congressman S. E. PAYNE, New York,
WM. CHAS. PEEL, London,
Ex-Governor JOHN IRELAND, Texas,
* Lieutenant-Governor T. B. WHEELER, Texas,
A. L. MATLOCK, Texas,
H. B. STODDARD, Texas,
C. O. KNOWLES, Topeka,
SELDON P. SPENCER, St. Louis
CHARLES GOODNIGHT, Texas,
W. A. H. MILLER, Texas,
I. T. PRYOR, Texas,
J. G. WHEELER, Texas,
C. E. GRANNISS, Connecticut,
RUSSELL B. HARRISON, New York
GEORGE FINDLAY, Chicago,
M. GREENWOOD, Jr., St. Louis,
J. YALE FAIRMAN, Connecticut,
Hon. A. J. HOLMES, Washington,
JOHN W. BROWN, Kentucky,
J. G. F. BENTLEY, Missouri,
J. L. PERRYMAN, Missouri,
Congressman D. B. HENDERSON, Iowa,
Congressman GEO. W. E. DORSEY, Nebraska,
Congressman JOHN W. RIFE, Pennsylvania,
Congressman JULIUS C. BURROWS, Michigan.
Besides our magnificent natural location for a commercial city, remember that we have no
malaria, and that we have an abundance of good fresh water, and a most delightful climate at
all seasons of the year in which to live.
Come and let us show you in person our location and many advantages.
For particulars, etc., address
T. B. Wheeler,
Vice-President and General Agent,
B. H. Wilson
Manager,
ARANSAS HARBOR, TEXAS.
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The Aransas Harbor Herald. (Aransas Harbor, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1892, newspaper, March 10, 1892; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881355/m1/3/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.