Slide set: An old settler's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1900)

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Slide 2

'Just come over from England? How did you make the trip?'

Slide 3

Limned the scene of a burning ship in lurid lines of flame

Slide 4

A quiet wedding in London, and the good old parson there

Slide 5

Got a nice home together, and the days sped gaily by

Slide 6

Stood on the deck of the vessel, and I pointed with my hand

Slide 7

Nell was stricken with fever, and as the days passed by

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I bent over the still white form to catch the sound of breath

Slide 9

Clasped my hands in terror, I prayed in a mad despair

Slide 10

Then the doctor told 'twas over, and she was dead

Slide 11

Thrust me down in the hold there, to dream with my frenzied brain

Slide 12

For hours I groaned in anguish, in the depths of my mad despair

Slide 13

I sprang to my feet and listened, -- oh heavens, could it be?

Slide 14

The flames burst in through the door as I beat with my chain-locked hands

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The flames grew fiercer, and fiercer, and with the strength of a madman I

Slide 16

no image available

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A hope that I could save her, and that together we

Slide 18

Forgotten the death of my darling, I thought she only slept

Slide 19

Opened her eyes in wonder, with her hand pressed to her brow

Slide 20

I dragged her faint and trembling through the blinding clouds of smoke

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Nothing but death before us, no hope of succour nigh

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There from the blood-red distance we saw a boat put out

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I was chained and helpless, and my wife's strength all in vain

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I prayed to the God above, I called on heaven to aid

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Nell tore anew at my cruel chains -- they parted and I was free

Slide 26

My dear wife's inside there and she'll tell the same as me

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1900-1914 (item ref. 1203)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1900

Reading or song

Wallace Rothsay, ‘An old settler's story’ in Short lantern readings 29 (1900)

Related slide set

see also The old actor's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1899)

Notes

This set used the same images as The old actor's story.

Collections

25 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3001469

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 25 March 2014

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Slide set: An old settler's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1900)