Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-29

Bob goes, d'yse sec but 70 nave tns
Admiral, dye see, Isn upon lee csast,
Just because he didnf kaew hsv to sfeer, .
.sems dye sec, your honor, bad enough
II hates 10 "g:ve nh The etd shf,
To be sure my wages are all due, anu
my bag IA. SEINE good c,o,hes IN It
aad Kate will want my wages, dye sec,
to grow up little Tom and Ben aid O'ss'
big eaough to wear my clothes and 6"
ship boasd H., an please y ur honor
j, most starts the buckets OF my cSe-
pu,ups, when / thinks how Ka;e said
last 81 all" Bob, 8 ke gaod care senr
.ysees, jsy remember BOD kno"'d
s. hi, she meant Cause how she told me
before there was going 10 be another
lsuncnin9 I; abont planktup, or so whsn
We left part. But that's neither here
nor there, aye See Kate and hlilc Sso,
and Ben and Dick. and ,hat rotaer, l
dJi.', kaow what Kate will call 1t may
III ga never mind but can; bare I
sive pk tie sha" 40 please yoer honor
Now heaven bless your hon"r. d. jusi
step up,n on deck and sec Just how the
land lies, aud as how the captain and
mals aud AL works it; sort oil qusT!y
.5am No. no; no Bob, no l date
not go up; shall catch more cold |
shall never get over Bladrnsbnrg'',
coughs, severely The captain ana
II. ni.;e ave "hSEly rfsfons6fe IN
cers" and I msst not in'efie WIN
them. ii they run the ship ashore. they
mus; be sn.~erasls Tor it: My freight
is ensured But, BIB, where did you
loose the reckcning, a. ysu call it; is
II gone overheard; whore was II kept
in the forctop. o. where
Bcb--O, heaven bless your homer
that isn't the s,rt at ali il isp'; like II a
bit; BIB csn't tell your homer about
that sou, Of lingo because he's no sch u
lard. But your honor, dye see, We csf
aur reckoolng just because We didn''
| ke n it: Ta.i's all.
.gdm Why no, Boh,rm sure there's
roam enough il the shin ~hs:e ,su
Nigh; have slowed il. Who loS, 1t
Byb; who had il last c lii;n or Mate?
Bs5-.Na body and please your
honor, because we never kept il.
There's no such thing-Your honor
don't seem 10 get at it just right.
somehow. the rerkoniag. Your honor.
IS Kind Of sort of thing. part
agarcs, part writing. aud part the
old mate us'd 10 keep in his head
I don't know. dye see, exactly ho"
It's dsne, but the mate worksit up at
odd jobs. Ii always tells one, some.
how. just where one comes from
,chere he is and where Res going to;
90 dye see. il knows I'll about it.
/ Oar mate. when Adm ral Washing-
ton (heaven bless HIM used to COM
wand the ship was always at The ne
coming, in manner-There he had
his compass. his quadrant. his log.
his lead. his line. Il dozen little
what'yc calI'ems beside. d was al
way palayering about gosd reckon
ing. And l thsusnt' twas a gaod
thing. dye see. ,sur honor. cause
why. we never got into these scrapes
All. bless your honor. l always
sc-m'd somehow. kiad Of sorry, that
old Admiral Jefferson got the IA
grams 40 in his head about the reek-
oai,g. He said. dye see, your hoaor,
uoon NV soul. heard him, that this
Reckoning was all stuff n nonsense ;
as " ny. there was no Philosophy in
il twas all bother, and 50 he pals.
v.rcd. He wouldn', have on ship
board what helpt the mate make up
the reckoning: Aud what was worse,
your honor he got SO iBto the tan
trans that he wouldn't have on board
any of the lads that understood any
thing about that reckoning. cause
now. he said. tbere'd be muiiHy they
were not The lads for that $50 he
ehukt them all overheard. Upon my
soul never reei'd SO in my life, l
seed them all swimming for shore
but twas so far they must have gone
TO old Davie-I pump'd my eye for
'em that's ALL And too, he went
on so with lis botheraiion that he
made us throw overheard our com
pas. and twas a mighty pretty
thing. aud we all lik'd it; cause why,
dye sec, il nevcrli'd. nor got drank,
nor into any serapes. by night. orby
day, fair or foul. hot or Geld. blow
high, slcw Low. dye see. there it teas,
TRUE Blue, That's your sort for
Bob Baeksiay give me stuff. But
the old Admiral said he could see the
North Star as straight as the compass
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