Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-07-12


then" says !. the Two Pollies went q starr
and you oil. followed her--howevcr," snys
we wont talk about that now" So arter |
little talk, they all thought the best way
would be ~ hitch Oh all togcther--bui com
'ng to Try tins plan, nay one on 'ein bad rope
enuf to let 'ein pull clear vi each other
We'll" says |, "why not 30 IN string on
ahead Of tother ?" but this brought OH anoti''
er tangle aud snarl. Every one wanting IL
take the lead--so let rm work IT out ih;''
own way, and what with knotting pieces ol
H rope, anu knolting handkerchcrs,and borrow
my aud bnyng small kiles of rope, they
llhilcl'd Oh tv the Two Pollics, and as the
Hood tide was on the pint OF turning, they all
set up rale huzZa, and sure enui out went
II Tho Two Pollies, as slick as lie, and sicli u
v shout as went with her made me 10 almost
II Through my shirt collar, for | never was so
II clad In my born days, and the best on't was
lhcy did'nl brake Il rope yarn or tare hand
II kcrcher; in fact some vi the boats didn't
seem to pull at all ony 10 keep up III then
/ places.
II By the time the Two Pollics got well ia
The nvcr the cbb tide begun Ia make, aud
| hail'd 'eni and tel'd 'c,n " TO pull up stream
- aud here cum ON the beginning vi tug
and every mint 1t was tugger-but They
| pull'd like good fellows Tor spell, and dom
know but tney would a gained Oh the tide d
It hadn't got stronger und stroDger-and jest
then the boats begun To get foul OF one a
| noiher---and there were sIch crossing d
oars aud Scrsplng OF noses--and sich jingle
oil ol ders--eyery body right aud every body
wrong-to hear them talk any one would
suppose that any one Oh EN- was cnui-i
talkin was any out OF tie way. One got Sc
| frightened that he begun TO pull for the shore
aud forgot 10 unhiich and tins made bad
work another said he wouldn't pull at al
"a nd ihis made as worse. "Pull all togcd'
er are every wny IN dc world" says one" u
priuy kliile Of Fish" says long wind drl'd
| yanke, you are maxim ont--"liat IN naiur
Is IN you--you don't sit ahead no how and
no way III the woil;."
| Seeing how th.ngs was Citing all in snar
my dander begun to risc- the Two Pollles
was going astarn and every thing going ts
Everlasting smash i yell'd cut 10 eni-"Pull
| says ], "you tarnal loads pull Tor your lives
| aud your loriins and your ctarnal honoI--ant
If that don't STIR you up-pulI" says q" for M'
| deposites." Tins qulcted The noise for spell
aud some OH en- dad make the water fly con
sidcrably y-but the tide was too strong iol
en,, und all hands, Two Pvllics anL all, wa.
going down strcam-tor my part ! got Sc
wambcrop'd that felt Us tho | was got
right down inio my boots. "AlTs over,
thinks !, and began to look astarn TO sec o
soft spot 10 strike on-whcn what should
see Just coming round the pint of the battery
but great long barge-oars Oh each side
like greai daddy long i'gs and then line
| up along the docks and shipping, {, al rous
cr of shout" Squire Biidie --hu.Sa -oic
u
time To cool down my dandcr, sure enuf cum
alongside the Two Polies my old friend the
Squire in the starn sheets Of his "a
Dared boat--one leg cock'd up over the gun
nell, had the tillcr stickn out under his
left arm he ist waved his hand - his men
and they all back'd water right alongside
Well, says Squire 'talnt no time 10 chat
now, but | AIN glad 10 SEE you, and if folks
don't say you've come III the nick Of tine,
then, says |, there amt no nicks now days
that's ulI-now, says !, you see what is
wanting, and al. you have got to do is to
| spring 10 aud let see ii there IL any grit in
| YOU. And with that he jist got up and talk.
lng the ccnd OF mortal big kile OF ropo he
had slowed away under hun, he threw it OF
board, and says he, 4" make that well fast Ma
or Oh board Tie Two Pollics"-and then
turning 10 his oarsncn, he bowed and smiled
aud said, -" all together" and with that the,
sprnng to,the Squire all the while string anl
paying out the rope-and taking a sweep u
way oil in hall circle ill he got away ahcat
Of the foremost boat and then steer'd rount
and cut 10 ON a Inc ahead--hellow, says
Squire where are you going-bave you gol
rope enough aboard? Yes, says he, Major
| rope enough t6 take the Two Poiics Out oI
| the totier cend of the Mississippi if slgAvas
there. How you talk, says ]. Have you
made well fast says he. According to my
kLlkalation have says !. We'll, says he,
yOu take care OF that eend and will tother
and with that sec hlm Catch turn round
a strong hook and his oarsmcn did bend 10 il
| for spell TILL their backs crack'd like new
|, saddle as soon rs the ropes come strait, i,
| twicl,'d up considerable number of the oar.
L of The small boat and knock'd off some hats
but that was QDy a triile To the work that fol
L luwd some Oi The folks III the small boats
didn't do the clean thing-one chap said fo
his part he'd rather see the Jtco PoliicS q,
ON the rocks than have the Squire take
hand IN il, aud order'd his men 10 back the.
oars, but one on cin dash'd hat full of sal
water IN his face, whilst his mouth was open
and he gag'd as tho he'd Swallow lass o
.uanhdfini tcdier.
AnVther advised cutting the SquiIcs biz
II rope---bLt an old gentleman IN another boa
II said -"evcry man cut his oma rope if he will
| but. cut or niendng ropes-ncvare"---and
/ with that he hooked on the SqHres ropes, s,and
tciI'd his men to pull in aid on't-and the
most OF the boats FOL ow'd the same lead -
/ them that didn't, IT made very iitlc odds
for the Two Politics was going up stream just
II for all the world as Tho she had the Grca,
II Western hooked on to hcr--and there sat tho
| squire with his long medium at astarn taking
the hull scrape along with hlm-ydirl, sa,D
cincktr, and the Iro Poutes his men pull
ing together just like one-the tide runnln.
Ike a mill race agIn us, and then he turnd-
and shifting his position-all let 60 his ropes
and the small boats and the Two POllie
swung round, went down stream full chzze
for spell, TILL he squire ietchd her all up OF
to,hcr tack, his men just pulling strong emu
like a drag chain to keep things as tho II
, still water, and then he pull'd round ant
round sometimes agin the tide and sometime
! across tides it made no odds which way--th
! Two Pollics and the hull raft of small boat
: went js, the way he steer'd his great ddd.t
2 long legs threw the shipping at anchor an
the ferry boats under way and no harm cam
: 10 any one. In one OF his movements b
y r. cross s'd the bows of the Two PoIies and saw