Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1849-01-13
TIE SAILOR AND his DOC.

TIE SAILOR AND his DOC.
We we're bound TO Canton. VIZ he'd
ahipppd, In New York, the usual number
ofmen for u long v~ojage-men picked up
from Tho III rding houses and alont silote +;
Of the otdinury class, who had walked up
sob, 10 find that their money was al gone
and they must plough the seas for more.
Taking one months pay In advance, they
ont their "traps" into the forecastle Of the
lyanhoe, and made themselves acquainted
with each her without delay.
One there was, however, who did no
50 READILY ANA gamate with the rest. sus
]picieus eyes were cast upon him from The
first; for, nin0ng q certain class OF people.
he who cannot enter into The spirit Of the
conversation, is looked Hpon with jealous
eyes. Bot there was nothing omit Gus IN
the personal appearance OF the manner OF
BoIen. for that was the nuinn ny which he
had been shipped. He answered eiyilly
enough when be was spoken to, but bls
thoughts always seemed 10 be far away, or
he dwell with The past instead Of the pre-
sent. know not. Suffice il thai he sci.
dom laughed ut our jokes. Perhaps he
hoard them not He brought n middle.
sized dog on board the chip With him md
his dog was as %unsocial as himself. II was
a harmless dog; but he played with nobody
but his muster, or nigh say his friend,
for the two were always seen together, ex.
cppt when Bolen was alafi, aud then The
Ito, would nestle in The chains outside the
hui 4 atke aud wait till his human conpan.
ion should descend, SOMETIMES casing IN
eye aloft when Bolen staid longer than
usual.
Apart Of BoIe n's meals always went TO
the dog ; and there were sometimes .urly
whispers tbot this could not be, If we chan.
ccd 10 be on sl4orl allowance. Sometimes
a niece Of meat would be cast to the dog ny
one Of the other seampn /; but the animal,
though he quietly swallowed It, evipced no
sense Of obligation, save n slight look #
gratiilds into the face Of the donor Z: he
showed no peculiar satisfaction. but re-
turned TO Bolen aud placed him%selfbeiween
his knees.
In the night. watch. the Dig anne r"gn-
larry on deck, and then he aud BoIen were
universally alone together. Then. recIin.
ling on the deck, Boien seemed to bod IN
E~tetcourse with bis dog, ~ Il man with man.
| PEI haps this dog was the only menfinto
Of IA happy and loving neutrality-suspicious.
the sight Of him brought back The m"tnory
Of children who had played with him, and
a wife who 10 the husbands absence, bad
regarded the dog as Der best def nder. A
black cook declared that he had heard 10.
len address words to bis dog while the
other hands were either distant or slumber.
ING ON the watch. But BoIen never slept.
He and his dog keit awake through The
whole watch. On II or two occasions a
petty officer had shown some disposition TO
annoy The animal. Then a pecu lar flash,
Tor a nome nj, illumined the eyes oil Bolen,
followed by an expression Of glief 50 deer
and overwhelming tIat every one sympa-
tnised with his feelings, but without know.
ing exactly their nature. For Bolen wa:
a bold sailor, and when we scudded be-
fore a gale, shortly after leaving port, be
was placed al The helm, and his sfcadiBess
was noticed BY the captain and apllaudee
by an old sea.dog named Inolt, who wen
out with us as a cabin passenger.
Tie petty olicer still maintained his en-
nifty against the dog, which had beer
greatly increased by the fact Thai b. wal
afraid to harm the dog in Boien's pre-
~scnce, and it was not easy 4, catch tht
animal separate from him. At length W
reached the cquiuoctiat line, and flei
whispers were observed to pass betweei
the aforesaid petty officer and the ma .
afterwards the captain seemnd 10 be IN
in uced into the mystery. and The eyes O
the latter glared rather wildly as he gaz
ed forward at the forecastie. The do
seemed % perceive that something wa
going forward in which he was interested
He lowered his tail and Sunk move close
.iyto Bolen, and tn latter appeared I
feel that his dog was distressed and ap
prehensiye, for be drew his hard han
softly aver The yellow eo.t.ot the an
NAL AID looked about him far the cause I
this change IN the former meek centldenc
Of The solitary favorhe.
AtieBgth, On Gne faIna eNkHInE Aae
the Heavens were piled with heacy cloud
and all hands were enjoying the ootne
of the night air. on deck, soine one hlnis
10 Boltn thai The officers believed bis do
was going mad. More Than that the il
fnrner had heard, but he mrniioned II
more. Bolen's Imagination supplied hl
with the rest. He sat bit upright, an
the sudden paieness Of bis c%ountenane
was plainly visible through The gloom
: ev ming. Al night, Bo4en ot not clos
his eyes IN sleep. he dog and be wei
not separated for a mornFus. iioleu >
against the Rindlass, aud The dog lay
his side with his head resting as the shis
J Of hrs owner, and oceasi naliy hooking !
in Bolen's face with a mdurniti air, as
' for protect n, and yet wi h aIatenf know
> clrs that pnlpn's inH1saucA was not sgifa