The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-11-23
ORIGINAL TALE.
FOR THE CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.
The Pirate of the South Sea
OR.
incidents Of a Cruise.

Ooe warm afternoon in January, IS, |
'qy cau'king sssy on the stow. d foretop. ma.t
,gssil Of The sloop Of var C., then ".
= anchor 10 the por, Of Callso. The SAID
-u.cd-slaysail iss glorious place TO "soger"
Il any time, Tor the netting keeps one FROM
,o'!lng over board, and nuIber three can.
sass IS as sofi as (soms kind OF down and
il il veil out Of the way and free from those
lroublesome Interruptions, % common on The
decks Of men Of var. cannot. it 10 true,
recommend ssid STAY. sail as csulking place
at sea, for while fellow is dreaming suay a.
bou, "ssee, hearts ard wives" n eff .er o.
the deck may suddenly rub his eyes, aud tn
follo~ine dialogue ensue
L'futenant - Furecasr!e, there
Masters Mate - ST.
Lieu.-' Man the 70 lopmasi stoy.sail hal.
yards
Mdsiers Hd'e.-'All mqnnrd for'ard sir
Lieut. il"s, Away The stay .ss,1 and
then Ut goss our dom, couch, mi hps'u
goes the dfean-r, and . cold bah IS ~
always pleasant, even IN warm CLIMATES, rs.
pecis'ly when SO applied.
These ere dfssbacks al Sea, bu, in por'
there is nothing Of lhe kind 10 fear; al |, J,p
Alien, sno'ed a~aF IN mos, ns.D,fi' e,t style.
Alas hoseref 10 man eau siisl, couuI ~
snY thing 40 mn uf var slve A ,yging
which be Is p'eily su'e 0 get from one c,us.
or ano:ber. Vine d Gaming b VI Susan &
Co. az above, my sla'hbef. we're d,s2elIei b,
KICK from good aatured fofelcpnan, VIII"
rode down the slay 10 inform ne lhai be is
cutter was called sssy and turning out. |
heard the boa,s~a1n's ma'e max ug nv nur.
Der, that is roaring ou J.m Allen Pas.
the word for jim Allen" Here ou are ;
said ! 10 the bos,ssain's ms:e a. Jumped
from the fofecasile INTO he .ais,.
Get 10 the boa, you 81, sa1 The Lieuien
ant Of the watch, who was standing a, the
gang way. and look out Tor half u
when you return
'Ay, ay. cir, promptly replied. took
ny oas.-~e showed Of lei fall, ami gave way
We had no officer on board save mid, and
~ss 81 fret u . loss to know where we could
be gong but after pulling half an hour, ~e
boarded merchantmen which lay al snchor
far out ~ the hatbor, near the Island OF 81.
Lawrence.
She wss in some trouble, having suddenly
and by sccidsn, come to anchor, while sailing
out Of Ibs hafbor, the Cat and 6.h Of the star.
board bowsr having parted, aud there she iay
with seventy fatboms OF cable on, ah-so, sud
her sails shipping the mssis 10 hne style, ~.
sryihIog having been let 20 by the run.
You Alien. said The mid, "a. he went up
the ships eide. say in the boat, and have
your pap out, for you reme nbes M. Gibson
promised you half dozen, so get ready for H.
'Ay sy, SIR. replied, and sitting down 10
lie Stern sheets, The painter beng made fast
ca board The ship, proceeded to obey OF dsrs,
= bile the rest Of the boats crew began TO
leave up our friends anchor, and so forth.
IL is one Of my rules, neves 10 borrow trou.
bic. and so nspped sssy, my dream begin.
mn, where il had left of. on board the sloop
Of war; aud enjo, ed myself and the res, Of
hem in uue man Of war s,yle.
How long my slunbers may have lasted. |
know NOT, but ] vas q, length swskened by
he rolling and pitching Of the boat, she hsv.
ag shipped q heavy sss, which thoroughly
tucked jim Alien, any how. boiled up, aud
ieund ayssif 10 peck Of troubles.
Sons oas ~ the hurry Of duty 90 board tn.
nesehsnsmsn he'd scc,dsn.iy cast OF he pain.
or Of my boat. and the south vind having sud.
Ieaiy ifesheoed into snosiss, ! had quietly
|sItisd cut 20 ses, and sov found myself out.
ide the hasbor, in stiff breeze, rolling sbou,
Q the mouslain su'ess Of the Pdci6c Ocean. !