The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-05

For the National Era.
FROM
my SUMMER WITH DR.. SINGLE ARY."
CHAP. VI.
TIE SHIPPERS STORY.

VEL, what's the news below2" asked the
o,s-r of his housekeeper, as she came home
{. .ossipping visit to the landing, one after
- What new piece Of scandal is afoat
p5g'
aN5.hing except what coacernssy yourself"
.,.agrod Widow Watson, srtly. "Mrs. NJ
econ AVS that you've been e ses her neigbbOr
T,ts girl-she that's sick with the measles
b,lts.dozen times, and never 30 much as left
.,oaful of medicine; and she should like to
tD,w what doctors good for without physic
B,sids- she says Le(tenant Browns wife would
have ct well if you'd minded her, and let her
bsr. plenty Of thorough wor. sea, and put a
spa Il g. Sic pit Of her stomach"
-. Jagce would be tle best thing FOR
bsr." slid ths Doc.or, with wicked griinace.
eTas Old Je4sbel! Let her look out for herself
tie sz. time she gets the rheumatism; PIl
A. hsr from head to heel But what else
bg as!P
he schooner Polly Pike is at the landing"
What, from Labradora The one Tom Os-
borne veut in?"
agoo1!" sA:d toe Doctor, with emphasis.
Poi. Widow OsboIne's prayers are answered,
SAD .ao viii zee her son before she dies"
and precious little good will it do her." said
die ylsekeepsr There's not a more drunk
en,.rgearing rake shame in town, than Tom
0sb ne
81 100 true" responded the Doctor; "but
hes er only son, and you know, Mrs. Watson,
the art of q mother"
I'll widows hard face softened-a tender
shadow passed over 1.-THE memory of some
Old lereavement melted her; and as she pass
cd il % the house, saw her put her checked
apron to her eyes
BIZ this time, Skipper Evans, who had been
sogly working his way up street for some min
utss lai reached the gate.
aL,ok here" said he, +" here's letter that
I've slt by the Polly Pike, from one of your old
patients that you gave over fer dead man
long age"
From the other world, of course" said the
Doctor
eNo, not exactly, though it's from Labrador,
which is about the last plaza the Lord made, |
reckon
5lhat, from Dick Wilson4"
"N4r,ain," said the Skipper.
aAnl how is he?"
eAE,e AMI kicking! tell you what, Doc
t1r p'l7sieking and blistering are all well
enough, nay be; but if you want to set fell
l--, -, lql,a,--. ho'- ekinday@ RIM down thare's
nothing Ike p fishing trip TO Labrador, special
lyifhe been bo5b6ring himself with studying
aad writing and saeh Ike. There's nothing
Ike f<5-chC,Td3rs la, a bunKs, a0d s9a FOG, to
take Tat nonsense out of him. Now this chap"
The skipper here gave mo a poke in the ribs,
by way al dlsignation,) eff | could have him
down with ne beyond sunset, for two or three
months, wolii come back as hearty as Bay
o Fdndy portoise.'
Assuming him that would Ike to try the
experiment with him as skipper, 1 begged
to knog tie history OF the case he had spO-
ken o.
The.Ii herman smiled 3omplaocntly, hitch
ed up his Is1taloone, took q seat beside US, and
after ez.r-e,ing jack knife froa, ona pocket,
and Lar5 Of tobacco from the Other, and de-
hberty IMPLYING himself with fresh 4uid,
heriGdsaal ALPHABETICALLY that no supposed
TIE tao'o, lid card it all before.
Yea twenty times" said the Doctor; but
never m nd, is good story yet Go a'ead,
Skipper"
"Wll. you see" sid the Skipper this
young Wilson comes down here from Hanover
C}i!ege in he spring as lean as shad in dog
days lie hal studied himself lf-blird, and
al his blood had got into brains SO the Doc
tor ~ b to help him with his poticary STUFF.
aad Nrs Nuge3n with her herb, but ell did
no 3 j. Az last somebody ad5ised him to
t,y3f{aing cruise down East and 80 he per-
saalei mo to take him aboard my schooner |
kneE he'd Be right in the way, and poor con-
pany at the best. for all his Greek and Latin;
for, asa general thing, Eve noticed that your
college chaps swap away their common sense
Tor ther larninr, and make mighty poor bar,
gan Of IT, Wen, he brought his books with
linn aA1 stuck to them 50 close that | was
atrald We should have to slide him off the plank
oeOre ne goi half way to Labrador. So just
tod him plainly that it wouldn't d, and that
heia mind to kill himself ashore I'd no OBJ
Iection bat he shouldn't do it aboard my
schooner. I'm cen Jest mind says !, TO
P.chyopr books overheard. A fishing vessels
ne l,aao for 'em they'll spoil ell our luck.
D-- 50 to making Jonah of yourself down
here II your bunk, but get upon deck, and let
cls alone. and 90 to watching the sea
a. clouds and the islands and the fog
OaaA' sd the fishes and the birds for natuT,'
says cont lie nor give hearslys, but is al-
wa "a tue Is the Gospels
BE-. twas no use talking. There he'd lay
10 ls bunk with his books about him, and
ma m Almost to drag him on deck 70 snuff
'ne s52 air. Howsomeyer, one day--.t was the
a'''e- Of the whole season-afier we left the
p encs, sad we're running down the Gut
- '.7sp We hove in sight Of the Gsnnet rocks
'aa !, t)t myself III show him something
be c4n't iud in bis books. So goes
go 5vn Yer him; and when he got on
.'- '' i5okc ! towards the northeast, and if
w eh hp wonder-struck, he was. Right
oh, u Us waP bold, rocky island, with what
hke peat snow-bank on its southern
Nhie ID air was full overhead, and all
q what seemed a heavy fall of snow.
y was blazing hot and there wasn't
i De seen. What 10 the world, Skipper,
a'S meant! says he. Were sailing right
70" storm, in dsg-days and in clear
!. Ply this time we had got near enough
y great ru5t1ilg noiss In the air, evsry
growing louder and louder.