Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-18

ance, | took a sneezer ordered %
horse-and put out again; and,
less than four miles, ran foul Of al
fA other tavern, the sign Of which was,
/ good woman without a head-yo
know all women are good withd u
i, heads or tongues, | should say.
Here | anchored, of course; stow e
away my breakfast, and got drunl |
too; and til ere you see, was OF
f drunk on\top o'tother. Well, abop
five o'clock, / took fires b de partur
for the widows and in a 10 hg Ian
was thrown overheard, by a tremend
Gus surge, into the fence cornef
where ! lay at anchor until morning
When I walked, | saw nothing but |;
chimney 1T showed all night
was covered about two feet, and my
breath formed this chimney"
We'll, what then?' inquired one q
the officers, laughing.
why, after some difficulty, l rel
I gained my feet, and looking around, |
discovered d cabin in an ole, field
close by, and feeling like a man-of
war, after hard battle, l made sail
and hauled into port, where | was
admitted by the old woman and her
little daugher. Madam, said !. | am
a poor shipwrecked mariner = have
been hanging to some fence rails all
night, during the pelting of the pitt
less storm, and beg of you blank
ct to roll myself up in before the fire,
as | am nearly frozen to-death; and
if | had little rum, itwould assist
in thawing me sooner; when n great
guns the old woman said she never
kept the article. Here was a broad
side that made my timbers shiver
again, for, though l was as wet as a
rat, | was as dry as powder-horn.
But to my inexpressible joy, her lit
lie girl said, as she started up from
Ter seat,
Mother, I will go to old Tom
3owlin's and get some rum for the
Gentleman
And sure enough, in 4 short time,
lere she come with a jug full-God
less her--of wbieh | drank freely, III
nd in three hours after, half seas
yer, put out to sea, and steered for
be widow S.
but why didn't you carry your {
quor on board?' inquired a midship-
lan, 'as you were so often on short {
Ilowance?'
MAY be | did. / saw in the old ]
oman S cupboard, one of those thin L
ght ounce medicine phials, SO ] fa
ought it of her, and filled it with =
le Boston particular, by way Of |
eeping up my spirits when popping :
Ie question to the widow, for |
dn't expect to get any there, and Ia
wouldn't do to mention rum s.
We'll, 60 on with the story said n
e Surgeon, you got there? al
Yes, with the phial of rum in my tt
cket, l dropped an chor, after being "
litely towed into the parlor by the b.
ung widow. OH but how it would oil
We made your mouths watered "
st to have seen that trim built craft if
th her curly streamers flying, and tt
r two bright port holes flashing SO
e at you at every glance! The WI
ry first broadside from her eyes, Il
" cred my heart to atoms. ha
Go on, go on said several voices. an
well, as / was saying, | was III
out half seas over, three sheets in in
, wind and the other shaking, and th
couldn't have walked plank to MI
o my soul. My tongue was SO an
ok that | couldn't have spoken lal
words three thin Saplings, if my
had been forfeited, and to hide th.
tiers from my charmer, ] took
d of the chairs and tables when | sec
we'd about. After getting thor agi
lilly thawed, l cleared the deck Wa
action, and made preparation for for
ping the awful question. | had pal
Keep look out-that didn' t break
bottle in my pocket, for ! knew pla
t if It,ot lee lurch, the bottle hel
hit goHby the board and betf fay VIII
This | dreaded; for | was get ed
on swimmingly.. So | watched ing
opportunity, rose up gently, see she
ing like a ship in the trough of fot
sea, and held on to the back of frol
chair. a |;
MAZDA n = madam sal ia I, having jus
I'd of your fa me, goodness Of | s
rt, ind above all, your bank inc
k k-I-I mean you beauty, | my