Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-03

Rortbs Nationai Era.
MY SUMMER WITH DR.. SlNGLETARY." ."
gHAP. Wi.
THE SHIPPERS STORY.

"Well what's tia news belowan asked the
,ootor, Of bis boilsekeepor, as she came home
rom gossipping visit to the landing, one after
oon. What new piece Of scandal is afoat
ow ~
"Nothing exocpt what concerns yourselfn
answered WidoN Watson, tartly. aMrs. Nu-
con says that y6s'vc been 10 see her neighbor
Waits girl she that's sick with the measles-
alf.a -dosot1 tlzIea and never 50 much as left a
poonful of n1e dcine; and she should ike to
Enow Whist = dos tor's good for without physic.
Besides slse aays lssitsnant Browns wife would
have got wen X you'd minded her, and let her
have plenty of borough wort tea, and put
plit fowl a the pit Of her stomach
7" split ton&pio would be the best thing for
herl ? said tho Doctor, with wicked grimace
sThe old Jeseb@N Let her look out for herself
khe next time 9he gets the rheumatism Pll
blister her from head to heel. But what else
is going y
aThe schooner Polly Pike is at the landingn
aWhat from Labrador The one Tom Os-
borne went il
bUVkOkp inob osu uoWu SbIcCb.
4Good!n Aaid the Doctor, with emphasis
4P6Or Widow 0sborne's prayers are answered,
and she viii see her son before she diesn
NAnd precious little good win it do her, /" said
The housekeepar. There's not more drunk
|ss swearing, rake shame in town, than Tom
Osborne
F1It's too true responded the Doctor; abut
he's her only son and you know, Mrs. Watson,
the heart Of ! mother
The widows hard face soltened--s tender
shadow passed oyer 1.-THE memory Of some
old bereavement melted her; and as she pass
Ia into the house, ! saw her put her checked
apron TO her eyes.
By this time Skipper Evans, who had been
slowly working bis way up street for some min
utAs, had reached the gate.
y aLook here, said he, 1here's letter that
Two got by tho Polly Pike, from one of yonr old
patisnts, that You gave over for dead man
long agop
From the other world, Of course" said the
Doctor.
No, not exnctly, though it's from Labrador,
which i about che last place the Lord made, ]
n0konp
uWhat from Dick Wilson,"
sSartain,s said the Skipper
And how ishean
aAlive and kicking! tell you what Doc
tor, phydoking and blistering are all well
enough, mug be-; but IL you want to set fell
~ 10 when he's kinder run down, there's
'no}hing Ike fishing trip to Labrador, special
N IL ke's bson bothering himself with studying
IA writing and sach like There's nothing
Iks 6sh-ohoVd Vders, hard hunks and sea fog, TO
MA thatnon<snso out of him. Now this chap"
DIE Skipper here gave me q poke in the ribs,
by ~ of doignation,) @if | could have him
lawn Vllb d, beyond sunset, for two or three
ncnthn, wos1Ii come back as hearty rs Bay
= Fund5 porpcisep
Assuring him that would like to try the
experiment with him as skipper, begged
% know tho history Of the case he had spo
hen Of
The old fisherman smiled complaccntly, hitch
"a up his pntaloons, took n seat beside us, and,
ar>r extracting jack knife from one pocket
and hand ,f tobacco from the other, and do
libsrately supplying himself with fresh quid,
Ne meutionet apologetically, that he supposed
tho Doctor hpd heard il all before.
aye, twenty times said the Doctor; "but
never mind, it's good story yet. Go ahead,
sVoll , N see,p said the Skipper, "this
young " IL i comes down here from Hanover
Co11oeo. IA q spring, rs lean as q shad in dog
daya Ho lsad studied himself half blind, and
~ his >Ioo. had got into brains. So the Doc
~ >riod y help him with bis poticary stuff,
I'D NJ. n Non with her hsrbs, but all did
no eood rs last somebody advised him 10
~ Hhic<i cruise down East and so he per-
6Qulst "a 4 take him aboard my schooner. !
knew Ee'.l IL right in the way, and poor CON-
pany * III 'bsst, for all bis Greek and Latin;
for, y eo.,srsl thing, I've noticed that your
colIe1 olI6os swap away their common sense
81 HI 1ns6;ng and make mighty poor bar.
nnlu ~ Il. yy1ll, he brought his books with
-. nnd 49, 10 thom 50 cloce that | was
o6&|< ~ \ nnld have 20 slide him Off the plank
b>lbr1 W ~ half way to Labrador. So just
~ ~ pl>inl7 that It wouldns do, and that
4 1e'1 y m'nd 10 kin himself ashore I'd no OBJ
1(|o1, btt he shouidn't do u aboard my
o1hoo6or. 4tI'n, cen Jest mind says J, TO
lub your books overheard A ishing-vesseps
- pIAoe ir 'cm; they'll spoil all our luck,
pco't 81 n onaking Jonah Of yourself down
1go " ~ buok, but get upon deck, and let
C4 books alone and 20 to watching the sen
~ o|16ds and the islands and the fog
And We fishes and the birds for natur,'
\ do}t Bs nor give hearsays, but Is al.
~ = i1n a. the Gospels
- ~ 40 use talking. There he'd lay
1 6ul& with his books about him, and |
9on Y most 70 drag him on deck to snuff
.1s ~ liowsomever, one lay--it was the