New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-02
IT vas e-ricr sid 'hsn dove. Iru, ont NV h.ns
Ia .bk. him hv tha horns b At vIl so r,,-h ,sln,

ltw@ s.ricr said 'hsn don =. PIT ont NV hu3
~ .hk- tir, by the horns b at will an uorh reiue
tance to n tie risk of sA encoun:4r With hi. for
midabl- claws, that eeio I, had secured hn he II
go tie lue and ssnk 70 tn. bottom
"bsh ," exclaimed the Professor, "you have
lost him. War Ih.t eowardice. or only cuDsi-
ness ?"
~ little Of t1'h.- replied, "Lut you mus,
rrcollec' hat am not accustomed To handle lob
s,.rs vhereai you hsve been intimate with the
cr.b tribe eVr since lou were out Of your crailr.
| tliCd scain, aid beiYg kss Heryous. succeeded
In pettlG the big lobster 10 the .u.lacu and hitting
him MO tie boat. W. caught three mor", ANA
c,v,ysded W. hrd enough for I'll reasonable wants.
We sccord cly pulled up tie hiiiock. and the FRO
c.ssor who hated rowing, scullei The dory slowly
ont to 81, In The direction from which we last heard
tLe sound al ;Le horn We soon JOS. sight of the
band and could sre nothing Of the sloop Presently
bow.y.r we heard some one singing snd IN iew
iuu,a the TAIL lnsst of TIE sloop loomed through the
Zoe In another minute We could see her deck but no
on. WAS visible up,n IT, No,ioning me to be silrnt
the professor slowly and noiselessy impeed the dory
toward the vessels bows. The singing continued
and We perceived that II came from the Hssyr Az
who was lying IN coil OF rope on the decA Win
his face toward the sky, instead OF watching The
horizon. as be- ought 20 have done. HIS song was
apparently suggested by our absence:
"pslbroos Tie trinc- of conla..naers
Is. gone the val IN Flanders,
Hi. fam. : Ike Aevsreers-
Bat when vii as come asnel
"Perhsp. a, Trinity f,as,
Pertafs hs come a. kastsr
Egsd BE- bad ee'ter MAKE hate. or
perhaps ae ne'er nay come"
We were now close aboard the sloop, and the
Professor. putting bis hand TO his mouth, shouted
through il in the gruilest tones he could command
an unintelgble order TO the soop to get out OF his
WAY. or he would run her down. The startled
Assyrian sprang to his feet with an alacrlty that
showed how imminent he thought the danger.
Evidently BE- expected 10 see a vessel ot at least
hundred tuns bearing down upon him through the
fog. 49,,
Z" You keep a bright lookout here SAID The
Professor. as we stepped aboard.
Nalbrook. nay prince of commsnders re-
sponded Minus " you have given great shock 10
nv nerves But forgive you, IN consideration of
ynur safe return. We have been really anxious
about YOU nv dear fellow. and have had thought
of alarming the coast and turning out dozen
steamboats, in search Of YOU. As il 49, We have
roved this internal galley up and down and round
and round til we are al beat out. Where earth
have YOU been hiding ~
"ls dinner readyl' inquired the Professor,
wholly urmoyed by the Assyrian's dstresses.
"Dinner What time do you think it is :"
About 3, or perhaps 4" said the Professor.
Ii was nearly :. They had had dismal day on
board the soop-had seen nothing, caught nothing,
and done noiLing but eat and sleep.
As night was fast approaching, and We were re-
solved not TO return TO Rockport we had no
alternative but to pull for Pigeon Cove HarbOr,
about two miles distant. We reached there, by
hard rowing just shout dark