The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-03-22

smacked his lips, and periodically grunted b,
way of affirmative t'.,e 49,
Il vonce skipper der Engelish sheep"
You were once captain of an English ship
is it possible ?"
"Yaw !; did be skipper of steem-sheep dot g,
from Hull to Rotterdam. l go voyage one
never not no more"
How was that?" 7'-a-A- PEE @--
"Ag ten tousand duvils! / will never no
no more put my foots ON board steam sheepL
vas sail from Hull big of passengers mooct
Engellsh ladies' ombaord. I gallant man de den
Engelish womens-show dem all der machines
OF ter sheep. Dare is one round hole in deck O
steam-sheep for to put coal down te ter stokers
and dat tamt round hole vas open ven show en-
glnes to ter womens. I not no how see him .anc
In one leetle minute slip in dat duviI hole. ~
You didn't fall through into the coal-room.
No." groaned Mynheer Vandunderboom
II slip down tie here - impressively slappin,
what Buntline called his "minship bilge" ttAnt
l jamb, ond all ter ladies squeal daughters, ant
dance round me. Ugh dere 1 vas 1 try lif
out--not nohow. And ter womens saueal laugh
tiers, till mad, and ter tamt sailors laughs, too
and pull me, while ter stokers push at my feet,
In ter coal-house, and tey pub and push till ]
cry my arms vas coming off. More dew null
faster jamb, and ter sailors say must heave me
out by purchase. So dey rig derrick, anG
clap rope round my pody, and all hands tailor
to ter tacklefall and haul till ter rope smokes
and thinks l vas pulled all in little bits. Still
l fast and myn pody swels in ter damt hole. sc
feel bust ag schrikkeik Ter carpenter Gel
axe and chop ter deck till him cui hole big as vor
hatch way to get me out. Dat cost me fifty gul
den to repair, and / lie abed Won month. 40.
never sets foots omboard steam sheep not neve,
no more, nohow." GF sal So b- Yt-T. b
30. of ,1oI 10
ton, my dear Mynheer Yanderdun6erboom! y
exclaimed Miss Lucy Blackburne, who had ioin.
ed us on the quarterback in time to overhear the
conclusion of the shippers narrative. "And
what is more, should strongly advise you, on
next reaching Rotterdam, to bid adieu forever
to the treacherous main, and settle down for life
with your good old 'vrou' by Iyour side, at d
house in the suburbs, with .bloomen-garten.
where you can cultivate tulips, and summer.
house with wooden sentry at the door, swhere
You can sit and smoke all day long, and relate
your terrific voyage on the wild Atlantic, and
what unparalleled seamanship you DISPLAYED, and
how heroically you exerted yourself to save the
vessel by-pumping with your own hands under
compulsion of an English quartermaster -
Mynheer Vanderdunderboom slowly pulled a
yard of smoke from els meerschaum and stared
with his great fshy eyes at Lucy for the space Of
a minute and half; then emitting long-drawn
cultural grunt (Which might mean everything or
nothlng); and without uttering syllable of re-
ply, coolly turned his back on her and gazed an.
parenty at cloud in the far distance. AS this
is the last glimpse the reader will have of his
High Mightiness, l regret that it presents him in
a somewhat ungallant light, but great men have
their little occasional weaknesses, you know.
Gentle breezes and smooth sea lasted us un.
til our deep-sea Lad had brought up ''sand and
shells, by which we knew to certainty that we
had entered the ''chops of the Channel" and
were within days sail of an English port
Heigho! absolutely whistlcd for head wind
so reluctant was 1 at the prospect of a termina,
ton to the delightful society L enjoyed aboard
"Den Keller" And when we let go anchor in
Plymouth Sound l locked SO rueful that "bonny
sweet Lucy, sac gentle an peerless" archly
laughed in my face, and then blushed crimson
Why she laughed and why she blushed was a
mystery that would have puzzled the wisdom Of
Mynheer Vanderdunderboom to elucidate
When we were about to part Mr.. Blackburne
after briefly but warmly expressing his gratitude
for the services had been the instrument al
invited me, in way that would take
no denial, to visit him and spend Christmas and
the New Year at his Yorkshire home. IT think.
MIR. Derwent," added he, with drolish smile,
chat my daughter will, if needful, add her frank
aud earnest invitation to mine.' But Miss Lu.
cy didn't, for all that No, the demure young
lady hadn't even the grace to express in an or.
binary common place way that she would be clad
to see me beneath her fathers roof; but
The "but' is such an important "but," that /
must honor 1t by commencing a fresh sentence
But she gave ME her little hot,trembling hand;
and if she didn't look as rosy as Aurora and Il
her bright eyes We're not dimmed with tears and
if her lips did not culver as she faltered farewell
i am as true Dutchman as Mynheer Wander
dunderboOm
From Plymouth proceeded with nv men to
Portsmouth, where the 'Termagant" had arrived
only two days before the Dutch schooner flor the
salvage OF which we were, by-the-by, Handsomely
remunerated by the Rotterdam owners), The
"Termagant" was paid off, and found myself
by the beginning of December, free as the winds
that blow, so far as my personal movements
were cOncerned-but my. heart Sag wee =
las Mynheer Vanderdunderboom had taught me
to ejaculate)- heart-ah woe my heart
was throbbing captive in the possession of Miss
Lucy Blackburne
week before Christmastide, donned brar
new uniform, and set forth ON my promised visit
to Mr.. Backburnes residence, which was con.
tgueus to hamlet on the Yorks hire coast. ]
arrived there nearly at midnight on the 21st, and
late as it was, received a welcome worthy of an
old, old friend. Whether it is strict Yorkshire
etiquette for young lady to sit up till midnight
to receive an expected guest. is more than | can
tell; but know that Miss Lucy was up to greet
me, and no gem from the mines of Golconda eve,
glistened and sparkled more brightly than her
eyes. loar9 ra5f erat
At breakfast was in troduced to about doz.
ell guests, who had been invited to spend Christ.
mas, like myself The origin of my acquaint.
ance with the Backbournes was talked over and
laughed at, and hundred schemes for spending
the season right merrily were discussed The
three next days were spent in a succession of de-
lightful country amusements. To me, however
there was one terrible drawback, in the shape OF
a great hulking fellow of Yorkshire squire. who
stood six feet two in his stockings was only TWEEN
ty-two years of age would to goodness could
have made him forescore by touch of magic
wand y renowned fox-hunter and four.bottle
man, rawboned, strong as Hercules, (the scoun-
drel almost crushed my hand to a Jelly under
pretense of shaking it, to express his pleasure at
seeing sthe hero" as he phrased il, of the Dutch
schooner, but in reality to give me a palpabe
hint that he could smash me like crockery, if
had made it worth his while) who had what his
friends called Slight cast in the eye, but which
| pronounced to be hideous squint who had a
pair of tremendous whiskers, as red and brushy
as fox's tail and who there comes the sting OF
the matter y was sort of cousin-I don't know
how many times rsmoved-of Lucy Blackburne;
az" AZ Ih'uo Vi lhie couslhSnlp Inc gaunt crea-
ture at all times assumed airs of disgusting ia.
miliarity towards her; cloaking and shawling
her ; and, On the whole, behaving towards her
in way that made my blood simmer and boil.
Pray, don't fancy that l W as jealous of him. Not
a bit of it, only-only 1 should not have put on
mourning had he broken his neck in leaping a
fve-barred gate. That's ALL
/ On the morning of Christmas Eve, we all re.
solved ourselves into committee of Ways and
Means, to devise and determine how to spend
the evening in a manner worthy of the occasion
/ know we consulted a variety of old books in
in our hosts library to enable us to get up our
merry makings in genuine old English style, and
also know we were all in immense spirits after
an early ter and agreed, as it was most brill.
liant starlight night, with sharp frost, to take
a stroll out on the cliffs before commencing the
Christmas revels. III vsI II gfrro