Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-03-10
Adventure in the Chinese Seas.
BY sYLyANUs COBB, JR.

hard isted, but kind hearted son Of the
ocean, fifty years old, and full of thrilling
adventures. Our pipes were reflled
and then Sampson took his turn as fol-
lows:--
''Its now ten years come next Novem-
ber that took charge Of the Yankee" -
She was a noble ship, and felt proud
of the charge. We lay at the wharf
down Peck Slip, 1--WE cleared at New
York you know,) and got the last lot oi
duds on board, when | felt something
touch me on the leg. l turned round
and there stood by me boy some four
teen years old, with bundle on his
shoulder. He kind O trembled when
looked at him. but there wasn't any dis
honesty in that face-not bit. He had
great grey eyes, almost dark enough for
hazel, and his hair curled all, over his
head like girl just rigged for party.
Then be looked SO earnestly and steadily
at me that knew whatever he wanted
he'd be truthful about it.
"What is it, boy" said !, speaking
kindly.
II want to 90 to sea with you," said
the boy.
"Wbo says you may go !"
81 say so," said he--and | saw tear
in his eye.
"Are you alone, boy y
He pointed up to a store at the head
of the ship, and told me if would only
go up there with him, l could learn all
about it.
"But what use'll you be to me p ask
ed him before we started.
"Any use you put me to that's honest,
and that l can do be said.
liked that answer, for l saw that he
meant it, and went up TO the store with
him. did want cabin boy, but had
not made engagements for any, because
Just such a one as wanted about me all
the time was hard TO find. At the store
| asked Mr.. Van Wort Che was an old
friend of mine) about the boy. He told
me that his father used TO be porter in
his store, but that he had died two months
before, and that be was now an orphan,
his mother having been dead some years.
Then he took me aside, and says he
"If you want boy, captiu, you will
find him most faithful one. He's been
with me, Off and on, ever since be was
so high"
OF course | took him. His name was
Edward Grover, he said twas Ned, and
Ned we called him. Two days after
that a tug towed US out of tbs harbor, and
we struck our hose clear OF Sandy Hook
before dinner. First we went to Calcut-
ia and then to Canton, and many, many
a time did | bless my stars that Ned
Grover was with me, for an own child
couldn't have been more faithful than he
was. And then he was bold fellow
TOO and never was the blow that could
shake him, or the storm that could blanch
him. On the royal yard he was like a
squirrel on a tree, and he was quick of
1it as he was of body.
Well, our business was all done up at
Canton, and bad only TO touch at Sing
lpore on my way home unless ! chose
o heave TO at Bavaria. We had
plendid run down the Chinese Sea,
making the passage of Nantumas in just
light days. In three days from that. we
we're among the Anambus IsIands-off /,
you know most of these islands ;
We left on the starboard beam and along ,
oward the middle of the afternoon Lam
'ang was on the lee bow, and not more
han six miles distant. / took the east 7
IN run Of Lampang, because knew the
hannel. Since morning, the wind had >
een light and variable, though h
affiing, and now it had settled down in n
he west'rd as though to rest itself-for
nth studding sails allow and aloff, we h
idn't run off more than three knots an h
our at the outside. b
1t was just four o'clock when / came 81
n deck to see how the land lay, and / 7
'und Lampang then just about beam, al
ut as the wind now came, the island
as to the windward of us and four miles II
stant. had looked at the compass al
I'd at the sails and was then looking out ST
the land, when the man at the maiutop
ailed the deck. of
"What is it 2" I asked. m
"a Malay prOap he answered, "rigbt
shore by that rock. There don't you re
e it?"
I Iaokad and did GEE her Isant Ma nj