The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-01-23

tried 20 get htF 10 r4n away hut tbe siFi
hai a viii d her own and knowed her do
".
Says she. I cant disobey my father,
jack. iove you dearly, aul ! never will
marry any one else bot ii must be all
over between us ! don't think pa would
have relsnied even II you hadn't been 50
violent but now he never viii. You've
done il yourself Jack, she said, forming
quite white aud looking away from me-
You liked the sea best and you've Got il
instead OF ne.
Those were the las, words she said
and was going away when heard her
give a liu le cry, aud turning saw her arms
stretched ont towards me then went
back and folded her to my bosom, and
kissed her hundred times. am afraid
I cursed her hard old father from the bot
tom Of my soul, though wasn't lcud, for
mind We woman is woman, and words
good enough for other mems ears Amt 10
be spoken before her The sight Of Jen-
ny as / left her, with her yellow hair
blown back urder the bare tree branches,
all bright with icicles, haunted me for
many a long day and though loved Tie
sea. there were times when, looking over
the side, used 10 fancy voice deep
down il tie waves whispering her words
over again:
You've done It yourself, Jack you lik
cd the sea better than me, and you've got
,f
II dosen'i take long for the years TO 90
by, either on land or ocean. They weat
with me as other folks. got on well
enough. Before knew ii | was second
mate, then first mate, then captain. /
sd pose | should have sailed the sea until
they buried me in it if it hadn't been for
my first mate, John IIamin. loved that
fellow as might brother, if I'd a better
one han, Charles Augustus. Al Gbral
Ter ilamiin got inlo arrow with some Eug-
lish soldiers. They'd all been drinking
together; Of course took his part They
had lire arms about them, and used them
Oh each other. did'nt save Hamlin, for
they Shot him dead but got couple Of
bullets ia me, aud was picked up .ast as
near DavY Jones locker a. any man ever
was who didn't 90 into / | got we'll
again, but was on the inyaIil list AID a.
! had laid up handful OF money and vas
pasi forty, made up my mind to stay at
aome anl take care Of john IIamliu'a or
plan children. lie had settled down in
New York and fetched them nom), poor
halt-starved creatures, Tor the woman they
boarded with was given q dl;nk, and kept
diem on bread and lreacle; aud rs they
told NE must, | put them in black irocks
they'd have felt just as bad in red -and
settled down 10 be comfortable. Soon ]
10 ked out for a chaplain to pass Sunday
A. i ought 10 bo, aud lilo II v. Ebon
Tppker's church being Iiandy, | shipped
aim along with the girls, and as ! always
did ny duty, never pretended not to see
the plate when The steward showed it up
our p9y. Rev. Eben Tooker was soc
ble man He used 10 drop in evenings
and talk to me about my soul; and though
] can't say but what | dropped asleep
someiimcs, he knowed lis duty when he
did il. A captains duty is one thing, AID
a ehaplan's another
One day he spoke about poor llamlin's
gals. Sass b., You send them 10 school,
hope. Says /, Il haven't done it yet
gals are better without learning, it the,
can read their Bibles aud cipher out their
butchers bill.
But lie kept on, and pretty soon let
him examine 'Cm. Lord love ye, they
hardly knew their letters. The schoolm'
as wei as the board had gone for gin.
The poor heaheu are scarcely more
brnighled, said our chaplain. lie insists
on my saying pastor, but l'cther sounds
the hest.
we mast find an instructress for them,
captin.'
Surely, said IL wanted TO do the best
by poor Tom's children that | could
'surelyi just mentiona school marin, chap
lain
Said be, my own are under the care of
the person who plays the organ--a highly
estimable lady in reduced circumstances.
i Her school is close by. No. -, Broone
street
I SO We wrote he name and address on
card, andI promi ,ed to take the gals there.
/ Mondal morning we SCI sal. bought
EN- spelling books and satcllels and slaIes,
and by o'clock We were at the door.--
Then looked tor the card, and, behold ye,
( Id lost i'll However, was IN Tori, aud
/ could hail tie lady as sciioolmarm.
Belsey was piping her eye, and Peg was
bawhug ibat she wanted TO 90 home. But,
sats |, No. no, girls, don't want you to
grow up benighted as the heather, and
! that is what the chaplain calls ye now
/ SO ] logged them in, and made my rev.
erence.
Duty, marm, says ! here's two gals
as needs instruction. Rev. Eben Tooker
recommended ye 10 give it 10 'em, aud
Whatever extra il is tor playing the organ
let en- larD il; TOR il is you that works ii
IN the top loft o Sundays--you know how
TO do it, Cappen Jack Ballast at your SER
vice. Send your bills 10 him, and he'll
foot them
amt bold with women I'm bit
bashisl aiore strange uns even yet. And
Ladn'l looked at her. Bu, when spoke
out MY name she gave little scream and
started back. Or ooarsc | couldn't help
looking al her then, and she Was sitting
down With her handkerchief before her