Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-09

and am going to intrust delicate wife and
| baby to your keeping for fourteen thousand
miles. Can you conscientiOusly undertakelthe
job?''
Yes,' said the skipper, think l can l
am not fortunate in my ships company. l
| baye come round from San Francisco, and have
| picked the main OF them up there queer lot,
with ali the turbulence of American sailors,
and not one of their good qualities. They ran,
| ard are IN the hulk they are good any
shall pick up just now l have four good Off
| GERS, carpenter, steward, stewardess, and one
mi1shi man and have noble lot OF passen-
gers, thank God. I'll pull you through
| The steward is drunk, is he not 2" said l.
"WelI, yes,'' said the skipper, ughing,
''but only principle. Ii amt habitual. We
have been three weeks IN the bay in ballast,
trying to get cargo, and have got little wool
and gold but he has not been ashore more
| than three hours. Last night he told his wife
and that sit was very unsailorlike and
unlucky 90 to sea without burst, and SO he
has gone shore to get drunk. He is an ex-
celient fellow, ] assure you, and so is the
carpenter"
| bar hcado9 hard : Al led Scotch woman showed
US the vacant Derths. There now, Iold
us reaT lU0 passengers but most ot them IL the
! second caUin, between lecss The voyage
| would pay she said, entirely through the iassen
gers. Ii would pay well, ard she was giad %
t..
+ ON San Francisco on speculation, on mis- own
responsibility, and she wished him TO star vel!
| with the owners, he the skipper, was going
home TO be married. She seemed = dear Old
BODY and made us more than ever IN love "lth
TIE shin When she understood that she was
to be plagued to death all the voyage by a del
| icqte Young wife and baby, her Satisfaction
knew no bounds She immediately asked my
| brother Christian name. and has never called
him by anY other since Me she tolerated, and
| thank her
But a. we looked round at the cabins (ooen-
| ipg cut II the saloon, and on deck, please ID un-
| derstand) hitch occurred We came u
| cabin DOR on which there card, and on 1t
| was yr,teen IN u large hand, Mrs Dishmore
And EdnuDd said, the most pcremp'ory man
| ne -
| / am nos going y sail N the ship with
ih.t woman. ohs Is ln-0lerable enough on
shore, BAT to sea with that woman don ( GO
" Nonsense, Ned aid "i3u ne - hot
Ies' IL her
tried hec hardest to prevent Maria from marty
Ing ne, and hate the sight OF her.
she probably only repeated what she bad
heard" | SAID. You don know anyth ing
against the woman except what We all know,
taaC sne Is the most tIresome, backbtlng, med
dles3ule. alatty IN the three republics Don't
be q fool"
"I'il not sali with th4t woman" il" he repeated,
a. We vent over the side. kIt he did, neserths-
less.
That evening. after having tea with his wife,
We went away on q little expedition. Certain
custou-house GERS had become endeared 10
10 the way OF business, and we went 10 wish
them good by. The custom house men used, 10
those pre-raIlway times, an IND on the shores Of
the bay. before you come to the lighthouse.
we knew that We should catch some OF them
there that night, more particularly ;
fl4a iaar ,,f,N {r..I. he
across, telling his wife that we should sleep
there and that she must get ready TO 90 ON
board in three day..
| SUPPOSE that that 4uain: little inn is lev
eiled - the ground n0w, or tur-ed INTO u hml-
ted hotel. In thos1 tlmes II was a queer little
characteristic pi.ce. Ii was close. closer than
any ulher inn, 10 the place where the shipping
lies, aud IL that time thirteen millions
nualy passn NJ outwards and eleven millions
inwards, 1t was busy little inn indeed. One
room was almost entirely used by the shippers
OF ships and custom house othcers, and - this
room We repaired. 1t was fun usual, but
there was some cause for silence something had
cured to stop the conversation. and when we
had called for what we wanted, and had sat
down, We locked around for the cause.
IL was evidently . tall who was standing
with has back To the fire We had noticed that
he had scowed insolently "a lis as we came in,
but were too eager to look round and see
who OF our acquaintance Were there, TO take
notice of him /; but when were settled, my
brolher Edmund looked at him again, and 10
nv great surprise his look became fixed he
seemed to be partly interested and partly sur
prised al the mans appearance. |, who am
shorl-si5hted could the mans face,
and thought my brother had recognizd him,
! very naturally asked him 10 Whisper II he
knew the man.
No, be said, ''ard don want to. Did
you ever Ia your experience see such an evil,
truculent face before Coward and bully In
every line OF it. He has been bullying these
good folks. must have word with him.
HalIoa, YOU sir
The man aware in moment that my
brother addressing him. My brother had
what may be called forcible delivery. When
be addressed people, they were instantly aware
of the fact. This He turned TO my
brother with scowl, and said nothing. Edmund
conntinued,-
.'And how do you get along, sir q
And in merely saying those words, and IN
merely wag5ing ais eieat oeArd. Edmund sand
plain for all the folks to hear, You are bully
10y good gentleman. and | know II. Would
YOU be % exceedingly kind as to try TO baly
me?' The spell was broken, and the converse
ton of the different groups was resumed all
round the room. The bully growled something
inaudio!e, and in a very few minutes sat down.
= greater contrast to this fellow could scarce
II be conceived tndu SUCH as apptdfcu III IHe
person of cur friend who now appeared.
handsome young IL ghlander, a pretty neat
blue uniform, young enough to be nearly beard
less AID with the titles of gentleman y and
good fellow " written in every dinple of his
handsome foce, and every twinkle of his laugh
ing hazsl eyes. Ills eyes grew brighter when
he saw Us. and be came towards somewhat
eagerly.
:. have heard that you two repegades were
come here to look up, and going to Sc
cede from the sucking republic, and were going
back to the nag ridden old stepmother Britain.
Kiss the sacred ground when you land for me
and tell the dear old mother that will come
back some day, if it is only to lay my bones IN
her dear old bosom All, happy men ! and o
most unhappy me- If had not unluckiIy been
born i gentleman, might at this moment have
been gillie Of Lord Rreadlbane, to be keep
er II time; n nigh. have even now been bath
Ing my bare legs IN the silver mists of divine
S;hehallion. But luck is against me. | am no
L,wland man that can trade; 50 l must even
sit here with my four hundred year, biding
INV time 'Fhs Way lies Madness as