The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-08-23

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"Well, as ], said, T was used TO the
water from aibaby. .sand when father
was gone away to sell his fish, and
usedEto get him to put NE aboard
the boat, and there I used to. play,
quite contended.5 One day, however,
it was at the end of September; father
was gone with some fish, and mo-
ther hadn't said anything to him
about putting me aboard the boat.
Mother was washing, and I dare
say was pretty troublesome, and
that made her cross, SO she gives me
q box O. the ears, and tells me to be
quiet.
"a I want to go aboard the boat,
mother, said ], then I'll be quiet. ;
"'You can't go, said she; your
father amt here to put you aboard
May i go when it's low water,
mother?' I says; Il can get aboard OF
her myself, then?
mo- she says, you go out on the
cliff and play. and don't worrit SO.
Don't you go anigh the boat. she
called out as I got outside. If you
do, I'll give you a tanning
Away [ went, and played about
contented enough for ever so long,
and presently it was low water.
f'The Thomas and Ann (that was
my fathers boats name) was laying
on her side quite comfortable, high
and dry on her sand. 1 sits down
and looked at her, and as did SO,
KEEP saying to myself, L amt agooin'
to get aboard, cause mother said I
waun't to-
''Then set Il little longer and I
said: 'Taint the tanning as perwents
me, I don't care for that; but T amt
going to be naughty boy; I shan't
get aboard, cause mother said I
waun't to.
Presently it was like as if somc-
body was saying to me, It's very
nice aboard the boat, my lad; you'd
better go-nobody waun't see you'll
mo, says I, Il waun't; mother
said I waun't to, and I amt agooing.
''For oil that, though I KEEP play
ing about, I couldn't think of nothing
but the boat. Then I went down on
to the beach, and gradually I got
higher and higher, till at last I
thought I'd go and have a look at
her: Mother. I said to myself,
didn't say waun't to look at her.
"When gets alongside, it was just
as though voice said to me, Goo
along, my lad, Jump in, nobody's
looking; and you can get out before
the tide comes up
"Well, sir, the long and short of
it is, that I scrambled into her; and
when I had, I began to pray and
sing, and pretend was out at sea.
How long I had been there don't
know; but presently she gave cant,
and 1 looks over the side.
'Hullop says I, here's q pretty
go; the tides up and she's nearly
afoat.'
''I didn't know what to do. 1
couldn't get ashore, that was sartain !;
so sits down agin and pretends not
to care.
"But did, and then I thought,
'Shan't 1 catch it!'
cit was quite calm when the tide
began to flow, but as the flood made,
the wind come in Shuts. At last, in
about half an hour, it blew a stiffish
breeze, and the sea began to get up.
Presently, tea time come, and I
begins to get hungry. I was half a
mind to cry, but I didn't, for just
that minute 1 saw mother coming out
of the door. Fust, she looked about,
and when she couldn't see me, she
called out; leastways I thought so.
After a minute or two, she went to
some of the other cottages to see if I
was there, and when she couldn t find
me, [ could see she was getting wor-
rited. Then some of the neighbors
came out, and they all began to run
about like mad.
81 stood up and hollered rs loud as
I could, but it was blowing hard, and
they couldn't hear me; and though I
waved my cap, they didn't seem to
see me.
"By this time, it was dark, and I
set down and had n good cry; but
after awhile, 1 comforted myself by
thinking that father would be home
soon, and L was sure he'd know where
to find me.
81 got terribly hungry, and as I
know'd father used to keep some
biscuits in one of the lockers, I fur
ragged out a couple, and with them
and drink OF water out of stone
bottle I made hearty supper.
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