The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-17

as ad nttle round Wlnoer open clOse w my
'ead
Well, managed for to get up there, and |
shets the winder; so the party on the sofy |
says, "Oh can't ave that winder shet"
So / says, Cant your Then | can, as |
amt a-goin' to ave my death of cold ketched |
thro' the night air a-blowin' in.''
ooh, - she says, 'sea air will do you good.n
! says, "If you're so fond on 1t, p'raps you'u
come MP and lay ere with your cad close
agin it, as will give you ear-ache as sure as
gum" ..
She said as she should faint
"Well, says, faint away; they're used
to it ERE"
So shets the winder and tries to go to sleep,
and 'ad dozed off when l suppose was
a-dreamin', for l thought as that party below
was a-tryin to open that little winder, and l
says, "No, you don't; get away" and gives 'er
a shove as | thought, as made me roll rlght
off the shelf and come on the top OF er with
squash as made every one wake up
There was a row, but I'm sure was most
'urt, for / rolled off Of Ter on to the moor
thought was a-settin' on sOmethlnk very
soft and lard both together, and felt some one
a-ittin' at me, but didn't know quite what l
was about, thrO' bein that confused in my cad,
atween asleep and awake, with bell a-ringln,
! and the stewardess a-'ollerin' at me and tryln'
to pull me up, and if wasn't a-settin' on a
! lady's face as were a-sleepin' on the ground;
! for the cabin was that crowded, because
all as comes by night is allowed in the best
cabin without payin' extra, as Brown and me
| lad done a. comm, and really, when l did get
! on nv feet, felt regular like busted, and Jest
then the boat was off, and joggled about so as
/ couldn't stand; and / didn't know where to
lay, for the place was that full, and the vessel
a-rollin' and pitchin' for it 'ad come on to blow
and rain that violent as l couldn't go ON deck,
where Brown was but at last couldn't stand
it no longer, for that stout party as I'd fell on
KEEP a-moanin', and the lady as I'd set on Ter
face Ter nose were a-bleedin', and altogether l
never did feel more wretched.
So up goes, and young fellow were that
kind to me- and acted quite the father to me,
and wrapped me up in thing like coal-sack,
! and there set on the deck a-rollin' about that
dreadful with 'ankercher tied round my
'ead, that i'll as do think as death would ave
been a mercy; and can't make out 'owever it
is as them vessels is allowed for to roll and
pitch about like that, as can't be fastened pro
per, as / says to that young man as 'ad give
me the cOal-sack to wear, "Whatever can be
the use of all them cords and ropes if they
don't 'old it steadier than this" as only says,
claw bless you, marin, this amt nothink but
er play, as is light 'arted vessel"
When see Brown, l says, "Brown, it's all
over with me But" / says, elf anythink
should appen to me, whatever you do, don't
90 for to pitch me overheard, for" l says,
s'I've got a secret on my bussum as wouldn't
die without tellin' you on, was it ever so.'
"Oh," he says, 81 don't want to know none
of your secrets as amt worth KNOWN,
dessay."
says, "Brown, it is worth knowin', for"
saws, 'fts fve-pound nete as I've got sOweC
up in my stays,'' so he only bust out a-larfn
| and says
"Oh, shan't mind a-losin' that if l gets ri(
of you.''
He amt bad art amt Brown, but not mucl
feelin' as ever he shows for nothink, and if h
didn't go away and leave me, as is a nice way
for to keep lis vows as he made, never t.
desert me in sickness and in 'ealth, as Pm SUR
/ was in both Just then. AS to Miss Tredwen
l 'ad left 'er awful bad, but about o'clock o
so she came on deck, felt little better ant
so did she; says to 'er as l wanted for to ge
down in the cabin for to dress myself as
couldn't manage, so l asks the stewardes
whether might take new at as I'd brough
from Paris ashore without payin no duty.
She says, eff you wears it they can't charg
you"
says, 81 can't wear it now"
"Why," she says, 'the weather's lovely
and we shall be in 'arf our from this time.
So she brings me up nay bonnet-box, and
puts on the at. Jest a-puttin' of my air OF
and a-settn' myself little bit to rights on tn
cabin stairs.
1t was a VERY lovely at as Mrs. Wells "a,
bought, but didn't suit 'er complexion thro
bein yaller, with trimmins and feather t
match, and I'd got green wall to wear wit
it. Jest as Pd got it on, up comes Brown a
nearly bust isself a-larfn', and says, "Well
: of all the old guys as ever did see, you bea
, em.'
9 says, "Brown, if you don't like it won
;; wear it."
, He says, 81 don't care what you wears,
you likes to make fgger of yourself do it i
: welcome" he says, ''yOu'd better come up o
I; that upper deck, as the air is fresher." So b
g., ketches 'old on me and leads me up som
. steps onto sort of landin between the pad
dle-boXes, and there he set me on a camp
stool, as they calls it, as was very wobbly
| didn't much like it, and was a-goin' to ge
. up, when that camp stool toppled over;
u grabbed at somethink for to save myself an
ketched 'old of brass tap like, when il give
u puff of steam tremendous as blinded me, and
I screamin' whistle as made me give that stai
l as over l rolled, and should have been dow
. a flight of steps, emily the captain wei
Z a-comin' up.
= He says "What did you do that forH" so
# tells inn "Well, he says, "yOu've only save
II me the trouble as were just a-comn' up to d
q it;r but bless you, my green wall was sOakin
/ and my at quite spite, and the mercy is as
a were not scalded to death.
a So / goes down, and who should Sc
a-settin on the deck but that Mrs. Wilby,
y certingly did not hold with; so she comes u
!. to me as / spoke 80 cool, so she says
q "Oh, Mrs. Brown, Pm so glad to see you
h says, "Escuse me, mum, but tho pitit