Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-11-03
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MY GREAT-6RiNDFATHER.
Hts Remarkable Voyage.
BY JOHN QUILL.

She was q very small VESSEL ana SO 1fall
hat was afraid all the time that she would
o to pieces, but she didn't. 1t happened
ne day that I was sent aloft to nail block
some kind on the top OF the mainmast
nd as we had no hatchet took an axe. |
it the mast three or tour pretty stiff
nocks, when all of sudden | thought |
lit her go down with jerk. But she look
d all right, and / thought it couldn't pos
bly, be- So | came down and said nothing
bout it.
Three or four days Afterwards the mate
iys to the captain:
"Cap., it's queer we don't sight land by
lis time"
every queer,r says the captain.
s'And what's funny about it is that for
veral days past my instruments have
ade us ont to be in precisely the same lati-
de end longitude.
"Maybe something's the matter with the
A." E-.#a
''Or perhaps the parallels oflatitude have
ifted."
COR maybe you've made mistake in your
ures.
81 didn't think of that" says the mate.
So they took another observation and
md that they were in precisely the same
place. Everybody was frightened, and
was not until after close examination
at it was ut last ascertained that | had
tualiy driven that mainmast through the
tom of the ship into the mud. where it
stuck fast, and that the old tub hud
EN- spinning round and round, like
ather-cock on a steeple, all this time,
thout anybody knowing it.
To say that the captain was mad, don't
scribe his condition. He roared around
about it, that | got scared, and hid my
f in an old cask in the hold There [
4 all day, when it was decided to heave
t of the cargo overheard to tighten ship,
the caslz [ was in was headed up. and
fraid to budge, and the whole concern
heaved into the water.
was in that barrel about four days. It
little crowded, to be sure, andit
uld roll some, but on the whole [ was
nfortable. One day felt myself toosed
shore, and then | was SO certain of saw
my life, that L just turned over and
ok a tirst-class nap.
| was walked by something tickling my
ce. At first thought it was mosquito,
1t then / remembered that no mosquito
,uld possibly have got into that barrel
lyhow. / brushed at 1t again, and caught
It was a straw. I gave it jerk. Some
ing knocked against the barrel outside.
Id | heard the word
"Tuyfel %
Then another straw was hurried, and
pulled tli It harder yet. Something struck
ae barrel again, and l heard this exclama-
on:
DER Tuyfel y
Then another straw was put in, and I
aught hold of it, and saw that it came
through the bunge-hole, and there was a
nan outside trying to suck something or
ther through that straw, and every time
gave her jerk it jammed his old nose
,at against the slaves. So / gave her
me more pull and then kicking the head
nut of the cask, | got out and said to this
elbow:
Look here, what in the deuce are you
ryipg to do, anyhow"
Main, says he, shaking his head.
"What are you fooling around here for,
ayf'
.'Nein," says he.
THAT makes eighteen, " says I.
~Nedl, says he.
Twenty says l. $50 on: I'll
id it up for you. I'm lightning calcul-
tor, [ am.
''Neia.s
Thirty six, said. ''You appear to be
regular original old first nine. What club
10 you belong to anyway"
''Nein, says he, still shaking his head.
s'Forty-f-" Just then it flashed
cross ny mind that be was Dutehman.
Beer, says |, to try him.
| had touched asympathetic chord in his
Iature.
20 yawl yaw says he ''Ha ha dat
: rooti o. yawt" and we rushed into each
,ther's arms and wept.
I felt that / had found d friend.
sincerely wished lie had been my long
ost brother, with the regular thing in
travberry marks on his arm, only [ never
nd brother. and he was never long lost,
nd never had anything on his arm.
But this German wa a good fellow. He
iyed in Dutch Guiana, and had a wife, and
hree pretty daughters who were SO precise
Y alike that ! could never tell one from the
,ther. fell in love with one of them; |
lever could tell which, SO | courted them
il three, just as they happened to come
long
One day they all came in together. !
ried 10 be sweet with the one l thought
yas the right Girl, and the other two got
:. mad that Waa afraid they'd burst some
hood vessel or other. Then all three OF
hem said had promised 10 marry them,
nd all three Of them repeated the fond
words | had whispered to them, and aes
used me of treachery.
!, looked stormy for me. There was en-
raIv 10 much loves chidings for comfort.
t,en oEsh red to marry them all three, and
! taEe them to Salt Lake; or to cut my
elf in three pieces; or to drown myself
,;tb them and perish in four watery
raves.
Respectfully but firmly declined.
Then they ali went out. After q bit one
ame III and said:
nAbiiah, dear, let rs us elope together,
nd leave these horrid women, and go to
ome snuny cline, where we can be happy
| the fuIIness of each others love.
\ will think it over, my angel" said !.
Cba naased out. Then one Ofthem came
* hiiab dear, let us tiy together, and
aaya tSese horrid women, and go to some
nrnv chime. where we can be happy Ia the
ullness of each others love.
q saw I will think it over, my own an
,el.
And she disappeared. But sue see'heu
SO in she comes again.
''Abiiah, dear, let us fly together' an"
cave these horrd women, and go 10 some
sunny cline, where we can be happy III the
of each others love.
Look here, now, you've said that three
times, and that's enough. My mind fully
grasps the idea. | say I'll think it over.
Why, never said it before, says she.
x9oa1 a Dr. 4
bpon my sacred word and honor; I'll
cross my breath to it, saye she.
] saw it ALL They had all three of them
tackled me with the same proposition. 1t
was clear that / must fiv / made up nv
mind to take the very first boat that left
Dutch Guiana for anywhere.
left the house, and hadn't gone more
than a square when l saw the parent of the