Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-22

the top-gallant yard, aiding in
taking in the sail attached,
when a heavy puff of wind
struck the sheet, causing it to
flap over and strike him SO
forcibly, that it threw him back
of the yard; at the same time
the foot-rope parted, when he
lost bis hold and fell to the
deck.
boy Jack has fell from the
loft!' shouted the sailors.
[ Mr.. Winters ran to where
the boy struck the deck, and,
finding him insensible, had him
Immediately carried in the cab
in.
The squall finally died away,
land was followed by clear
weather, and a stiff breeze, by
the aid of which the ship
soon made port.
Jack recovered, but was a
cripple for life-his hip was
dislocated. 1t was set as best
it could be by the captain and
steward of the ship, and on her
arrival at Port Adelaide surgi-
cal aid was at once pro-
cured, but it was not until we'll
toward home on the return
trip that poor Jack was able to
limp about.
On his first appearance on
deck after his long slay up, the
sailors greeted him kindly, and
playfully called him 'Limping
jack by which name he was
ever after known.
In time his leg became per-
fectly we'll and was as strong
as ever, but he always had a
bad limp in his gate, and on
his hip there formed a hard
lump or protuberance, which
never disappeared during his
lifetime, although it occasioned
him but little convenience.
On his return home he was
in excellent health in every
respect. During his absence
both his parents had died, his
father having expired peace
fully sitting in his armchair
beneath the porch at the old
front door. The shock was too
severe a one for the aged moth
err, who ere long followed her
beloved partner to the grave.
Martha Graham James found
living with her brother George
in Boston, the latter earning
sufficient to support her and
himself.
The farm had been sold to
pay its many debts.
After a short season of rest
passed with his sister and
brother, Jack reshipped, and
followed the sea during the
balance Of his Alife. And not
withstanding his lame leg, he
became celebrated as the most
skillful and active, as we'll as
the most daring sailor of his
time. Many, with whom he
had sailed, have frequently
spoken of his surprising speed
in going aloft and in perfor-
ming the various duties in a
ships rigging required to be
done by sailors.
Eight years after the decease
Of his parents Jack was called
+, upon to mourn the death of his
sister, and by a strange fatali-
| ty but three years later that
OF his only remainding relative,
his brother George. So poor
Jack Graham was bereft of all
he held most dear, and left
alone in the world, the last of
his family.
| After receiving the news of
his brothers death which came
to him in foreign cline, his
whole character seemed to have
undergone a perfect change, his
former wonderful activity, in
which he took so great a prike
lin a great measure deserted
him--hisa heart he said was
broke.
His thoughts would often
wander to the former peaceful
and happy home of his child
Ihood, and then seated upon his
chest in the forecastle, or in
some out Of the way corner, he
would often be found by his
shipmates crying like a
child.'
! Poor Jack, short as was your
life, most of it has been passed
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