Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-07-21

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knows how he reached the shore a
whole man, but ne did reach it ut last
and brought knapton with him too,
fainting certainly, but without limb
short.
We'll. he had got to the land, and
that was the principal thing. After
struggling through two miles of sea;
dragging 4 half-dead man along with
you, and dodging sharks, any land
would seem a paradise; but still it is
not exactly the thing for gentleman
in these days to make his appearance
on terra .f,.md in the very same costume
as that in which Adam first made his.
la his joy ut reaching land, and bring
ing his friend safely with him, Jones
mad forgotten his state of unaress /; but
when he had carried knapton in his
arms up the beach, and had laid him
out, as if TO dry, well above high-water
mark, then, as he was starting off at
n run in the direction of the harbour,
the full conviction of his absolute
clothelessness came over him with
crushing force. How on earth was he
to make his way TO The harbour. and
to appear on the deck of III. NJ. ).
Bridre,ts without single thing to
cover him except his own confusion
1t was dreadful dilemma, and for a
moment Jones almost regretted that
the sharks had not delivered him from
that difficulty but moments thought.
| - ~. Al.
| plight in which his friends on the cap
sized pinnace were, from which nobody
but himself could save them, restored
! his resolution. Muttcring to himself
that he'd by odds sooner repeat the
, first part of his undertaking than carry
out the last. he set oil running towards
the harbour. But he was 10 be spared
the horrors Of having To give euch a
bare :ecital of the calamity ~ this
His Good-Fortune came To his and
FoLiune, being blind, could 10 80, OF
/ course, without shocking her sense OF
/ deccncy-and helped him ut his need.
! lie had not run far before he saw biz
I niggyr coming towards him. The biz
/ niger had On Il shirt and pair Of
/ trousers. Now. a shirt and a pair Of
I trousers are not generally considered Il
\ lavish superfulty of clothing but in
Jones, naked condition they seemed
nothing less than "A monstrods piece OF
extravaganza.
"A shirt and trousers said Jones to
| himself, as if such a combination had
/ IL.
/ IA shirt anil trousers! lie cant re-
quirc both ot them. lie must lend me
one or the other. lie shall keep which
ever he likes, but one OF them must
have.-llcrc, you nlgger.
And Jones @nlaed solemnlv up 10
tAe Diach. ana Statctt tult, SITUATED Is
the niger could see that lie WAS. he
was under the necessity OF requesting
the Niger To- resign the molcty of his
wearins-lpparcl. lie added TINT lie
was an officer on board the H. NJ =
BriIreas. and would trouble the mig
ger to look sharp. The niggcr not un-
naturally declined to part with either
shirt or trousers. 1t ccrta; niv was
rather Il hard line for him, when YOU
come to think of it--when YOU pat
yourself into his position and garments.
That a gentleman, of however high a
standing in her Majesty's service, and
giving references however uneXceptlon-
| able. should make his appearance in Il
state of nature, walk up to YOU in a
lofty manner, and coolly demand II
most important part of your clothing.
was rather hard lines and the Niger
thought 50. He fatty refused to con
sent to the arrangement, and not with
out having some reason on his side
either. And yet, what was Jones 70
do: He must give the alarm, and he
must have some clothes TO do it in.
There was but one course before him;
to do a great right he must do lit
tie wrong 1t was exactly one ofthose
cases in which, there being a show OF
right on both sides, nothing but might
can settle it. 1t is not every man who,
after swimming for two miles, would
feel himself in condition TO assault a
large negro, but Peyton Jones was one
in thousand.
Look here, you rascal, said Jones.
Il must have your trousers
Yah. yah, yah ? laughed the niger,
as if he were beginning to see the
joke.
I'll pay you for them, YOU black
scoundrcl,' said the gentleman in buff.
Yah, yah Let massa put him hand
L.. Oah y
gentleman in black.
If you don't give them to me, shall
take them, said Jones.
Yah, yah, yah, yah" laughed the
nigger, as if the joke had been good
one all along, but here was the cream
of it.
Some men can appreciate no argu-
ment but force. thought Jones; 50 he
knocked the Ligger down. Niggers are,
as everybody knows. hard-headed in
was more than enough even for mig
ger: with two he would have slain
bull of Bashan. The nigger offered no
more resistance. Jones took OIL his
trousers, put them on himself, aud
showing to my mind, great moderation
in not taking the shirt as well while he
was about it, left the sans-culOHe on
the ground, ran off to the harbour,
reached his ship, and gave alarm. The
hundred hands of H. NJ. S. Bridreus
were turned up instantly; boats were
sent out; and about ten o'clock that
night, when We had given up all hope
of being rescued from our distressing
position till next day, and had set it
down as certain that both Jones and
KnaDton had become food for sharks.