Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-10-02

had il over" My sOns taking me to Bos-
ton. He said il shouldn't cost me nothing.
My daughters children have got the
Whooping oough"-just the same. Some
of the boys laughed at the old lady; but
l couldn't. some way she looked so cute,
sitting up there on deck, mendiug Griggs's
shirts.
Jib Haneko used to play backgammon
with her (uot that the old woman could
play backga anmon more'n a monk-6sh, but
she thought she could. and that amounted
to the same thing, as it does with most
of us in most things), and find her knit.
ting-needles for her, aud set her up easy
with her shawls in the sunny spots among
tho piles. Jib set almost as much by the
skipper as the old lady did herself. He
and Griggs had run this coast together,
master and mate, some half dozen years;
they always were agreeable to Que anoth-
er's womon.folks at least Griggs would
have been, 40 doubt, but Jib hadn't any
himself-not living woman. He court
ed girl once down our way, up to Squam
she was washed off the rocks at Little
Good harbor, at picnic, one day: | new
er heard of any other. Before the trip
was over was glad of It, too. I've heard
that's where Griggs got the name Of that
schooner, but | can't say. All | know
is, that was the given name of the young
woman-Pansie and she was painted
about the time of the funeral. Griggs
was polite fellow about such things.
don't believe you'll ever see nicer
day, sir, this side of heaven, than | saw
aboard the Pansic on Saturday, the l4th
day of December, 1889. 1t blew from
sou-sou-west as softly as woman singing
to baby There were clouds, few OI
them, of color like mother-ofpearl, curl
ing at the edges like shell, and the noor
warmed up warm as d May-day overhead
Some of the boys went in for swim, i
looked so warm. The old lady sat OIL
deck without her extra shaHls, and tn,
skipper was afraid she'd take cold.
You'll be in Boston tomorrow, Goo
willing, mother, says the skipper (th
= skipper was pious man at times Meth
> odist), and Id be sorry to take you in al
: hoarsed up; Keziah would think hadn
= taken good care of you"
!. Upon this the old lady pipes up again
= "My son will take me into boston to-mol
:. row. Keziah's children have got tn
whooping cough, and she thought she
- like to see me J"
. noticed Gnggs putting on her shaw
n for her, aud putting on her shawl for he
- half the Afternoon: the old la {
y dropped it off, and dropped it off: final
N Jib Hancko got little shing an
as pinned it together for her through Il
is fringe.
- 1t was on toward five o'clock that | sa
the mate stand talking in con6denti
4. way alone in the stern with the skippe
as Except when under orders. he was on We
10 confidential terms with Griggs. He nod
II and Griggs mods, and Hancko points
Mt the sou-cast, and the skipper mods agal
IN and walks the deck bit, and stops to a
= the old lady how she feels, and back aga
:. to the mate but | couldn't make he
,rs nor tail Of them until six O'Clock, when
as got an order to tack and put Into Glor
he ester over night
ID The captain didn't like the looks OF t
bo scu' east though there was an ngilne
more or less, in it; maybe there was IN
oso chief ahead, and maybe there wasn't h;
b ing his mother aboard, he thought he'd
on the safe side; any way, there was
IN. order: Into Gloucester over night
ad. got it round among us, by degrees as
hot rounded Eastern ,Point.-it's never
es- nonsense rounding Eastern Point;
re. skulky enough we were about it, too.
iry. of the lads had a young one with the crt
nee in Boston, he'd counted on seeing by 5
. of day night. Couple of 'em had tickets
her dance in mariners tavern. Mos
ller 'em wanted liquor. One of 'enl, his ma
lied was Ben Bumper, said: "D--n the
any lady"
ia. Next minute he lay on deck for it,
was as qriddle cake. He didn't count
to the mates being round when be made
to observation. Jib Hancko was little |
ais, with squint eye; but when his blood
ook up he looked more like likeness
9TH seen Of Giant Despair, in book ca
see the Pilgrims Progress, than any o.
Y, man alive | ever came across. Well
the we put into port, and anchorcd-just al
me there; no, little further TO your ri
and just beyond that red buoy where you
ton. the very young gentlemans cory tle'
ter. FISH, and the young lady in the red ia
My screeching at the bait. That was al
,r IA la f.oehonad mn n