The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-13
Jenkins First Voyage

"Oh, jerks here's some great news for
you. And then l read from the letter:
"My physician says that must have a
daily drive upon the beach, but really do
not feel as if / ahould take moment of
comfort without my old horse and carriage
and my old driver. If you can manage to
get along for two or three weeks with the
cook, who is entirely able to take all the
service of the house upon her hands, you
may send jerks to me with the horse and
carriage. The road is very heavy, how
ever, and it is best for him to put every
thing on the Belle Of Bradford, and come
with it himself The Belle touches every
day at our wharf, and the horse will be
ready for service as soon as he lands"
read this without looking at jerks
face, but when finished glanced at him,
expecting to see him radiant with delight.
was therefore surprised to find him pale
and trembling in every fiber of his frame.
"That's just like an old woman" said
jerks. GLOW does she s'pose horse is
going to seaP What's he to do when the
steamer rolls?
"Oh, horses are very fond of rolling"
said laughing. CAN he will have to do
will be to lie down and roll all the way,
without straining himself for it,"
"And how does she spose a carriage is
going to keep right side up?"
"Well, you can sit in it and hold it
down.
! jerks looked down upon his thin frame
and slender legs, and shook his head. "If
there's anything that hate" said he,
"it's steamboat. l think it will scare
the old horse to death. They whistle and
toot, and blow up and burn up. Now,
don't you really think-candid, now-that
I'd better drive the old horse down? :?
Don't you think the property'll be safer
She never can get another horse like him
She neverll get carriage that suits her
half as well as that. 1t don't seem to me
as if / could take the responsibility of
risking that property. She left it in my
hands. Take good care of the old horse,
jerks, was the last words she said to me /;
and now because she's an old woman, and
dosen't know any better, she tells me to
put him ON steamboat, where he's just
as likely to be banged about and have his
ribs broke in, or be burned up or blowed
up, as he is to get through alive. 1t seems
to me the old woman is out of her head,
and that ought to do just as she told me
to do when she was all right Take good
care of the old horse, jerks, was the last
words she said" tsDftft
The old man was excited but still pale,
and he stood waiting before me with a
pitiful, pleading expression upon his wien
features.
l shook my head. "rm afraid we shall
be obliged to risk the property, Jenks,"
said. "Mrs Sanderson is very particular
; you know, about having all her orders
obeyed to the letter. She will have no one
to blame but herself if the whole establish
ment goes overheard, and if were you
wouldn't miss this chance of going to sc "a
at her expense for anything"
Then jerks resolutely undertook to bring
his mind to it. How long will it take p
he inquired.
"Oh, three hours or So" replied care
lessly.
"Do we go out of sight of land ?''
"No, You sail down the river few
miles, then you strike the ocean, an'
just hug the shore until you get there
replied.
4 "Yes; strike the ocean-hug the shor
=" he mumbled to himself, looking dow
and rubbing the bald spot on the top of hi
head. "Stril1e the ocean--hug the shore
, Three hours-oh do you know wbethe
! they have life-preseivers on that steam
boat?"
/ "stacks of them" replied "Tv
0 seen them often"
"Wouldn't it be good plan to slip on
7 on to the horses neck when they start
il He'll think its collar, and won't be scare
!, you know and il there should happen t
= be any trouble II would help to keep hi
! nose up u Hf
e Capital PAN" responded.
K "What time do we start9"
At eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
. jerks rstired with the look and bearin
OF a maa who had been sentenced TO |
: hanged He went first to the stable, an
IN made all the necessary arrangements ther
and late into the night heard him movin
about his room. Ipresume he did NJ
once close his eyes in sleep that night.
was axceadinQiv amuaed NV his narvOu
ness though would not have intimate