Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-03

with labor nfe, .,,o auoor,
parposeless lie.
! 4 YOUNG HERO:
|ay. sir; they're smart seamer
Eno doubt, them Dalmatians, ano
Food, too, SEEM they man the
i navy, but they amt got the
1 of an Englishman, put it no"
handing on the upper deck of the
I Lloyi steamer, looking my last
Eanidal Jatfa, as it rises up III
Efter terrace of stern gray masonry
HE lustrous evening sky, with
Etipped breakers at his feet. Be
Swiih his elbow on the handrall,
short pipe between his teeth,
Inc chief engineer, as thorough
ishman as if he had not spent
! Of his life abroad, and delight
hold of a listener who (as he
"has been about bit"
lev amt got an Englishman's
% he continues, pursuing his
pf the Dalmatian seamen; and
= brc thew amt got an English
raitber not when it comes to
/ one but an Englishman have
them" asked l, laughing.
Il won't just 90 for to say that
a man as is a man 'ull have
him all the world over. I've
encher tackle a shark to save
Hate; and I've seed a Rooshan
lis gun after every man in the
6arrin' himself, had been bowed
But, if yer come to that, the
feller as ever [ seed Warn't a
IT.
Twas he, then-a woman?"
Sor that neither; though, mark
III go foT to say as how women
6luck enough to0-some OMEN,
q -Ng old CONAN, now, saved me
b a lubber of Portigee as was
fn' to stick a knife into me, when
ked his nut with a handspike.
i hear her spin the yarn your
Du like to pay us a visit when we
bn8tantinople.) But this 'un as
D. on was a little lad not much
Tom Thumb, only with a sperri,
IN as I'D ha' blowed up a man-o'.
pst. Would yer like to hear
Elv assent; and the narrator,
/ the ashes out Of his pipe, folds
hy arms upon the rail, and com
IS follows:
three years ago, afore l got this
Him in now, [ was second engi
erd Liverpool steamer bound
H0rk. There'd been a lot oil
b sent down just at the last
hnd we'd had no end of a job
away, and that ran us late O
30 that, altogether, as you may
e Cap'n warn't altogether in the
ttemper in the world, nor the
3her; as for the chief-engineer,
easy-going sort O. chap as
n earth could put out. But or
Eday out from Liverpool he cum
@e in precious hurry, lookin
Fhsn' had put him out consider.
says he, what dye think
re amt found a stowaway.
e name, you know, sir, we gives
IS hides themselves aboard out,
md vessels, and gets carried out
En to everybody
dickens you havep saysI. Who
where did yer find him?'
we found him slowed away
le casks for'ard; and ten to one
Pr ha' twigged him if the skip
hadn't smiled him out and be-
n'. Stitch a little mite as he is,
ould Almost put him in my
pch, poor little beggar; but he
be good-plucked I'm for all
Y wait to hear no more, but up
IKE a skY-rocket; and there I
signt, and no mistake. Every
Q the crew, and what few pas,
had aboard, was all in a ring
ste, and in the middle stood
afe lookin' as black IS thunder.
ront OF him, lookin' a regular
z them big fellers, was a little
not ten years Outraged as
w. but with bright curly hair,
pnnle little face o his own. if #
pen so woeful ana pale. But,
soQ; to see the way that little
his head up, and looked abo1t
q ma thought the whole shin he.
HIM. The mate was a great.
plack bearded Teller, with a look
"a frightened a horse, and voice
{ one Jump through a key hole
ouag IN warn't a bit afeared-
Sfaignt up, and looked him full
WIN them bright, clear eyes
Ia all the world as he was Prince
himself, Folk did say arter
oTeTing his voice to Whisper
ne coined o better blood MOI
g0sat; and for my part In
.aat Way o thinking myself; fol
q SEED acommon street Harab "a.
\. sl nm now carry it off like him
/, Id heard s. pin drop. as the
r you young whelp,' says he, il
0S' voice, what brought gol
bS,H my step-father as done it,
~ -? n a weak little voice, but a.
o0ld be. Fathers dead, ana
rs ,I1E'ed again, and my new
~; nc won't have no brats about
-. ny wages; and he slowed m,
g. nobody warn't lookin', ant
H. oIl ,;,; grub to keep me goin' for
1 vi | got to sea. He SAYS Tn
, Al1' Jane, at Halifax; and here
L. VIII, II that, he slips his hand int,
n. ~ MS shirt, and out with ,
FIrsT' awful dirty and crumpleC
| Win the address on it RICH
! y, oe.ieved every word ont, eve,
H. d pa pa2er; for his look, and hi
.5a tae way he spoke, was enough
l., mere warn't a ha'p'orth o
|ee Us Whole skin. But the mat,
F., - % swaller the yarn at all; h
tas ina S.,.i MS shoulders with a kin,
h. @ ~,oc1 as to say: "rm too old
-a1Elt with H. "