Smyrna times., 1875-01-27

nalr OIL. Also an ignorant silver watch and
snowy brass watch chain. He wore a lestbe
OeH and used no suspenders. If ever a voutl
was cordially admired and hated bv his com
rIades' this one was. No girl could withstan,
MS charms: He ''cut OUT every bow in TN
village hen his boat blew up at last it diff
iusOu tranquil cOnteutment among MS sucl
as we ha1 not known for months But wher
ne came home the next we"k, alive. renowned
and appeared in church all battered nm An,
Oandaged, shining hero, started at apC
wondered over by ever, b Wv, i; seemed IN NJ
that the partlality Of Providence for an nm
deserving reptile had reached a point where +
was open to criticism
ms creatures career could produce but one
result, and it speedily followed. Bow after boS
managed to get on the river. The minister
son became an engineer. The doctors and
| the pOStmasters sons became mud CLERKS ~
the Wholesale liquor dealer son became bar
keeper on boat; four sons of the chief mer.
cndu'' ana two sons OF the county Judge. be-
came pilots Pilot was the grandeSt pos;tior
OF all. The pilot, even in those davs Of trivial
wages, had princely salary-lrom hundred
ana nifty to two hundred and fifty dollars a
MONTH and no board to pay Two months
OF ms wages would pay preachers salary for
year. Now some of us were lett discons0lata
we could not get on the river-at least our
parents would not let US. Jul
80 by and by ran away. [ said nevar
would come home again till | was riIot and
could come in glory. But somehow I conld
not manage 1t. l went meekly aboard foE
0i the ooats that lay packed together like sar
ulhes st the long St Louis wharf, and very
hun6ly inquired for the pilots, but cot onlv q
cold shoulder and short words from mates ard
clerks. id to make the best of this sort of
treatment for the time being, but had com.
iorting day dreams Of future when shonlJ
be great and hOnoreh pilot, with plentv NJ
money, and could kill some of these mates and
clerks and pay for them.
Months atterward the hope within me struc
gled to reluctant death, and found mvssIf
without any ambition. But was ashamed n
90 nome. was in Cincinnati and | sot 70
"o'k 70 map out new career. | had kaen
reading about the recent exploration Of the
river Amazon by an expedition sent out hv
our gpVernnent 1t was said that the exnedi
ton, owing to difficulties, had not thoroughIv
explored part of the c0un.r7 living about thp
mead waters, some four thousand miles from
Tue mouth Of tho river. 1t was only ohont
1tteen hundred miles from Cinrinnatti to
New Orleans, where | could doubtless gat a
ship had thirty dollars left; | wenId no
an, anu complete tao exploration of the Amazon
MS was all the thought gave to the Suhipct
never was great in matters of detail. I
packed my valiSe, and took passage ON an
ancient tuh called the Paul Jones, for New
u Orleans For the sum Of sixteen dollars | had
the Scared and furnished splendors Of .bar''
main saloon principally to- myself, for she
was not creature 10 attract the eve of wiser
travellers ... = "''S'
when We presently got under way and went
poking down the broad Ohio, became a now
being, and the su!jPct of my own admiration
was traveierl A word never had tasted en-
good In my mouth before. had an sxnltant
sense OF being bound for mysterious lands and
distant climes which | never have felt in sn
uplifting degree since was in such a
gIorihed condition that all ignobls feelings
departed out OF me, and | was abba 10 LOOK
down and pity ths untraveled with cam.
passion that had hardly trace of contemnt in
It. SuIl. when we stopped at villages and
"ood-yards, l could rot help lohing careIosslv
upon the ratings OF the boiler deck to enioy.
the envy OF the country boys on the bank rel
hey did not seem to discover me. nreeer+Iv !
'neezed to attract their attention. or mhvpd ~ |
position where they could not helm seeing
ne. And as soon as | knew they saw me- 7 |
raped and stretched, and gave other signs hfI
'elne nightly bored with travelling.
| kept my hat off all the time. and STAYED |
Fhere the wind and the sun could strike me, i
weather. beaten look of an old traveller Re-.
ore the second day was half gone. 7 exneri-
need a Joy which filed ME with the unrest
'ratltude; Tor | saw the skin had begun to
ulster and peel of nv face and neck I wish
nat the boys and girls at home could see me
row. ...i - 80 So'@- 0o0 " iu9G iu9G
We reached Louisville in time-at Ioa.t tbs
sIghborhOod of it. We stuck hard and 'fast
. I tne rocks IN the middle of the river and Law
here four days. I was now beginning to feel
strong sense OF being a part of the boats
MtulIiy' M sort OF infant son-to the captain aad
ouneer brother 10 the officers. There is No
the pride took in this grandeur. oS
he affection that began to swell and Grow IN
le TOR tFose people. could not know how
ne lordly steatnboatrnan scorns that sort of
resumption in mere hndsh1an. I nsrf;cn.
ry longed to acquire the least tri1e Of notice =!
ON the big stormy mate, and I was ON tbe
ert for an opportunity to do him a service r. ,
rat end 1t came at last. The. 'rioton;
DWwow OF setting spar was going on down
le forecastIe, and / went down there and 9
1T Of it-tilF the mate Suddenly rbared q S"n r
al order for somebody to bring him 4 ca nstan Q
n tsprang to his side and said ''Teil me .
here it iS-Tl fetch tn f1G7' 'rai1:SHi 'H' H' t
II q rag-picker had offered to do a dipIo. '
attic service for the Emperor of Russia. tbo y
onaIch could not have been more astounded s
IAN the mate was. He even stopped swear .
g: He. stood and stared down at me- II
ok him ten seconds to scrape his dfsjointed
mains together again Then he said impress Q
rely: We'll, if this don't beat hell !'' and D
rnsd y TO his work with the air Of man who y
d been confronted with a problem TO abstruse O.
: solution. .n-. ....i. ~. N. - d
L erspt away, and courted solitude for the al
It OF the day. did not 90 to dinner lI
Iyed away from supper until everybody else u
d finished. L, did not feel SO much like a et
'mber of the boats. family now as before. b'
,wever, my spirits returned, 10 instalIments,
our way down tho river. was
ry i hated the mate 80, because H. was not ti
ty0ungt human nature not to admire him. al
was huge and muscular his faced was 1 dG
arded and whiskered all over hs had red, "
man. and d blue woman tattooed ON his right er
u.--one on, each side a blue anchOr with vi