The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

gentleman You speak of, havin' noticed
him in meetin'.'
"'He'n never come near you again
marin, says /, unless he thinks he ha
some little sight may l tell him that h
may come up and see you tomorrow
night p
"'I shall be home tomorrow night,
says she, 'and of course I'm Away
glad to see my friends.
"'Talk enough, marm, says /, for
considered the business as good as set
tied, and bid her good afternoon, she
lettin' me out of the door herself.
"Well L goes down and sees Dick
and l says Its all right old chap, ant
you're mighty lucky fellow ;an you've
got to do is to haul alongside as soon as
ever you like, and the widder's yours
and she'll be expectin' you tomorrow
night. But Dick were too much in {
hurry to wait for the next night, anG
away he goes that same evenin' as happy
as young porpus.
81 turned in mayhap about 10 o'clocl
that night, and were jist droppin' off tc
sleep when were woke up by Dick. i
don't want to strike you in the bunk,
says he, though I've had mind TO pui
knife through you but git up and put
on your pants, and come out on deck,
and Wen have this out here and now.
sc 'Avast,' says L, there's some mis-
take here, and aint a-goin' to fight till
L knows what it's for, and anyhow 1 aint
goin' out on deck to fight, cause the
watchman will call policeman and well
both be locked up in less than no time
so whatever's the trouble, it'll keep till
mornin' and then if I've done anythin'
agin you, we'll go down to the north
shore, and fight it out pleasant.
"Some of the rest of the chaps had
got walked up, and they took my part,
and jist told Dick there mustn't be no
fightin' there, and them and he agreed
for to put it off till mornin' 'and then
says he, I'm larn you how to fool a
shipmate.
"Well he goes out on deck and /
heerd him n walkin' there and waited
spell, and then went out and L says,
Now chummie, what's this all aboutY
"Says he, 'you never went near that
woman, and have made fool OF me.
ANuSI q. says L, WIZ SatJS 81
"'She says so, says he.
"Then, says l, with all due respect,
and I'm sorry to say it of sich anice Greater
as she appeared to be, she tellsa thunderin'
lie. 'Taint no use, Dick, for me and You
to fight over this thing, I'll go up there
with you tomorrow, and if | don't con-
vince you that she lies, don't never call
me shipmate agin. She aint worth stop
pin out of bed for go turn in and take
your rest like man.
"Well, sir, next night we goes mp to-
gether, and when we gifts to the top of
Mortimer street, instead of portin', Dick
starboarded.
"'Hold hard, old fellow right your
helm : says /, that aint the way
"'Yes it is, says he, this here is Rim
con street, t'other way is Douglass
street.
"'I don't care what You calls it, says
1, this here's the way / went, and at
No. 50 found Mrs. Lee, and mighty
nice body she is.
"'That's Douglass street, says he,
'and you went all wrong
"'I found Mrs. Lee, and so / went
all right, says /. And now we must
go and explain to her how this mistake
occurred
"Well, it were long time afore /
could git Dick to go, but at last he did,
and we was let in by the same tidy little
lass that had opened the door the day
before. We didn't have to wait long
afore the widder come down, and if /
thought her charmin' the day before,
you may iist believe me, sir, she were
perfectly bewilderin' this evenin, with
all her kites aloft, and every one of 'em
pullin'. seen at once that she'd never
sot eyes on Dick afore, so twas clear
she had thought 1 come from somebody
else, so there were blunder all round.
I" OF course, / had to be spokesman,
and 1 ups and / tells her the whole
story, poor Dick sittin' there lookin' as
sheepish as you please, and the comical
side of it struck her so that she laughed
fit to burst her corsets.
"Well, she insisted on our havin a
glass of wine, and she told us she kind
of cottoned to us, cause her first hus-
band had been sailor, havin' been
mate of ship out OF Liverpool, and she
said we must always come and see her
whenever we come to Liverpool. Mind
now,' says she, to Dick as he was goin'
away, when you come up this street
don't always turn to the left, but come
and see me sometimes.
"Well, sir, the other Mrs. Lee kept
public house, but weren't it odd that
both numbers should be 659 L went in
the California trade arter got back, and
weren't in Liverpool agin for near two
years, but one day a-goin' along old Holl
street who should meet but Dick Os-
from. Well he were delighted to see nae,
and insisted that should go home with
him and see his wife.
"'I managed it arter all, old chap,
says he, and thanks to you But when
l got to his house and found that his
wife was my Mrs. Lee, thought he had
much to be thankful for. +"
THn good little boy was sitting on the