The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-05-15

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hst and lst him have II between his
eyes, knocking him right iotber side
Of tia deck. IL vas mofen n minute
fully. sfore ever bc knew where ho
was; bot when be cum 10, be just give
me a wicked lcok ont Of the corner Of
bis eye, ard bobbled down below. The
minute he was gone, up comes my
cbum Bill Barlow. the engineer (who
had seed tue whole tbing), and says to
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Tom, says he, now you've done
that you'd better just shoot that ere
fcller right Of, if you don't your life
amt worth thatp
We'll, Bill says /, "Im pretty
much of that way Of thinking myself,
but stil don't like killing felier in
cold blood, somehow. Lett wait till
he does somethin an then well let him
know.
But Bills words stuck in my head,
and they stuck in it trihe moren two
nights after, when, just as we was
a-getting out of the harbor, down
comes a block from the iore-rigging
within an inch of my head, and pretty
nigh knocked my brains oct. There
was moren a dozen OF EN- up a loft At
the time making sail, so O. course it
might have been haccideut; but
when | seed Master Spiro a coming
down along with the rest, had my
own thoughts bout who sent me that
ere sugar plum.
Well, the second day after that, just
as we was about half,way to Suez,
Spiro was on the taffraiI collin down
a rope, when the ship gave lurch,
and his foot slipped, and overheard |
he went. If it had been only that, it |
wouldn't have mattered pin to him,
for not man on board could bold a
candle to him at swimming; but, do
ye see, he fell somehow hat>ways, and |
come such a lick upon the water that
it reglar stunned him, and he lay out
in the water as limp as a wet rag.
Well, | happened 10 he the nearest,
so | sang ont, Stop her! and jumped
after him, and Collored him just as he
was sinking the second lime. But
what with his weight aud the rough
sea, | had to do all | knew 10 keep
ahoat; and by the time they picked Us
up, I'd swallowed more salt water
than all the grog on board could have
put away the taste of.
Well. Spiro was put into his ham
mock. and kept warm, but it was next
morning afore he cum straight agin.
The first thing he axed was, who saw
ed him? And when they told him il
was me, he just stared for a Minute
without saying nothin, and then flew
up the ladder like a wild cat-came
rushing up TO where | was standing,
and threw himself down on his knees,
and took my hand and kissed it. and
cried like child.
| cum precious near piping my eye
too, / can tell We, to see SO much nat
eral gratitude in a great hulkin cut
throat like him. But the next minute
be got up and stood afore me, as tall
and grand as king. and looks me
right in the face, and says
'Capitano, (he always called me
that,) 'Capitano, you know all. You
member dat block fall at your head de
odder night? trowed it; and when
it no kill you, ] tink / kill you wild +
dis knife. So you take de knife, drive
him into my heart; (he gave me the
knife and stripped open his shirD you
hab revenge, and all done!
Talk Of playl the way the feller
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