The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-01-14

there four dAfss / " - u9N NtEtAhtAk
60 feel d strong sense Of being part Of
The boats family, a sort Of infant son to
the captain aud younger brother 10 The
officers. There Is no estimating The pride
| took iu this grandeur, or the affection
that began TO swell and grow in me for
those people. could not know how the
Iordy steamhoatmau soorns that sort OF
presumption Ia a mere iandsman, par
tieularly longed TO acquire the least triIle
OF notice from The big stormy mate, and
was on the alert for an opportunity 10
DO him Il service to that end. 1t came at
last. The riotous powwow OF setting Il
spar was going on down on the forecastle
aud went down there and stood around
in the way--or mostly skipping out Of il
Till the mate suddenly roared general
order for somebody to bring him a cap
stan bar. sprang to his side and said :;
Tell me where it is--l'il fetch III
Ifa rsg-picker had offered to do a di.
plomatie service for the Emperor of Rus.
sia, the monarch could not have been
more astouuded than the mate was. He
even stopped swearing. He stood aud
stared down at me. 1t took him ten
seconds to scrape his disiointed remains
together again. Then he said impressive
ly; Well, il this don't beat hell! and
turned to his work with the air of a man
who had been confronted with a problem
too Obtruse for solution.
crept away and courted solitude for
the rest OF the day. did not go to din
ner; stayed away from supper until
everybody else had finished | did not
feel so much like member of the boats
family now as before. However, my
spirits returned, IN installments, as we
pursued our way down the river was
sorry hated the mate so, because it was
not in (young) human nature not to ad-
mire him. lie was huge and muscular,
/ his face bearded and whiskered all over
/ he had red woman and blue woman
tOttooed on his right arm--one on each
/ side of blue anchor with red rope to
/ il; aud in the matter of profanity he was
/ perfect When he was getting out car
go at a landing, | was always where !
could see and hear, He felt all the sub
/ Unity of his great position, and made the
world feel il too. When he gave simplest
order, he discharged it like blast Of
/ lightning, and sent Il long reyerberating
peal of profanity laundering after it.
could not help contrasting the way in
which the average lafdsman would give
an order with the mates doing it. If
the landsman should wish the gang plank
moved foot further forward, he would
| probably say, James, or William, one OF
you push that plank forward, please
But put the mate IN his place, and be
! would roar out, Here, now, start that
/ gang-plank for'ard Lively, nowl--
Whatre aboutI Snatch it snatch it
There! therel Aft again! aft again
Don't you hear mel Dash it to dash
are you going TO sleep over it? Vast
heaving. Vast heaving | tell you! Go,
ing to have it clear astern? Wbere'rC
you going with that barrel? for'ard witt
it ore | make you swallow it, you Idash
dash-dashed split between a tired mud
turtle and a crippled hearse horse!
| wished | could talk like that.
When the soreness of my adventure
with the mate had somewhat worn of,
began timidly to make mp to the hum
bIest official connected with the boat t-.
the night watchman. He snubbed IN,
advances at first, but presently ventureC
to offer him a new chalk pipe, and tha
sonened him. SO he allowed me to 81
with him by the big bell on the hurricauI
deck and in time he melted into conver
satiun. He could not well help it, hung
with such homage OH his words, and 81
plainly showed that felt honored by hi
notice. lie told me the names of din
capes aud shadowy islands as we glide
by them in the sOlemnity of the night
under the twinkIiug stars, and by and b.
: got to taking about himself lie SCENE,
over sentimental. for a man whose salar
was So a week-Or rather he might hav
e seemed so to an older person than |, Bu
drank in his words hungrily, aud wit
a faith that mish have moved mountain
il it had been applied judicioasIy. Wha
was it to mc that he was soiIed and seed
aud fragrant with ginf What was it T.
me that his grammar was bad and hi
construction worse, aud bis profanity s
void Of art that il was an element q
weakness, rather than strength in hi
conversation; lie was wroDged mar
! man who had seen tronble, aud tha
o was enough Tor me. As he mellowed IL
= to his plainGve history, his tears drippe
upon the lantern in bis Jap, and criec
! too, from sympathy. lie said he wa
z the son Of an English Hobiemau, eilhc
& an Earl or an Alderman, be could NC
70 remember which, bat believed he wa
a both; bis father. the nobleman, love
3 BIN, but bis mother hated him from III
o the cradle; and 10 while be was a littI
b boy be wa. sent TO Zone Of them OF
& ancient college" he eouln't remembe
4 which AID By aud by bis father dice
Il and his mother seized the property an
4. shook him. Bee phrasei it Alter h
4 mother shook him, melubcr- Of o.
= mobility with whom be was acguainte
y used their influence To get him the pos
.- ton Of lob-loly boy in a ship; and i,aI
4 that point my watcbmau lhrew ~ q
y tramWels u date sad locality and brtnr
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