The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-07
JACK OF ALL TRADES.
BY CHARLES READE.
CONTINUED

She wheeled round, ran her
head into a corner, stuck out her
great buttocks, and trembled all
over like a leaf. 1 stabbed her
with all my force for half an hour
till the blood poured out of every
square foot or her huge body, and,
during the operation, she would
have crept into a nutshell if she
could. l filed her as full of holes
as a cloved orange.
The blood that trickled ont of
her saved mine; and, for the first
time, I walked out of her sham
bles her master.
One year and six months after
we landed at New York to con-
quer another hemisphere. we turn
ed tail and sailed for England
again. We had prosperous yoy-
age, with the exception of one &C
cident. George Hlnde, from in
cessant brandy, had delirium ire
mems, and one night, in a fit of it,
he had just sense enough to see
that he was hardly to be trusted
with the care of himself ''John,"
said he to me, site me to this mast
hand and foot" 1 deInurred; but
he begged me for Heavens sake,
so I bound him hand and foot as
per order. This done, some one
called me down below, and while
I was there it seems George got
very uncomfortable, and began to
halloo and complain. Up comes
the captain,-sees a man dashed
to the mast. s.What game is.
this?" says he. cit is that little
hlackguard john" says Hinde;
she caught me sleeping against
the mast, and took a mean advan-
tage; do loose me, captainr' The
captain made sure it was a sea-
jest, and loosed him with his own
hands. "Tha nix you, captain
says Hinde, ''you are a good fell
low. God bless you allw and
with these words he ran aft and
jumped into the sea. A Yankee
sailor made grab at him and
| just touched his coat, but it was
too late to save him, and we were
going at the rate of ten knots an
hour. Thus George Hinde fell
by brandy; his kindred spirit, old
Tom, seemed ready to follow,
without the help of water, salt or
fresh. This mans face was now
q uniform color, white, with a
scarce perceptible bluish-yellow-
ish tinge. He was a moving
corpse.
Drink forever! it makes men
thieves, murderers, asses, paupers,
but what about that? so long as it
sends them to an early grave with
"beasts" for their friends to write
over. their tombstones' unless
they have mind to tell lies in i
church-yard, and that is a COM
mon trick.
We arrived at the mouth of the
Thames.
Some boats boarded us with
fresh provisions and delicacies:
among the rest, one l had not
tasted for many a day: it is called
soft-tommy at sea, and on land
bread. The merchant stood or
tiptoe and handed q loaf toward
me, and 1 leaned over the bnl
warks and stretched down to him
with a>shilling in my hand. But
as ill luck would have it, the shil-
, ling slipped from my fingers ant
fell. If it had been some men:
it would have fallen in the boat,
others into the sea, slap; but i
was mine, and SO it fell on the
boats very rim, and then danced
to its own music into the water
l looked after it in silence; {
young lady with whom I hat
made some little acquaintance
during the voyage happened tt
be at my elbow, and she laughed
most merrily as the shilling wen
down. I remember being aston
ished that she laughed. Th'
man still held out the bread, bu
1 shook my head. 81 must g
without now" said 1; the youns
J lady was quite surprised. "Why
is worth a guinea" cried she
eyes MISS said l, sheepishly
shut we can't always have what
: we like, you see; I ought to hav,
held my shilling tighter"
"Your shilling" cried she. "Oh!'
and she dashed her hand into he
+ pocket and took out her purse
, and 1 could see her beautiful whit
fingers tremble with eagerness a
, they dived among the coin. Sh
soon bought the loaf, and, as sh
handed it to me, l happened tt
look in her face, and her cheek
were red and her eyes quite brim
ming. Her quick woman's hear
had told her the truth. that
t was a well-dressed and tolerate,
we'll behaved mans last shilling
, and he returning after years o
J travel to his native land.
/ am sure, until the young lad,
felt for me. I thought nothing o
it, 1 had been at my last shilling
more than once. But when I saw
she took it hard. began to thinl
it was hard, and / remember tn
| UASCL CdnC lhSO NY OWN eyes
Heaven bless her, and may sh
never want q shilling in her peck
: ct, nor q kind heart near her t
{ show her the world is not a.
:, made OF stone.
We had no money to pay on
passage, and we found Mr. Yate
7 somewhat embarrassed. We ha
'' cost him a thousand or two, an
no return; so, while he wrote t.
:. Mons. Huguet, that came to pas
Z in England which we had alway
e just contrived to stave off abroad
e The elephant was pawned.
And nov I became of use t
the proprietors. arranged wit
the mortgages, and they mad
n the spout show-plaee. used {
: exhibit her and her tricks, an
' with the proceeds fed her an
Il Elliot and myself.
! We had been three weeks j
!. pledge, whe, one fine morning, a
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