The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-06-21

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starboard bow; can see four OF en- now.
sir; appear TO be comm this way
"The devil SAYS the old man; IN
too soon, by Jove. Hard a starboard,
and around we went, and soon lost sight
Of 'cm in the darkness.
alt won't do to try here tonight,
says the old man to the mate; they u 90
too much on the look out. reckon
well run out around the Fryin' Pan and
see if we can get in by Fort Fisher.
"Wcll, sir, you know the Fryin' Fan
shoals extends out some twenty-five
miles, and afore we got around and up
with the feet onto that side, the old
man decided it were too late tor that
night. 1t amt no use making long
story OF it. We humbugged for q couple
of days more, and then as we had Just
coal enough for to reach back to Ber'
muddy, why OF course there were no help
for it but TO go back Tor coal, and we
I done it.
"Wcll, the old man he spun the OWE
crs good yarn of how he'd been chased
off and hid the blame onto the pilot, and
so they thought he'd done his best and
went 10 work coalin' her up agin. The
pilot had got his money afcrc he LETT
port, and he went ashore and the crew
agreed to stay if they got another ad-
vance, which the officers demanded like
wise; so you see, 1t were a matter of two
or three thousand pounds expense to
the owners for ship to pull back and
took the cream off Of the profits of the
voyage, but the night we got in pulled
the old man ashore as usual, and be seen
his gal, and l made up my mind that
this was the only reason for comm
back, and | guess | were right. He were
struck, you see, and he couldn't bear the
idea Of bein' caught and sent North and
separated from Der.
"Well, sir, after coalin,' we started
agin' and the second day out we got a
shorter from about west norwest, and
drlvin' ner till finally she took one or
two seas aboard, and smashed in the
deck, washed away the bulwarks both
sides, took the foremost out of her and
well nigh made wreck of her; and
once more her head had to be put to-
ward Bcrmudy.
at wern't ignorance, sir he were a
good sailorman as ever trod deck, but
be were Bound to GIT back alongside of
that gal, and this were the way be done
il. AS we come TO an anchor the skipper
says to me, wood, jist hcave up the lit
tie boat, and put mo ashore, that's a
good fellow and as VIC were goin'
ashore we meets one of the owners COM
in off.
"'What the bIazcs brings you back
again ? says the owner.
"'Comc aboard says the old man,
'and I'll soon show yeu.'
$50 we turned back and be took the
owner on board and showed him the
damage. Well, of course there wernt
nothin' to be said, it werc act of God
fiyident, and there were no way but to
cx her up and start her agin. 1t ain't
no use tellin' you of our adventures on
that third trip. We didn't git in, we
was chased frequent, and we got to leak
in bad from drivin' Of her agin the sea
on every occasion.
"When it come TO that wo DO to go
back, tho old man didn't daro to go to
Bermudy agin, and he stuck her for
Nassau. One Of the owners camo down
there just as we were goin' onto the dock
for repairs. lie says to the old man, Il
think you wont be astonished when
tell you that we have como to the con-
clusion to try another man.
"1 don't wonder at it at all, says the
old man fact is, don't think Pm fit
for this business and so he left, and rs
quick as he could git there be goes back
to BERN udy and gets spliced TO this gal
I've been a tcIlin' you of.
DWELL, sir, / left her too, in Nassau,
cause | thought nothin' but bad luck
could come OF sich a broken wage as
this, and | were right, for they shipped
another skipper, and he tryin' TO run in,
he struck on Il wreck on the New Inlet /
Bar, and she was total loss. That /
were severe scald for the owners, and !
shows that blockade runnin' weren't all /
profit, by no means, and this here all |
como OF that there skipper gittin' gal
struck"