The National tribune., 1877-10-01

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ting around it, Which of Use lots would you reconl- as
mend?' elbt
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south exposure Id
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ure They take the sum- and Shorbs get the shade you
'sHow about sle William?' Say
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In, more or less, and costs for spairs" l pa
All right your name here, John, under f. it.
Now il you don't mind pin me your share of the you
$l4 john while we're on lie business everything is /,
fxed.' you
After higglng and ZIP bargaining the money ain
paid and John babe his ther goodnight and took ant
his leave There was silence moments; then ID
soft chucke weled up from lonely William and he his
muered S. declare t. i'll haven't made mistake ant
It's that's mostly loom q. And Johns booked the
for sandy se arter all.'' YOU
There another soft chuce, and William departed TIL
to his rest also. hol
The next day, in New Yorfvas hot one Still, we hea
managed to get less eertanment out OF it, To- An
the middle of the afteron arrived board hea
the staunch steamship Berm with bag and baggage sen
and hunted for shady place. 1t was blazing summer
weather, until half ws down the harbor. Then
buttoned my coat closely hour later put ant
spring overcoat and butonedhat AS passed the
light-shp, added ulster and tied handkerchief his
around the collar to hold it sn my neck So rapidly
had the summer gone and Wit come again! hai
BY nightfall we were far a at sea, with land in
sight No kilograms could here, noletters no news
This uplifting thought 1t was still more uplifting pal
to reflect that the millions larassed people on shore
behind us suffering just q usual.
The next day brought us r the midst of the Atlantic
soitudeou of smokecoor soundings into athomess eE
deep blue. No ships vsibl anywhere the wide at
ocean; company Moth. aTy's chickens whee hin
uarTng skimmng the WI &in the sun. There Were cry
some sea-aring among Passengers and but
ton drifted into matters corning ships and sailors
One said that true nee to the pole was bad its
figure since the needle seld pointed to the poe He
said ships compass faithful any particular few
point but was the most ckleand teacherous of the in
wants of 1t foreer changing. 1t changed ya
every day in the year. Consequently the amount of the ru
daily variation had be cpheed allowance made
for it, else the mariner would utterly asray Another
said there fortune Waiting for the genius who
should invent compass that would be affected by the
local influences of an iron sh He said there was only lit
creature tickle thai wooden-shp's compass the
and that was the compass OF iron ship Then came
reference to the welknown fact that experienced
mariner look at the compass of iron vessel the
thousands of miles from her birthplace and tell which
way her head was pointing when she process of
building. th
Now, ancient whaeshp fell talking about ag
the sort OF crews tney used have his early
Said he ca
"Sometimes we'd have batch Of college students BIZ
Queer lot Ignorant? Why they didn't know the cat his
heads from the manbrace. But you took them for in
fools, you'd get Bit They'd in month
than another man would In year. We had in I'M
the Mary Ann that aboard with gold specaces on th
And besides, he rugged ont from mainruck to keel
in the nobbiest clothes that ever saw ocaste He Ia
had chest full too coaks and broadcoth coats, and TO
velvet vests everything swell you and didn't the o
salt water fix them out for hnP guess not Well go
ing to sea, the mate told h go aof and help shake fiji
out the foreogalants1 UP he shins the foretop, it,
with his specaces on, and IN minutes down he comes
again, looking insuted. Say the mate, What did you