The Newtown bee., 1877-10-25
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 come as silently d. if we Were ut a tun. eral, and in about as cheerful manner as II we were following the mortal re mains of some tear friend.
 Ihe bandy.legged. rolling style of walk which had been practicing so as slduonsiy at home for Ii fortnight was completely forgotten in the curious feeling of apprehension which tha An, cieDt Mariners doeiul uannor had aroused, nn apprehension which both Jack and Tom seemed to entertain as lively sense of as myself
 Al length inc Ancient Mariner stopped and pointing seaward, eAcIainied:
 '"There s,l> is, young geu'!men That's the little husscy! Amt she a beauty?"
 There she was, sure enough,and l had won the sw swccpstakes!
 The old, dirty, unwielly- booking craft that we had pOkrd fun at so unmerci- fully q short hour previously. was Veri- tabIy the Flrt, about whose virtues we had been raving for the last fortnight. It was us well for the "iellUw" whom Jack knew that he was not present at that moment or horrible crime would in all likelihood have been added to the already dark annals of our national his tory, Love to all mankind was not, at any rate. the uppermost feeling in our minds Lus. then, and am afraid Jack re- lieVed himself by using language thal would Scarcely bear repetition in these columns.
 There she was, though, and what were we lo do wI,h her?
 The Ancient Mariner informed us with what sounded very like chuckle, "that the gig Was not ashOre," at which re- mark Tom looked as If he could have swallowed him with pleasure, despite the large cargo of whiskcy with which he Was evidently enrUnhered If she was not very pretty, however, she was a | yacht of some sort, and we determined 10 board her, hoping that closer inspec- ton woul reveal some retlpeniing tca, | ture in her; SD we hired a small boat and pulled al idle. Not being aware that she Was only half-dccked, Jack jumped l mtnala, stern ihe moment we, ,cnne near enough to admit this view, while the sound of Il sudden plunge. snd thu gur- gling sound of il person choking, fci! 1 upon Tons car and mine Alarmed at these indications, We hastily shipped 1 our oars and laid hold of the side of the 1 yacht just as Jacks head, minns his | gIll-cdge cap rtappe Tel, with dirty | water running tton his hair and eyes and nose, while Ire ga,pcd and Spiultered in Il most agonizing manner IL Was hat difficult To understand the cause of Inc miShap which had bcfaIlen him, for the stern half "I the ya1ly, being undecided, lhc rain had been failing for thr C eeks previously converted that part of the vessel into small pond. the surface ni which exhibited Those varieties of color which botukeued q liberal adlniXture tEf tar and other similar ingredients Alas for Jacks brand-utw pIiol- jachct. As we wrung tue water out of him. the con viction was forced upon Us that it's gIo- ry had departed forever Our spirits were damptd especially Jack $; so we put ourselves Outside the contents of our Tasks al once, and sent Jack ashore to the hotel.
 Then Tom and l held council, and resolved to try what 3vs couhl do with tue pump; so we doffed our coats and waistcoats and cOmlnenctl work with d will For three mortal hours we worked at that enchanting occupation but as dur ing the first hour and half the pump would uot suck, we had got the Fllrt half cleared uf the wafer that WAS in her at the end of that time. Then the pump ch0kcd, and fon and l sgt down and looked at each other, ard tried to whistle 1 I'm atl0ai." Thea 1t suddenly occurred 10 Us that We were not using Jack well in leaving him SD long hy himself, and we conclud- ed We would go ashure so We haiied passing boat and hunted Jack .up iu his quarters. We found him in bed in bed room of the hotel, with his clothes hanging before a large fire, and all amount of steam and stencI coming from lhem that was perfectly suifocating Our ad vent probably saved line poor fellows lite, for he had been lying stewing for | couple of hours, and as there WAS no bell-pull in the room, relief was impossi- ble. .=. .=. ..-- .---- After ruttiBg things to rights in kind of way, we ordered dinner to be brought to the room, and having dressed Jack ill D iir of blankets and the bee- mat, set him ill the place of honor at the head of the table, but have but Il faint gecullection of the other events of that evening. ... z-. -- a.-s ...zz ..s- i Il took us lea days to get the pump in