The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-15

( but none of us that night thought that
! there were much chance for johnnie,
and expected he'd slip his wind for fuil
due afore we got to Liverpool. we
turned to with will and got things Sc
cured about the decks, and about day
light the furry came and the wind blew
in TO nor'west, and we got the reefed
foresail onto her and got her OF again
onto her course.
Johnnie were clean constitutional
chap, and he weatLered it out dreadful
patient. The carpenter made some
fishes for his leg, and the mate splintered
him as we'll as he knowed how. We
sluns hammock and got him into that
so as the rollin' wouldn't affect bin, and
he stuck it out for ten days that wen thy
sfore we got IN, when he were took 10
the hospittle.
"Ne1t day me and another chap went
up to see how he were gettin' on, and
the doctor told us we couldn't see him.
He said as how he had had to cut away
his leg, and that there weren't much
chance of his weatherin' in out.
"Well, the three gals at the boardin
house they took on tor Bit, till we told
en- Jobnpie's leg had been cut away,
and srter that they soon dried up. VIM
min Is the same sir, all over the world;
| they like man as has all his spars on
eend; and these here gals was soon lslli.
] gaggin' with other chaps jist as If
| Johnnie Allen had never been born.
"'Humpy,' that were what we always
called the little red-headed pot'slewer,
had cut her lucky jist about this time
and nobody didn't blame her, seem the
! dreudful life these other gals and the
misses led her, as was worse treatment
than sHy boy ever got into forecast,
which are ROACH sometimes and no mis-
take. Talk OF more kicks than coppers,
this here slewer got nothin' but kicks,
and it were wonder as she stood 1t Tor
s. io.g.
We'll, SIT, we goes up TO the hospittle
sgin store we left port, and 1t were the
same story, alive, but insensible, with |
Johnnie, which we was sorry tor, cause
If he'd been dead we could have nit
tened out MS dunnage, which, bein alive, |
had To be sent ashore to the Consul. and |
the old man bad 20 leave three months
wages with the same. and of we went TO |
sea agln.
1T were, l suppose, sir, a matter of
two year after that, passing along by |
Burlin's slip, along about niEe o'clock
one evenln', whoever l should come !
hwart, mounted on wooden leg, but
Johnnie Allen.
"'Why, Johnniel' says l.
"'Why, Toni says be.
GLOW are YOU maxim it?' says |.
$50, co. says he, put Ii you can spare
the time Ter 10 come down onto the dock,
where I'm watchin', I'll spin you the
whole yarn
"'All right, my lad says l, but store
we goes, let's 60 into the corner and
freshen the nip.
"'Sartin' says Johnnie, ard we goes
in and he has one with me, and | mas
one with him, and then we takes an
ether for comm up, and goin' down
onto the dock, Johnnie gives look
around for TO see that all were right,
and then lighuu' our pipes, we sits
down into the string piece, and John
ME rec ed il off TO me a thus:
"'Thm! were narrow squeak with
me- Tom says he, 'when | were brung
to the hoSpittie from the Whitney sr!er
bciu' hove over the wheel, and for
don't know how long | lay there and
didn't know nothin'. The fust 1 recol-
lac:s, when l come TO, were OF u chapa
sdueezin' somechin into my mouth
rom sponge, and then | went of sgiu.
When | come TO agin he were at it agin,
and from that ne got 10 leeiin' me with
n "yibbv" ike infant. Then two doc
tors comm the rounds stops alongside OF
me, and heerd one OF 'em say. 81 be-
lieve we shall save him after all"
"'"Not much credit to US il we do"
says the other, otis the nussin as has
done it,"
"."rh@t's go" says the other chat
little cnap is worth MS weight in gold to
u.s."
"'By the little chap they meant the
one as had been fcodin' me with
Tibby;' and he war sartjn the most !
complete nurse US ever trod hospital |
deck; there was lots OF 'em there besides
me, and he jet moved 'rOdnd among US
ss softly as u cat; always jist to the right |
bed III the right time, and always doIa' |
the suip-shape thing without waltln Tor
ORDERS
"'This here "gibby" business went on
for d matter Of a week, and then L begin |
for TO be- able 10 take BIT 0! chicken aud |
tue like, and from that gets onto beet
steak. | were co.nin round, your soa, |
some, but whatever IL were as were
needed this here chap seemed always Tor
t. Lave it ready Tor me, whether 1t were |
meat, or fruit, CT preserves, Ir Whst not |
Wherever he got EN- from | didn't |
know, and In blessed II ! cared. II
seemed TO me Is il come in Tor bigger |
share of all these here fxin's than the
other chaps in the ward, but l suppose
they all thought the ssme, cause this here
chap was earnin' for the whole OF EN-.
"''It's been jist touch and 60 with !
YOU, nv man." says the doctor srtcr
begin 20 git ahead y little; and only Tor
our havin' the most capital nurse OF any
huspitl!e il the world we couldn't have
pulled you through.
carter while | were able for to SIT
IN. and then for the first time missed
NV mort leg. That were an awful thing
to me, Tom, and 1t put me back bit,
but come on agin, and while thought
as | could have wooden one splced on
with hook to 1t, so as | could git sioit,
js. let it 20 without thought. | knowd
It were rcckoned up that 1t should 20,
and there we're all there were about it.
al iist pulled ahead like good ore
after / got sgoin', and in three months
were fitted with L wooden leg and par
Of crutches, and were able Tor 10 hobol"
down to the Consu's. l must say he
done the square thing By me, glvin' me
the whole of ny three months wages,
and after ne had splced me making up
quite a purse for us BESIDES
'Spliced you? says /.
YES, says johnnie, 'who not? It's
we'll enough for you chaps As Is I'll right
10 be single, but # ever you has your leg
cut off rs | done, or your arm, jist 90 and
ut wife, or you'll need one for 10 take
care Of YOU