Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-28

at sounds" says she, las if there
was regiment OF soldiersu trampin'
on the deck"
Maybe" says |, 'it's mo a welkin'
that you hecrd, marin. hut wern't
maxim 70 racket; were only keepiE'
my wairn.''
"keenim' tiddesticks; go down i'm
mediaieiy;" says she, and OF course
went down onto the main deck,
where. of course, | couldn't see moth
in on account of the high rail. It
weren't long aiore the mate come out
of his room, which were under the
5resk of the poop on the starboard
side.
"Who's that?' saws he.
Its me, Tom" says I.
""hat the - are you doiu' z"
av> he.
"heepin' The anchor watch, Tom,"
.ays |.
That aim, 80 place for to keep an.
chor watch; git up on ,hepoop where
YOU can soc S"iurihiu.'"
And when Iieils him the old wom-
an had druv me down. lie says:
Damn the old woman; YOU go up
.ncrc, and if yau can't walk, stand still
uI,SO
viii run into Us
When | We're relieved | concludes
that | wouldn't say uothin' to the
chap what relieved me about walkin'
rut would ji,t let him 'battl. the
rauch' for himself. and afore | drop
"ct off TO sleep | heerd row ait
which larterward found were the old
rnan hammerin' this chap as bad re-
,,,I, ii, h
hrni ar,rr she had told him not to.
She hadn't told him. by the way; it
wer- M that she told, but she didn't
Know that the watch had been re-
| Ii-vrd ar,ii had insisted on the old
mam comm up and whaiin' this other
chap, s'inkin as it were him as she
! hai told.
Next mornin' there were a fine
breeza from The wesrnrd aud We rous.
ed out AT day break and got her under
! way. A. soon as we got the canvas
cato hsr and the anchor tisheh. we
, turns 20 wasnin' the decks. We had
! jus; 20; nicely under way, scrubbin'
tle poop with hickory h:ooms and
-,ud, when up pops the old woman's
sa.- shc:
W nv = me tiuGcl III
i au,. marn.' says the second mate.
Well, Whatever do you meal by
This noise? We cau't hear ourselves
lhlrl; down stairs, says she.
We're washin' down the decks.
mnrm.' says he.
Wei, that amt no way for to do
ii; | eau show you good deal better
WAY than that. You must let your
ucn si, some hot water aud soap aud
; sit down on their knees with cloths;
mats the WAY we wash floors at
home; we don't have any sich rollick-
. in business as that; we have our
floors right clean, and you never eau
, gir 'em clean with cold water?
This is the way we always do 1t,
marm; YOU ser, marin, to do it your
way we'd have to use fresh water,
says the second mate.
'Sarringlv; what else would you
use: said she.
=; well, marin, there amt only jisl
enough fresh water OH board fol
trinkin' aud cookin'.'
= Then tnrre ought to have beer
more laid in and she went down tt
:, how the Old mau up because he b adm
y llia in more fresh water, Gnd W,
, vest On wAshin' the decks in prope
s;y e.
-oit went on. the old woman In
q t-r.rr,u1 with eyerytbiu' fore aud aft
- ,,,. r,,lin' ,hiugs uncomfortable TO
cvrybrdy. The old man was com
ui,.;e,y under her control. and let he
I.nve her own way III everythin
- Tnr fus, breeze of wind we had sb
IL iu,isle! on t3e Old man shorteni,
=, sail Ioug afore il ought to have com
81 rif of her: AT least 50 the steward tol
" ~. ant sne give him no peare unit
- he went OF, deck aud dnuble-reefe
l. the topsails. Bmt the worst thin
~ onto u, were her iuslsiiu' on all I'll
" nau,i. comm att on SUNDAYS for (
~ hear sarvice read, and it were no u:
u" hi T. ii..' her thpt half the men W.
y. cm.i,Ied TO wrich below So as the
~ could sleep. She said as how the
- sous was Of more importance tina
auythin else, aud so we had to los
oar watch below.
-, We crossed The banks well TO Il
- mcrti,',rI. aud il bein' tine she toe
~ it in3o her head that she wanted
!. fish. and although fine westerI
brerZe wSs biuwin' the Old man hi
% mnred her by clcwiu' up the roya
" and ,n'gailan' sails hsulin' in the su
~ sails aud roundi' her to for ha
ne hour or so. white she catched son
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