The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-27

Atilh ~d4AN. Nuf wv wi lEtAt fif ilisNAtt 4ilF
chest and brought ont number seven
that's the only name | knew i; by CAV
me some If seven; opened n AT %
mustard. got a tub If hot water from
the cooks galley, and made mc take
mustard bath, until you could WIN.
water enough out Of the shee;s ] haa
around me 90 float a wble-b0ai. She
didn't stopthere, however but toasted anc
tea'd me Just ike n mother. The Cap
tain hadn't a word Ia say, bu: just j"
her have things her own way; and MIA
with doctoring, nursing aud watching
me o nights, she fetched me through
until | was entered on the log-book CURED
but we had Ia get number seven filled
up when We got into Valparaiso
Tim cabin-bOy he also had a touch
of -omething-might have been home.
sickneS. much a. any thin@-but she
took him in tow and in four OF five day
set him riaht side NJ with care.
We had been out going on nigh e
three years. with sVU barrels in the hold
and 500 that we hal sent home by th'
Hector, when ! noticed that the skippe'
wore a troubled look. Beside-. his wife
didn't come ou deck - often. One
evening, just a. the dpgJwatch Was on,
he comes zap Ia me, and says, 'Bcn'-b'
always called M Ben when non 81 The
men were arpund-'Ben,' says h., my
Wifc's sick
Whats the matter with her, Cap,
tain?' says !.
why, blame il, man-that's ths
only cu~s word he ever u-cd-'can't you
guess what the matter? And here We
are 400 miles away from main land
"'Dont get low-spirited, Captain,
says |; perhaps " a run in before
She needs "A Doctor
mo, we can't; and I'm fool
-ay- he.
Whatever you do, don't finger one,
that biz book and mcdiciuc-chc,t.'
said for had Epson salts in my mind,
DO you see?
"'No, / won't, Ben; but what isto b,
DONE
"'Wcll, well square away, any how,
and do the best we can
4" But it WAS no use; she grew worse.
The George and Susan pitched and
rolled 50 heavily that IL made her suffer
all The more. I'VE broke two casks ot
oil aud dashed them over the rail,
knocked ont the bungs and let the OlI
adrift. II smooihcd down the water :
little, but il did not last long. II TIA,
skipper thought it would have done any
good he would have empticd every cash
on board 10 "A y his wife.
THE next night, while | was al
watch, the old man came bouncing "u'
uf hi> cabin. .iicn, for heavens sake
come down. Rouse out Mr.. hedge Il
stand your WATCH he sung ont.
-" reused out the Third Mate ant
followed the Captain. When | rcachc,
the cabin ! could hear his poor wife cry
img, and | tell You IL went all over me
Captain says l.. my good moth
cr ha- told me some things that might
be Of service, and I'll give it Il
Won straight ~ | can 50 | told hin
how Ia proceed, babe him God speed.
and he went in, while stood sentry a
the >cuitlc.
"Thc crew 10y this time had got wind
that something wa. up, seeing a. Mr..
kcdgc had changed places with me, and
they mustered aft, anNiou>ly waiting Il
hear the good or bad news.
Pretty " a little low, wIilin% cry
came drifting up the cabin gamg"ay
and then We knew that another hand
had been added 1" our crew.
The men nuiscle>Sly went fpr'ard
whispering among themselves. for they
all liked the shippers wife and rcmcm,
DrrCd the extra socks and tobacco ia,
: brought ont of the cabin, which were
not put down a%in 'cm on the bill book
But perhaps You don't want Ia hear an!
more
"Oh. ycS, 90 ON; let me hear th'
whole If il. I'm all ears"
We'll, the baby lived, and the moth
or died ju>t one hundred and eight.
miles from Naldiyia, Chill, 10y tn
quadrant. What the mother did for IN
| did my best Ia do for the baby. ! ="
out two orthrec cans of condensed milk
mixed some in warm wafer and fed II a
carefully ~ if ! were feeding a hum
minr-bird. When We ran into NaldivIa
the hrnkcn-hcart"d skipper got Il c"upl,
IF Portuguese doctors To cmhalm tn
body of his wife. after which he had !
put into a metallic ease and placed II
! his cabin. - he could have her e hin
even in death"
..Wha about the baby ?"
"Oh, she got along, and wcathcrc'
the remainder If the voyage. Took he
condensed milk regular and chung To M
lust ~ If she was my own.
= SAW her "A few weeks ago, but >h'
amt much of a baby now. | wen
down Ia Nantucket, where the old MAJ
liyc>-hc don't 90 Ia sea any more; ha
enough To live on and to spare.
when | called at the house ! saw
Young man about your age. who >ccme'
To he paving his attentions around tina
damicilc. Eut that didn't hinder he
from throwing her arms around m.
neck. if she i Ii years of AGE.
No. sir: if | was a young man my
self | think my chances would h" H. ~oo'
a. the next one. for she don't fo"Tct oh,
Ben and the MANY times he has carrie,
her i'm his arms. Only Il cables lrnTtI
from the house. j. her mothers grvac
and il looks ~ fresh, green and bloom
iu~-all done 10y her hand>-a> a rc-u
lar garden. | hope whoever Marie
the baby. a. | took care of, will think Il
much of her * | do. God bless her fo
the sake If her mother"
Mr.. Doldrum wiped his sleeve acroS
his ewes a. if the sun troubled them. an
said he must bc moving on.-BOStO
CyGrtcr.
The Paradise OF Babies.