The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-27

EN-, Whatever kfe tho use Of yoa tvs
comin' 10 loggerbeads about this ert
/ Young woman Here yoa are bound ou
+ y'ytKe ~ is admitted ~ all for to b,
The 6Dcst passage for sparkin' A. ls know
ed soon ss ever yoa reaches the Trades
away yoa'tl 70 to The wespArd, viii
constant doe weather night and day,
I Well, then, " bats 10 be donef Here you
are In different watches; when one Afs
+ below the other sre on deck. Well theo
! don't see bow you can interfere, and ioI
the gal, when she don't have one Of you
she'll have the other, and she ssrtainly
can't object 70 that sort OF c0nriin', least.
wise not 10 the quantity NJ all events
I Well, thea IL you don't like that, this
would be my advice TO you: Jisl Clip .
copper 81 TO who shall have Der for the
iV'ssge, aud him as loses can ias'en onto
sometbin else; there's plenty Of other
gals, surely; or, says /, II tkat don't snit,
aud you think II wouldn't give the gal q
+ fair chance, why Zip for her for the first
week, aud then take turn and turn about
week 10 aud week out, DO suythib'
Says !, but quarrel; men ss has been
ohums for so long oughtn't never not by
no means for to fall out, aud especially
about woman.
Well, sir, they seen that this were a
good advice, aud so they settled It accor.
din to my fust plan, as each one were TO
do blsprettiesl at capliVatin' In bis watch
below, and arter this were all arranged
they shook hands unto II aud agreed to
play fair, aud was better friends than
ever.
Whatever they seen ia this little heifer
ain't able TO say; she sartinly weren't
my style; there weren't enough OF her in
tbe iust place; never could sbear them
litle wimmin. liows'ever, it woudn't
never do for all TO think alike about sich
things, aud you see she just suited Tom
aud Bill, She were short and slight,
with sparkling black eyes and head oi
black hair-enough to make deck-swab
lof Her cheeks was as ripe aud rosy as
peaches, aud atwixt her full, tempin'
lips, her teeth CLEANED white as ivory.
Her nose was small aud shapely, with
just the least inclination 10 turn up at the
end, like flyin' jibboom when the back
ropes git slack She were smart and
chippy as Brazilian parrot, aud bad jaw
enough for two sets of teeth, arter she
got acquainted. She we've somethn' of a
singer, too, and used to reel off Irish bal.
lads BY the fstbom.
don't s'pose, sir, as you ever made
that y'yage from Liverpool to Havre or
London to New Orleans or any other of
the Gulf ports, but irs jist about the
finest | know OF. You leaves the stormy
weather OF the ehanpel, and ii you are
lucky enough to catch q northerly wind
in week or ten days, you are down into
the trade winds, which you'll meet any
where's from Is degrees to Is degrees of
north latitude. Then away yop goes due
west with the whole breadth of the At
lantic Ocean afore you, with jist good
sailin' breeze from about east-nor'east,
smooth water and fine weather. Arter
trimmin' In the yards and glttin' out the
stunsails, you never has to touch rope
'cept it be for to haul taut the braces now
and agin when they says slack. | know,
of course, that there Amt any more stars
overhead in the trade wind region than
elsewhere, but 1t are hard to believe this,
as you lays on deck at night lookin' up
to the clear blue sky, so thickly are it
studded and 30 bright are they that the
light, feccy clouds that from time to time
float azily over, fail TO hide them utterly
and only succeed in momentarily dim
ming their lnster. II so be as there's
moon, OF course it be lighter abont the
decks, but II always seemed to be some
thin of a intrusion, and that Ia tropical
night the moon were not needed and only
interference on the de sirsbIe privacy OF
conrtin'. In The day time, ss the ship
glides steadily through the waters, she
sirs up great flocks of fyin' fish, which,
IN their terrible flight, frequently ay into
the channels and sometimes over the rail
aud onto the deck. Oace 10 while a
lazy dolphin will be seen glidin' along on
The quarters, and large shoals OF bonita
and albacofe viii sometime follow in the
wake or play under the bow. Times
there are when shark will be seen, but
It's never wholesome for to look at, For
birds. there are the Mother Careys, aud
white bird called the Bortswsiu, from
the fact that bis tail feathers sticks out
ike marlin spike. Sometimes you
come across patches OF Gulf weed, its
long lines always p'intin' direct TO wind
ard I've heerd tell Of ships mectin' it
so thick IS their speed, which we're eight
ksots when they struck 1t, were reduced
TO two; bat never just hysted that in,
aud It's pity as sailors should 20 and
Toll things as can't be believed. There
are wonders enough in their purfession
as il inierestin' even when they keeps
ruth to their side, aad why they should
ever tell anytbin' but the exact truth are
more Than knows.
Well, sir, there never were gal more
honestly and satisfactorily cousted than
this ere Honora Mcclure on this y'ysge.
Il are a good thing for any gal to have q
sAilorman Tor sweetheart aboard Of a
ship, but Il she's lucky enough TO have
two 'iis ssrtin she'll wani for noIhin' that
can be begged borrowed or stolen for'ard
or AFT. These 'eie two chaps what I'm
leliin' on j,si worked their very lives out
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