The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-03-27
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you never heard tell OF Bill jackson and
+ Tom Timmins; no, Of course not; how
should your Bat II you'd been 10 Che
Liverpool trade auywheres from about
the year 1910 10 1850, you'd knowcd
ali about 'em, they bein' remarked as tie
lruesl chummies as was ever knowedi
always shippin' into the same ships, al
ways boardin' together when ashore,
never one goin' onto a spree without the
other, sharin' each others dunnsge
whether at sea or ashore, tnrnin' IN and
out together on every voyage, aud II both
happened for to be choosed Into the same
watch, so as they couldn't do this, one
would always git swopped of with some
other chap 20 as to make II feasible
loyin' one another like brothers and
never hard word atwiZt 'em; the man
as quarreIed with one OF 'em had to iight
both, rs was well knowed TO all reg lar
men ia that lrade at that time,
However they fust come together |
don't fist know, but heerd tell as they
was onto a wreck together Tor matter
Of fifty days or lheTeabouis, and bad eaten
up all the rest OF The chaps, and when it
come 10 the last 20 and they be to draw
lots which Of them should 60. a sail were
sighted and they was both took on.
Hows'eEer this were | don't know, nei-
ther of 'em hsyin' told me Of il, bat sich
were the yarn as I've heefd ii.
| were shipmates with these two in
several shps, and admirer Of EN-, they
bein' know by and large as the Siameses,
on accounts of their stickin' together so
close, and one OF these y'yages were into
the ship of Rappahannock, along with
Capt, Drummond, Of which chap OF The
name OF Cushing were the mate, she bein'
bound from Liverpool to New Orleans in
ballast with passengers, and s'pose
these here two come higher to falin' ont
on that v'yage tbau ever before OF after
wards.
You're right, my lad, though however
you knowed IL can't say. or course it
were woman, and her name were Norah
Mcclure, and here's the way it were
She was a layin'-ihe ship means, OF
course--in the Victoria dock, takin' her
passengers, when these two men as |
were a speakln' on havin' been outside ol
the dock wall for a driuk, were return
in aboard and they come alhwart this
lass a sittin' on her box on the quay q
weepin'.
What's Amiss, my lassS says both OF
'em together. There were dispute about
this afterward, each OF 'em claimin' for
to have spoken to her first, but hsrmoni.
ously agreein' finally as both bad said to-
gelher, What's amiss, my lass? which
showed what chums they was.
Well, she ups and tells 'em that she
were oil alone, and ben' goin' all alone
to New Orleans the passenger agent put
her under the charge Of another woman
passenger, who had gone off somewhere
aud lett her there, aud she had got fright
ened like. There weren't snylhin' the
matter, you see, and has no doubts but
what this other woman would have turn
ed up all right and have looked out for
her as Sue had agreed to, but she bad got
kind OF skiltish, as young wimmin will
and were pipin' OF her blessed eyes like
atwc- -ycarold when these befe two sail.
ormen come across her.
judges il were Ieekoned up for 10 be
so, cause both OF em went dead sweet
onto her at once, which showed II were
somethin' as to be for to be- spinned
TN yarn once to Holy Joe; be wanted
me Is, to spin him yarn, and not think
iu' at the lime Of auythiu' else soft enough
10 sua, | epiaDed him this, and be ssid as
aw there Rersait anythin' sing'iar in
~. II these here chaps sweelenin' onto
ne sam, gsl; tbst II were sympathetic
.o,ta. haleger lhst might be, and |
s,,o.a 1, were though ! never heerd i
pore " Wtitt pstt
called By that nam store Anyhow B'll
aud Tom they jlned NJ aess oh'o her ooA
one OF 'em at each end, g.. = 't'phk PEI -
come along aud not to be a. 'saisH' iney
takes Il aboard OF this chip. 4 zen 'Hey
turns to and sees The passenger as' s'eH'
clark as was bertbio' the passense. .
aud gifts him to pint 'em out nice fami'
~ among the lot, and they tell tbs man
a. belonged 10 this family as this young
woman were a friend Of theirn as needed
for 10 be looked out for, aud they got the
clark for 10 berth ber with this family aud
so Hxed her ali right, OF ieastwise As well
as she could be. They al.o got sotne
rstline stua aud lsshed her box all secure,
ADD Also the boxes OF this man as they
bad placed her with, % A. be should feel
under no obligation TO 'em for to treat
Der well.
That night instead Of soin' cf on
drift. - tkey had aiways done aiorc on
the iast night, they goes down sboard ol
The ship, walkin' down side by side, and
neither of 'em bsyin' word TO say to lh'
oiher. wheu they Got aboard lbcy goe'
down into lbe 'twixt decks, bat found
that ihe gal, bcln' lired cot With excite
ment al sikrilh' on slch 4 cruise, bsS
turned 10, and 20 they conida't gii q
sgeak 10 ber From that uigbi theu
sefe ! coolness between ihese Two A la,
beea sch chummies. Zach were morris
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