The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-02
g. - ~, 49,
AN OLD SAILORS YARN.
A Spree at Lake POnchartraiu-HOw the An
cient Mariner Missed a Wife and a Fortune.
From the New York World.

spree at Lake fOnCnafCfalu-HOWC the An
cient Mariner Missed Wife and Fortune.
From the New York World. ..s... sf55t5iE f.
II came mighty near once,'' said the
old sailor, mot only of bein' a man of
independent forth, but of havin' besides
as nice wife as usually falls to the lot
Of a man and yet here I are, Waterman
along the dock, with a lantern and dog,
glad to come up here once in while and
give you few stories as has happened in
my seafarin' experience, whereas, If
hadn't a-slipped up in several Of my un-
dertakin's presumes as should at this
time Of written have been bloated
bond-holder, or leastways at the head of
an elevated railway, with heavy balance
in the bank and everything looking favor
able for tremendous increase day by
day. .... " 7 -
"Now with regards to this particle lar
case in pint, which as I has always
looked on as showin' as thing are reck-
oned up for people from the start, and it
amt no use trying to buck agin 'em.
Here where chance which don't happen
to man more than once in lifetime and
I missed it: not through any fault of mine,
but simply because it weren't reckoned
up for me and we're reckoned up for
somebody else. 49,
"Now here's the way 1t were. I came
into New Orleans in the ship Kate Dyer,
her as were afterwards run down off Fire
island by the steamship Scotland. Times
was good in New Orleans, yellow fever
bein' plenty and sailors scarce, and ships
was givin' 500 advance to Liverpool
and $40 blood money in addition to the
landlord, and I'll say this for Bob Darlin',
he being of course enc Of the most sweet
scented villains as was ever in the bust
ness, as likewise were Wash, which we're
the shipping-master- he always used me
we'll, as likewise did both of 'em, and I
weren't adrift three days before I was able
to ship into the ship FAIRY Queen, Bob get
TIM the 800 and honestly givin' me $50
of it in solid cash, he havin' great conf
dence in me, my dunnage benz at his
house and he knowin' as I wouldn't go
back onto him.
"Whatever it took me to it can't say,
but sartin it are gets onto the outside
of a horse and away goes to Lake Pom
chartrain, and however it happened I
can't say, but it were probably in conse-
quence Of histin' too much, sort of last
my reckonin', and when two DAYS AFTER
wards fetched up found :syself into
the calaboose, and before + got clear Of
the various legal complications thereunto
belongin', the Fairy Queen had gone
down the river and I weren't into her, a
chap of the name Of Billy Edwards
havln' been shipped in my place.
"Of course, | done the square thing by
Bob Darlin', as had shipped me, and took
chance on board the Westmoreland, as
was a shippin' when I come out, the same
advance bein' Civ, and not hayin' any
money of course KEEP sober and straight
and went on board Of her and down The
river, the captains name benz Ocean
We went out over the bar, and the wind
bein' light from southeast we anchored.
swell, sir, there we laid for week
there bein' no show for us to make any
thing by gettin' under way, and we hat