The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-28
THE sTOWAWAY.

no listened to 1t, we herewith Reproduce
as follows:
THE sTowAwAY.
Now lads short yarn I'll Iustspln ye
As hApt In our very last run,
About q hoy ~ had lnAn's soul In HIN,
Or else I'm sOn Of gun.
Ftom Liverpool, Just out three days, lads,
The good ship hOAlinE over the deep
ThsS bright with sunshine above VI,
Beneath Us the waters asleep
Not A bll.tsm pereI lubbOr among u.s.
A IOlll0E crew never Sallel,
'Cept the hrlt mate, 4 bit OF savage,
But good seaman ~ ever was hailel.
Regulation, good orLsr, his motto,
StroUg rs Iron, rs steady Is quick,
With couple Of buFly black eyebrows,
And eyCj ~ deFce Is Old Nick. a.
One dsy he comes up from below deck,
A EriSpln' lad By the arm,
A poor little ragged young urchin
ASOught to been home With his naEni.
Aud the mate asked the boy, rather roughly,
How he dared TO DO slowed away,
cheatin' the OWners and captAil,
SAIlln,' 0atin, aud all Without pay!
The lad had face bright and sunny,
A pair Of blue eyes like g!rrs-
Aud looks up at the SCOWlln' hFst.mate, boys,
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"My Step-tAther brought me aboard,
And he hid NE away down the Stair there,
For to keep me he cOuldn't aaOrd.
Ana ne telu me the w. sn'p WOulu IAkem
70 haIuaA IoWn, o. ~ tM- ,..,
Who lives where the good angels are.
WIts lie ~ Eays the mate.
moi your iAIner' Out SOME " 1hese plS suIAEl
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"rWaht uS, /" grOWled the taFs who stood arount
WARS your agey" " siys one sou Of NE brine
"Ana your ns s MY, NJ aaStnef Olu saiI hsh'
saysthe small ehAp i'm Frank,
an,
'uA my heyest SAys Ah0the OLonied seaman
10 the mate VINO scenes staggered himself
Let ai WI GoiESe 70 G ~. Nova S seoaa, ~,
"bsay aYa tue mate, smut your mouth, man
lHSII ms hSte CrIl1i Oet your me-
ana ~ ~ the lie o. 70 yeS somehow
Then win rough hanu ne seized him
And tumbled the poor aup below,
An 49, says 20 P5aps 1o.IoEEo Wy. WIZ ehanEeye
took him some dinner 30 sure mates,
just thiuk only nine years q age,
A9a me next DAY I SS a ~ !, bells tolled
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And he plants him At9re us GmidShps-
MS eye IKE me Goals AZ hlgnt,
Aad Hys through gus teeth, mad Win passion
SPEAK Tue truth, An1 then III forgive YOU
For t9e ruin ! WIZ nave, speak II out.
Sa'nL your iather as Drought yoI'
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"fhen mat pair Of due eyes DriBht aud win
ming.
Csear ana neauy WIN innocent YOUTH
And, Says he, "Sir, j have toId you III,
truth,n
The m1te.d moi believe him,
With rough hand, BY The collar he SeIsSl him.
And cried: you shall hang, by the Lord,
Anu nc bn4Sne9 MS WGtch out o. hn pocket
III In len minutes more you don't speak, lad,
There's rope, aud goodbye to dear life
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Inen you ueNs III ~ u tnen ugnt, mates
Proud though, aud steady, With courage,
Never thinking or asking for grace
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Eight MINUTES M,s,s went .snsd Sy Sl ~ silence
ny Sys Ine mate AL III, ~. ~ your Ay"
lie ialtcring, said; May lpray"
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~ Sny h,HSsiHrIS S az SSo a. paul"
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gGs let t sss sRSI1sr ,pTHS * eyes lads
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"aa Sn ~ ~ k S On tnG 9eek there,
Anu Ih hAuut ~ I1spe1 over MS breast
MN, Ssn aOSn SU ~ r O!te " nome Iad'
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ana sou C1ne Ihe nIsl HotlS Our Father,
CieAt ana SWEEP nom thaI dear baby lip
b@ VI iow L = . tney were, 9eard HEea trumpet
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Every ot q Ihat prayer, mates,
~ SoeS LhtouSh 70 forever anu ever, amen,
Ana IoEM me oElshI gSiG Of tue Indies