The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-19
a SAILORS YARN.
Chicago Times.

Chicago Times.
..Do you take items here ~ he asked as he
entered the sanctum, scrapcd his cap from
his head with his forearm and threw one
heel to the rear. ''My name is Charles Jack
son, sir and I'm sailor. l don't look US
slick as might, but I'm in better shape than
| was an hour ago sir, since I'm shaved and
cleaned up. You see, had been down to
my sisters tonight, and rs l was forgeing
along up State street, just abaft Jerry Monroes
place, l hove i'm sight of a trinl-built craft
with a carpet-bag in her hands, and two ugly
looking lubbers lad hove along side and was
pretendin' to tell her which way to go to the
cars. kept on my course for Il block or so,
when all at once something seemed to tell
me to 60 back and throw that girl a line. I
came about all! cr,lsed along the other side
CT the street till was in speaking distance,
and then shortened sail. BY this time the
lubbers had towed the girl in front of She
bang. sir and the Shc-,levil as runs it was out
and spnnin' a yarn to the little one, tellin'
her as how il shed just come in and sit down
for a few minutes the car as would take her
| over to the north side 10 her sisters where
she wanted to anchor. would come sailin'
| right past the door, With their coaxin' and
wheedlin' they had almost pursuaded the
poor thing TO go into that Internal den
Bein the father Of a family and two children
myself, couldn't lay to a mint longer, and
giving my pants Il hitch lurched right into
the middle OF the gang. Beg pardon, miss
seZ but these lubbcrs is sleern' you to the
devil with all sails set, and if you'll take 4
line III pull you safe through You sec
when looked at the fellows and then at my
self, shver my timbers if they didn't look
better than me, and no wonder the timid lit
tie thing was as 'fraid of me as Of them, and
they tumbled to this themselves, and told her
was worse than Il loaftr, and ordered me TO
clear away. But l stood right up to them,
and kinder quieted the girl. and gave he,
confidence like in me, and told her I'd Ike
her TO the cars all right i'll had to make
stiff Of those sconndrels, and she began to 60
along with ME. Those lubbers was beautiful
mad, and they followed us. and every mint
they'd make rush for us. and then l'd heave
to pretend to pull gun. and swear I'd blow
'em out of water, if they crossed our bows,
and they'd fall back and swear at us. And
SO got the girl to the cars, and put her
aboard, and told her to go and find her sister,
And then she got grateful like, and she drew
dollar from her pocket aud SAID should
keep it. But ] told her to keep her ballast
for stormy day, as I was fixed; though
atwixt us, sir, 1 havnt II cent. Nor had / a
pistol in the row at all, for l'd soaked it al my
uncle's this very night and drank IL up, and
borrowed the money that shaved and cleaned
me up. This is q pretty lorg yarn to hist in,
stranger. but it's the truth, and as the girl
wouldn't toll me her name .s.ssassssa
even let me carr, lef saipei-bag. Iearin' as
how migl. .Ln a way with it, bless her
scared soul, jest thought I'd climb up and
tell about it. SD il she ever sight your yarn
she'll know it was Charles jackson rs seen
her through, and he's proud of it. What
street was the shcbang on' ask me some
thing about the Cape of Good Hope and I'm
your man. 1t wasn't far from Fifth avenue,
over cross on the street that runs past the
police station, and that's all know about it,
And the weather beaten tar donned his cap
and disappeared.