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

and utsNth4fEd Der tAN0ft 80 evenly
atwlHt the two that whether daneiu
with Bill OF siugin' With Tom she man.
aged for 10 make each Of EN- believe ID
turu that be were the fsyoFile, a0d The
other hadn't ghost Of chance.
And so, sir, the e0uFiin' went oa with
great iervor aud intensity, consldetiu
the limited sphere on which !, took place
A ship are not, - you knows, e very
large world, and hss It's limitations sharp
ly defined. There ain't no ice-cream
saloons, nor yet candy shops, nor oyster
places, where mau can take bis gal
there ain't no tbeaters nor assembly
rooms, nor yet churches, where spsrkin
can be done convenient. There ain't nc
shops IN which TO buy presents for ones
sweetheart, and II one bad all the wealth
oi Californy, It wouldn't be OF no use In
the way OF present maxim, runnin' the
trades down. sun, for all this, spite oi
these disadvantages. I've seen some
dreadful heavy courlia' on shipboard,
and with satisfactory results on both
sides.
Whatever could be done in the line OF
love-makin' were done by Bin Jackson
and Tom Trimmings, the opposition
stwixt 'em bein' stimulatiB' to effort.
Tom turns TO and smouches yard OF
brand-new, No. canvas aud some eends
OF Manila coils, aud he makes her a
thrummen mat with II. NJ. as was said
for TO be her mark and number, worked
into the center OF IL with new hemp. Bill
Jackson lays all the ditty-bags in the fore
castle under contribution for sewin' silk
aud produces pin cushion in all the
colors OF the rainbow, which the gal said,
when be Civ 1t to her, were jist the ee-
gantst she'd ever seen. Tom Timmns
had been spouter IN early liie aud had
lot Of whales teeth beautifully carved
aud ornamented, which he poured out
onto her with great prodgality, though
what use she could ever make of them
neither him nor her knowed. Bill Jack
son had been rover in foreign climes,
az q old maid as were once sweet on
called Inc, aud he'd picked up in China,
India, Japan and where not great lot Of
little kickshaws OF one sort and another,
all Of which were given to her with a
heart full Of love and devotion.
OF course, sir, us as bad been shipmates
with Bill and Tom for v'ysge or two
interested In this duel of the affections,
as il were called by a person in the port
watch as we're much OF a spoon. | don't
know what be meant and don't think
he did, but we didn't jist see how II were
a comon' out. As old Bill Abrams said,
it's plain both of 'em couldn't be spliced
to her, not even II they took II turn aud
turn about as they were doin' the eourt-
in, and II so be il were left to her, and
she chosed one and didn't the other, then
there'd be trouble. 1t would have been
great deal better, said Old Bill, If they'd
st turned to and fit for her in the first
place, the one as was whipped agreein'
TO sheer OF anq fasten to some other craft
or II too friendly for that they could have
dipped copper, or played game Of
seven-up or euchre, and 80 decided the
thing afore they got too far gone. I'm
be like drawin' teeth, continued Old Bill,
for either OF 'em for to separate from her,
and Pm afeared we'll have trouble endin
in bloodshed gore. Bill bad strong ways
of expressin' himself sometimes; be been
on one occasion bo'sen's mate in a hos
pital, and had picked up good many
hard drinkin' words.
Meanwhiles, the lovely trade wind blew
steady and strong, and the old ship-and
regular old box she wGs as can be testi-
fed TO by plenty now livin', bein' built to
carry big load Of cotton on a light
draugbl, rolled steadily along TO the
westward at the rate OF about 200 miles a
day. We passed north OF San Domingo,
in 'twixt that and Cuba, up 'twixt Cuba
and Yucatsn, into the Gulf of Mexico,
aud finally arrived at the bar after pas
sage OF City days. Then steamer hooks
on 10 her and away up The river she was
towed. After arriving at the leyee all
hands were busy for haIi-hour or so in
gettin' her made fact. Tom aud Bill to-
gether goes aft Tor to see what could be
done toward getting their gal ashore with
her traps, and jist at that identical lime
there came aboard strsppin' Young
Iraishman, into whose arms Miss Mcguire
rushed with every appearance Of the most
complete satisfaction.
This are my cousin Tirrence O'TOoie
says she, as soon as she got her head far
enough away from bis weskit for 10 catch
her breath, and il were him that stint out
the money for TO pay my passage, bin
and meself bein' engaged IN the ould
country. Tirrence dear, says she, a
runniu' on, these ID two sailor friends Of
mine that did be very kind to me all the
passage, and only for thin ] don't know
what I'D done.
The Picsyune Coffee House was right
across the levee from where we made
fast When they shut up that night there
was two chaps too bopelessly drunk for
to navigate, aud they were tenderly car
ried to the Caaboose on siretchers and
locked up for the night. Them Two neu
was Tom Timmns and Bill Jackson.
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A little girl 10 Hartford, Conn, was
sent 10 store the other day TO buy some