Sharp County record., 1880-06-10

will sarVe arter midnight and L may
conclude for to 90 instead of waitin'
till tomorrow AFTERNOON says the cid
man.
"'It don't look much like sea-goin'
night, says the mate, 'and the glass
are pretty low, l notice
"tOh. it's summer time, says the
old man, we needn't be afeard of
weather this time of year.
about eight bells the gig were called
away and we pulled the old man in as
usual. Tom, says he to me, Il am
goin' to trust somethin' very precious
to you, and if all goes we'll you shall
have ten dollars apiece for yourself and
the rest of the gigs crew. I'm a goin'
for to be spliced, and as soon as it's
over my missus will be Civ to your
charge, and you mustpull for your lives
aboard of the ship. shah follow with
tug-boat and pilot, and by daylight
we ii be well outside. As soon as you
Git aboard show the lady right down to
my room and let the steward have
charge of her.
&" It were about six bells when the
old man came scurryin' down to the
landin' and in a voice scarce above a
whisper called for me. Aye, aye, SIR
saws /, and in another minnit we had
the lady in the boat and was off, leavin'
the other boats crew what belonged to
the bark a-waitin' The night were
pitch dark, but we had pulled down
there too many times to miss our way,
and with the strong ebb tide a helpin'
us, in about half-hour we was along
side and got the shippers new wife
safely on board. BY midnight the tug
come alongside with the old man and
the pilot, and in fifteen minnits after
that we was under way and town
down. The old man tells the steward
for to keep the miSsfs locked in his
room, so as the pilot shouldn's see her,
and then he takes him down into the
cabin for to have a glass of grog, and
he goes into the mate room and shifts
hisself, putin on his sea clothes. You
see he were afeard if the pilot know'd
as she were aboard he might refuse for
to take the ship to sea, he bein' well
acquainted with the old man as was her
father.
"When we got nigh down to the
mouth of the harbor the pilot went
aboard of the tug, which went on ahead,
and we begin for to get the muslin onto
her, sheetin' home and settin' all three
of the tOpsails. There had been
heavy bank of cloud at the nor west
from the time we started, and in this
the lightnin' begin to play, and at in
tervals there would be muttered roll
of the thunder.
"'Never mind the to'gallan' sails
SAYS the old man, till we see what this
are are goin' to amount to- 1t were
about six bells of the mid watch when
we got outside and the tug let 60 of us,
and it were about as ugly a lookin'
mornin' as one would wish to see.
clay everythin' down clear for run
nin',' says the old man, 'and have a
hand at each topsail halyards.
"We'd jist got the foreSail set when
with a tremendous roar the sound
struck us.
"'Let 90 the topsail halyards,' sung
out the old man, 'and send a man to
the lee wheel; keep her dead afore it.
Down come all three topSail yards by
the run, and we clapped on to the reef
tackles and bowsed 'em out as far as we
could git 'em, and then let her run.
She soon gathered way and were off
like stuck dolphin, flying afore the
squall at the rate of ten miles hour.
"'Will you reef her?' says the mate.
"'No,' says the old man; let her
90; it'll soon be over and we'll have
fine weather arterit,' but he daredn't
leave the deck for it were awful hard
squall and we KEEP right along in it all
the time, the lightnin' bein' so inces-
SAINT that the flashes seemed flashes OF
darkness and the rain comm down in
torrents. In a couple of hours, hows'-
ever, it were over, and as the day broke
we was able for to hist up the topsail
yards and give her the to'gallan' sails.
Then, for the fust time the old man
were able for to 60 below and see his
new-made wife. 1tweren't long, hows'-
ever, afore he were up agin and sendin'
for the mate. l were aft at the wheel
and heerd all that were said, the OLD
man KNOWN that l know'd all about it
and so not mindin' me.
"There's been a awful mistake
SAYS he to the mate, and I've married
the wrong woman. This amt my wife
as is below, but it's her cousin; that is,
she are my wife, because I'm spliced
onto her, but 1t were her that Williams
were to marry
".How did it all happen?' says the
mate.
"'It were all arranged says the old
man, for the thing to come Oft at the
stevedore's house at the landin,' the
parson were let into the job and were
DIV a bio fee for to splice the pair of us,