The Red Cloud chief., 1880-06-21

suppose there never weren't no
better cook and steward han we had
onto our ship. and the dinner a they
got up when the old man invited this
old chap and the gals and the Collector
Of the rort and hIs wife and one or two
others. jist 10 give 'en countenance,
were q thing 10 be remembered. The
!oadin wen on slowly. in consequence
OF a rlse IN the market, the cha as had
chartered the ship bein' agent for the
French Government. not BEN able To
buy at tine price he were limited TO, and
under ord nary circumstance our cd
man woul have fUmed and frett.d a.
beIn KEEP ali Of has Law DAYS; but he
were that FAR gone that ] RELY believe
he would have stayed there forever if
he could. And the i'Other skipper were
Jist about q bad. and Ealf OF their time
were CIV 10 these cousins II their
house, and t'other half the gals was
down aboard If the ship. Wimmcn are
always dreadful soft onto sailor men
under all circumstances, but here were
two country gals. Is hadn't hal much
pick 81 men nohow, and went dead of
10 onct. the old chap. hoys'eycr,
didn't BEGIN 10 half Ike it, He were a
wIdderer and he needed this darter for
q hOusckecper, and the toihcr gal had
been trusted 10 him BY her parents, u
lived IN another part Of the State. and
he didn't feel authorized for To let her
jine with a rovin' skipper as were here
to-day and would be gone Tomorrow,
and mayhap lever come back. So. YOU
see, he list puts the kybosh onto ali this
love-makin' and tells our old man and
the tother skipper as they must sheer
of.
But bless your soul. sir, YOU know
enough about SIGH things TO know a
opposition in sich cases only makes mat
tiers worse, and a. they couldn't meet
openly. they met all the more by stealth
and on the sly.
There never vet were a woman. sir.
As wouldn't help IN an affair of this
kind. no matter what the consequences
were, and 80 the stevedorc's wife en-
tered into it heart and soul, and her
house were made the place Of meetin'.
the old daddy bclieviu' a. his command
would be sufficient for the gals. and
never dreamin' that they would disobey
him.
AS / said fust of, arter loadin' 70
fifteen feet. we had to drop down -four
miles. takin' the resi- Of the cargo from
lighters, and then begun nv trouble
some connection with this cOurtin'
scrapc. Every night 50 sOon Is il were
dark the gig were called aHay. and the
old man. dressed in his best. would be
pulled up 10 the landin' and would 90
off for to meet his gal. either 1t the
Sievcdore house or somewhere else.
lie had chOoSrd H. Il 1 picked crew of
steady men that he could depend on,
and always civ MS 4 glass of grug on
IaUdln and another when we got back
20 the ship. Ii were the old chaps
dartcr ~ he were sweet onto, viii e the
tuther skipper were mashed ontO the
/ cousin. and u two boats crews was Il
iavin' lows 1t The landin' every blessed
night TIL all hours was gone. So things
went or for "A couple of weeks til our
cargo We're in, and both ships were
readv for sea. The old man cleared
on and got his papers from the Col
hector along in the AFTERNOON. and We
pulled him OF aboard OF the ship. just
a,orc we showed III. there were a trunk
bruGg down and put in the boat, and We
took i of aboard IF the ship.
"'Shal | b ist up the zig, sir:?' saws
the mate.
NO saws the old man, Il shall
want her to 70 IN arter a tu--boat il 81
be Is | concludes for Ia 20 out Tonight.
and Won NAV cit cverythIn READY, sir
| AMI hcave short bv and by. for the tide
will sarve arJer midnight and | ma
conclude for to GO instead of waitin'
till tomorrow AFTERNOON SAYS the old
nan.
1T don't look much like n sea-goin'
night says the mate, and the glass
are pretty low. ! notice
".Oh. 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 rs
usual. Tom, says he to me. Il am
goin' to trust somethin' very precious
have ten dollars apiece for yourself and
the rest of the gigs crew. I'm a goin
tor To he spliced. and as soon Is it's
over my misSus will be Civ to your
charge, and you must pull for your lives
aboard of the ship. 1 shall follow with
a tug-boat and Il pilot, and by daylight
vel be well outside. As soon rs YOU
git aboard show the lady right down TO
my room aid let the steward have
charge NJ her
1t We're about six bells when the
old man came scurryin' down To the
landin' and in a voice scarce above a
whisper called for me. Ave. ave, sir.
saws |. aud in another minnit we had
the lady in the boat and was off. lcavin'
the other boats crew what belonged "a
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 a half hour we was along
side and GOT the shippers new wife
safely on board. Nv midnight the tug
come alongside with the old man and
the pilot. and in fifteen minnits after
that we was under a and town
down. The old man tells the steward
for to keep the misSis locked in his
room. SO as the pilot shOuldn's see her,
and then ne takes him down into the
cabin for to have q glass of grog, and
he goes into the MAZE room and shifts
hisSelf. putin on his sea clothes. Iou
see he were afeard if the pilot know'G
Z IL III = atOsltO ~ AAA-AAN IVA ~
10 take the ship Ia 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 wen
aboard OF the tug. which went on ahead,
and we begin for 10 get the muslin onto
her. sheetin' home aud settin' all three
of the topSails. There had been a
heavy bank of cloud AT the nor west
from the time we started. and in this
the li~htnin' begin to play. and at in
teryals there would be u muttered roll
of the thunder.
Never mind the to'gallan' sails,
saws the old man, It'll 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 go of Us,
and il We're about as uriv Il lookin'
p,nrnsn' a. nna uy,nlA u-,Sb ~ san