The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-05-21

WutHs nIttf NditiH Hail nOuFs tutrc
sailed into the room two Of the most
beautiful creeters.' SO our old man al
ways said when tellin' the yarn, rs ever
were seem
swell. sir. needn't for 10 tell you
that sailors is the bashfulest folks in
the world. and neither our old man nor
the t'other skipper could say word II
il was TO save EN-. The gals stood q
waitin' for explanation, and the two
shippers stood sheepishly, not KNOWN
what 10 say. At last one OF the gals
asked what II all meant. and then our
old man. though he were dead mashed
with her a. asked, mustered up courage
for to say. IL are all mistake, marin.
and it'll be a lesson for me all the days
OF my life never to steer my boat by any
other mans compass; but this here
chap up and tells me as he know'd Of
good hotel. bein' here a week and
KNOWN nothin' Of il, and like mutf
comes with him, and we fetchcs up
here a-rousin' YOU out Of your beds at
an unsecmly hour, though for the mat
ter If that it Amt yet gone four bells.
and so amt very late
:" You see, ladies' this other skipper
chimes in. 50 I've heerd our old man
tell. .w.. re strangers here. bein' skip
ps rs Of the Two craft down ut the dock.
and time hangin' heavy onto our hands
we thought a game or two OF billiard
would be about jonnnck. and bein' told
as the hotel are up this way
49, See says one Of the gals, you
mistook the street; the hotel, or what
passes for one in this little place, are
two streets below
.Jist then there come in a old chap
as We're the father of one Of the gals
and the uncle Of the other, and the
thing had to be all explained to him,
and he invited the two shippers for 10
sit down. and they done SO, and was
soon draw q out for to spin some yarns
as to gales Of wind as they'd seen and
dangers they'd been into, and by and
by the gals got the pianny agoin' and IL
were eight bells afore they come away,
our old man always bein' willin' for to
swear as he hoated down TO the ship
through the air. never touchin' the
ground at all.
II suppose there never weren't no
better cook and steward than we had
onto our ship. and the dinner rs they
rot up when the old man invited this
old chap and the gals and the Collector
Of the Port and his wife and one or two
others. list 10 give 'em countenance,
were a thing TO be remembered. The
loadin' went on slowly. in consequence
OF a rise in the market, the chap as had
chartered the ship bein' agent for tho
French Government, not bcin' able 70
buy at the price he were limited TO. and
under ordinary circumstances our old
man would have fumed and fretted al
bein' KEEP all of his lay days; but he
were that far gone that l RELY believe
he would have stayed there forever II
. he could. And the t'other skipper wer,
list about rs bad. and half Of their time
were Civ TO these cousins at theii
house. and tother half the gals wa
down aboard Of the ship. Wimmcn are
ALWAYS dreadful soft onto sailor mcr
under All circumstances. but here were
two country gals. as hadn't had much
! pick u men nOh0w. and went dead OF
to onct. The old chap. hows' ever,
didn't BEGIN to half like il. He We're !
, widderer and he needed this darter fol
, a housckeeper. and the t'other gal hat
. been trusted To him by her parents. a
, lived in another part Of the State. an,
he didn't feel authorized for TO let he
, line with q rovin' skipper as were here
, TO-DAY and would be gone tomorrow
, and mavhap never come back. So. yo'
: see. Ne list puts the kybosh onto all thi
, love-makin' and tells our old man ans
! the t'othcr skipper As they must shee
off.
. ssBut bless your soul. sir, you know
, enough about SIGH things to know a
opposition in SIGH cases only makes mat
tiers worse. and as they couldn't NEE
! openly. they met all the more by stealtl
/. and on the sly.
: There never yet were woman, sir
!. as wouldn't help on an affair Of thu
4 kind, no matter what the consequence
were. and so the stevedore's wife en-
\ tered into II heart and soul, and he
4 house were made the place Of meetin'
! the old daddy believin' rs his comman
! would be sufficient for the gals, an
!. never dreamin' that they would disobe
! him.
! .As said fust of, arter loadin' :
! fifteen feet. we had to drop down fou
: miles. takin' the rest Of the cargo fror
lighters. and then begun my trouble
I some connection with this courtir
! scrape. Every night so soon rs It wcr
4 dark the gig were called away. and tn
Z old man. dressed in his best, would o
! pulled up to the landin' and would E
/. OF for 10 meet his gal, either at tn
! steycdore's house or somewhere else
Z He had choosed us as a picked crew {
steady men that he could depend on
= Innd always Civ US glass Of grog Q
! landin' and another when we got bac
10 the ship. 1t were the old chap
= darter as he were sweet onto, while IN
= t'other skipper were mashed onto tn
= cousin, and US two boats crews was
! LAWN low At the landin' every blcsse