The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-09

/ only cuss word hs ever used-'can'
you guess what's the matter Ant
here we are four hundred miles ava,
from main land.
'Don't get low spirited, captain.
ssysI; perhaps We can run in befor'
she needs Q doctor
No. we can't; and I'm Q foolr say,
he.
Whist ever you do, don't fnger ono,
that big book and medicine Chest
said, for had Epson salts in my mind
DO You see.'
No. ! won't. Ben; but what is to b.
done -
Well. we'll square away, anyhow
and do the best 10 can:
But il WAS no use: she grew worse
The George and Susan pitched and
rolled Do heavily that it made her suf-
fer all the more. We broke two casks
OF oil and lashed them over the rail.
knocked out the bung and let the oil
adrift. Il smoothed down the water Z
iittls. but it did not last long.
'Ifths skipper thought il would have
done any good he would have emptied
every cssk on beard TO save his wife.
The next night while l was ON watch
the old man came bouncing out of hi,
cabin. Ben. for heavens sske. come
down! Rouse Mr. Hedge to stand out
your watch. he sung out.
I reused out the third mate and 70!
lowed the c,ptsin. When reached
the cabin I could hesr his poor wife
crying. and l tell you it went all over
me
Captain says 1. my good mother
has told me somo things that might be
of service. aud Lii give it to you
s.raight As l can.' So I told him how
TO proceed, bade him God speed. and
hs went in, while I stood sentry 1T q, {.
scu,tle.
The crew by this time bad got wind
that something was up; seeing - Mr.
K-dke had changed places with me, and
they mustered aft. anxiously waiting to
hear the good or bad news.
Pretty soon little. low wsiliny cry
came drifting up the cabin gangway.
and then We knew that another hand
had been added to our crew.
The men went noiseles.ly for'ard
whispering among themselves. Tor they
all liked the skipper's wife and remem.
bsred tho extra tobacco and socks she
brought out Of the cabin. which were
not put down agin 'rm in the bill book.
But perhaps you doa't want to hear
any more !"
oh, yes. 60 on; lot me hear the
whole of it. rm All ears
Well. the baby lived. and the mother
died just one hundred and eighty
miles from Valdivs. Chill, by the quad.
rant. What the mother did for me
did my best to do for the baby. .
got ont two or three cans Of CON-
densed milk. mixed some in warm
water and, fed it as carefully - il were
feeding q hummins bird
When we ran into Valdiva the bro
ken hearted skipper got . couple Of
Portuguese doctors to enbalm tho body
of his wife. after which he bad it put
into . metallic case and placed in his
cabin. 80 be coul,l have her near to him
even in death
What about the bsbyy
oh. che got aloug and weathered tho
remainder IT the voyage. Took her
condensed milk regular aud clung to
me just ss il che WAS my own.
Il saw her . few weeks ego; but she
ain't much of . bsby now. went dewa
to Nantucket where the cid man lives
he don't z" to srs any more; he has
enough to live On aud to spare.
when I called ct the house saw .
young man about your ags. who seemed
to t- paying his attentions around that
domicilc But that didn't hinder her
from throwing her arms around my
neck. il shc 10 aixteen years OF sge.
NO. sir; and il I WAS . young man
myself I think my chances would be %
good - the next one. for she don't for.
get old Ben. and the many times he has
carried her in his srms. Only . cables
length fr"m the houss 10 her mother .
grave. and it looks - fresh. green and
bloomins-ail done BY her bands-as .
regular garden. ! hope whoever mar
ries the baby. - I took care Of. will
think - much Of her - I do. Ged
ble,s her for the sake OF her mother
Mr Doldrum wiped his sleeve across
his eyes - IL the sun troubled them.
and said be must b moving on.