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

win sar,e arter midnight and may
conclude for 10 go instead Of waitin'
till tomorrow afternoon saysth old
man.
80. 1t don't look much like 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 afcard 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, 4 am
goin' TO trust somethin' very precious
TO you. and il all goes well you shall
have ten dollars apiece for yourself and
the rest Of the gigs crew. I'm goin'
for to be spliccd, and AS soon as it's
over my missus viii be Civ to your
charge, and you must pull for your lives
aboard Of the ship. shall follow with
tug-boat and pilot, and by daylight
Wen 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
at were about six bells when the
old man came scurryin' down TO the
landin' and in 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 of, 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 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 missis locked in his
room. so as the pilot shouldn's see her,
and then he takes him down into the
cabin for To have glass of grog, and
he goes into the mate room and shifts
hisseIf, putin on his sea clothes. You
see he were afcard 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. sheetn' home and settin' all three
% the topsails. There had been a
heavy bank of cloud at the nor'w west
from the time we started, and in this
the lightnin' begin TO play. and at in
tcrvals there would be a muttcred roll
Of the thunder.
".Ncver mind the to'gallan' sails.
saws the old man, till we see what this
are are goin' to amount to- Ii were
about six bells of the mid watch when
we rot outside and the tug let 60 Of us.
and il were about as ugly lookin'
mornin' as one would wish TO see.
Lay everythin' down clear for run
. MIN saws the old man. and have a
hand al each topsail Ealyards.'
WED jist rot the foresail set when
with a tremendous roar the sound
struck us.
-. Let 90 the topsail halyards,' sung
. out the old man. and send man to
, the lee wheel: keep her dead afore il.
. Down come All three topsail yards by
the run, and we clapped on TO the reef
Z tackles and bowsed EN- out rs Tar as we
could Gil 'em. and then let her run.
/ She soon gathered way and were OF
+ like stuck dolphin. flying afore the
/ suuall at the rate Of ten miles hour.
: "sWill you reef hcrP says the mate
| ~. No. says the old man; let hcl
r 20: it'll soon be over and we'll have
! fine weather artcr it. but he daredn''
leave the deck for il were awful hart
4 squal and we KEEP right along in il al
: the time, the lightnin' bein' so inces
| SAINT that the flashes seemed flashes o
r darkness and the rain comm down II
torrents. In couple Of hours. hows
: ever, it were over, and as the day BROKE
! we was able for TO hist up the topsai
! yards and give her the to'gallan' sails
I, Then. for the fust time the old mar
\ we're able for to 90 below and see hi
new-made wife. Itweren't long, hows'
J ever. afore he were up agin and sendin
: for the mate. were aft at the whee
y and heerd all that were said, the oil
I man KNOWN that know'd all about
= and so not mindin' me.
\ ..There's been awful mistake,
4 SAYS he to the. mate, and I've married
4 the wrong woman. This amt my VII
! as is below. bnt it's her cousin; that Is
she are my wife. because I'm splice
= onto her. but il were her that William
= were to marry
! ".How did it all happenP' says tn
v mate.
I ..It were all arranged says the oil
. man, for the thing to come of at tn
q stevcdore's house ut the landin,' tn
q parson were let into the job and wer
o Civ big fee for to splice the pair Of u
q and the stcvedores wife insisted Q
}. keepin' the whole house dark so no on
i would suspect anythin'. We was TO b
|. spliced fust, and then Williams and III
n gal, and how the two brides got mike
k Il more than / know; but we was q
= terribly excited, and jist as soon As II