The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-05-13
THE CAr'S's DAUGHTER.


That picturp WHY, that's Miss
Nflct. the Cap'n's daughter, an tothcr
ones tho 'Albatross,' took ntuW she
was wrecked. You'd Ike 10 hcnrabout
iP Well, you sec her father was Cnpn
of this 'Albntross,' an u day. when
ives In port, goitin' ready for another
start, he se1 10 sampson the mate
sampson. scz be-. my little girls BEN
studyin' too hard an + lookin' peaked;
an reckon the best thing we can DO =
Ia take her along with us the next trip
we make
IAN right. Cap'n', sck Sampson but
he didn't much Ike the ilcc. for one
woman. young or old, IS bad as o dozen
: far n woman's rights is consumed,
an Us men d BEN used to hayin' every
thing our own way on board the Alba
tross.' proyidin' We didn't 90 A. in the
Cap'n's orders, an sampson wasn't the
only one rs fcltlike gruwlin'.
"'Who wants a woman on board,
anyhow p seq Collins. not relishin' the
prospec' Of hayin' q pair o female eyes
inspcctin' the galley.
"'Yon needn't be- afcarl 81 n rival.
Colly.' sen l. she's nmhin' but a 1T
lie boardin' school miss. an faint like.
" she knows much about cookin'.'
"'Not about s%hip-ccokin'. I'll be
bound seq Jim Mack, the bos'n I've
seed her. She COM ON board with the
Cap'n the last time we's In port, one
day when You iellcrs WIS oil ON abend.
er. A pink-fnced. risky little chit.
Now. a nice. motherhke sort Of woman
one Z coddle a chap when he's sick
nm write letters 10 his sweetheart fur
wouldn't be- 30 bad 10 have on
board leastways. one could Pot ur
with Il; but who wants q pol parrot
botherin' round from m1rnin' tfll
night
But Miss Vf'lct didn't have NO sus.
picion Of our growlin'. an the next daj
she came trippin' on board, lookin' n
contidin' NJ a baby.
"'She's n irig little craft, seq Collins
beginnin' IA yecr round fore ives fairll
under weigh. an all OWN to his over,
hearin' her praisin' his cookin'. Bu0
bless YOU, fore ives two DAYS ont Their
wasn't a man on board I w0uldn'
have riskcd his life for her; an We
she'd nnsacked the ship from stem I,
stern au' asked more questions N an,
ten of'em could answer
81 never lived In n ship aforc. an
want 10 know all about t. seq she
kinder 'pologizln'.
Ito be- suml 10 b. sure. sea jim
Mack, a. oblecgin' rs possible.
AN | want 10 get acquainted
too sez she. lookin' up at Sampsol
with q smile Z made To big dimple
come In her cheek; you're my father
friends SEE she, AN ! don't thin
'twould be nice a bit 10 stay hcrc tw.
months an not get acquainted wit
YOU
1.-The poll parrot amt 80 bad. ats
ALL scz Collins, noddin' his head ~ ii
little lady went dancin' oil.
look y'hcrr sez Jim. rs savar
as a bear. IN give you fair warnii
that Ill pitch straight into YOU II ever
hear you calm her that name agii
There amt nnthin' o the poll.parrc
about her.
"'No morc there amt scr Sampson
"Cordin' 10 my thinkin'. she's NOR
like n robin, hoppin' about an perkil
up her head at you
"Shc kinder seemed 10 take 20 SAM
son. an one day she sea 10 him. M
SAMPSON sez she. whats your CIV,
nameF
"'sam'el.' scz Sampson. kinder sheer
ish. for thcm two names togcthl
seemed % ride ous hat he hated
tell her.
"'sam'el SAMPSON sea she, lookil
n II she'd like 10 smile: but she didn'
.Its q good name.' sez she. AN an,
body that has Il ought TO be good NJ
strong, both In one An after that Il
an Sampson was the best o. friends.
"But. bless me- we hadn't begun |
know her. nor We didn't TN after Til
storm sot In. Twas oneo' them storm
. comes on slow an grad'yul like. Il
wind shiiiin' little by little. asif Il mcaI
10 make \ sure thing Of H. An wis
u begins In that way You m mo
gcnelly look out for a spell o. weathe
For three days we lay tossln' like
~eockieshell. an, u II hadn't ben Z
Miss vflet. ! declare. | don't kne
what d become Of u. It's astonishi
how ~women-folks blossom out VIII
trouble comes. An she was such n Il
Of a girl, not NORM fifteen. atthe mo-
an small at that; bat. bless her hcaI
she was Ike n mother 10 the hui ere
Dus minute she'd be- In the gale
helpln' Collins git up somcshIn' inviti
for dinner. an the next she'd be-
deck. with the cap'n. cheerin' up /
Q The Cap'n did his best % he
out 70 sea; but the smariest cap'n lisl
4 have 70 give In when the Lord sen
~ like that. The third day
1-<1 harder n evcr, csrryin' Az
-. taP1nf an ssespIa' on one q /
49,; - aloat Ave N The AFTERNOON,
- " could Do. The shin n.
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~ lur1tn lof ~ 70 do \