The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-06-29

''" - ttii1 81 LFGtoI5E0 ii5f as misfortune
followed Wi"hedress. Her presence on tlt
coast was enough IL drive every Goldfish K
The coast Of Ireland. The Iylaekerel aat
porgfes were always where the Judas IL.
CARROT was not. II was Impossible to cir-
enmyent the sclsooner's fixed purpose ID
ruin everybody who chartered her. Il
chartered to carry deck load s14 spilled
/ it; If loaded between decks, she dived and
4poiItthe cargo. III short, the Judas Is
HafI5E was ESn0Wu from Narblehea0 to the
Say Of Gl1alhe0r Hs tile coHsann4ate schno-
neraUon Of malevolence, turpitude and
tIeacElery
| Nearly at the end Of a season, when tie
Wretchetl craft hal been more Improbable
than usual, a conference Of the owners
was held III the Congregational yestry one
evening, after tic monthly missionary
meeting. No outsider knows exactly what
happened. Oh the forenoon OF the next
Friday there was Ii general suspension vf
business at NeWaggen. The Judas I8ca-
riot, with her deck secured and her sna1s
soraned ILL they shone III tie suu like vel
low amber, lay at the wharf OF Captain
Crams itst-house. This time her cargo
WAS aI extraordinary ore. LtronsisteGl OF
nearly Il quarter Of mile Of stouc-wall
from the boundaries of lje captains shore
pasture II eail<let, - remarked the conf
InHulier of the Judas Esearot, as he saw
tie last boulder disappearing down tic
main batch, 'thar'5 nigh two tuitllrellG Il
! fifty ton OF sfone-ttnce aboard that sclasyon
er''
Conjecture was wasted over this aimee
es&ary amount OF ballast. The owners Of
the Judas lscariot stood up well under the
consolidated Wjt Of the village; they re-
turned Witticism for Witticisln, and kept
their secret. ssEf you must know, Ill tell
vo, said tle captain. i hear there is a
stone WHli fAmine over Macllias way. I'm
goin7 to take mine oyer'n pedgtle Il ont by
the yard On this fine slInsTlinv Friday
morning, while the Iuekless schooner lay
on one side of the wharf looking lis bright, T
ana Trim an1 prosperous as il size were tile +
best-mying maritime Investment III the
world, the tug Pug ofportIand lay un-
der the other side with steam mp. She
had come down the night before in re-
sponse fo telegram from the owners Of /
the Judas Iscal,iot 4 good land breeze
was blowing, with the promise Of fresh
aning ~ the day grew older
~ ialf-past seven O'Clock the schooner
inlt ot1' from thu 1anding, carrying not only
tha a:ptai4' b pasture wall. t5tt aIs5sa large.
uunber Of IIis nei2Ibors and friends, iii
Gliding some Of TILT soIiIcst citizens Of
NeWaggeu, Curiosity was stronger than
tear :.You know what tile cfitler ait, =
@b4 captain had said, il reply to numerous
applications for passage #Ef you're
@minl to risk her antics, come along, an
welcome z Never had the Judas Lsca1.iot
carried such i load. She seemed suddenly
struck with sense Of Glecency and respon
sibiity, for she came around into the wind
without baking, diyed her nose playfully
into the brine, and skipped of Oh the short
hitcl to clear I'umbier Island, all III the
most proper fashion. The Pug steamed
after her,
the crowd On the wharf and the boys III
the small boats cheered tisis unexpected 4
behavior, and they now saw for
the first time that Captain Cram had pl1nt-
eli Oh the side. Of the vessel in conspicuous
white letters, each three or four feet long, i
the following legend:
: THIS IS THE SCHOONER JUDAS:
ISCARIOI.
N R.--GIFE HER j WIDE BERTH L!
Hour after hour the schooner bounded !.
along before the northwest wind, holding
to her course VS. straight rs an arrow. The u
weather continued fine. Every time the
captain threw tlle log liz looked more per
picked. Eight, nine, nine-and-a-haif
knots lie shook his head as BE whispered
to Deacon Piimpton "she's lneditatin
niseilief D some natur, or other" But
tile Judas led the Pug wonderful chase,
ana hy laif-past two il the afternoon, and
before tIla tlemijohn which Andrew Jack
son.s sou Tobias hal snu@gled Oh board
was three-0 quarters empty, and before Law
vef sWantonhad more than tlllee-q e-qnartefs
finished his celebrated story about Cover
nor I'urington u cork ieg, the schooner aats
the tns we're between fifty anel sixty miles
from land.
Suddenly Captain Cram gave + gfhnt q
inteliieance. IEe pointed ahead, where y
blle line Just above tile horizon marked =
distant fog-hal1k. She smelt II az zhe
rnn f}r I'LL, llA remarked sententioHslN
"Iitne for business. 4
,rhen ensuetl u singular ceremony. FIRST
Captain Cram brought t1ie schooner @,
ana transferred ali his passengers % tIle
tng. ,i'he wind had shifted to the SOUTH |:
ea-t. and The log was rapidly approaching. L
.Ihs sails oI Iile Judas IscaEiot tapped y
st4e lar head u t4le Nii} hRf fooYs rose Il
at6l tell gently ufderttle Eti1ltlenee " tne /
long swell. 1he Pug bnbbea tlp tntl down. /
halfa iaaNsa41s length away
Having pufHis guests and crew aooaIs I
t4e tue, Captain Cram proceeded V nfaSe /
everything ship shape ~ the deck e flle
schooner. IEe neatly coiIes! \ loose end #of |
rape fI.At had been LETT Il ! stlaFl. IT,
even picked tlp and thfeW overheard tie
sGopuer Ii Andrew JaeIsot''s son. fenlas 3 !