The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-11
THE CAP'N's DAUGHTER.
a SAILORS yarn.

That picture? Why, that's Miss
Vilet, the Cap'n's daughter, an tothcr
ones the 'Albatross,' took aforc she
was wrecked. You'd like 20 hcarabout
itP Well, you see her father was Cap'n
of the 'Albatross,' an one day, when
ives in port, gcttin' ready for another
start, he seq to Sampson the mate:
Sampson, seq he, my little girls BEN
studyin' too hard an IS loo6in' peaked;
an reckon the best thing we can do S
10 take her along with Us the next trip
we make
&c. All right, Cap'n', SCI Sampson: but
he didn't much like the idec, for one
woman, young or old, S bad as a dozen
5 far rs woman's rights is consumed,
an us men I'll ben used to havin' every
thing our own way on board the Alba
tross,' providin' we didn't 20 az in the
Cap'n's orders, an Sampson WASH the
only one rs feltlike growlin'.
'''Who wants woman ON board,
anyhow SEE Collins, not relishin' the
prospec' of havin' q pair o. female eyes
inspectin' the galley
'' You needn't be afeard of rival,
Colly,' sen /. She's nuthin' but lit
tie boardm' school miss, an tain like
ly she knows much about coolin'.'
'''N Not about ship-cookin', I'll be
bound, sen Jim Mack, the hos n. I've
seed her. She come on board with the
Cap'n the last time we's i'm port, one
day when YOU fellors was of on bend
er. A pink-faced, frisky little chit.
Now, nice, mothcrlike sort of woman
one t coddle chap. when he's sick
an write letters to his sweetheart for
him wouldn'tbe so bad to have on
board -lcastways. one could put up
with it.; but who wants poll-parrot
botherin' round from m0rnin' till
night?'
e But Miss Nflet didn't have no sus-
picion of our growlin', an the next day
she came trippiu' on board, lookin' as
conlidin' rs a baby.
49, She's "A trig little craft. sen Collins,
beginniu' TO veer round fore we's fairly
under weigh, an all OWN to his over
hCarin' her praisin' his coOlin'. But
bless YOU! fore we's two DAYS out there
wasn't a man on board Z wouldn't
have risked his life for her; an yet
shc'd ransacked the ship from stem to
stern an asked more questions N any
ten Of EN- could answer
eel never lived in a ship afore. an /
want To know all about it, SEE She,
kinder 'pologizin'.
ITO be sure! to be sure. SEE Jim
." AM / want to get acquainted,
too seq she, lookin' up at Sampson
with a smile t made to big dnnples
come in her check; you're my father $
friends, scz she, AN 1 don't think
'twould be nice a bit to stay here two
months an not get acquainted with
you .-.-
" The pOll-parrot amt so bad, after
all, Sez Collins, noddin' his head as the
little lady went dancin' off.
"' Look y'here! sez jim, as savage
as n bear. I'm give you fair warnin
that I'll pitch straight into You il ever /
hear you calm her that name agin.
There amt nuthin' o the poll-parrot
about her.
q" No more there amt SCI Sampson.
-" Cordin' to my thinkin' she's more
like robin, hoppin' about an perkin'
up her head Mt YOU
" She kinder seemed TO take to Samp-
son, an one day she SEE to him: Mr.
sampson, SEE she. what's your given
namep
Sam e. sez Sampson, kinder shcep-
ish, for them two names together
seemed SO ridiculous that he hated to
tell her
"Sam' el SAMPSON sez she, lookin
as If She like TO smile; but she didn't
It's n good name, SEE she, an any
body that has il ought to be good an
strong, both in one An after that she
an Sampson was the best o. friends.
" But, bless mel we hadn't begun to
know her, nor we didn't till after that
storm sot in. Twas one o them storms
t comes on slow an grad'yul like, the
wind Shiftin' little by little, rs if il meant
10 make "A sure thing of it. An when
il begins in that way Won can most
genelly look out for spell O. weather
For three days we Law toSSin' like n
Cockle-sholl an, if il hadn't ben for
Miss Nilct. | declare, / don't know
what "a become of us. It's aStonishin'
how women-folks blossom out when
trouble comes. An she was such slip
Of a girl, not more'n fifteen. atthe most,
an small at that; but, bless her heart,
she was like a mother 70 the hui crew.
One minute she'd be in tho galley,
helpin' Collins Git up somethin' invitin'
for dinner, an the next she'd be on
deck, with the Cap'n. cheerin' up the
men. The Cap'n did his best to keep
out to sea; but the smartest Cap'n livin'
u have 10 give in when the Lord sends
"A gale like that The third day it
blow'd harder n ever, carryin' away
both topmas' an sweepin' oifOne o. the
boats; an about five in the afternoon, in
spite of all we could do. the ship went
crashin' on 60 the rocks.
80 There's nuthin for us to do now
but git down on our knees an say our
prayers, SEE Jim Mack, kinder de-
spairin' like An Ireckon there WASH t