Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-01-06

max you laugh, and--morc wonderful
them that max you cry. Weel, wcel,
it's rect wonderful, anyhoo, to stupid
chap loike me-"
Hopklnson laid his slim hand on Den's
big shoulder, as If TO comfort misfort-
une, and said, patronizingly: Never
mind, old fellow, there must be listen
ers, yod know"
"Oh, yes; and soombody must do the
tradin, and 9 hewin' o wood, as Q were,
and { loike, while others Den
made grand sweep of the hand, the
arc of n circle" while others sails
amoong 9 stars loikc."
We roarcd-wc were always roaring
at poor Den; then we fell into hum of
general talk, while Phipps brought out
some sketches that had been used for
the Trumpctcr. There were battles and
railway disasters, the Courthouse Mt
Bunkervillc and Vesuvius in eruption.
Somebody tossed pile of English scenes
from the table over to Deniston, who sat
n little apart, smoking TRANQUILITY, and
staring at the fire, one arm laid across
the back of an empty chair.
Here, Den, those things are familiar
to you"
"Yes, there's Tower o. London" says
Dcniston, laying the bunch of sketches
carelcssly across the chair-back. "And
here's Dcvonshire-a lane-pratty too;
an here's bit o Yorkshire. Hoo!
there be Yorkshire lass to t loife. ="
Den, under the slightest emotion, always
dropped into his broadest Yorkshire dia-
lcct. "To { loife," he repeated, laugh
ing. " An here be Scarborough, sure
eneaf. was boorn near there-just
noorth on { coast. Here be & coast too,
an the"-- Deniston stopped, took his
pipe from his month. perused the pict-
ure thoughtfully and said: "T coast
an 9 cliffs" Then, in low tone, he
went on, "An { sea birds sailin' and
swoopin' an goin' to their nests oop
agcanst & white rocks. There be { sea
-soomtimes blue an smooth an soom-
times gray an angry, but alwa' danger
ful-alwa. Yet, tIot beant t horror.
Noa, Z sea be koind and gives death
that be gentle an loikc goin' to sleep.
Noa, it be & rocks rs be cruel. Ey,
think o. strikin' loikc bit O. flint down
= face o that greet white wall! Think
o itW Den shuddered and clinching
his strong hand upon the chair let the
picture slide down until 1t lay upon his
knees.
There happened to be lull in the
general talk and some of us had noticed
Denis unwonted action. After n few
moments, and still looking into the fire,
he went on in dreamy, monotonous
way:
"Therc war four lads of us an lat
tie lass. j was { youngest of 'em and
Charlie" Den choked little and
drew one hand tremblingly across his
mouth-"Charlie was t oldest. They
war'nt rich folk, feythcr an moother,
but decent, an doin' their best by us
yoong uns. Soomtimes i t sooner
holidays we got leave to go DOT i fey
theirs skiff. We war all boOrn sailors
a tn lads be along thot coost. One
broight day, remember it weel, this
seah-here he took up the picture
was Just blue an clear loike precious
stone, { sun shone, t breeze was loight
an moother kissed us four lads good
by. was aboot six years old. Frank
was nine, the lass bidin' at whoam
atween us two. Then Jamie was just
eleven an Charlie was oopards o.
twelve. A slender lad he war" (Den's
dialect kept growing broader) "wi fair
hair, rs moother made him wearlongish
in his neck. His eyes war big gray
eyes, sad and deep loike, an t mouth
of--wecl, lattle seester's war no pret-
tier But Charlie war strong chap.
too; breave an weel-grown. Moother
kissed him last.
Good-by, my lattle captain, says
she. 'MOind that Ned coomes to no
harm. Then she gives me a cake an ar
buries it in my pocket for later eatin'.
"'Doantec fear, moother,' says Charlie.
Ned gets no harm Wi me. Coon
along, babby.
II war six year old an deadn't loike
bein' called babby, but t moother
laughed a standin' in the doorway as
we got intiv t boat. Charlie stood oop
aft as we sailed away an waved his hat
to her, whole she shaded her eyes to see
him the betther. LATHE lad as | were
knowed moother's eyes war red as she
turned back intiv t house, though
knew, too, that she war smilin'. think
moother's smile over her yoong chill
dren have Always tear in hidin'.
Lads says Charlie, let's go to t
cliffs for eggs
"'Ey, ey, says Frank an Jamie,
'but Ned must bde below-he be too
lattle to climb
"Iwar put DOT at this, an said could
climb as weel as anybody, and would
room off to sea in mun-o'-war and
climb out on big spars if warn't let oop
at birds nest on t cliffs. Charlie sat
doom and took my lattle chubby hand in
his long, slender fingers,
"Ned, says he, let's measure. Moo,
when tha fingers grows as long rs mine
thee shall go birds nestin' i cliffs. )
Then, bein' takken oop with measurin
at my sma brown knuckles, ] forgot
aboot t disappointment. Charlie had
sike way O comfortin' us yoong uns.
"At last we lay off t cliffs and Frank
cries out: You be two old gools sittin'
aboove that ledge
81 can get oop there says Jamie,
pullin' off his jacket
"Noa,' cries Charlie, .roon t boat
ashore an we'll go oop together
$50, we landed, and Charlie sat me
doom on big, white stone, broken from
t cliffs abooye; and, says he, to keep me
quiet and amused loike, says he: Ned,
doantee foiget t cake
II moind how greedy war and hoo ]
kept feelin' t cake i my pocket whole
watchin' Z lads goin' oop t'face o. Z
rocks, nimble as cats. Charlie war
ahead, but he stopped short at an ugly
shelf hangin' over vary sharp, then
they all cam oop wi him. They talked
awhoile an tried to raise oop an peep
over Z top, but il war too mooch for t.
yoonger lads. At last Charlie motioned
wi one free hond for 'em to bide still
and he lifted himself clear oop onto t
shelf. But t nest war still higher, on q
second shelf, an t face o. chalk atween
Z two slanted ootward and overhanging.
| war sike babby an so used to have L
lads climbin' that thout it foine to sec
Charlie's hair blowin' loose away oop on
those hoights. mind weel T. pink
| nhaal ant ~ fat, bai,. and tun old ,,nnls