Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-19

DO"t, anu IiluJ anybody C0ulu lang
on, and that thought was smart
because | had not tipped over before
| would have taken hold and sailed
her back sooner than did. Finally
pa began to talk of the hereafter, and
said that by Tomorrow the white
fish in the lake would be nibbling at
our bodies, and that il was hard to
die OF cholera else | could catch ii, SO 7
told him if he would promise to be Il
different man | would save his life.
y, bless you me child, said pa, as he
leaned over the rail and had fit,
Just run this golblasted old tub ashore
aud let me once moro breathe the
free air of heaven, without throwing
up my boots and can die happy,
after | get chance to kick the stuff
ing out of the man that lent YOU this
boat. Well, pa was sick and no mis-
take, and felt sorry for him, but
he was 10 blame. 50 | told him
if he would appoint me The mas or O; !
the vessel, oadabJy everything [ said
would run her. He said he would
81 | told him to got d)wn on his knees
on the bottom, and bail the boat cut
with his plug hat, and obey every or.
der or we were gone. Pa got down
and began to sling water with his
hat, and pray, and hcavc Jonah, and
swoAr. | thought | should die laugh
! ing, because he was the scarciusi
man ever saw, except one ma
whose wife was rcdheadcd. Occa
siOnully would run her up TN way
Sideways, and let her roll, and then
| would yell to pa to jump on the
other side, and you would have Just
gone wild TO see him. You have
seen tigers jump across the cage and
grab hold OF the bars. Well, pa
didn't jump like a tiger. You have
seen monkeys chamber around on the
bars OF cage. Pa didn't act that
way. When the boat would go over !
and k,a a'rel or two Of wat /
t rat pa had just thrown out in his
a and yelled, he would walk right |
W the inside Of the boat like you
have seen lirenicn 60 up Il roof on ali
tours. and when Inc got up there h.
woLld express his opinion OF railing,
by leaning his head over the side
and | could hear still small voice
coming back TO me, ladened with
scriptLrl quotations, badly tangled
up grOanS, cucIm0trS, walls OF an
guish and cut feed. | never knew
pa was such an cater As OR trail
through the water showed him to be.
1t was coming on dark, and told pa
he had better lay down in the boat
and take some rest, As we might be-
out all night, and he laid down and
began TO talk about the mistakes he
had made in life, and promised that
if his life was spared lie would al
ways be IL good man, and just then
the boat struck the beach, and | roll
ed out on the sand. Pa thought
we had struck a rock, or something
and | had gone overheard, and he
had made up his mind TO lay there
and die. could hear him talking
pretty sorry and promising all kinds
of good behavior such as letting
politics and whisky alone, when !
took the rope and pulled the boat up
to the bank, and says l, Come pa,
here we are ashore. Let's 20 ,
home and 80 to bed. p crawled up of b +,
The bottom of the boat, with his plug
hat in his hand, soaked so, il was just
like a rag, and when lie saw the land ,
he jumped ashore. as kitleny as posi- ,
BILE, and said, Well we sailed her :
nicely didn't we? and then he began ;
10 be sca-sick again, and he said, I'll /;
be teetotally cussed if you will ever
latch me out in a sail boat again, aud ,
le went UP the bank pretty SICK, an
guess there's where the Eolier'
Jaw him. How q man dves 'lic'l
When he gets out ofdaAys cna"Sc
nd the boy Went o. Il aoh ! nc
lis pants likeA 81 It hltchlhg up
'eck's sNM ,'or IN fihaiofe'-
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