The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-08-23

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Inc should ask me in a manner that
would show lie had confidence in my
skill. ! wAntad him 20 admit that lie
was no sailor The boat was in the
trough Of the sea, and it rolled, and pa
began to get sick. He turned white,
and wanted me to stop smoking. He
said those cigarettes always made him
/ sick, so threw the cigarettes away ON
one side, and pa, not to be outdone i'll
pohtenoss, tossed his supper over on
| tho other side. sat there enjoying
the sail, when pa said, 'Hennery, your
pa has got the cholera, and it is your
duty to got him home, and so after
doctor You'd dido to see pa. He
said the cholera run in our family,
and the only cure for it was to get your
feet braced ON land, and then he drop
ped down in the water in the boat, al
except his head, which he kept over
the side, for the reasons that are plain
20 any man that was ever sea-sick II
lpa hadn't told me there was no trick
in sailing a boat, and that anybody
could do ii that could hang 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 horeafterg and said that
by tomorrow the whitefsh in the lake
would be nibbling Our bodies, and that
it was so hard to die Of cholera so far
away from home, whore nobody else
could catch it, so told him if he
would promise to bo a different man /
would save his life. %, bless you, me
child said pa, as he leaned over the
rail and had aft, Just, run this gol-
blasted old tub ashore, and let me
once more breathe the free air of heav-
en-, without throwing up my boots,
and l can die happy after ! get a
chance to kick the stufIing out Of the
man that lent you this boat Well
pa was sick, and no mistake, and felt
sorry for him, but he was to blame
So | told him if he would appoint me
master Of the vessel, and obey every
thing ! said, | would run her. He
said he would, SO ] told him to get
down on him knees on the bottom
and bail the boat out with his plug
hat, and obey every order, or We were
gone. Pa got down and began to sling
water with his hat, and pray, and
n heavo Jonah, and swear. / thought
q should die laughing, because he was
y the scardest man | ever saw, except
= one man whose wife was. redheaded
~ | started her ashore, and pa bailed
N Occasionally | would run her up on tC
a, a wave sideways, and let her roll, ant
10 then | would yell to pa to jump on tho
K other side, and you would have JUS
a gone wild to see him. You have seer
X tigers jump across cage and grail
20 hold Of the bars. Well, pa didn't jumI
~ like tiger You have seen monkeys
If Chamber around on the bars of cage
d Pa didn't act that way. When tht
10 boat would go over and take in a bar
a. rel or two OF water that pa had jus
l. thrown out IN his hat, and I yelled, hi
n-t would walk rightTp the insideao tn,
"a boat like you have seen fremen go VI
is a root on all tours, and when he go
a. up there he would express his opinion
10 OF sailing by leaning his head over til,
,s side, and | could hear still small
voice coming back to me, ladened will
10 scriptural quotations, badly tangled
~ up, groans, cucumbers, walls of an
20 guish and cut feed. / never knew p
N was such an eater as our trail through
the water showed him to be. It wa
", coming on dark, and l told pa he ha,
40 better lay down in the boat and TAX
some rest, as we might be out all nigh
= and he laid down and began to tall
70 about the mistakes he had made il
10 life, and promise that if his life wa
70 spared he would always be a goo,
40 man.. and Just then the boat struc
Il the bench, and I rolled tout on til
. sand. Pa thought we had struck
d. rock, or something, and / had gon