Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-03
THE BOBBING JOAN.


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ny THOMAS A. JANvIKR ivory DL4cKl
"Speatin' nv penguins, said Capt. Seth
as ithappencd, nobody had been speak
my ofptngnins-'t that puts me en- min nv
fh' tcrr'bie time he'd takin' IN sarss out
nv young Tom wilkins, on q v'ygel
made 10 th' s'uth'ard, sealin' bout i've
an'-twcntf year ago.
NTwas powerful fine business, seal
I'M were IN them days Seals wass' tliick
down 70 TIL s'uth'ard thet oil " he'd z az
was 20 hitch ias' eome'ere cu
n parts bout Terrier del Fewgcr an al
HAMS turn In 'ceptln' one han z ten
ship--w'iie tn seals como aboard u'
their own accord They was so tame
that they was jcs' like chickens ~,
difficulty en- them days were not ingettin,
q ladin', Ike rs 4 is now, but en- keepin'
In critters trum pilin' on yer decks en-
sech heaps az 'u'd swamp you,
''W'y knowcd o little skinner thet
run ont Nv Bedford, tn w. X Elkins, es
actooally were sent under jes' thet way.
In watch weut ter sleep, You see--bein'
lazy beast named Bill Buddle, who'd
never mBep one eye open 90 III best Nv
times--and III seals les come a shinnil'
up tn sides (seals as fur all tn w1rf like
sheep, " know, an were one nv 'em
goes oil III res Keeps On a fOllennD oniil
hi skuner's deck were down - low thet
tn water come a-ponrin' on at tn Soup
pers; an then tn seals got kinder scarf
themselves, guess, tindn' themselves s.
thick together an sousin' rpuu' tibet way,
an they al crowded TO onct over e lee.
ard an jes' then a bit NV a win hreezed
up an keeled th' Elklns' guanel under
an then down she went inter three faith.
oms OF water, an staid ther'.
Gall hans was drOwnded 'ceptin' the
cook, Noah Wigford A Fair Haven man
Noah he was. As luck would hey II, he
were en- the galley aettn' diuncr wen IT,
skinner liked uyer thet way, an he jus
he'd time g make a bolt fur tn weather
rlggin'--pitchin street through an that
tibet bilin Nv seals--an' yark hssell up as
tn deck went under water. BY mussi-
inl dispensatiun Nv Providence he he'd o
big pan of lohscouse en- his hans wien
he started fur tn rlggln', an he was too
scarf & remember y drap TO- guess he'd
"a starved If Y hedn'ta ben fur tibet lob
scouse, fur he were up Their en- To- cross
trees fur tn better part Nv month fore
no were TUX off, He used ter say, though.
tibet Of he'd only h 4 bout twice as much
lobsconso he'd "a ben DOWNRIGHT cumlor.
bic. Fur he rigged up sort NV tent
out nv tn tops' v soc; an he ketched
lots nv rain-watcr On bucket es floated
up wen the skinner ioundcFed an he he'd
his pipe an a big new hunk nv tcrbacRer
en- his trousers pocket, an ms he hadn't
no cOokin' = do, am only stud watch
won be felt like IL, be he'd q DOWNRIGHT
good time.
Mos wonderful an pas all lndn'
out es TIL ways NV Providence; an 'spo- |
clally EN- tn way tibet some men gets
saved from parils an others doesn't.
WY twas that Noah Wlgford were rig
up like tibet T. be preserved wien eyiry |
luther soul aboard tn Ebins were
drownded never did see; fur Nv all tn |
wuthless cooks am mean men I've knowed |
Gu tn forty year an up'nrd I've ben a .
scafarin' be were, by sights tn meauest
AM tn wuthlessest.
but We're tollln' you bout tn terri
BILE time he'd taklu' the
sarss out Of young Tom wilkins.
es come nv folks lIyln' down tn cape,