Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-24
THE BO35iN JOAN,
4 Nantucket IarD
BY THOMAS sAy.vge UyoEY BLAcH).

made TO III sl,a arj, sea'in o2u, fge,aD
twenty yg>s ago.
"'Laog s. powerful Inc business, seain.
were in .asr. l.rs Seals @as thick dcwr
ii n, s..bard IL. oil ? he'd : DO was ;
hitch las somg exc ed h parts ecu: IerrsF
del Fexzer su' al, hans tlEu ;n-cePtia
n han, L ten sbio-w nile the seals come
aboard Nv their own accord. They was
les Ike chickens Tn dlE cuIty en- them
DAYS were 10, en- go,tin a lediu ike as i
is nov. but ca kssp;u tn critters isUm
Uilin On yer decks en- sech heaps a. nc
swamp you.
wy 1 krowed a little skuueE, 'het ruE
y Nv Bedford. III ". K E,kins, e5 ac,
locally we're ssa; urier that way. III
watch vent ter sleep, you see-oe!a 4
law beas, named Bill Buddle, who'd never
more n oue eye open to ID best ~ times-
an III seals r. come q shinnin uptk sitel
lsssl. a. fur all tho world ike sheep, '
know, an v ere u nv EN- goes all h
rss keeps on o f5llerin) on.sI IN skinner
deck we,e down g low tina. 10 water COM
s.poriu ~ IA sougpe,s AZ then the Sea.
gog kiudsr scaz, tbs ~rsslges, l guess, fad
ing the r~szlses s. thick together al sOusin
rom the. way, an ss teen q bit Nv q via
brsszsd no -a ke-lsd the Elk as suuOe.
uuSer-an' ,aea down she went utter tire,
fa.boms uy wa'-r On staii thes.
An han vas drowned cspIu the cool
Noah WireorG. 4 Fair Haven man NOa!
he was. As luck would hey 1t, he were oE
fhs gal,sv ga,-ia' dsuuer wen Ia skunneI
mixed uyer ;ae, way, an be JIst he'd TINT
I make a bolt fur Ii weather riggiG -
pi,chIn' st:et through ell that bIhu ~
ssals-au' yauked hlsgeit up as Ia drcs
ven, under water. BY G uussisu! deepen
sation " Prov ieUce be he'd q big pan c
Iobscouse en- his hands wen he started
fur th sicgiu' an he was too scarf : re
member { dap It / guess he'd a starVer
ef [ hedu. a ben Tor that lo5scouse, fur
he we're up ,hsr en- "a crosstrees fur n
bs,fsr uart Nv q month for he were TUX of.
&c use Ter say. though. tibet st he'd only
ned bout twice D. much lObscOUse he a
hen down rich, com.0rbls. Fur he rugged
M a SOFT Nv d tent out Nv III toPsl = see;
an h. krtghed los oy raj water en- q
bucket es aoar-d up wen the skinner
touudsged; so be he'd his pipe an a olg
new hunk Nv ,=r5acSsr en- his trousers
pocket, an as be hadn't no cooaln I do,
an only stud waCu su be Tel. like It he
he'd q dowuri.h. good tim.
Mos w]oudsytul an pas ai EHdin out
es toe ways w Prov deuce; an especially
en- the WAY tbet some men gets saved iron
psrils an other doesn't. Wy twas that
Noa Wigfori we're rigZed mp like thet I be
presaryed ven ey ry urheg soul aboard To
Elxius were drowned | never did see; for
nv al ID wu.h,e5s cooks sl mean men
I've knosod en- "A togty year5 aud up ard
I've ben {. seafsriu he were, By sights, tn.
neanes an III wuthlesses;.
Blu, | we're tellia. you Don't IN terrible
time he'd takin the sarss oGt Nv young
Tom wilkins. Tom were q psart young
TELLER. mos ex.r'o'r uAry pssrt be were, es
9 folks liyiu' dosnth' Cape, sons res
bout Falmouth way; an ID mount Nv
clear deviltry there were euslde thet boy
hide RELY wers surprisin'! Wen be uttered
4 shin aboard the BO55in Joan | were en-
nore'a tNo miu's bout taklu him. How.
s~omeGsyer. 1 hedn'J mucn chIcs en- 10
matter. Hans Nv any sort was skesEce ca
them da7s. an good hans was q consid'-
able s.gEt sceercer. [ kuogsd that young
Tom we're es good q ANA IS ever wenT
aboard d ship-ausrt ) a whip, an power
full capsraols he were zen be d a NIT /
beau | kloSsd twas je5 q question NV
tskin' him ca IN. chances ~ hts deuyIss
along With him, or nv takin some mlser'
BILE o~each-commiu Cv.tJer IS wouldn't be
with Il belaYlu Plus ths. I'd be wore GU.
lickiU him iurer usefulness.
SO | says { yoauR Tom, says |. Gone
aboard says I. ao' III take To chances nv
tour deviltries eff You'll take III chances
Of nv w~olIopirs' An young Ton allowed
Is that were a tair enough crtsr; "a so
aboard be come, On - vssy mex mosn'n
ne sailed
Wei. We 20: a good slant I n s'utn'
ard. riSh. to n start, an away We went
With eyrv rag We he'd DRAWN. Thes never
vsrs 3 pariisr skGner stJat ont Nv Bed
ford. mar u " Fair Haven nnIher then
the Co5oia' Joan we're. 4 hundred an
tweuty.fvs tons were her rsin though she
sna,cely looked e., Jeiu' both deep an
nsr-e- an th. way tibet she could SAL all
aroun' ur dead arm any Wind thst ever
bowed were q reg lar caution, She could
vc Quicker a q poryus, tn Joan could, an
sha's done it, TOO. more times then l Ken
stop f, be e~-couutin', An IS to shoo.ln
s,sra. thew was les nothtu 70 herI
"Fs | were sa7in,' we tux a good sISnt
=, m Start an run tur tn saith ard, an
'cepriu some tricks he played on IA crew
psrm sca.us Ek-sscS "a pu'ln soit Piica
over Cyrus Eolcsrs nose w en- he were
nigh sui called fore ne woke up an touu
out bout en-. an emp'Tiu q lade.tdI nv tsE
inter ID -lo5scouse wen ID cock wa NJ
lookiD. an takiu G couple Nv turns u "a
siynsl hsliiar-s rCGu n cat m EGuGin
her nc Z n uss'beai one thick uIShl, an
so set,in' h=r { yOEi;0 up Their FL "a
darkness cu.sl 81 baEs wss scar. aUcst
: death. ,hiuS.u ILf shore .lat ia devtId
come G1CAEl ~ U.s. NNFHAe F.NH+ 'H'N@A
o this. yoCug Ton behaved h;sseti purity
we'll ontel we we're down oil n Rio.
Tom he were jss crazy / see Rio, hav,
IN beerd v at a ias city I was, On wantln'
had ter ys. ashore ANYWAY. So ne says !
me ssys he You're s-goin' into Rio, amt
Won Csp,ing An l says I him, says |
No amt agoiu' inter Rio Their 81
nlenty NV water aboard, says l, las US
ter Grsrds do Sui, an I'm not q goin
tso hundred miles ouJu my course les tur
n sake NV giviu' q wuthless chump Ike
vou = shore teolic. Tom he looked sort Nv
5Iu an grumpy Ike en- | answered him
this vsy. but he didn't say nothiu an so
| allowed that thar want Rothtn in par,
no lee tar him { say oEi / dem; pay 10
more ~teu,ion { him.
"Weu, mex mornin 20 b.eakias ii cot
tasted mos, oUrragsous-jes 5 ct I he'd
salt en- il We weatl bllyraggin ID cook
AM Tom he were wust OF sl Nv EN-
vsn,ed ter pitch the cook overheard, Tom
ia Nov I showed Their were nothiu'
With III cook-Wm. Atkinson were
net cooks name s Marion man, an pow
srful steady goin', same as Marion folks
generally is-au' | suspicjousd young Tom
= ~, n, 2, one ny h,s prauks Egjn. l