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

water casks es is your final punishment.
lh' sentence Nv this here court es tibet in
ter water cask shell you 20, an then
tnat cask with you en- ct shell be put in
ter tn sea--an' so shore es Penn skipper
nv thes here skinner shell thet sentence
! be execootedl
"'Fur mussy's sake, captin. gays young
Tom, says he, don't 90 fur o murder me
like thet fur bit NV fun. | dedn't mean
no harm, you know, was only joSin
AN | swear to mussy, captn,' says he
'ef you'll let up on me now III be les g
steady es tn meetin'- house furall tn rest
Nv tn v'y'ge'
Gets too late, Thomas Wilkins SAYS
4 l. 'ior Promises, ay, ur fur yur perfor-
mances uther, ter do you no good. This
much, howsomedever, en- mussy, win l
dos inter the cask with You, I'll put bag
nv biscuits said l, 'an' q breaker NV
water an you she'll hey the casks bnng.
Them biscuits kan you cat, an thet water
ken you drenk, am through tibet bnughole
ken you breathe--stoppin' Nv tn same
with tn bung w'enever't comes on Z
1 blow. Thes much, says I, zen mussy will
: do, so giyin' you chance that some shin
en- passin' may pick you up. Not thet
such chance is greet says /, 'but seech
est is hey 1t you may. An II Their is any
man aboad thes skinner, SAYS /. 'es
doesn't agree with tn fn'in's an with tn
sentence Nv court, let him now speak IN
or say RS say An Their wa'G't man
es opened his mouth q say burned
! word
80 barr'lled up young Tom was along
Nv tn biscuits an the water am tn bung
NV the cask, as I'd promised him, an,
overheard he went, an away sailed IN,
| Bohbin' Joan. We hedn't much win and
/ iur more'n an hour we could hear vounr
Tom yowllng at US out'n the bunghole q
come back and take him aboard. An
then bit NV win breezed up an tn
SCUM NV his voice got fainter am fainter
intel 7 las we dedn't hear nothin' It
Jam"
! $50 that was the end Of him. captain?n
/ END NV him? Wen, caIc'ate tibet
were jes' about his beginnin'. Loas'ways,
tibet We're th bcgnnin' nv his bein' useful
and respectable
NOW, perhaps some NV your folks
who BELIEVES yselyes T. be specially tar
nation smart may thenk what I'm a-gon'
Z tell you now's a lie. But all ken saw
es, Ell you doubt my word jes' write t
tn owners, Martin Webster, New Bed
tn FIRMS out'n business now, an guess
they's both NV en- dead. But thet's no
fault uf mine.
"Well, we sailed T. tn BASTARD, and
this time we made South Georgia with
outen trouble or misadyentur'. Seals was
powerful plenty an en- less N week
we'd tllled up full an was ready T. nose
up onet more . tn no'ard. Howsomed-
ever, we'd put sick man ashore to Port
Louis Tobias Handy, 'twas--an' Wien
he were to hum he lived to Wareham, am
we had't T. Gull fur him ON our way. SO
we makes u back track to East Falkland
one't more.
1--WE was havin' a smooth an nros'rous
passage, an he'd run along ontel we was
about 800 miles . tn suth'ard an east'rd
nv Port Louis, Wen one eyenin', les en-
IN dusk alter sunset, all hans on us
heerd SCUM NV singlu' Now wen IN,
sun went down Their bedn't o'en a sail en-
sight now'heres, an Were this here sing
in come irum nobody knowed Presently
Z got louder m louder, am we could
make out, clear as could be, tn words:
"'Reu2o was no sailor,
My Reno, boys, my Reuzo
Ana ny shipped aboard whaler
ply Reno, boys, my Renxof
'Ef that Amt Tom Wilkins ghost
says George Ward, says he, then brile
Inc fur mack'reli An we'en George
said thes | guess he les Weed m,
feelin's ny MI on board, fur Tom Wilkins,
vice twas, singin' out Their EN- The
gloamin', les Is shore IS ever you're
wasl We
"I'd ben a bit compunctous bout tn
way ia ordered young Tom adriit en- tibet
water cask-not but whit knowed be
deserved ct all tn samoan mos of IA,
men aboard, | guess, he'd felt more ar
less tn same way. An now e hev his
ghost whoopin' aroun' us Ike this made
an mans powerful skittish an uncumfcr-
Bile, can tell you.
suddenly ther' come hail, but Were /
come IRON not one NV us could I
rightiy say skinner ahoy. Wat skuner's
met met. Ian, Tor shure we all knowed Tom |
wilkins y'icel
u guess were pretty wife an trem- |
hin, but | managed c holer out. ,The |
Bobhn' Joan nv New Bedford, Can't. Seth |
Handy. Who are youY
AN then tn answer come back, 9Th, /
Elizabeth wilkins Nv Falmouth, Cant. |
Thomas wilkins An then, speakins |
quite material, young Tom sings out;
'Lemme cone aboard, won't YOU, can
sains I've only one biscuit left AM not
more'n half a pint NV water, an / swear
10 mussy you she'll not hov word to saw
agin me for all tn rest NV the v'y're. M
you knowed how powerful lonely twas
benz to sea all alone to y'rself on 4 water
cask, captain, you'd let up ON me am take |
nue. aboard, Pm shareg
"Well, y see, Pm q sort NV tender /