Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-24
louder n louder, an we could make out
clear az could be tn words:
"'TV'IIT WN' E"IEO|T
NV Reno, boys, my RcnXo,
An he shipped aboard 4 whsler,
AZ ppnZo hOys. my I.erZO.'

NV ttlshs wv y my sNHANN
An he shipped aboard a whsier,
Nv RENO, boys, my Eerzo'
",Ef that amt Tom Wilkins ghost, says
George Ward, says be, then briie me fur g
msck'relr An wen George said thes l
ouess he iss We'd tn teel!n's Nv all on
hoard; fur Tom wilkins vice twas, siDgiu'
out Their en- III gloamin, jes' s shores yer
BERN
Scarf? Well, I should jes' say wo was!
I'D ben q bit Compuuctious bout IN
wsy Id orderd young Tom adrift en- thet
wafer cssk-not but w'st | knowed lie de-
served ct, oil tn samoan mos Nv tn
men aboard, | guess, he'd felt more ur less
m game way. An nov I hev his ghost q
whoopin' aroun' Us like this made all hans
powertul skittish an uncomfortable | cen
Tell you. =,
suddenly TIER bone a hail, but " ere I
come rum not one nv us could rightly say;
.Schuner ahoy. Wat skuner's thetY-an.
for shure we all knowed Tom Wilkins
vice!
Il guess | were purity wte an tremblin
but | managed / boiler out, The Bobbin'
Joan, nv New Bedford, Capt. Seth Handy
Who are your
AN then tn answer come back, 'Th'
Elizabeth. Wilkins, Nv Falmouth, Captain
Thomas Wilkins.' An then speskin' quite
material, young Tom sings out: 'L2mune
come aboard, won't you, Capin2 I've only
one biscuit lef, an not more'n halt . pint
Nv water; TN | swear TO mussy you shell
not hey g word / say agin me for al n.
res Nv tn wye. Eff you knowed how
powerful! lonely twas bein' to sea all alone
20 y~'reselt en- a wafer cask, CaptiI, youd
let up on me an take me aboard, N
| sbuse.'
well, , see, In a sort Nv tendor-heart
cd man, an allus was. So when heard
! Tom tslkiu' like that | couldn't help lettin
up on him an teliin' him Id give him one
more cbacce. An l were glad | ded, tal
met season nv tribilation alone 10 blssel
en- Ia barr'I he'd worked q mos ~eucourigin
change en- him. All his toolishness en-
trilkin' ways WAS gone, fo's there want &
sl6erer ur steadier man aboard. Es wert
a~.seyin, gentlemen, o terrible time hec
takin' tn sarss out Nv young Ton Villains
but take ct out Nv him | jus ded, s:
shure's ever you re borni
But, Captain, you don't mean to coy
that the man WAS RIoat in case for al
hat time, a month 81 least, and yet livsr
through it?'
We'll, eff eny NJ you sees yer way cleal
to maxim anythin' else ouien tibet story
hain't personally got no objections to ye'
dom 90. But thet he did float aroun the
way fur q month-speabin' precisely, es
calls ter min tn fac's, 'twer jes' five weeks
less one day, from tn time we set him
edit to III time We tux him up eg'n-e:
vat | mean ter say { Il fraction.
AN, a'ter oil, 'tGs'nt SO very sPrIsln
Tom were a handy sort Nv a Teller, ne were
an es he bed Lis knife with him he hedn't
much diff Guilty en- rippin' ont three or four
slaves from the top eide Nv tn cask, an
outn these he'd w'lttled o mas an bocms,
an a lee-bosrd, an q rudder, an he'd made
q purity good SSH out'n his shirt; an
KNOWN en- O gen'ral sort Nv q way his
course wen we met him he were q headin'
u'ard for Cape Cod, es composed es et he'd
ben nsvigstin' Bedford harbor in a dOry.
He hedn't no trouble en- ketchin fsh.
vow see, cause the fishes is SO tame down
Their to IN s'uth'ard tibet they'll almos
come up an eat outn yer han. An,
luckily, lie bed some wire IN his pockc'
SOS be were able t make a little gridiroD
[ brile EN- on, for fish sllus Is better brird
then hen they es panned, an So
wat You're all a-goin' away Now,
tot YOU thot you mightn't b.lieyo I. an'
50 you havn't. shore 'nugh. Well, cts q
Scripteral fac tibet one half Nv tn worlds
all tn time o lyir' 10 IN other half, an
ers III gre'iest trouble en- lite, t know
which sides WILHELM. Y. Telegraph.