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

Il anybody tries goin' en- atwee
'em all han'e ~ wake up ar
take n peck ct him els no goes dow
tn line. rs they've got beaks bigger an
heavier an anchor iluke, bein' pecke
/ by ems mos q mighty serious kind q
undertaken. Ilowsomcdeyer, they's /
slow en- Their muyments tibet If man
th' leas' bit spTy he ken get by lem afor
Their peck much more'n gets started
"Young Tom'd never been en- then
/ latitoods afOfe, an ifum wat he see
lrum liz skinner Ia III penguin's quee
ways, an frum Wat IN crew tOl' him u
ther doin's, he got o be sort er scarf u
'em. SOFT seemed thet th' pengulns wa
prov denualiy fiz up y give him IN
dressin' thet he needed 9 take the sars
tit'n him. / hedn't N objections, ~
course, = secin' him served DUTY 80 th
crew they takes him ashore . WEIR
Their were whole bilen a,
penguins a-standin' samc's usual
en- two long lines, an they takes al
his elOzo off'n him, an then they gives
HIM Kick ortwO apiece T. start him down
atweeD the lines. III peuguins sort u,
shook th'rselyes up, en- th'er sleepy way
wen they seed him a-comin', an as he
got atweon tn fus' couple they both made
powerful hard dabs at him with Their hip
benks, gwen digs thet 'u'd carved
regular hunks out'n him If they'd ever got
inter his flesh. But Tom he were drcfful
scarf, an he jumped along Is Lively y a
Monteyidear llea--ani so, stead ug strikln'
him Their beaks les cleared his rearward
parts an struck into each other with a
regular bang. SO twas with III mex two,
Al. all a >
not a singe penguin ever struck him, an
,hey all struck inter each other. Young
Tom he come ont all right to th' other en-
Nv tn line, powerful palean' deadly scarJ
he were, but not cen hair nv his head
were injured. An back NV him were all
them penguins a-lyin' dead, wire they'd
kilt each other a-whackln' Their heads to-
gcther. Twas IN most Gurus I've ever
seed IN all tn forty year an' more I've
folered tb' sea!
"Well, young Tom, he steadied up fur
a while "a ter he'd thes dresstn'; but his
steadyiu' dedn't las no reel time L all
Fur, y see, the deyiltry were CROWN
into that young feller's bones, an out'n
his flesh y were boun 70 come.
~ s'pose, though that things mought "a
gone on purity quiet to tn end NV tn
v'yage ef I hadn't ben fur u rig he
worked on tn Skunner's compasses.
We'd drawed away to the eas'ard from
tn Falklands, calc'latin' TO finish our
loadin' uver to South Georgia island, an
es we'd been on our course fur c lple NV
days ar so we'd lots nv sea room. Even
young Tom, don't scacely think, u'd q
tried seech trick ct we'd he'd land a-nigh
us. But theirs no telliu', fur there never
were more Ontorag'user young scamp
than him aAoat--leas'way there Wa'n't
oHtii tub the sarss Out'n him.
"Well, tn third monin' out from thu
Fdlklaeds wat does the sun do but riz
right NJ IN tn wes'l Tn fus' mate,
George Ward, he were, a.steerin', an he
LOOKS ct the compasses an he looks ct tn
sun, an he couldn't sCa'cely hlieye that
tn Gun NV tn world want right aboard
NV us. tn mate he sings out fur me, an
up jumps on deck en- no time.
"'Captin', say3 he, hers death and
horrors, says he. 'Uther them COM
passes ur the suns gone crazyp
Wei, shore 'nugh, wien looked
ther't was, ies' 5 he said I wbs-th'
a-pintln Z Were tn sun oughter
he, an the sun a-blazin' away Were Il
hadn't no businrss to be wotsomeyer.
"'George,' says /, studyln' were tn
matter fur vile. George says /, 'thes
here es heather an outrageous part NV
tn EARTH, says /, AN tn sun, being
rlost tn South Pole, an subject to
yath'llc an pagan lnnoocnces from tn
may very well now an then
lose his boarin's. But them compasses
was made by Hiram Barker en- New Bed
ford, Ell III orthodox Christian state nv
Massachusetts. An please tn Lord
says /, wen leave tn sun his own evil
devices, an Wen steer by the compasses.
An thes bein' also th' way tibet tn,
matter were looked ct by all hams.
young Tom included we ies' let tn sun
90 est darnod pleased am shaped our
course by TIN compasses fur tn BASTARD.
1--WE he'd good slant NV win, from
wat tn compasses said were tn no-ard.
Ihet Rep us steady on our course, am
without shlftin' a sail we drawed along
on one tack fur tn mex forty-eight hours
Ian all tn VILE tn sun an tn COM
passes pintin' dead agiu each other. On
tn third momln' tn lookout for'ard
sings out Ian ahead on tn weathew bow
witch were jes' precisely contrary T.
Were tn lam should showed he'd we
ben arisin' South Georgia. Wen,
didn't know wat . make nv thes no how;
an begun T. think tibet mebbe George
we're right an tibet, shore Inugh, tn end
nv tn world We're u comm. 10 be ON
IN safe side--fur din't purfess q know
wat tn sailin' directions en- Paradise
mought bel ordered mos NV tn sail q
be tux en-, an we stood ON 4 tn lam eau
tious an easy.n
"'Georgeh says |, wen we riz tn lam
SOS & make things out reasonably clear.
George says /, seems O me tibet Is
like tn coast Z TIL s'uthard NV
Port Louis'n
$3.50 I've ben a-thenkin' myself says
George, rubin ct his starboord eyes Ia
get N water out'nt alter bein' screwed
SO long again tn glass Eft want clean
impossible says he, I'D swear again all
creation es that es ies' percisely tn Lam
I Is. Pears Z me- says he, 'thet God a.
mighty hes come Z a reelizon' sense NV
Ia sins NV this evil part In tn WORT, aud
Iur tbs noomerous iniquities as a.turnln'
NV everythln upside down. George
were a serlous-minded man, an TO home
IN Sandwich tended tn Orthodox meet
m regular
well, Their want 'noQin' & do but
stan along TIL coast an lake sonndn's
ontel somehow we fonn' out Were twas
We were got TO; fur South Georgia Island
Il want, and that was all tibet We shorely
showed. Along toward eveniA' We
rounded a high heodlan' an SO come into
deep bay beyou'; an ther' we hoy 10
III molnm'. An tn very fus' thin' we
iced IN tn momin'--fur tn tide had set
ls en- shoreward en- III night--were Port
Louis. SO theuwe knowed tibet enstead
" hein' Were we he'd oughter ben,
lost down to South Georgia, we was nigh