Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-24

nsoan inhOOencFs from Ia mslui5n, may
ysry well nov an' then loss his b~esrlu's.
But them compsssss was made BY Hiram
Barker en- New Bedford. en- tn, orthodox
Christian State Nv Massachusetts. An
please tn Lord, says I well leave IN sun
! his own evil devices, an we'll steer ny
n oompasses' An ,hes bsiD. also "a way
thst III matter we're looked Ell By sil hams
Young Ton included, We ies let IN sun go
est burned pleased an SNAPPED our course
by IL com passes fur tn east ard.
We he'd o good slant Nv win from " at
Ia compasses ssid were III ro'ssd, thet
KEEP us steady on our course, e. without
shifin' p sell we drawed along on one tack
fur 10 mex forty-eight hours an' oil IN
vile tn sun an IN compssses q pin'ln
dead sgin each other. Ga n third morn
ing tn lookout for ard siogs out Ian ahead
on m weather bow-wlch were jss per.
cissly contrary I ere tn land should u
showed he'd we ben arisin' South Georgia.
Well, | didn't know wat I make Nv thee
no how; al | begun { thenE tibet meboe
George were right an tibet, shore MUCH, tn
| end Nv III world were q comm. To be on
NJ safe side-iur | didn't purfess t kcow
wat tn sailip' directions en- Paradise
mout bel ordered mos nv ID sail I De
TUX en-, an we stood o I ID Ian cautious
an easy.
George, says /, wen We rIz tn, Ian
SOS / make things out reas ns6ly clear.
George. saws |. seems I me tbet : mon
st'ous like til coas. ! tn s'uth&rd Nv Port
Lous.'
50 I've ben sthinkiH' myself. says
! George, rubin ct his stay5oari eye I get
III water outr nj s'tsr bein' screwed SC
long sgin tn glass. Eft want clean i'm.
! poss' bis says he. I'd swear sgin ali cret
alton es thet es jo' precisely tn Ian thet
It 'Pesrs t me, says he, thet Coda
mighty hes come I a r~ceiiZeH sense Nv Ia,
worl, an fur IS noomeroua iuiquities &c
a-turriu ~ everything upside down
Gerge were q serious-minded man, all 10
home en- Sand~ich tended ii orthodox
meetin' regular.
Well. Their We Mt nothin' / do but stan
along tn coast an take soundin's onieI
somehow we toun out we're : was We werr
got to; fur South Georgia Island e. Va L T.,
aud that was all Ieet we shorely kno|ed.
Along toward eveEiu' we rounded q high
kaadlsn' an 50 cone ito q deep bay beyon'
an Their we how to Till moruin'. An III
yerp fus' thin we seed in th m~ornin'-tar
IN tide had set us en- shoreward en- III
night-were Port Louis. So then we
knowed tibet ensted w bein' were he'd
ouphter ben clos: down 10 Sou,h Georgia,
we was nigh a thousand mile outen our
couIse en- back TO East Falkland Well
perhaps | want jes mad!
"Twere clear 'uush nov thet tn com
passes he'd ben wrong an tn sun right all
along. So We rumnaged out the biunaCle
an Their we f0un' the hull business en- Il
nutshell. Under each w them compass
cards q t5npenny nsil was draw en- tn wood,
SOS / drawr III needle right clean arouu
wropg end tus', sos its head WAS s.piniin
sou enstesds w no. w course, he'd We
ben tackjn' we'd a seed "a, were wrong
fus' times cyer Ia skinner went about
an 60 fond 'spscted 'twould be wen he
set n nails. But 6 tn breez8' d hSt steady,
/ III skinner d stud right on one course au,
/ 30 thsr' w'n't nothin' W'atsoluedeYer-
'ceptin' the blessed sun. On him we hedn't
believed en-t show tibet tn needles was
wrong. Young Tom, seem wat was comm
out'n his trick, he'd ben gettiu scarter an
scarter, he allowed, an hsdn't dared : tell
wat he'd done, cause he knowed wat o
terrible lickin' Id shoyely give him wen /
louu' bin out. An then, he said, he thoTt
tibet en I come his trick 10 tn wheel ne
could draw III rail5-same5 he'd put EN-
en- WITHOUT noh02y's %nctlCiu'. But with
sech curu s wonCc.s Eapperia' | heGnt
allowed none Nv tn mea to ia wheel, an
es tn mates 40 I'd doue all tn stesrjn'
young Tom he didn't get his chance.
NV csurse, even ef ne hadn't owned p
but e., hone on rs would a he'd no doubts
es who'd played this trick; au' we all reel.
lied wat q gosh derued serious matter
twas ter 20 4 settin a vessel thes wGy
off, course.
"'Thomhs wilkins. Gays |, wen we'd
got tn neils dra1ed an The skinner set on
her true course : tn egs.ard agiu. 'Thos
wilkins, says |, speaEin' very solemn On
ser Gus ike, vat you've done mOught be q
Sangin' matter with some Captius, an /
won't go fer ia say es Id blame em ef {
was. You've put Ell psril eyry life aboard
III Bobbin' Joan, says | 'iucludin' your
/ own wuthless one; an It's oalY o mussiiul
Providence tibet fms ~ thes day safe an
alive on board Nv thes mere skinner enstesd
Nv bein' fathome deep en- ia cold sea, az
chewed up pas sl Known Ell fishes iGsides
Twes es a wusser matter o Ia water casks.
/ Thos wilkins Gays |, an fur I you've got
ter pay fur IN day IN tn hour w your
( reckouiu' e. las hez come An ez 'tverr
water casks ca were your fus' cause Nv sin,
SAWS l. so't shall be water casks ee is your
final punishment. Tn sentence nv Thea
here court es tibet inter a water cask shell
you go, an then that cask With you an e'
SHALL BE- put inter th' sea-au so shore e.
lem skipper nv thss hsra skinner shell thet
sentence De execooted
Fur massys sake, Captin. saas young
Tom. says he, don't 20 fur I murder rue
ike thet fut a bit Nv fun. dedn'. mean
no harm, you know, I was only jokin.' An
| swear TO mussy, CAPITA, says he, efyoull
let I'D on me now I'll be jss' 3 steady es
tn meetin' house fur all III res Nv th'
wye
"'Ets too late, Thomas Widths. says !,
fur prUmisses, as, ur fur your performances
uther ter do you no good. This much,
howsomedever, en- mussv, will | do; inter
the cask with you Ill put q bag Nv bis
cults, said l, an q breaker Nv water, an
you she'll hev tina cssk's bupg. Them bi5.
cli.s can you cot, an tibet water ken you
dserk, gu through that hGnh2ls ken you
bresthe-stoppiu nv til same with the
bung w'enevar s comes on t blow. Thes
much, says |, EN- mus1- %,il | d., so giyir'
YOU chauce that some snjc en- passin' may
pick you up. Not the, such chunce ia
gre., says |, 'but sech est is hev i, ycu
may An if Their il any man aboard thes
skinner says |, 'es doesn't agree with til
iu'iu's an with tn sentence NV thes court.
lei him now speak up on SAY his say An
Their want a msn e5 opened his mouth |
say a burned word.
80 barrlled 10 young Tom was alorg
Nv tn biscuits en- the water an tn buDg
Nv the cssk as I'd promises him. 81 over
board he went, on away sailed tn Bo5biu
Joan. We hedn't much win aud fur
morn an hour W. could hear young Tom
y~owliug az as oul.n tho buuchols I come
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