Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-19

- 'N4AS ~ tle jlb. An
ut II he went, bout the spryest bard /
eyer had. The iib cum down. kit,n,
till bout half way. an thers she ain 4,
"lnll on the down-haui, y hollar.a
bnt ne had holt Of it, an wlz talxi,,, ~
the slack, bat when she cum nm tan
she wouldn't work. | see him give q
good pull. an then cum nigh goin-
overheard, fer that tarnation rome hea
parted. There warnt nothin, far 4
now but crawl ont N haul her down
py mana; he'd started afore rive the
order Up jumps the feller's sister
an SEE she; He can't do tibet alo,a
captains I'll go an help him lest ez
cool's coocumber. ''Cum back. vop
keerless gal, you'll be overheard ;. |
hollered at her, jest about ez mad e.,
they make EN-, for | thot every mini,
shod be washed off. GERTRUDE fo,
mercy's sake cam back an sci down :,
screeched Mis- Mission, scared blue
The little gal didn't say nothin'. but
sech look onto her face YOU never
see. But the feller's sister lest turned
an sung out: II know perfectly we'll
what m about an can take cara nv
myself, an | begun to think she co,,ld
too. by the looks on her, an then She
Jumped fer the boat-hoos, an stood nv
to lfetch holt of the young teller Of he
lost his holt or eney thing. He'd oot
the Jlb down, an WIZ a-tryin' to furl il.
out the wind KEEP a-bcllyin of il ont
~ twltchin' OF it away from HIM.
All 10 wunst see awful wall er wa
ter a-comln right onto us, an | yelled
to them two TO hang on fer thefl. lives
Wall, sir, when she struck us tibet
bowsprit snapped jest like pil1e-sten
an before you could say Jack Robinson
the hull thing an the Teller WIZ. washed
clean OFF. Quick ez lightnin thet Gal
made grab fer the young Teller with
the boat-hook, but missed. Nv hig
oars wuz a-layin' along the deck. AM
when she found she'd missed him with
the hook, She jest grabbed one O. them
oars an pitched it over. yellin' to the
teller ter hang onter that till
she could git to him" Then she
cum tearin aft, an made fer the tender
tibet wuz a-jumpin' an twitchin
astern, like young colt. Try to stop
herP Wall, no; calc'lat ID eff | left
tibet wheel we'd all go the bottom, an
! there warnt no one else to git tibet
| young Teller if she didn't; moreover. |
more'n half thot she he'd the pluck ter
/ put her through, SO | didn't say
nothin, an KEEP Mis- Ma'ston frum
holdin of her, ez she tried to. Wall.
she hauled tibet bot up alongside an
jumped in, an grabbed them oars in a
| way ter make an old salt set an ad-
mire. The young Teller he'd cot holt
OF the oar she'd throwed him, but
Their want no SEEM of him 'cept now
an agin when we cum up on a big
wave never see emmy prettier hand
lin OF bot in rough weather then
! see then. | cum about en- soon on
Good, an she'd got him, an was
| a-haulin' of him in over the starn,
SOS not ter capsize. He wuz
pooty well tuckered. an couldn't
more'n half help hisself 1t
warnt no easy job ter git back ter the
''Swaller," but when they did come up
alongside, them two wet critters
crawled in over the side, an the gal
made tibet bot fast jest ez ship-shape
Almost ez | Good. But there warnt no
time fer cryin, or talkin', or rejoicin',
fer things wuz gettin' wuss every mint.
"Ken you two take a reef in thet
mainslp" sez |. Yes, sir,n seq the
gal quick an respectful, before the
fellow Good say emmy thing, an she
jumped fer the ropes with the young
feller, an lowered till | sung out to
Delay, an then they went fer them
reefln lines lively. But they hadn't
more'n got one reef took then | seen
'twarnt enuff, an at it they went agin an
reefed her up double. Then there warnt
nothin' more to be done. SO my crew
cum aft, an the young Teller put on my
sou wester to keep warm, fer there
warnt Il dry rag on him; an the gal set
down alongside the little gal, who
never sed a word, but Jest put her
head down in the slim gals lap an
shook like leaf. She wuz a-cryin', |
guess, an the other one took her in
her arms an laid her head onter her'n,
an said low and soft-lile: Il aint hurt
mite, Myrtle, an we amt goin to
drown. See, DEAR how grand it is!
Those waves can't make no mistake, for
there's a Power higher'n we are aeon
trollin' of EN- all, An she jest looked
ez cool ez eff there warnt nothinf scary
in hurricane tibet was a-sendin' of
considerable many to their reckonin'
right then an there. We stuck it out,
but haint no desire ter go through it
again. 1t must er ben nine O'Clock AT
night when | got the "Swaller' up ter
the city. Mr.. Ma'ston wuz on the WORT
nigh crazy, and little moren he'd er
had hull fleet out huutin' fer us.
Wall, the two in the cabin wuz poorly
limp when they cum out. haint given
to speechin' or senterment, but before
thet gal left SEE to her: Miss, eli you
don't mind, I'd like to shake hands
with We, an tell We | never see emmy
better sailor then you be- l never
tho't wimmen counted fer much where
there wuz pluck wanted, but you've
got it, an I'd be dreadful glad to do yc
"a service emmy time. She looked
pleased an shook hands hearty, an
tbon seq she. "Well. Cap'n, YOU can