Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-02-09

get the pot up, or the pot draw him down.
When Mr.. Dclayan saw the joke which
had been practiced upon him, for time
he was speechless with chagrin and rage
He hauled the pot in board and cmptied
out the contents. BY that time he rccoy-
cred the power of articulation. and broke
forth rs follows: You miserable, detesta-
Bile, internal brats--playing your jokes on
an old man before you ought 10 be out of
the nursery I'll teach you good manners
Young America is going straight 70 the
Old Harry III crush every bone within
your contemplate bodies a. ! would crush
an egg she'll" aud he caught up gati, and
seemed about to strike. when the two boys
begged for mercy The old man, some
what molIihcd, replied Il have great
mind to throw You both overheard, and il
you ever cut up such caper again, will
first pound you To- a jelly and then fling
yon 10 pavy Jones locker"
The day wancd apace, the fish would not
bite, and Mr. DelaNan, becoming tired of
waiting concluded to go back 10 his camp
IN. ground Of the night before Tom
hauled up the anchor and tried to hoist the
sail but the halyar,l~ getting jammcd in the
block between the Shell AMI sheavc, he
failed MIR. Delavan went forward to as
~ist Stepping up on To the thwart, ny
the side of the mast. he took hold of the
fair and was looking aloft to solve the
difficulty. hen the boat took an unfoTtu-
nate lurch and the skipper losing his bal
ancC fell overheard ON coming tD the
surface after his deep plunge, he caught
hold Of the gunwalc and tried to get back
pu board but Mr. Dclaran was very cor
pulcni man, weighing upwards of three
hundred pounds. and after number Of
futile attempts To board the little craft
uter the side he found that the danger Of
cIpSizing or filling the boat was 80 great
that further efforts In that direction must
hc abandoned He therefore worked him
-cif round to tho stern and again attempt
cd tp get on board. only to make \ new
failure A. often rs he made the attempt
a. throw III, huge body up over the stern,
80 often would his feet swing under the
Keel; aHd thi~ mlN ytncnt ot h~ lower eN-
lrcmtits rendered uuay aiijug his almost
>up"rhHmau efforts 81 regain hi~ ln~t po-
.itjpn Tie two bows united their most
strenuous lahore With those uf the skipper,
lat the combined strength of the three
was altogether unequal u task of such
proportions.
As a last resort the skipper directed that
i sort ~ -tirruP made 81 rope and ~
cur,iy fastened. bc hung over the stern
lnlo thr hawliur Tim, prepared hy the
BOYS ht placed otIe foot holding on To the
stern with hoth bands for dear lifr lie
then ordered tts boys to pull with all pos
~iblc dispatch :or Bald Rock. thc nearest
-pot uf ttrr fraHH whereon landing
might be made The uursWyn were mex
prricucyd, and what Wa still worse a
good deal frightened Ihcir wake" was
crooked thu huat heavy, and the skipper
toned hard \ long ana tcdiou- passage
Was the result IF nil these adverse circum-
stances Morc than an hour wa> con-
>uucd ia making the distance ot i mile
AID i quarter, ar thercahuut- to the Shore
when the boat landed on Bald Kork. the
pnor Skipper was htuumh,d with cotd and
nearly exhausted and 1t required much
wril directed labor 20 rc~uscitaic him.
Ncy,rth,lc~- ln comparatively ,h"rt
timc hc wa> 81 far restored that BE- 'lr.
clIrod Richard II himself again Nu'
vEyr after that memorable occasion hc Hal
a most positive aversion IN >alt water III
reached hum. without further mi-nap but
the fishing grounds which hC once loved.
suI han " uttrn frrqucntcd, knew hIm up
more forever