The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-15

l A hO 6 eoAo " oN dNtlOOs bbC 14bb1S Ont
 wuz gettin' kinder pale. Bimeby sec
 there warnt no use putin off short
 enin' sail, fer the sky wuz ez black e
 ink, an smutty clouds a-streakin' O
 1t, an the wind wuz a-howlin' like
 good 'un. I give the word to the young
 feller, an he went for'ard an begun
 ter haul down the tops'li it warnt nc easy job, fer most every wave give hin
 a wettin' an the wind cum near get tim the best of him an the sail, but he | stuck it out like good feller. We
 was still carryin' too much, an
 yelled to him to take in the jib. An
 at it he went, bout the spryest hand I
 ever had. The lib cum down kitin
 till bout half way, an there she stuck.
 Pull on the down-haul," I hollered,
 but he had holt of it, an wuz takin' in
 the slack, but when she cum up ldut
 she wouldn't work. l see him give a
 good pull, an then cum nigh goin'
 overheard, fer that tarnation rope he'd
 parted. There warnt nethin' fer it
 now but crawl out m haul her down
 by handi he'd started afore I give the
 order. Up jumps the feller's sister,
 an sez she; ''He. can't do thet alone,
 captain; I'll go an help him" jest ez cool's a coocumber. Cum back, you
 keerless gal, you'll De overboard, 5
 hollered at her, jest about ez mad ez
 fhnV mako io,o fOr I +bO'+ o,,o,,,, VI, ;,,
 she'd be washed off Gertrude, fer
 mercy's sake cum back an set down, ''
 screeched Mis- Ma'stoh, scared blue.
 The little gal didn't say nothin', but
 sech look onto her face you never
 sec. But the feller's sister jest turned
 an sung out: 'I know perfectly well
 what I'm about an can take care uv myself" an begun to think she could,
 too, by the looks on her, an then she jumped fer the boat-hook, an stood by to ketch holt of the young teller ef he lost his holt or eney thing. He'd got the jib down, an wuz a-tryin' to furl it,
 but the wind kep' a-bellyin' of it out an twitchin' of it away from him. All to wunst 1 see d awful wall CT wa ter a-comin' right onto us, an I yelled to them two to hang on fer their lives
 Wall, sir, when she struck us thet bowsprit snapped jest like pipe-stem, an before you could say Jack Robinson the hull thing an the feller wuz washed clean off. Quick ez lightnin' thet gal made a grab fer the young feller with the bOat-hook, but missed. My big oars wuz a-layin' along the deck, an when she found she'd missed him with the hook, she jest grabbed one O them oars an pitched it over, yellin to the feller ter ''hang onter that till she could git to him." Then she cum tearin' aft, an made fer the tender thet wuz a-jumpin' an twitchin' astern, like young colt. Try to stop her? Wall, no; 1 calc'lated ef I left thet wheel we'd all go the bottom, an there warnt no one else to git thet young feller if she didn't; moreover, I more'n half thO't she he'd the pluck ter put her through, so 1 didn't say an kep' Mis- Ma'ston frum holdin' of her, ez she tired to. Wall, she hauled thet bot up alongside an jumped in, an grabbed them oars in a way ter make an old salt set an ad- mire. The young feller he'd cot holt of the oar she'd throwed him, but ther' want no seein' of him 'cept now an agin when we cum up on a biz wave. l never see enny prettier hand in of a bot in rough weather then I see then. 1 cum about ez soon ez ,ood, an she'd got him, an was i-hauiin' of him in over the starn, sos not ter capsize. He wuz booty well tuckered, an couldn't nore'n half help hisself. It warnt no easy job ter git back ter the ''Swaller," but when they did come up them two wet critters 'rawled in over the side, an the gal made thet bot fast jest ez ship-shape i'most ez l cood. But there warnt no iime fer cryin', or talkin', or rejoicin', CT things wuz gettin' wuss every mint.
 "ken you two take reef in thet 1 nains'lp" sez l. ''Yes, sir,n sez the gal, quick an respectful, before the | ellow cood say enny thing, an she jumped fer the ropes with the young eller, an lowered till I sung out to 'elay, an then they went fer them 'eeffn' lines lively. But they hadn't | nOre'n got one reef took then I seen twarnt enuff, an at it they went agin an | eefed her up double. Then there warnt | lothin' more to be done. So my crew | 'um aft, an the young feller put on my ou'wester to keep warm, fer there varnt dry rag on him; an the gal set town alongside the little gal, who | lever sed a word, but jest put her lead down in the slim gals lap an hook like a leaf. She wuz a-cryin', I | -uess, an the other one took her in Ter arms an laid her head onter her'n, n said low and soft-like: 'I aint hurt mite, Myrtle, an we aint goin' to rown. See, dear, how grand it is! hose waves can't make no mistake, for here's Power higher'n we are aeon rollin' of 'em all" An she jest looked z cool ez ef there warnt nOthin' scary n hurricane thet was a-sendin' of many to their reckonin' ight then an there. We stuck it out, ut l haint no desire ter go through it gain. It must CT ben nine o'clock at fight when 1 got the ''Swaller" up ter he city. Mir. Ma'ston wuz on the worf igh crazy, and little more'n he'd CT ad hull fleet out huntin' fer us. Nall. the two in the cabin WIZ booty