Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-12-05

effect of this incongruity YVES startling
II il related that an inebrIatcd miner. ir,
pcdcd by mud and drink before it's door
WAS found gazing Mt its remarkable facade
with an expression of the deepest dcspcn
ucncy. 81 hev lived n free life, Partner, u
he explained thickly to the Samaritan who
succorcl him, ''and every time since I've
been on this six weeks jamboree might
have E1lkilated II wc;,ld come to this.
Snakes I've scon aforc now, and rot, I'm
not unfamiliar with, but when IL comes IA
the starn OF 7 ship r,sin' up out of the
street, reckon it's time to pass in nv
checks" at Is u ship. yon blasted old
soakcr," said tho Samaritan CURLY.
IL WIS indeed ship. A ship run
ashore AMI abandoned on the beach years
before 10y her gold seeking crew, with the
debris of her scattered stores and cargo
overtakcn By the Wild growth of the
strange city and the reclamation OF the
muddy fiat, wherein she lay hopclessly
fmbedded; her retreat cut Off by whxrves
and quays and brcakwater, jostfcSl ut
first by sheds, and then impacteSl In n
block OF solid warehouses and DWELLINGS,
her rudder, port and counter boarded In.
ani now gazing hopclcssly through hor
cabin windows upon tho busy street be-
fore her. But still ship despite hcr
transformation. Tho fGlntcst Inc OF con
tour yet left visible spoke OF tho buoy
ancy of another element; tho bnlustrade
OF hcr roof was Enthusiastically q tafrrnu
The rain slipped from her swelling sides
with certain lingering touch OF tho sea:
setNI m mil Inr
with it's suggestions, and evon the wind
whisticd nautically over her chimney.
III, I'm the fury of some southwcstorly gale.
she had one night slipped her strange
moorings and loft a shining trnclz through
the lower town TO tho distant sea, no one
would have been surprised.
Least Of al, perhaps, her present owner
and posseSsor, Mr.. Abncr Mott For he
tho irony OF circumstances, Mr.. Mott WINS
fnr western farn3er who had never soon
snip before, nor larger stream OF water
than tributary u tho Misyouri rlve-
In spirit, half Of fascination, half OF
speculation, no had bought her ct In,
time OF her abandonment, and had since
mortgaged his ranch ct PetaIurna, with
liia 1.-Two stock. to defray tie c1-ponso OF
hlling In tho laad where she stood and
tho improvements OF tho vicinity. lie
had Transferred his household goods nnd
his only daughter 10 her cabin, and had
divided tho space between decks'' and
her hold into lodging rooms and lofts for
the storage 81 goods. u could hardly bo
said that the Investment had boon profIto.
bic. HIS tenants vaguely recognized TIM,
his occupancy was q ccutiniental rn.bor
than commercial speculation, and often
generously lcHt themselves 10 tho nIurior
10y NOT paying their rent Others trcstod
their own tenancy as jolSe-a ounint
recreation born of the childliko familiar
ity Of frontier intercourse. 4 fow lad
left, carelessly abandoning their rnsal,-
bic goods 70 their landlord with Great
ebcerfulness and n sense Of favor. Oe.
ca6ionally Mr.. Abner Mott, I'm a pr.c-
teal relapse, rngcd aga'ust tho dcrcllcfs
aud talked ~ disposgcsslnz them. or over
dismantling lhs tenement. but no wa
costly Placated by compliment 20 tho
"dear old ship" or on effort mnde bv
some tenant to idcalize his apartment A
photographer who had ingcniously mil.
izc'i the fOrecastlc for gallery Inaccessible
from the bows in the next street, paid mo-
further tribute than portrait Of the
pretty face Of KOscy Mott. Tho supor.
sliiious reverence I'm which Ahncr Nit
held his m0nstrous fancy vas naturally
enhanced ~ lds purely lyucolic cxagrcrn-
ton 81 It's real functions aud So nntivc
element "This yer keel Inns sailed. md
sailed, and szllcd, " hc would explain vito,
some iucomgruity Of ILLUSTRATION. sin n
bee line, mnkin' tricks for DAYS rnnnin,
1 reckon more storms and billiards heg
tackled her then you ken shsEe o stick NJ
She's stampedod whales nfore now. an,
sioshcd round with piratcs and frcebooier
IN and outer the Spanish main and ncroe
lots from Marcelleys where slie xas rared
And yer she sits peaceful Ike just o. /
shed ncycr been outer peYtaier patch
md hadn't plowed the sea with fosan
aud stnddin snils and them THINGS co
vortln' round her mosts."
Abner MOTIFS enthusIagrn was share,
BY lis daughter, but with more inaaina
ton, aud ~ Intelligence stimulated b.
the acant literature Of ter fathers emf
grant wagon ard Che fow bools found o