The Republican journal., 1891-06-25

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The is, sine Wem ~hi, mates with one Of
.lem dandy -ajI3r~, We came nigh swimming
fut 1t. n YOUNG. conditioning chan asked for d
rh4nc "a 20 out with Mo. and let him 10.
iio wanted to see how 4 traWl was hauled. and
~n' med sort of ticaIcd ut the idea of going.
" had a tree run out to the ground. bun had :,
battling head-aiul lark | hauled one trawj
tnd underruu tie other. and the vouru fcller
.ook jhc whole business down in a note hook.
Alttr a lime got things ,traigbtencd ont
1il was On the bomeWard track. We was
standing along ON the wind headin' M ~harp.
hug4Iu the shore between lie I.ondoncr ana
Ihatchel'> Island.
The civ sailor had been rafting ON AT n Great
rare about how many Yacht, he had been on
the number 0t Times he had crossed the ocean
lH steamer. and hU,l ga, he learnt to i.ef
hand and steer
! knew what lac was driving at for had
been ~tipmatrs With folks iust ike him before.
he wanted to Steer. After while he asked
me. and let him try his hand. He thanked
me, for he was 4 perIite chap. like most all Of
them, and went below into the cuddy 10 fix
an old trawi " hich needed some oyerbaulin'
told him what to do il the wind headed on
any. and now and then showed nv head ont of
the gangWay 10 see how things We're getting
alon- and each time he told me needn't wor,
ry a. be knew how to handle one OF these kind
Of boats.
Kind of half thought ne might know some
thing about boats. for some people with white
hands and fine clothes do know a tat about sea-
IA iii thing and hadn't looked m for some
time, but could see him all plain AT the filler
All of Il sudden ! saw that he cot red in the
face and acted excited like. ! jumped and
pushed my head ont of the cuddv ia L., y,hat
was up Wei. there was something M and no
mistake. we were right under the bow of one
of them biz st. John wood-b and She RIM
afore it at a .iN-kn0t gait Here was prettv
mess. If the burned fool hiI minded his own
business there wouldn't been any trouble for
the Old wood boat would have Kent clear al ns
we had The right Of way. lam on the wind,
and on the starhoard tark I'M he Wa +rvin,
some monkey shines and fancy tricks he baI
read in books, and was all mixed M. The
man at the helm on the wood boat was sweat
iEg drops of blood, chasing the old fashioned
travelling wheel across deck trying TO keen
clear of Us. First it was hard m and then
hard down, ma we backed and filled like two
people trying to pass each other on the street
jumped on deck and shouted to the city
chap to rat the tilIer hard M. for that was our
only squeak to get out of the scrape, and IN be
burned if he didn't put it hard down and hmm
cd on it to Keep il 80. | had to crab him hv
the collar and yank him away from if. and in
The >cufle we tripped over a coil of The main
sheet and fell he overheard and ntn tho hot
tom of The rurk-pit A. no fall he ,sr.hl1al
hold Of the dory painter and after GOOD deal
Of kickin'. putin and BLOWN he hauled him
self aboard, lookin' like wei RAT.
had no time to fool with him, for the wood
boat was almost on top of US and comm like a
mad dog frothin' at the mouth. rot the filler
up Just in time for the Susan to sneak clear of
her bow. and to save Us from bejnp cut in two
'mdships.