The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-08
SAVING THE CAPTAIN.
HLoostiA" UsED TO HAVE MUCH
TROUBLE WITH ONE 5oARpER.

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How She was Accustomed TO stser Cap
tain cfusterbuck to HIS Room on tho
''xep Lsndf.g''-whst She DID for Him
on One Evsatfui EIsht-Hsr Story.
Previously to Loosha's assumption Of
the reius Of management at No. 900
Middleclass Flats, our present domestic
treasure occupied tho position Of house
and parlor maid at Bnlit's. Billit's Is q
lodging house Of tho most approved re-
spectability, situated in the classic neigh
borhood of the British museum. At
Bilht's gentlemen are taken in" by the
month or quarter, found and "done
for" and in this orbit Looeha revolved
with sharp and winking brilliancy for
the space Of seven years. Loosha's
trenchant manner was formed during
this regime; her eye acquired it's gimlet-
like properties; her bosom developed its
adamantine qualities of resistance to
wheedlements or "comeovers" on the
part Of the opposite sex.
1 Human nature is human nature" as
Loosha's mother, Mrs. Hemman's, is
wont to say, land men but men, call
EN- what you may" and, following this
example Of maternal tolerance, Loosha
! glides lightly over certain episodes in
her life at Billit's, when dodgers returned
home In the small hours, as Loosha puts
IL, "a bit Apply" When such a one
proved incapable of controlling his Ian
guage or his boots within the proper
limits, Looshas services were enlisted
for the dual purpose of pacifying the
backslider and getting him up stairs.
Loosha's ready presence Of mind and
highstrung spirit would be Invaluable.
one can understand, in moments of e1ner-
gency.
There is no human doubt that but for
her Captain Clatterpen Goosha's short
for C,utterbuck, which really is his
name) would not at this present moment
be "adroring tho bereth Of life Cap
tain Clatterpen had regularly for years
laid into Billit's docks when ashore for
the needful overhauling. The captain
was grizzled, thick set, elderly. stanch
Presbyterian and nn admirable seaman.
He had bat one failing.
Somewhere about the small hours of
the morning shutting sound would
be heard upon the doorstep Of Billit's. a
puff of old Jamaica through the letter
slip would succeed IN nimless period of
fumbling with the latch key, and the in
mates of Billit's would be startled from
their slumbers by ANALYTICAL below, "Of
ship a-hoilr" says Loosha. Like tho
fog'orn Of penny steamboat it sounded
and 'Oid your noise, Capt'in Chatter
pen, dot Mrs. Billit I'D say, lettin down
the chain. Then in ed tumble as 'appy
as you please. There was only one way
O gcttin i'm UP stairs, and that called
the candle charm. 1t was done by 'oldip
the candle very near is face till is ewes
began to water an is whiskers smell
like singein IN then droring of it little
way back. when ed stagger arter it like
pessimiaed su5jec'.
Zone night, when g was as bad az
ever remember to e. seen i'm, lured
i'm up stairs in this way till got i'm on
the top landin, where his bedroom was.
close to the iron ladder that run up to
the fire escape trap in the roof | got
I'm into is aImcheer, took off is collar.
an raked out the fire, collared is matches,
give i'm soothin shake an left i'm.
Then l goes down to set Mrs. Billit's
art at rest before goin to bed myself, as
slep ON the same top landin with that
old peach. Up comes again in ten
minutes time. Lo and be'old you! wot
does l rec but is door wide open, and.
simpularly, the roof trap, with the stars
blinkin through. Next minute ears
the capt'in's heavy footmarks jouncin
on the leads over'ed. Up the ladder |
ops and puts out my ed.
Though knowed e was there it give
me turn TO see i'm staggerin up an
down amongst the chimbley pots. Be-
fore l could breathe my lips q turns an
sees me. "A 'oylr sezee. COWS the
wind, boszmT BLOWN round the cor
nerr says /, KNOWN e must be huinored |
AT that o gives lurch as nearly car
iied i'm over the parapet. Lay Ter ed
to it, sezee; IAN d'jeer! Fetch me my
night glass from the cabinr Which
you've 'ad one too many at this Identical
moment, thinks |, but | Gays to i'm coax
in'ly: Go oni Wot comfort is there in 'ay-
in it up ere? Come down an mix for your-
self, eaptin. 'Wot do You mean, you son
ofaseed cake? sezee in tearin rage DO
you think I'm goin to send my ship an
crew an cargo to Davy Josephs locket?
sezee, by stoppin under atches on n
dirty night like thisF Dirty or not.
says l, 'you won't clean it by etoppiu up
ere amongst the blacklist SILVER my
tops sezee, If | ever card such mu-
thus langwidge in the ole course Of
my experience. I'll stop your grog
you tand to repeat lis language
would be to deinean myself). mi put
You in irons or my name amt Joshua
Clatterpen. Come an do it.' says |,
tauntin i'm an poppin down the ladder
agin.
'Breathin fire and slaughter. e sets
down on the edge of the trap ole. drops
is legs through an begins to come down
the ladder. "A ned wind an a nevey
sea- 9 growls; low she pitches. the
cussed old 'ulk! low she rollsl dem 'er
old dead lightsr Which shows the sort
OF female Is mind was running on An
Chen | jumps sky Ugh, for e misses is
foctin an come down on the landin with
q crash an below that brought all the
dodgers out of their beds as pale as
ashes, thinl.in it's tao last trunk. The
shock Fobered Capt'in Clatterpen, for %
picked ITSELF up, nip an went off to bed
rs mild as milk. Though stiff in tho
joints next day, which is nothin to what
ed "a been if g hadn't fell into tile
'ouse instead of off it, as e would "a
done but for me.
IAN | always have said, an ever
shall" Looslia is wont to wind up. .if
it was with my passin breath, th.t
garden angel couldn't n done more fora
man than | did for Capt'in Clatteipen
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