Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-03
TALES OF TEN TRAVELLERS.
TcoNcLuDED FROM FIRST rAaz.l

,olemn little wrinkly and knottsd pile on he top of an extinct sheet-iron stove. ssViney's got ter be got;;" said Captain Benjamin Ballast, with force and feeling. "That's what we're here fur;" sssented Captain Rudolph Rudder.
 "By fair means CT foul;" added Captain Timothy Tacker, with determined little twist of his head.
 'I picked her up offen wreck, good ez under water, long'tood ffty-four, six, west, lat'tood forty-five, two, north, when sailin' th' Nancy Nary twenty year ago." resumed Captain Ballast.
 "Thsrabout;" admitted his two compan- ions.
 eve all quit sailin' an' cum t' Penn broke, far snug harbor, next year."
 '"N' Jumped our shares 'n' dunnsge 'n' divided Whey, fortnight srter;;" insisted the other two, sticking for historic accu- raoy and their rights in the absent waif of the sea.
 "Then we called her Whey, kase she wuz sech tender an twinin' little crit ter"
 '"N' Jetsum, ksss she wuz jstsum, 'n' hadn't tother nsme," interrupted Captain Rudder.
 ""N' brought her up"
 ''Artsr dead reck'nin'," observed Gap tain Tacker with decision.
 '"N' we got Tong 'thout ary squall or foul weather with her eddycashun an sipgin', till that pesky Bosting colleger cum canoein' an geologIzin' round Penn broke."
 ''Makin' up ter as, to make up ter Vi- ney;" added Captain Rudder with an in- dignant snort.
 ''Ef he'd made up ter Whey like a man, I wouldn't minded, though we has our rights" continued Captain Ballast mourn fully; "but he jess clawed an edged an csnted an jgged an didn't bar down un- der full sail, like well-mesnin' craft" '"N' gin her shift!n' cargo O onlikely notione;" snapped Captain Tscker. "Told her mebbe she wuz sumboddy else than Whey Jetsum, 'n' sent her that oussed orgin." growled Captain Rudder.
 ''Yes, an arter she slipped anchor an stole out O harbor we nabbed his telegram t Whey ter cum ter his folks, ez thar wuz her find of she warn't Flotsum 'stead O Jetsum, with jess tn signster, 'Geologer at tn tail end O tn message" 'Damn 8 man ennyhow that dassn't sigu his writin'!" roared Captain Tacker.
 sSpeakin' bout signin'," continued Cap tain Ballast with increased solemnity "we're bout ter sign our compac'." 'S!gn, seal an deliver" suggested Cap tain Rudder.
 "Th' articles O our compac' ssz we're tel build tn Happy Thought" 'Single-master, sixty ton burth'n That's done, m thar she isl" interjectei Captain Tacker, with look of prid' through the old ships hull window. 'Share an share alike; fttin' an fttin alike; grub an grub alike; with extr' | oohtn fur Vtpau uban ri har l done; but let 'em stan in tn articles" sait Captain Ballast judicially.
 "Let lem stan jess ez thsy's writ"
 '"N' pack away tn dunnage O I'll Three CaptiDgs Rsut,' in Pembroke, til Happy Thought's' cruises ended"
 "That's done, ship-shape, too."
 ''N' set sail from Pembroke, withou ary but one port-thst's Whey" Thi from Captain Rudder.
 "When sailin', osp'a an cap'n about. continued Captain Ballast; ''crew ar crew about; an cook an cook about"
 "Ev'rythtng turn an turn about" ae ceded the other two decidedly.
 "Ef ary one mut'nies he loses his shsr in Happy Thought an Whey. an snu harbors in some other port, tn rest O hi nat'ral lifs."
 "Far th' rest O his nat'ral life!" echoe v agitation.
 "Th' Happy Thought must cruise all ports whar thar's goin's on an sins in'."
 "Whar thar's goin's on an aipgin'." "An' neve= quit huntin' fur Whey Je sum-"
 "Never quit huntin'"
 "N' find th' college whar th' college halls from, 'n' sass tn csp'ing." "N' sass tn cspting." l "N' lick tn geologer."
 "L!ck tn geologer."
 "N' then git Viney"
 "Git Viney."
 "Psradventur' Whey aint got sudd'n' : here Captain Ballsst's voice failed him ft moment. "an' ennything happens to ol l on us, tother two's owners O tn schoon' | an Whey, share an' share alike" i, "Share an share, eksl in both " "Peradventur' Viney's 8 long, long tin a-gittin', an ennything happens ter tv 1 on us," Captain Ballast quite broke dow . ! at this point, and Captain Rudder toe up the thread of the compact. "Peradventur' two on us clips o1 . moorin' fur tn last port, then" "Then th' last capting," conolud' t Captain Tacker, as Captain Rudder four he could go no farther, "gits the hu | eAACO @ ouAAoSos ooou1 VII AopI |, Thought an kesps on huntin' an crui : in, till Whey Jetsum's brought safe f port!"
 "Amen!" said Captain Ballast dolefr i. ly. "Amen!" responded Captains Ru { der and Tacker.
 And not until that moment did th, | move their honest right hands from u ] | stove top, and then only to sign, vii - whee z;ng breath and labored movemen , the compact whose articles of faith at ! purpose were to bind them together to u 5 end.
 This done, they marched out of the Il
 tls hut; clambered into their yawl; rowe
 silently to their rocking craft, where ev
 rything was in instant readiness for u
 cruise; boarded the "Happy Thought
 loosed her single line aud made sail in
 quiet and orderly way as became the o
 mariners they were; and, with few gu
 dued farewells to Pembroke folk, whit
 were answered back heartily enough fro
 the shore, foated hopefully out at the tul
 of the tide towards 'Quoddy Head Lig
 and the seq.
 To these little old pilgrims of secor childhood and the sea, there was almo
 the reckless and joyous elation of yout
 in their cruise in the Happy Thought
 entirely aside from the real object of the quest. How they ate and "yarned 1t" day, and slept by day and night! Ho
 thelr stiffened joints relaxed and the war old blood of the good old days went boun feeble veins! With what delight they r ) called each islet, cove, headland, bay, u
 tide eddy and threatening reef, along Il
 matchless coast of Maine! How they halle
 passing steamers, ''spoke" far-off ship
 and bandied rugged sailors greetings
 crews of lugger, bark, brig, skiff and l
 boring dory or freighted smack An
 how they traced again and again in sac
 pulsiDg of the air, each film of ghost
 fog, each bearing of the constellations ar
 in every shade and coloring of the water
 is returned lover will gloat upon fainte
 lights in his lsdy's eyes and face, for tl
 olden hints of ocean moods they knew ar
 loved!
 They circled Grand Manan. They lo
 tered at ancient Hsehiasport. The
 threaded the islands of Narrsgnagus ba
 They cruised idly about Schoodic Poin ! They foated under the shadows of gri Mount Desert, recalling the mysteries l the ''Black Fog" coming to the great T
 sort of Bar Harbor as to 8 wondrous, il
 etant-built city of dream; and here the
 first awakened from their hey -dey idlir
 to a realization of the nature of the
 sesrcb; for surely there were tstngin's ar
 goin's on" where come thousands of riv
 parvenus with their dollars diamonds ar
 dawdling dallyings beside old Frenchman
 bay.
 : The vast carsvansaries, the splendid arc itscture, the dazzling shops, the bswilds
 ing casinos, the greet show drives vii
 their dog carts, cut t-unders, barouohe
 phsetons, chaises, tally-ho coaches, ar
 their silver and gold trimmings and crest
 the gorgeous yachts and launches, u