The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-11-30

a belayin pin iii his hand, anorttn like
d porpoise why don't ye speak 9
ship afore 20 hoard hers' Gays hc, cusss
in awful, and then he threw up his
hands and dropped the pin,
nMy God, forgive mel heHays, TITS
Bill Marlin !"
eWhat ef tisg' says Bill, gettin On
his pins, mighty sore and put ont. n What
sort Of 4 d----d blue nosed sea lawyer
Of a-walhin ghost be you anyway TO
shoot up out Of q wreck and nigh skeer
the life out 81 two honest sailormen often
raft, and them swamped and staryins
I'm fo'oaHtle cat stuck in Tar Ct !
didn't think better q you, Lige Haws
kins, /" and with that they fell a-foul 81
each other, waltzin all over tho deck,
and while they was at 1t the Kanaker
sailoTman walked his black legs out Of
the oompanionway and began to dance
around the two.
To-day d the day, says Bill, punehin
Liga iii the chest and gettin the Boston
newspaper out of his oilalsins. There's
the governors proclamation, Read "
stWell, Tim d-dlf says Lige, leerin
at ii upside down,
After Bill shook hands with the Kama
sor man from the guano ship he intro
duced me all round and explained To
Hawkins how we had left the Nancy
and how we had refused 10 80 on board
the ship for Liverpool the night before.
by that time the sun was lightin up
Hawkins bald head, and he a-gapin at
Bill, with his breeohes in his hand,
which the nigger had brought to him
'tNow, says Bill, "what be you lay
in here for, Lige Hawkins, and what's
become Of the skipper and the crew of
the LightfootsN
aWhat am ! layin here ferP'' says
Hawkins. Tim a-waitin fen ship into
Boston Tho old man aud the rest g the
hands went aboard bark bound into
Bristol two weeks ago, and wanted me
to go along with them, bat ! told 'em
| I'D sec 'em d--d first, heyin Q date
with shipmet IN New Bedford pll the
'Meriean coast
.,ait into yer togs, says Bill.
t'We'ye got d chest full Of plumdud and
grog aboard the raft.
The Lightfo0t was loaded with wool
aud some light merchandise, and when
the crew left her Hawkins said the sea
was 50 rough tho skipper expected her 70
swamp, and it was all they could do to
GET OH the men, There was no lack Of
provisions and stores on board and the
! Kanaker man and | turned In and did
4 the cookin, and Bill nailed che govern
or,s proclamation To the mizzenmast
business ii business, says Bill
| whats the hlonmin cargo worth,
LigaF
A "Nothin where She lays says Haw'
kins, sorreyful. ''If we had her into
port, she'd be good for si00i 900. It's 9
pity, Bill, 81 tis, but there ain \ q Yara
az canvas onto Ter
4 aThat MD be Ssb, 00a apiece, allpWin
four lays into 'er share and share I says
Bill.
"Waal, I says Hawkirs what Of lts'
@Nothin, sAys Bill, eanly i'Ys
brought along two nainsails and yel
farld sticks.
And with that the two Vent aoWf
the fore chains onto the raft
by dinner time they had gpE new
set az sails onto tile mizzenmazt, hoist
81 tic chest Oh board aad laid thel
plans for riggin hight aanvas tpfWars
md talgin tlli prixe into New feEk, NJ
of which We aftfrwara did
When Na Sat hussa ~ the apTeaa q
deck, besidas The plgufah and ~
/ gEpg, we bad soup and sillt lHils aiii
llarnlalada ana ea9fee aAd Hll aale.
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