Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-14

"'GOu mustn't hear them words
again, SLY, SOS he Don't go to sleep
again tonight. Stay up, an Wen have
a hand q cards, an III the morning
YOU taECa Uuud Stiff dose q r0obarb.
Don't spoil ono o the best trips
wo'vc over had for the sake of a pen
nyworth q roobarb, scS he, plead
inglike
Mr.. Salmon, Sos the cap II, very
angry, ! shall not fly in the face o.
Providence III any such way ] shall
sleep aS usual, an as for Your roo
barb, Sos the Cap'n, working hissclf
up into II passion. 'damme, sir, Ill
Ill dos" the whole crow with it, from
tho fust mate to cabin boy, if ! have
any impcrtinenco
"WCll, Mr.. Salmon, who was get
ting very mad, stalks down below,
followed by the cap'n, an Mr.. Nc
MILAN was that excited that he even
started talking To me about it, Half
an hour afterwards the Cap'n comes
running up on deck again
MIR. Mcmillan, Sos he CXcitcdlv.
steer nor nor west until further or
doris. Two heard it again, an this
time it nearly split the drum o my
ear.
Tho ships course was altered, an
after the old man was satisfied he
went TO bed again, an directly artcr
eight bells went, an | was relieved.
l WASH t on deck when the fust mate
como up, but those that were said he
took it very calm. He didn't say n
word. He just sat down on the poop
an blew his checks out
AS soon as ever it was daylight
the skipper was on deck with his
glasses. He sent men up to the
masthead to keep a good lookout,
an he was dancing about like cat
on hot bricks all morning.
How long are we to go on this
course, SIR asks Mr.. Salmon, about
10 o'clock i'll tho morning.
I've not made up my mind,
sir Sos the cap'n very stately, but
l could see he was looking trihe
foolish.
AT II o'clock in the day the fust
mate got cough, an every time
he coughed it seemed to act upon
the skipper and made him madden
and madden Now that it was broad
daylight, Mr.. Mcmillan didn't seem
TO be SO creepy as the night before,
an | could see the Cap'n was only
waiting for the slightest excuse to
get into our proper course again.
That = nasty, bad cough O.
yours, Mr. Salmon, Sos he, cying
the mate very hard
Yes, II nasty, irritating sort O
cough, sir, scS the other; it wor-
ries mo great deal. It's this going
up nor'ard what's sticking in my
throat, SEES he.
Tho cap'n give n gulp an walked
off, but he comes back in minute,
an scS he:
Mr.. Salmon, should think it
great pity to lose valuable officer
like yourself even to do good to 9th
ere. There hard ring about that
cough | don like, an if you really
think it's going up this bit north,
why, / don't mind putting the ship
i'll her course again.
well, the mate thanked him
kindly, an he was just about to give
the orders when one O the men who
was at the masthead suddenly shouts
out:
Alloy! Small boat on the port
bow
The cap'n started as if he'd boon
shot an ran up the rigging with his
glasses. He came down again al
most directly, an his face was aglow
with pleasure an excitement.
Mr., Salmon, ses he, here's
small boat with lug sail in the
middle o tho Atlantic, with one
pore man lying in the bottom O
her. What do you think O. my
warming now?'
The mate didn't say anything at
first, but he took the glasses an had
"A look, an when he came back any
one could sec his opinion o the skip
per had gone up miles an miles
It's wonderful thing, sir, ses
he, an one I'll remember all my
life. It's evident that you've been
picked out as n instrument to do
this good work.
I'd never heard the fust mate
talk like that afore 'cept once, when
he fell overheard when he was full
an stuck in the Thames mud. He
said it was Providence, though, as
1t was low water, according to the
tide table, couldn' t see what Provi-
dcnce had to do with it myself He
was as excited rs anybody an took
the wheel himself an put the ships
head for the boat, an IA she came
closer our boat was Slung ont, an me
an the second mate an three other
men dropped into her an pulled 80
IA TO meet the other.
Never mind the boat; we don't
want to bother with her, shouts the
cap'n as we pulls away. Save the
man.
III say this for Mr.. Mcmillan,
he stccred that boat beautifully, an
W" ran alongside o the other as
clever rs possible. Two o us shipped
our oars an gripped her tight, an
then we saw that she was just an
ordinary boat, partly decked in,
with the head an shoulders O. a man
showing i'll the opening, fast asleep
an snoring like thunder.
'Puir chap, SEES Mr.. Mcmillan,