The Forrest City times., 1896-07-31
lhkEoI CITY, ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 81, 1885,

o the first watch that night when [
wakes up an finds the wind had fell
an the dory was right under the bows
of a Yankee clipper what was soakin'
along with steerage way on an no more,
an the lookouts of her had their backs
ag'in the rails an there was voices
aboard as was indicatin' the presence o
ladies what was enjoyin' of themselves;
likewise so was others.
With that turns to with an oar an
sculls the dory to meet her an takes a
turn with the dory's painter around her
dolphin strikes an climbs up to the
knightheads, an what do we think-I
seen it was the bloomin' old Pineapple
what I'd shipped into an was shang.
haied out of.
Lord, sonny, why don't We ask ma
what man thinks of when he's been
adrift in dory an finds himself climb
in on to the one ship what's on the high
seas that he's lookin' for? I'll tell We,
anyhow. 1 was thinkin' what lot Of
fun I'd have with that ere second mate
if / found him ashinin' of himself
around Nell.
but sonny. this ere is world o.
disappointments, as I've often heered
the dominic remark. l climb over the
forecastle deck without ever anybody
a-payin' any attention to me, so I
walks aft, like 7 was one o the crew, an
keeps my eyes peeled for the water
butt, seein' I'd been without drink
for an uncommon time. But jist as I
clapped my eyes on it what should l
hear but gurglin' sort of chuckle
what I'd heered many time afore, an
knowed it was Nell's. / didn't want no
drink right then, not much; but afore
l could locate that ere gurgle rightly,
because of the shadder o. the foresail,
/ heered her sayin':
"I say, matte, you forgot to tell
whatever become O. that Yankee boy
Jack what l was tellin' of We was SO
sweet on me he was for givin' me all
of his advance from the Pineapple?' p an
then l heered that ere measly second
mate replyin':
Him? Oh, poor devil, was lookin'
for him afore we hauled outen the
dock, an l see that ere Crimp Dink
Sturgess, an he said the kid had got
roarin' drunk an tackled the bobbies
most ferocious, so that one o. them in
defendin' o. the majesty o the law
thumped him overheard, an they was
a-draggin' o. the docl at that 'ere min
ute for to find the corpse
sonny, that ere lie was more'n l
could stand. I'd located 'em by that
time, an. steppin' out o. the shadder
where l could see them an they could
see me, l says, very quiet like an a.
holdin' in o my temper till was ready
to bust, 1 says:
"'Ye're liar l says. ] may ha'
been dead, but I'm resurrected sn' able
to knock seven bells outen any second
mate as ever chawed plug says.
"Lordy bless ye, ye should ha' heered
Nell screech with thinkin' ! was ghost,
and the second mate not bit better.
An We should ha' seen me takin' advan-
tage of my opportunities to give that
ere cuss such a lickin' as never he'd
been shipmates with. Vow ! was
doin' of him up fashionable ="
''Hooray!" said the sitter. THAT
was lark, sure enough. i don't see
why you should be growing about
hard luck on the Pineapple after sucn
luck as that"
'Ye don't, hey? guess We don't know
much about natur' as it be to deyelop
of itself in the bosoms of female women,
an especially barmaids. Why, / was
just a-finishin' of the polishin' O. that
ere face o. his'n when Nell somehow
took it all in that / wasn't no ghost
arter all, and with that she gathers a
belayin' pin from the pinrail an lays
it on my head like she was usin'
bungstarter, an tells me shell. Farm
me not to interrupt the polite conver-
sation o. my betters less they invited
me to first. UNI never see such a
love-sick couple as they was arter that,
an when we'd reached port they was
married, an opened a boardin' house
with money what she'd saved.
'As l was sayin' to ye, sonny. was
a trife under the weather, an it's all
along o seein' them ere pineapples. -
n. Y. Sun.