The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19

like 1t were down yonder leetle while
ago. An Cap'n Gawge w. Smoke he al
lowed that we'd best stand by fur water
spouts. Sure huff, 'twere jess about six
bells in the forenoon watch o second day
O. this ere cantankerous weather Wen
the lookout sung out, 'Waterspout on
the weather bow Fore we had time to
look at 1t another hand sighted one on the
lee bow, an some one else seed one on the
weather quarter. In less'n five minutes
we sighted seven on 'em to win'ard, an
six to the leeN ard, maxim thirteen, witch
the same are very unluck number.
WAL, we clapped on a lettle more sail,
hopin fur to run out o. this ere conven-
ton O. water-spouts. But, bless ye! We
might as well "a tried to git away from
express train by rdnnin' down the track
ahead OF. They was comm down on us
a a powerful gait. Wen the biggest one
were about half a mile away We could see
it whirlin' round an round like a big wheel
an it roared like Niagara Falls, which the
same We amt never seed, but We see pic
lures of 'em in your geoggerfy. Pierre
| Crust, our second mate, he got so skeered
| he jess went an hid his head under a deck
| bucket Cap'n Gawge w. Smoke he give
| orders to clew up the to'-gallants, SOS to
stop the vessel, hoping that the spout d
pass ahead on us. But, bless ye! the
bloomin, bleedin', blasted thing turned
out of its course, an KEEP a-comin' right
| fur us.
"'we're bound fur Davy Joness locker
SEE Cap'n Gawge w. Smoke, SEE he. 1T
are ag-goin' to break right on top O. US
Very good, sir SEE I. Akin your par
mission, I'll put on a life-preserver.'
"Twon't do We no good SEE he. Wen
she breaks on us she'll drive US 2O-fathom
| down. Here it comes! Stan by, all
hands, to go under hatches.'
"Roarin' like a thunderstorm, an
loomin' over us like a iceberg turned black,
| the water-spout come to the barkentine.
| We all shut our eyes, an held our breath,
an waited to be buried under million
tons o. water. But may I never live to
see lobscouse agin eff the bloomin' thing
! busted at all We felt the ship gave a
lurch an a jump, an then she started off
at the rate a 80 knots an hour
'Wot are it?' yelled the capn.
The water-spout! yelis back. She's
| picked us upr" ~
The Old Sailer pauzed to gaze around
| the horizon, and the two boys gazed at
| one another in breathless amazement. In
a moment their remarkable friend re-
sumed his narrative.
at weren't no sort o. pickle fur decent
| old barkentlne to be in, an the Herrin'
| Bones knowed it, but there she were. She
| were a-sailin round and round like
chicken with it's head off. Her keel were
| in the water o. the spout, an her masts
were a-stickin' out sideways like tooth
| picks out O. old Bill Smorkey's mouth
| arter dinner. wy, blow me fur farmer
| eff l don't b'lieve she'd fell off the bloom
| in thing sideways eff it hadn't bin tibet
| the wind wot the spout made a-goin
round filled the sail she had spread, an
| so KEEP her up.
'Clew up the foretopsp hollered Pierre
| Crust.
Let it alone SEE Capn Gawge w
| Smoke. SEE he. Dye want to fall off this
ere marine buzz-saw an git drownded?
Stop the ship; we're out O. our course
! SEE Tobias Kitten, the carpenter, witch
| the same he ort to bin a tailor cos wy,
! he didn't know no more about ship nor
a feller wot sits cross-legged onto ia
| bic an mends pants fur Twin
" out O. our course! seq the capn, SEE
he. 1 wish the bloomin water-spout
were out OF
"All hands was a-layin' fiat on deck,
with our feet agin' the lee rail-leasta-
ways it ort to bin the lee rail, eos II were
| the one wot were down, but it weren't,
COS the wind were BLOWN up, an things
were ginerally goin' back end fust, like
Chinese junk in head-sea.
Dye think she'd rite herself eff we cut
away the masts? Cap'n Gawge w. Smoke
| SEE, SEE he to me.
'Mebbe she would SEE to he; but eff
she did we'd have water on top o. us, an
| then good-by.'
Then Pm blowed eff l know wot to do
with her. SEE he to me. SEE he. An me
not KNOWN wot to say back. ] didn't say
nothin', but hung on with both hands.
oh, my! oh, my! SEE Pierre Crust;
were a-goin' up this ere dreadful thing.
| Look down.
"An sure huff, wen l looked over the
side / seed a ship away down below us on
the sea, an her capn were a-lookin' at us
! through a telescup. he were.
Salt me down fur mackerel,' SEE
! n % I
that any ship O. mine would go fur to turn
| herself into a bdloomin' balloonr
IAN the time we was a-sailin' round an
round the spoute like it was corkscrew
worked by steam, an we was a-goin' up
an up.
81 wonder es there's water nun up
there to float the old hooker?' SEE Pierre
| Crust.
WAL SEE Capt Gawge w. Smoke,
she can't go aground in the clouds, any
how. an there Amt no rocks either
WAL SEE / to he, SEE /, were dye
think she will go?'
AN he jess looks at me fur a minute,
an then SEE he, 'Preehaps you'd like TO
get out a chart an fgger out yer position.
SEE he to me, him bein cap'n an me fust
mate.
Gan this time the Herrin' Bones were
a-sailin around an around the blooming
| waterspout an goin' up an up. Now
| you know, COS you Jess seed a VERY short
time ago, that them waterspouts widens
out AT the top till they just spread right
| out into fiat clouds. WAL, we all COM
menced fur to wonder wotd happen 10
us ef the Herrn' Bones KEEP on a-goln'
up. Putty soon she beginned fur TO lean
over so that her deck weren't no safe
| place TO stay on. an then Capn Gawge
w. Smoke he orders all hans fur to 10
| flow.
Might as well 20 to the clouds COM
| ftable.' ser he We all went blow an
| shut all the matches. Then there weren't
| nothin' to do 'ceptn' fur to wait develop
ments. as the old hen said en- she sot
down on the ducks egg Bymeby the
| bark were hove over so fur that we was
all a-settin' on her side. with the decks
( risin up like walls on both sides of Us.