The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
SAILING IN A WATERsPoUT.
One of the Old Sailors COpper-BOt-
toned Tales of Absolute Fact.
w j Henderson in Harper's Young Peo-

toned Tales of Absolute Fact.
W. ]. Henderson in Harper's Young Peo-
pie.
The Old Sailor sat on the end Of the
pier, but he was restless and i'll at ease.
He looked often at the southwestern sky,
where heavy blue-black clouds were
massing themselves in low and writhing
shapes. He shook his head solemnly,
rose to his feet and walked nervously
up and down.
This are the VERY identical kind O.
day it were," he muttered, IAN eff we
don't see some on 'em to-day, wy, I'm
a bloomin' marine, that's wot."
"See some of what?" inquired a voice
behind him; and, turning, he saw the
two boys.
"Waal, waal, waal!' he exclaimed; you
two infants is a-gettin' most as weather
wise as tree-frogs."
This exclamation was not unnatural,
for the two boys were clad in long sea-
boots oilskins and sou'westers.
eye look like a pair O. sunfiowers," said
the Old Sailor, with admiration in his
tone, IAN 1 reckon We don't worry much
about the rain wot are a-comin.'
mo; 1 guess we will not get wet" said
Henry. laughing.
But s'posin'-now, mind, I don't go fur
to say it'll happen-but sposin' we was
to go fur to come fur to git carried up
aloft."
what ever do you mean?" asked
George.
Look down yonder-quickr' exclaimed
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horizon.
The boys saw an immense blue-black
cloud, from which hung down a great
dark cone A similar cone point upward,
rose from the sea, and the two were join
ed by a slender, wavering black column.
"Oh. what is it?" cried George.
81 know" exclaimed Henry. IT'S
waterspout."
'It's going out to sea-" calculated
George.
VERY good; VERY good, indeed" said
the Old Sailor, sagely; sit sartainly are
a-goin' out to sea. Cos wy, it can't so
on land, COS it are waterspout an not
a landspout, witch the same there ail't
none, 'ceptin' them on the sides O. houses
fur rain to go down, an them mostly
leaks"
The three stood and watched the dread
ed monster of the sea-a rare sight indeed
near shore-until it passed out of sight
II are SOilet SdlQ liG Olu odllOT, IN
it amt took nothin' with it 'ceptin' wind
an water"
''Do they ever take anything else with
them?' asked George.
(Which the same they do" answered the
Old Sailor; ian wot they takes amt
never come back but onct, as 1 knows
on. 1 knowed we'd see some on 'em to-
day; cos wy, this are the kind O. day wot
breeds EN-, an it are the VERY identical
kind o. day wot it all happened on
SO saying the Old Sailor sat down on
the end of the pier and the boys seated
themselves beside him.
This ere yarn wot I'm goin' to tell
ye," began the Old Sailor, "are a most
ser Gus tale. an l hopes as how't won
90 fur to give We no nightmare. were
fust mate o. the barkentine Herrin' Bones
bound from Rio Janeiro to New York She
were wail-sided hooker, with double to-
gallants an VERY disrepitable habit
O. goin' to leeward."
what was her cargoY asked George
II alters tells ye wot the cargo were.
my son, but this ere vessel didn't have no
cargo; she We're fyin' light. an preehaps
twould "a bin better Of she'd had more
ballast aboard. Her cap'n were Gawge
w Smoke. an her second mate were a
ong-legged Teller from New ORLEANS nam
cd Pierre Crust. an a VERY crusty Pierre
he We're too. WAL. to git right down TO
the business part o this ere yarn wot no
a-tellin ye, I'll say that we didn't have
nothin' but fair weather an good to'-gal-
liant breeZes till we got right up atwixt
ST. Thomas an Bermooda, an then IL
rained an blOwed squalls an thunder
storms fur two days an nights all round
the compass. Capn Gawge w. Smoke
sen he 70 me, sen he, 1t amt no nttin'
weather fur 10 be buggaluggin' round
here. An SEE ! to he, SEE !. II amt. but
here we be, an we can't fly away SEE J.
Just like that. him bein' cap'n an me first
mate, an the barkentine boin' the Horrln
Bones. But ef I'd knowed wot were n
coming I'd never said nothin'.
WAL. them squalls an thunder storms
kop a-gcttln' thicker an blacker, till by