Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-26
JACK AND THE BARNARD.


hanging well down oycg,thc hack of
his neck was sitting astridc the string
: piece Of the Old Slip pier watching a
gang Of men discharrrg cargo Of
pineapples from neat little three
, masted schooner. II was busy and.
ON the whole, a cheerful scene, for the
men were not only hard at work hoist
ing and sorting the fruit, but they were
at frequent intervals actively engaged
in heading of half-dozen laughing
boys who were bent on getting good
pineapple, in place Of the rejected ones
to which they were welcome But the
old salt frowned and puffed vigorously
at his pipe while he watched the scene,
and 50 attracted the attention Of
sitter Of rumors, who happened along.
II say, Jack, you seem to have some
thing unpleasant on your mind" said
the sitter, land that isn't right. How
would a change Of tobaccod do as med
icine, under the circumstance? and
the sitter offered the old salt cigar.
"Thank'ee, sonny" said Jack, as the
crinkles deepened about his eyes and
the droop in the corners Of his mouth
became somewhat less marked.
''Thank'ee was trife under the
weather, an it's all along O seein' them
ere pineapples. Never heered Of a
ship O that name, did ye, sonny"
what, Pineapple? No."
THAT'S what thought, 1t was afore
your time by nigh hard to 20 year that
the gallusest packets atwixt Liverpool
an New York was in the tropical line,
which they all had names like Pine
apple an Lemon an Orange an
Banana. Huh! In them days was
Jest CROWN the first hair on my face
an thinkin' was some pumpkins fer
looks, but the way got the starch took
outen me when ! shipped into the Pine
apple out o Liverpool SO as could be
in the same ship along with a right
pretty barmaid as I'd made the ac-
quaintance OF some time afore an what
had determined to emigrate in hopes
of betterln' of hersef-huh! Say, som
ny, when think O that ere wage it's
moren | can say rightly whether or
not died an have been u animated
corpse ever since or not Leastwise, If
didn't die all hands I'M the crazy skip
per thought did, an they buried me
in q some'at uncommon fashion, or else
this ere wonderment O mine had ended
then an thar
ut was all along Of Dnk Sturgess,
bloomin' old crlmp, gettin the joe
to furnish u crew for the SNOWFALL
clipper, what was In the opposition
line. l didn't suspect anything when
he happens along an he says: 4 say,
jack, do ye want a ship? So ] says to
him in fashionable language:
"'An If did, do ye fancy I'd let
bloody old thief like yersclf draw the
advance for me-?
with that he laughed somethin' bois-
ferrous an give me wink an said there
was no pullin the wool over the eyes
a d Yankee, an then he says
"'Jack,' he says, you'll be after COM
in to my house yit, he says, so come
away an have drink
"An' there was me that young an
green | must needs go an have drinl.
with him. So we had drop of Scotch
an then he says:
"Jack, what ship have you signed
into? An Says Into the Pineapple
An he says; What ever did ye sign
into her for when the SNOWFALL II make
the passage in 20 days an give We
a months pay for it?' An Isnys; It's
none of yer business
with that he laughs most uproari-
Gus an gives me another wink, an says
to the bafmaid: Another Scotch, my
dear, an then he says to me, he says:
"'Jack, yer sorry dog. Don't |
know that Nell Blyeston ls sweet on yc,
Jack? An don't know that she's TO
sail in the Pineapple, jack? An fancy
Jack is sweet on Nell an is layin' his
course for to bring to alongside o Nell
when it's his watch below an she's
l.sittn' on the combin' OF the main
hatch.
"With that had TO acknowledge that :
was sweet on Nell, for was ticllled
10 hear that she was sweet on me,
which I'd had my doubts about, because
If the prime attentions the second mate
y the Pineapple was a payin' of her
was calculatln' that was as likely 1
/ lad as there was in the trade, but ! /
moved that women was powerful took !
With rank, and there the second mate /
lad the start Of me. ! reckon thai I
hief Of u crimp knowed about the sec {
nd mate, too, for he gives me another I
link and he says: let's have another a
o the decentralization Of all rivals, he u
avs, an when we'd had 1t we had one
0 the health OF the lass an another c
0 her brown eyes an another to some {