Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-02-10
"Wa-al, . he whispered. "there ain t

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a particle of sense in thatl'
Again he turned as if to walk away
and looked wildly round The same
voice seemed to have whispered in his
ear once more.
He hesitated no longer. Going up the
companion into the glory of the sunset,
he called to the seaman at the wheel:
Hi. you thar T.
"Sir?''
"Sing out to the mate want him. :"
In a few moments stout, red faced
man stepped up. He had no coat on, but
wore waistcoat cut low, showing a
large expanse of shirt front, in the CEN
ter of which sparkled what might have
been diamond He came forward fon-
ding long goatee whisker.
"D'you want me, Cap'n Cushmanf"
eyes. Put her round ON the other
tack and stand west by south. I"
Right answered Coleby (for he
was the owner of the Bible) and, turn
ing, he began to shout out his orders to
bout ship!"
Say, Coleby, your Tcstament's lay
in around; YOU d best take it. = And
Captain Cushman handed him the book,
as though glad to be rid of such an un-
reliable guide.
Then as the men began to tumble
along to their stations he again descend
ed TO the saloon. softly whistling 'sThe
Arkansas Traveller. He began to solilo-
quize:
''Now am / burned fool or not? Any
how, few hours on west by sou
course won't do us power Of harm
Wonder what Coleby thought? I'll have
him ON a string directly. Guess if /
hear any more of them voices shall
begin to think I've got the jumps. That
Testament warn t worth much Wom-
en- with wind in their wingsp guess a
mite more in our wings wouldn't hurt
u.s. It's powerful near calm.
On deck the tramp of feet and the
yelling of the men told him that the
maneuver he had ordered was being
performed.
Again he went on deck The ship was
Ground, !" and her head lay to the point
given.
"I'll keep her SO till daylight muir
INJURED the skipper
The mate stepped up and reported
that the command had been executed.
There was twinkle in Captain Cush-
mans eye as he answered, Very goodl"
He was amused at,the puzzled look in
the mates face Dawn was long COM
ing. For many hours the captain of the
Paul Revere had paced the deck, to the
increasing wonder of Mr. Coleby
At the first gray streak of light he
had given one short order:
"Send man on the topsail yard and
let him keep smart lookout .
Presently as the day came on and the
horizon crept into view he stepped up
to the mate.
tSay, Coleby, guess you are won
dering whar I'm bound, ehs Wa-al, I'm
seekin New Jerusalem. .
fsIt don't make mite of difference
to me, Cap'n Cushman, = retorted Cole
by. II didn't care if you was bound
to-
''On deck tharp'
A voice high above them stopped the
statement Of Coleby's supposititious
port, which was possibly in warmer
and less serene cline than that of his
commander.
"Lo'' cried Coleby, looking aloft
'Thar's scmethin afioat away down
on the lee bow"
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"By the gee hokeyl'' he shouted.
Then, "What do you make of it?'' he
yelled up to the lookout
81 can't rightly say. Might be dead
whale or boat. Tain t such mighty
big thing anyhow
Captain Cushman sprawled spiderlike
up the ratlines and, having gained the
mizzen top, directed his spyglass to the
distant object.
"By thunder, Coleby, thar's a boatl"
In half an hour two rescued men were
being tended as carefully as though by
women fingers In the terror of the
past night the other had crossed the
river of death
Itwas many hours before the younger
of the two could speak. Then Captain
Cushman interviewed him.
"Guess we've met once before 2
Thought - your-face--wa was-fa-
miliar, sir. .
'.Aboard this packet?"
"No. have never been aboard here. !"
Guess you have, though. and your
God sent You. 2
The young fellow stared
"Could you walk into my sal-oon?"
said the captain persuasively
II think SO.
"Come right away, then.'
They entered. Immediately the young
fellows eyes showed recognition of his
Surroundings.
Yes, . he said, 81 was here-whenf
I thought there was a book on that ia
BILE, and yes, you were lying there
smoking must have dreamed it. =
Mary dream, said Captain Cush-
man solemnly. London Answers.