The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-12-03
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Well, you can read the name on th,
Hghtship when you're used to it--a
matter of -four mile. can't say nc
more (Hands over the telescope. !
Can't read It. Oh, you soon would with
a little praetica Takes the telescope
and points IL to the More llghtship }
Why, it's as plain as anythingl No
A-R-EI (Wunders why the stranger
departs 80 abrIptlyD
Mr.. Ampstead donkey proprietor)
-Wot do think about the sea2 Well,
If 1 tell yer strife, guynor, think it's
bloomin' nuisance, an I wish there
wasn't none. People seem to think
they must go messin' abart all day ON
the bloomin' sand, or maxim their
selves sick in them bloomin' boats,
when they're darn ere. 'Ere's IL han
tmals-just look at 'eml-all saddlsd
an ready, an standin hide. Uot for
Because of the bloomin' sea. If was
on the bloomiu' cath, where there
wasn't no bloomin' water, all them
ere bloomin' people wot's wastin'
their bloomin' time over the bloomin'
sea would be ridin' my bloomin' dom
keys, an putin few bloomIn' COD
pers in my bloomin' pockets!
Why do ! come ere? Well bloke
must go somewhere; an the 'eath's
that crowded there amt 'arf chanse.
An the missus likes the seaside. All
women is contrary! An there's art
a chanse when it's low tide. Donkey,
miss? Right yer arel
Mr.. F,ightv-The seas all right.
when you understand If. I don't. 1t
served me a nasty trick last week
me and the Larldn girls Tell you
about It? Well, on the Q, T., you 5uow2
1t was like this Flo, and Mollie Lark
in-I dare say you know them2 Mol
lh take you over and introduce you
tomorrow, Well they came over
from L1yham one afternoon, and
wanted me to take them out in boat.
l wanted to take half of them-one at
q time-but they wouldn't; so | took
them both, In little boat that I hired
from old Salt, with a little brown sail.
1 don't know much about sailing, but
1t looked simple enough, You put up
the sail, don't you know, and the wind
blows you along. It blew US along for
about three hours and when We had
eaten all there was to eat, and got
right out in the channel, and were sea
sick, we thought we'd go back So
put the rudder over, but the con
founded boat wouldn't 60 the reverse
way. They tell me it depends upon
the direction of the wind, or some
thingl Anyhow, the wretched boat
would sail in any direction but home,
when she wasn't standing still, with
the sails Tapping in the wind,
The girls said we'd better row; so 1
put down the sail. and rowed. Then
they had turn. Then had another
turn. Then they had one more, Then
they said they had had enough, and !
must do the rest. Five hours tie rest
was Rowing a sailing boat isn't like
pulling an outrigger, let me tell you
About II o'clock, we got near the land,
the Royal Oak, about five
miles from the town. I couldn't pull
another stroke, so We resolved to land.
1t was low water, and we ran on the
mud flats, about a couple of hundred
yards from the beach and ! said I'd
carry the girls ashore. First, I took
Mollie. 1t was very dark. and as soon
as we got little way from the boat,
Flo got frightened, and commenced to
cry aloud-very loud! She kept it up
all the time was gone, which was
about 20 minutes, because was walk, |
ing ankle deep In slippery mud, and |
had to go slowly. When I left Mollie |
IN the beach, she cried very loud also. |
There might be robbers, or COWS, or
black beetles along the beach and |
cliffs, she said. won't tell you what |
said. 1t wasn't half so bad as what |
thought and didn't sayl
Well got back to the boat, pretty
we'll done up, and took Flo on my back,
She's tall and stout--about 10 stone!
staggered along with her somehow |
,iI we had gone about halfway. Then
slipped on some muddy seaweed and
iown we both went. You couldn't see
is for mud. She said some very nasty
,hings. I won't repeat them, because
he wrote and apologized next day, and
aid had been very kind indeed. But
+ I had said what I felt-well,
houldn't have been friendly with the
laFkin girls any morel
We got to the town about one in the
OF course, they couldn't go
ome till the morning. The last train
caves at nine. So had to take them
o my place. The mater has barely
poken TO me since. Their father came
yer next morning, and said ought to
harry them. But they couldn't agree
'hich. was glad there were two.
MS we'll that ends Welt Isitl Idon't
now what you call ending well, hut I
now the boat went out to sea next
de, and was never found again. Five
ouuds ten had TO pay for my trip on
he sea. Know better next time?
mph! Thereu be no next time for
Ie!-St. Pauls