Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-07

rlTaSnr.-
sailor sic SIS. What's your nance
'Bil Suir<s. miss. Il yer please. 7 eos. I
with nv knees s-shakins a. Il they was
spvune.
Wen. Bll.' she So. you look 20 me 90 /
% the kinic>t carted and the boncstcst !
man aboard. ard 7 want sou % 90 ne Ca 4
vor rs ] can never repay. VII Vcu -
I willy answers. serious. just as When ]
they take 'em for better or wuss And whom /
size smiled and showed cr pretty teeth and I
'cr eyes shonc IKE melted stars I Thought ]
! should ha' bad % back on the dcck-'ousc I
for support.
Now. alor.' she Sos. I'm s-soirr q /
take YOU into uv confidence. First ~ aii. 7 /
uust tell ycu ] IN in love I was almost /
s-fsllns OF my knees % tel 'cr knowcd
IT, Vow. car Q sou guess with whom, Why.
~ course. with YOUR dear. good skipper,
But. Oh. dear. he . 81 horribly backward
ne won't even look a; me. lie knows
came here on purpose GO re near him and %
talk 90 him. a7i SO Bow BE neg ecte me ard
keeps out ~ my way, Oh. sailor. am I So
horrd ard uE'y."
Il told or a. wei a. could az ! didn';
thirS tire o.d man reed take on 80. 'cos she
vcs-'t 'srf bad 90 look a.. On the corfrary.
she was abou; a. pretty pioter a. you'd sec
in O months cruise.
Wen. sailor shc went o.. what 10 you
think I've determined 90 dos believe he
Won't have anything O. DO with me simply
because IN "a woman. and some silly people
think a woman can 90 nothing hut receive
admiration. Nov. 3 could show ban THAI
I an brave ard strong ard can thirk and
act Tor ulyse.i perhaps he would learn io love
me g ] want VOC 20 help me. vast You
20 fal overheard. and Jet nc jump after
you.
80 we arranged il that next 6av. i the sea
was smooth and the weather fnc II spr-r-
kie few Eehuoys overheard and accidental
ir tumhle among EN-. Then. with e CRY as
al bring the skipper or deck. the rai would
Dive after me. and we'd 60 through a sorter
4fe-saving Performance. and u that didn't
make the old man fa'i on or neck and ask q
BE forg. ven-ve.l. then we'd ave 10 throw
I'm N next, ard iet 'er ave q try AZ saving
i'm
Wen. next day was fine. with just a biz
81 breeze a. kept the bark steady under
az sail. and az we were only making about
four knots an hour. ! rcckoncd tins vas the
time Tor the frai scene 50 I whist,cd 20
the ga 20 set ready. and then cot odd 20
ali the buoys I could hnd and pitched 'em
astern when nobody wasn't looking. Next !
ippel % my boots and droppod quietly over
the side
''Wlen looked up -eed the eal a-looiirr
a. y she vas a-uouderng 'ow cold il wa
I And then al % q sudden sie give gel. and
| Owed be- and come swimming toward me ike
a FISH.
Lor. the connection there was on board
when they heard that yeiii FIRST. up come
/ the skipper from below Tie looked astern
/ ard saw the girl in the water. Of went Is
coat. and splash e came -fer 'er. Then ]
seed the cook rush cut 81 the galley. +
( took in the situation. and ,he next mcrlont
I e was taking a header from the stern Two
I semen "a 'ad card the cry next tumb'cd
over and before ] 'ad time 20 'oIler cut and
/ tel EN- i ives al right the other two sea
meu and the boy wa a bobbiug about IN the
water
by this time the sal 'ad got 70 me. and we
was each Of as 'snging 70 a bloy- Away IL
tie wake q the bark we could zee seven
/ 'eads a-bobbing about, and one BY one they
came up 20 u and coliared old q buoy
7 % wait Tor What was going 20 'apnen next
And az the time that harmed bark was
standing away under fuil sail a. II nothing
i I'D 'appenec-
Suddenly the skipper looked round and
sid something as didn't seem 70 just 81
the occasion.
'Who's left IN charge Of that barb. ?" be
yelled
Nobody Answered. and then e looked
rornd aser and counted Us al a. we was
s5obbiE9 about together. r counted Is
twice, and then he swore egen.
How dare you .eave the ship without ny
orcersf he shouted Don't you see that
there isn't nan on the bark. ard that
we're .efi here ike fock Of fool " hile she
krfts or 20 the nearest lee-shcres
->orne-Ddy begu1 20 iszie, and the skip
Per swcre as ed blow or - brains II e
found cut who IL vas. TIE gal sid i was
FER, and sure enough abe vas Laughing away
a. i % was the iesi fun IN tie world, While
ihere was ihe crew q the Liza Jane
G-0ObDIIc about "a the water. while our ship
Eas a-saiAns steadily away By 'erself, with
out an 10 guide 'er from the cruel rocks.
IL vas an agfri moment for me, a. ad ban
the unwilling esnac Of i eli. ard II seemed a.
Il tie utter uselessuess q women was a feet.
after az.
But there Was the gal. stiN smiling end
when q tfasap steamer picked "a ny and 80
T1ed as g. Plymouth sbe wanted the sk,rper
- report us 20 tho authorities a. q l.cnic
party a. 'sd got out 81 her depth. Bui the
cd man wa Wild titb the loss q - .iip.
and e couldn't DO nothing but stamp aboat
and threaten % xii ~ al.
And When the skipper got over II and
Gene 20 look upcn tkines In the right r,irit
be sortsr veered rcuE6 % the conciusion that
a eosnforteble 'crne and good looking wife
wasn't ssch pocy eeGsolstien after a. No
moro was che fifty pornds eerh o. "a s,t
fes ear shkss. ether "-csissso TInssFsr-