The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-14
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thinking about her constant
Wei. iooh'co here" spoke up Billy.
our little agreement holds. don't it?-
that Is. II ever We get out OF this here
mess. and Selma hasn't some aud taken
husband. Play fair. leave il TO the
maid. and let the best man win, that's
what we shook hands over"
True. true" says Abe: but after a BIT
he asks rather shy-like; And s'posin'
you're the lucky one. how do'ee reckon
you're going 20 maintain her.
why. on seaman'e wages. I suppose
or else az the shoc-mending. / learnt a
little % that trade ia prison a. you
dknow."
We'll" says Ado Il was recionin' 20
SET up school and teach navigation. Back
In Ardcvora I can make between seventy
and eighty pounds year az that game
easy"
Bosistow scratched his head you've
been making the most Of your time Now
I've been busy IN my way, too. but seem
In to mo the only trade I've learned u
prison breakin'. Not much 10 keep wife
on as you say. sim. a bargains bar
gain"
20. sutt'niy." says Abe. that IS II your
conscience allows it,
Il reckon IN risk that" answered BIZ
~. and no moro passed.
that the news reached them that Bona
party had gone scat. aud they marched to
the river opposite bordeaux and were taxi
en- on 70 the Suffolk transport IN charge
Of the English rcdconts. On Monday. May
.. at $50 IN the afternoon. the suffolk
sighted land. making ont 81. Michael
mount. and fetching up 60 Mouaehole ISL
and the captain hailed ma-kercl boat
and came alongside 90 take ashore some
officers with dispatches
Abe Cummins aud Billy Bosistow were
both on deck YOU may be sure. watching
the boat as tho fishermen brought her
alongside. Not word had been said be
tween them on the matter that lay closest
to their minds. but while they waited BIZ
~ fetched a look Of the boat and another
al Abe. THE best man wins he said
TO himself. and edged away toward the
ladder.
The breeze. as said. was a fresh one.
with n sea in the bay that kept the SUI
folk rolling like porpoise. y heavier
lureh than ordinary sent her main chan-
nels grinding down on the mack"rel boat
eunwalc. smashing her upper strakes ana
snrlnriuv her mlzzcumast as she recover
ed herself
'.Be dashed" said one OF the officers.
az I trust myself In boat thath X"
down under as between this and land
Tho rest seemed to be OF his mind. TOO.
nut Rnly. being quick as well as eager.
saw in a moment that the damaken
strakes would be 20 windward on the
reach into Mousehole. and out OF harm
way. and also that her mainsail a'one
would do tho sob easy. SO just as she zen
OF and her crew ran aft TO get the mizzen
lng slowed he took a run past the ofhcer
ara Jumped aboard. with two fellows close
on hts heeis-ouc Fenzance feho"
whose name I've forgot. and the toiher
chan from Ludgvan. Harry Cornish Dy
name. reckon tho sight OF the OLD SHORES
iust made them mazed as sheep ana
IKE sheen they followed his icad. The
officers ran TO stop any more from COPY
ing such fo3lishness. and " they hadh
belive the boat would have been swamp
ed there and then. As twas Hhe Iehois'-
81 her big lug and away-to-go for Mouse
hole the three messengers sitting down 10
leeward with their sterns In the water
20 help keep the damaged side above mis-
chief
So ON Mousehoe quay these three step
u..a ashore. and the frat man TO shake
hands with them was Capt. Josiah Penny
~ the Perseverance trading ketch, VINO
mad them into his cabin for glasses round
OF rum. The Penzance fellow went MS
way. but Billy ard Cornish stayed ana
had more rum. "a on the quay they
found crowd waiting for them. ana
r,anv with questions 20 ask about absent
friends. so that from Mouseho.e TO Pen
zance Il was a regular procession. Ana
then they had TO go 20 the hotel ana ten
The whole story over again. Ana al TINS
meant more rum. Of course.
II was IN the evening. and day clos
ing in. before they took the road again.
Blly had fallen ipto a bo1sifui mood, ana
felt his heart 20 warm towards cornish
that nothing would do but they must
,ramp Il together as far as Nancledfa'
which was a goodish bit out OF Cornish
road TO I,udgvan. BY the time they reach
"A Nancledrea, Bully was shedding tears
and begging Cornish TO come along 70
Ardevora. ''IH make a man Of ZEE there.
he promised: Il will sure 'nough! But
Cornish weighed the offer. and decided
mat his mother at I.udgyan would be go
ins- 20 bed before long. SO coming 20 a
mouse with red blinds and lights within
they determined TO have drink before
parting. a.,
In the taproom they found a dozen TEL
lows or so drinking their beer ana smoh-
log solemn, and an ups'anahs woman .i,,. !"
a black gown attending on them. HUI
In - says one Of tho men looking up.
"xybat's this? Gcezy- danccrsf"
.f'u coon tell 'ee about Geezy~ian-
Gers 4" avs Billy. Here Missus-a rot
~ ale ali round. and let 'em drink 10
two Cornish boys homo from festerin
IN French war prisons, while they We
a'been d!ggin' taties!'
Tbore was no resisting a sooiable oncr
nxe thls. and IN two twos, as you might
rav billy was boasting ahead for oil
he wos worth. and the company with
,hefr mouths open-ah but the landlady,
who was opening her eyes Instead, ana
wider AMI wider.
There isn't none present that remem-
hers me daresay. Ny names BosiA-
tovy-Rfilv BosistOw-from Arievorn par
ism And back there I'm going THIS very
night. and WHY you ask. ] bent one
~ YOUR taty-diggiu' ebowheads-I bent.
rye broke out Of prison three times, ana
now" lie broke on and nodded az the
company. whose faces by this time he
Couldn't very well picit out Of "a heap-"dO
any OF oe know a maid there called Sc
INA Johns? Because n 30 ! warn zee
OF her why says you. because that's
Inc maid I'm goin' 20 marry. and I'm or
10 Ardevora 90 do Il straight. Another
90, OF beer pleose. missus."
you've had a plenty. SIR eeernin' 20
me" answered up the landlady.
and Is this the way'-Biily stood up
ver, dirnlfe.l-''is this the way TO wei
come home a man VINO bled for his coun-
,rv7 Is this your gratitude 20 a man
who's Fncut cen o. the best years OF his
NE in slavery while you've been diggin'
,otiee2" ! can't tell YOU why potatoes
ran 40 much IN the poor fellows heal.
49, they did. ard he seemed TO see the