The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-17

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was lying at Honolulu ! one day went
ashore for long rambIs out Of sight
and hearing Of the numerous question
able amusements OF the town. and late
in the afternoon found myself several
miles to the southwark Of It Emerging
from the tangled pathway through
which had been struggling with che
luxuriant creamery, 1 struck the sand
Of a lovely little blight that commanded
an uninterrupted view seaward. Less
than a mile out reef Of black rocks
occasionally barred their ugly fangH for
a brief space amidst the sleek waters.
until the sleeplly advancing swell, fnd-
i,r Its progress thus hindered, rose
l!.h over their grim SUBMITS In a
ague-long fleece Of dazzling foam.
whose spray glIttered like Jewels in the
diagonal rays OF the declining sun.
Upon little knoll left by the recedlng
tide sat a man staring stolldly out to
"a. AS I drew near, my approach
making no noise upon the yielding
sand, / saw that he mas white. BY
his riga shirt and trousers, big grass
hat, and bare feet-T took him for a
brach.eomber. These characters are
not often desirable companlonS-human
weeds cast ashore in such places, and
getting a precarious living in dark and
devious ways without work. But felt
inclined for company andSa rest after
my long tramp, SO / maAp for him dI-
rect. He raised his head n my nearing
him, showed grizsled u I'D framing a
weather-beaten face asia man some
sixty years old. There was a peculiar
Boiled look about his tace, too, as II he
had once been drowned, by no means
pleasant to see.
He gave me "goud-evening" cheer
fully enough as sat down beside him
and offered my plug Of tobacco. CUT
ting himself liberal quld, he returned
It with the query. "Blong ter wun er
the spouters, / persoom." yes" l re-
piled; "boat-header in the Cocholot,"
"Ah." he replied instantly, s'but yew're
no Yank. meow, air yep mo. I'm, a
Cockney-little as you may think that
likely" said I; 'but It's afact." vail,
I DOMINO" he drawled = five a met
cockneys good s want ter know; m
why not?" E
The conversation then arifted desul-
torily from topic to topic q, an aimiess.
ume:kllllng fashion. I'LL At last, feeling
better acquainted, l vehtured to ask
him what had given him that glazy,
soaked appearance, so strange and
CHASTITY to sec. Look a-heah. young
feller," said he abruptly heouw old ye
reckon mout BET" without the slight
est hesitation replied, Sst5ty or there
abouts." He gave quiet ehuckle. and
then said slowly, wall, 1 doan' blame
We, nuther; m as to feelin'-wall, SUM
times feels II I'd ben a Twin right
on frum the beginnin' ov things. Ny
age. which IS about the one solid fact
kin freeze onter nowadays, is thutty-
two. Yew won't b'llsve lt.Npf course;
but thet's nothln' ter what re will hear,
ef yew walt awhile.
what I'm goln' ter tell yc happened
-lemme see-wall, / dba1'no-mebbe
two. mebbe four er 1--WE year sence.
wuz mate o. a pearlln' schooner blong-
in ter sevuISa, lynn daouwn to Rotu-
NAH. Ware we'd ben workin' the reef
wuz mlddllu' deep-deep 'nuf ter make
eour b'ys tall on deck when they come
up with load, m lie there like dead
uns fer bout ten minnits beto' they KID
move ag'ln. 'Twuz slaughterin' dlvin',
but the shell wuz thick, n no mistake;
m eour ole man wuz d huttieT-s-long' s
he got she'll he didn't vally q few dern
Kanakers peggln' eout meow m then.
Wed aloss three with sharks, n et
'twan't tibet tn b'ys wu1 more skeered
of old Hardhead than they wuz Of any
thin else / doan reckon We sh'd a-got
any more stun tibet trip Z all. But Z
he warn't the kind er blossom to play
any games on, they keep ut 1t, m we 'uz
Min up fast. The land wuE bout ten
mile OF, N tksy wuz bout fifty, er
mebbe sixty, faths7n water b'tween the
reef we Wus hsh,n' on m the neares'
pint. WAL, long bout eight bells in
the afternoon ug a-standIn' by the
galley door watchIn a Ranaker crawl
In iuboard very slow, beih' most DOM
up. Five er six ov 'em w hangin' roun'
bout ter start below agen, m tn ole
man uz a-blarsfemIn' gashly at 'em fer
beIn' 30 slow. Right in the middle on
his sermont I seed i'm go green in the
face, m make step back from the
rail, with both hans helt up In front
ov I'm 3 II he uz skeered most ter
de'th. M he wuz, too. There cum
lIeJdn' inboard after him a long gray
slItherin' thing like a snake 18th no
head but lot Nv saucers stuck onto
It bottom up. M befo' I'd time ter
move, beln' most sort er paralIzed. sew
eral more ov the dern things uz a.
sneakin' around all over the deck This
fust one got the skipper good n tight
18th a round tufn above his arms. m /
saw him a-Slidin' away. The schooner
wuz a.roIlln' 3 Il In big swell-which
Their warn't sign Of. 3 1 cd see. But
them Snaly gray things went quicker
m thlnkln' all over her, m befo' yew
cd say knife every galoOt, ineIudin'
me, wuz a-goin' long with 'em back to
where they'd come from.
Say, dyew ever wake up all alive,
'oep' yew couldn' move ner speak, only
know all wuz goin' on, m do the pow
TEST thlnkin' bout things yew ever did
In yer life? Yes. m that's haow ! Wuz