Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-10

two days or two weeks? Why, we just put
down our lines and in three shakes of a
whales tail dinners ready. Healthy? We
don't know anything else, and actually
believe the good Lord put a limit on hui
man life so as to keep us light-keepers
from Twin forever"
And another laugh rolled over his ex-
panse of compliance and reverberated
through the room.
ooh, yes. all sorts of queer things hap
pen, and we don't get hum drum here
not a bit of it. The funniest? Well nov;
Eliza, guess that little experience in the
October blow was about as interesting as
any of EN-, wasn't it?"
She looked up from her knitting and
nodded smiling assent.
"Oh, that was funny" said Captain
Sharp "You see, it was this way: George
Hazard has lot of vessels, and one of
'em was going to pieces on a shoal about
twenty miles down. She'd run aground in
gale, and they couldn't get her off. Her
cargo was worth a good deal. At last
old man Hazard calculated he'd better go
and see for himself. He owns a nice tug,
you know, and it's fitted up pretty well,
and when his daughter Helen-that's her
manner" he asked, referring to his wife.
THAT was her NAME" was the reply.
'I guess the Helen part of it is the
same yet" said the captain, "but that
amt neither here nor there. Helen start
ed out with EN- Well, after they'd left
the city about an hour the blow started
up and the sky got blacker'n the inside
of a stovepipe and all on board begun
to get leetle skeered. 1t wouldn't do
no good to turn back, so they kept on.
When they got down as far as us things
looked bad. But Hazard, who kin grip
dollar tighter'n a catfish kin bite worm
was determined to save as much as he
could of that cargo. But what was they
to do? There was only one thing and
they done it. They come up to the light
house and asked us to take care of the
girl while they kept on down to the
wreck Just then the sea began to flare
UP and when we were getting the young
missus in big wave come along and
covered her. But we got her on deck
in the house. I mean-all right and
shouted through the storm that we'd take
good care OF her and that everything
would be all safe and sound. So they
went along and were soon lost in the
cloud and rain"
Mrs. Sharp looked up again from her
knitting. Poor thing" she said, "she
was most drowned"
THAT she was" said the captain. land
she was such slim little bit. 1 declare
She reminded me of a kitten that had
fell overheard. We got her to the dry
room in a jiffy and then Eliza took her
in tow. Course she had to have dry
clothes and there was only one thing for
Eliza to do and she done 1t, but, gentle
men, you ought to have saw the conse-
quences Without calling attention on
necessarily to my wife l may say that
she is not what you might call a lady
a-fadin' away. She have got her share
of size. and neither her nor me is
ashamed of it, Well, as 1 was sayin', you
ought to have saw Miss Helen Hazard
when she come out of that room wab-
blin' in Eliza's clothes. 1 didn't like to
laugh, but jest couldn't help tia oys-
ter would a-cackled, 1t was so outrageous
reediculous And she took it fine too.
Jest go on with your, laughin, she said
to me, fur 1 feel as funny as / look
and then Eliza couldn't hold in any long
err, and we laughed ourselves almost sick,
until we happened to hear voice crying
for help"
Where was that. captain?"
Right out in front of the house.
Course I jumped out to do what I could
and / seen a young Teller havin a very
bad time of it in the rough water, but
holdin his own as If he'd been there be-
fore and was used to swimmin'. He come
nearer and nearer and hollered that he
could make ii if I'd be ready to fish him
up, and / got the boat hook and pretty