Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-13

The captafn helped me to climb the rope
ladder 1t had wooden rungs 1t ran from
the dock up to the rail of the barkentlne
lydia Skolfeid. She was at her befth III
Boston harbor. 1t is difficult for me u
Climb ladders, for 1 have wooden les'
win Oh makes my efforts clumsy espe-
cialy object to swinging ladders bu'
Capt Burgess arms are as willing as MS
heart is big, and he helped me cieverly, 50
that l found myself without mishap and IN
a very few minutes on as clean deck as
there is in any berth along the North Al
lantic seaboard.
eve sailed the ocean under WOODEN spais
all my life" he said, thoughtfully, as we
took our places in two comfortable cnalrs
which he brought up from the cabin out
never tried to navigate on land above one.
Clilnbin' ladders amt your specially, is 1t :
But Jest straight sailin' on smooth water
amt so bad-eh?'
A few moments later we resumed CON
ve1sation which had begun while we sat on
barrels on the dock
around TO that tribute that want to pay TO
wT5-1fen. M talk "a mostly tacklh
reckon. i od1T =. az steer strd-snt
course with my tongue Lyddy laughs at
me nore'n often about the way asst hei
TO marry me. I'd tried it sevral times, an
ev'ry time I'd failed. By'n by-it was get
tin close to the time when IL got TO san,
an 1 was gon round til Horn that yas'
l lest got desp'rit.
II knew. John well. that / couldn't tell
her in tn right, way; but l had some hopes
that l might be able to tell her In some
roundabout. cross-wind and starpoard- td atta
fashion. So I goes up to her house, was
layin' at ProvincetoWn, an she llVeo down
the road a piece from the light-an says
to her: a.,
I m three DAVIS l says
YES she says, know we be, an 1
hope you'll have a right good wage, she
says to me.
Much obliged. Lyddy,' 1 says. Now
what 1 was a-thinkin Of. l says, was this
You amt never seen Cape Horn at ALL no"
have yep
Cane Horn. How should I see Cape
HON? she says L amt never been no
further away from home than down 10 Bos-
ton, an you know that she says to me-
THAT'S what / was thinkin. says l,
and thought mebbe you'd like to see Cape
Horn says I. Now, Lyddy,' l says, II
you want to, you can sail on my snip TINS
wye, an can see Cape Horn-if 1t ain
too Quincy foggy when we git down there,
| says I can stay forard with the men O
nights l says, and it'll be a nice trip Tor
We. Come on. Lyddy-you1l enjoy IT,
says to her.
wei, sir, you'd although she was cat
amount She jest gave me one look that
almost started my seams. by Adams!
'Obed Burgee,' she says, YOU must be
crazyr
al guess I be- Lyddy.' says to her, re-
collin back some from the fierce-like way
she said it.
"'well, / guess you be, too she says to
ne. Now, what is 1t? Do you want me to
marry yer she says.
II says. I guess I do, Lyddy; / guess
that's itr'
"'Well,' she says then, well, then asst me
like a Christian, and don't be maxim no
imnlodest and improper suggestions to me,
like them o. havin' me sail in your cabin,
while you mix up with a lot O. common
sailors in tn fo'csle. Why, Obed she says,
it would hurt my standin in the church,
an 'twould Spite your discipline amongst
your men. she says.
Well says l, feelin' purity down in the
mouth. then 1 guess I'll have to give the
plan up. and I'm dreadful sorry of it, by
John Quincy Adam5! I was sot on It, /
says TO her.
'Obed, she says. are you plum fool?
Now. do We want me to marry yer
"'You know I do, Lyddy.' 1 says then.
Then asst me to- she says.
That's Jest what I can't do says I to
her in answer. I'm too bashful.'
well. sir. she jest Topped over into an
other chair as mad as John.
well. what be you goin' to do about
IL? then she says.
81 guess we'll have to let things stay
bout as they be, Lyddy,' 1 says then, and
III Jest sail around the Horn alone
" No. you won't, either, she says to me
at that. I'm goin' with We, an you know
It, too she says TO me. And then she
added: What makes ye sech a fool?'
:" I jest can't help it, Lyddy, then says