News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-06-07


Crawcour has so worked on the gov
ernor that I'm 10 go to sea if l don't
mend"
Il thought you'd squared the chief"
replied Harvey, "and he was not going
to say anything about the highway
men?'
NO more he is. He was afraid he'd
get laughed at for being stopped by his
own boys and getting into such a funk
so he said if l would not say anything
he'd let it drop, but it was what he
said to my father before that about
setting the place on fire."
we ell. If you go to sea, I'll go, too
and in the same ship if they'll have
me-"
Low can you work itW
"Easy enough. My mother and ia
ther have half dozen children youn-
ger than l, and they can i'll afford the
expense of them, so they will be glad
enough to get rid of me-
Then I'll decide upon going. Is
there anything desperate one can do
Just by the way of a windup-some-
thing that will make old Crawcour 90
down on his knees and say his prayers
when he sees the back of me? should
like to give him a settler as the last
Let's take week and think"
They strolled through the fields and
came to the river An elderly gentle
man was very contentedly fishing, but
did not seem to have had much sport.
''I[ illa1 opvtbf1pl e;,
Not much; half a dozen roach or
so.''
'You ought" continued Jack. "There
was whole infants school upset in a
| barge here and drowned fortnight
ago, and none Of them has been found
They say the cells have been extra fine
| ever since"
The gentleman pointed to his eye
DO you see any green there?" asked
the angler. But, come, see you are
fond of your fun. l shall not fish any
more today - the sport is not good
enough. I'll stroll with you and spin you
yarn or two-that is to say, if you
don't object to ths company of an old
sailor"
Not at all, sir. Are you a sailor?"
Jack said
yes, and have been, man and boy.
this forty years, and much as the sea
has tossed me about | haven't done
with it yet, for I'm the captain of as
fine a ship as ever foated."
After this declaration the boys and
the angler became good friends. They
learned that their new friend was'Cap-
tain Cutie, staying at Lille Bridge
with some friends during a brief spell
ashore, and they told him who they
were.
cts odd | should have met you, sir
Jack exclaimed, because my parents
We're thinking of sending me to sea,
and | should like to go with just such
a captain as yourself"
"WGll said, my lad. I'm beating up
for few midshipmen, and | have
agreed to take one Of DR.. Begbie's boys.
have no objection to you if your IA
Their will apprentice you and let you
sign articles"
And me, sir?' said Harvey eagerly.
ooh, yes. There's plenty of room for
little shrimp in big pot" replied the
captain, with smile.
"Where can we see you, sir?" asked
Jack.
Captain Cutie gave him his address
in Lille Bridge.
when do you sail?" Jack continued.
I'm ten days from this date. If you
speak to your parents upon the matter,
1 will take you with their consent, but
only on those terms. l would never be
a party to boys running away from
his school or his home"
"They say the sea is hard life" re-
marked Harvey.
mot harder than most others in
which you have to work for a living.
Suppose you are a clerk and have to
sit at desk from 8 till 6. That's hard,
isn't 1T"
Harvey admitted that it was.
"Your life is hard at school now,
though you don't say it because you're
used to it and think it necessary to put
up with it. AS for the sea, it is glori-
Gus profession. Where do you find the
freedom that you enjoy at sea! Tell
me that. But you do as say, and if
all is right you shall sail with me in
the Fairy"
"Where to, sir?" asked Jack.
81 am bound for China this voyage.
And now, if mistake not, that is your
school, so we will say good day"
The boys shook hands with Captain
Cutie, and they separated.
"Ten days only, Dick" observed
Jack. at will be sharp work to so
disgust every one as to get kicked out.
You must write home at once, and I'll
set to and think of something that will
make old Crawcour's hair curl and
Mole stand on his head i'll the dust
bin
Harvey did not doubt Jack would in
a short time accomplish his purpose.
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