Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-01-25

went on the hoy. -and when you told
about what you was going to do SOS !
could - % hiEh school, Il thought
first III coiEc right In AMI '"l Nol y'n
niuSta't Hut then thuUs-t y'n
wouk;n't believe I meant 10 ur wouldn't
nay any attention 20 IL Il I did. -
went outside 10 tl.lnk IL over hy my
self And theu-tlen I went right M
TO see the cap'n."
Il hope" said Miss PriSSy sicriilr.
that y"u ''iGn't repeat orr Tux To
Cap'u Titrpmb without tellin' ~ YOU
was Eoin' to-
No. no: he Gldn't." hastily broke In
the contain. lie didn't tell word.
You've GOT a pretty fair Kind "f boy
here. II you want 10 know lac added.
with Ilnrc than his usual enthusiasm.
"Hun"' was Miss PrisSy's only com
meut Go on Bradley"
"AI told him was" said Bradley,
that didn't think il was right for me
20 90 TO school and college when |
ought 10 lr earning some money. I'm
going On seventeen now. and lots OF
fellows | know are going 10 work. |
don't h'lieve I'd make very good
minister" with Il look of appeal ut
Miss Tcmpy. land I'd n good deal
rather 20 To sea. All our folks have
been 10 Sea--imy father ana my grand
father. Yes. and your father. too, YOU
know" The last as happy inspira-
ton.
"Don't you think that we know best
what began Miss PrisSy. but the
captain again interrupted her.
Let him spin his yarn, PriSSy," he
tid. "Nothin' is settled yet, so don't
worry"
$50 7 went tn the earn" went on
Bradley. land asked him if he'd take
me on board his schooner. amt Il
sailor. hut | know lot about boats,
and don't get seasick even when it's
mighty rough. DO |, Cap'n EZra?"
mo" replied Captain Titcomb grave
ly. You manage to keep your cargo
from shiftin' pretty well for a green
hand"
And he said he'd take me as n kind
Of cabin boy. Didn't vow. earn? And
learn me things and get me advanced
as soon rs | was fit for IT, And he'll
pay Inc wages, too, right away. There!
And won't cost you cent more.
Please let me go"
The captain did not again visit the
called en- him at his room in the hotel.
They talked of the proposed plan, OF
vOuvsC, hut Captain IitcOmb did not
urge its acceptance. ON the contrary.
he spoke very plainly of the disagree
able features of sailors calling and
hintel that being aboard a vessel was
like being in Jail. only" he said
there's always n chance for Il feIler to
break out Of Jail"
Al lie end of the interview he said:
"Bral. | amt aSEin' any questions
'nout what made yoh take this sudden
fit. blt Id ike to know this: DO the
| old maids know bout that Sampson
fund for sailors children They could
git over a hundred year out Of that
II they applied for It, you understands"
u cont believe they'd take Il cent il
IT was anything like charity" replied
the boy. g. Iiss Prissy especial Shes
awful down on folks that she says are
living on charity"
I'm hum. see. Well. know II
fellcr that's one of the head cooks and
bottle washers of the Sampson crew.
Maybe could rig it SOS Well. never
mind. Don't say nothin' yet"
Three days later II was settled. Brad.
ley was to go to Boston the following
Monday with Captain Titcomb and
ship with him as the combination "bny
and roustabout' for Il period of three
months. Really, it was settled when
the captain suggested ii, but it took
some time for the old maids to form.
ally make up their minds TO the de-
cided change.
Monday morning Bradlcy'S trunk was
packed. and Barney Small called TO
take him and it to HarnsS The old