Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
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Meantime ses Peter Russet, you
mustn't forget that you've got to send
us post Office money-orders every
week
"Ginger said e wouldn't forget, and
they shook 'ands all round and 'ad a
drink together, and the next afternoon
Sam and Peter went to the Blue Lion
for last visit.
ut was quite early when they came
back Ginger was surprised to see
'em, and he said so, but e was more
surprised when q heard their reasons.
1T come over us all at once as
we'd bin doing wrong Sam ses, set
ting down with a sigh.
"'Come over us like a chill, it did,
ses Peter.
Doing wrong? ses Ginger Dick,
staring. 'Wot are you talking about%
Something the landlady said
showed us as we was doin' wrong,
ses old Sam very solemn; 1t come
over us in flash
Like lightning ses Peter.
at amt fair play agin woman
says old Sam, three strong men agin
one poor old woman; that's wot we
feel, Ginger
Well, l don't feel like it, ses Gin
ger; you please yourself, and I'll
please myself
"'E went off in a huff, an next
morning e was so disagreeable that
Sam an Peter went and signed on
board a steamer called the Penguin,
which was to sail the day arter They
parted bad friends all round, and Gin
ger Dick gave Peter nasty black
eye, and Sam said that when Ginger
came to see things in proper way
agin he'd be sorry for wot ed said.
And e said that i'm and Peter never
wanted to look on is face agin.
Ginger Dick was a bit lonesome
arter they'd gone, but e thought it
better to let few days go by afore e
went and adopted the red aired land
lady. He waited week, and at last,
unable to wait any longer, e went out
and 'ad shave and smartened hisself
up, and went off to the Blue Lion.
"'Glass O. bitter, ma'am, please he
ses to the old lady as she came out O.
the little parlor at the back O. the bar.
THE old lady drew the beer, and
then stood with one and holding the
beer-pull and the other on the coun-
ter, looking at Ginger Dick in is new
blue jersey and cloth cap.
Lovely weather, ma'am,' ses Gin
ger, putting his left arm on the coun-
ter and showing the sailor-boy dancing
the hornpipe.
Its ard life, the sea- ses the
old lady
She kept wiping down the counter
in front of i'm over an over agin, an
e could see er staring at is wrists as
though she could 'ardly believe her
eyes. Then she went back into the
parlor, and Ginger card her whisper.
ing, and by and by she came out agin
with the blue-eyed barmaid.
Have you been at sea long?' ses
the old lady.
lover % years, ma'am,' ses Ginger,
avoiding the barmaid's eye wot was
fixed on is wrists, and I've been ship
wrecked four times; the fust time
when l was a little nipper O. four
teen
Pore thing ses the landlady,
shaking 'er cad. 1 can feel for you;
my boy went to sea at that age, and
I've never seen i'm since
I'm sorry to ear it, ma'am, ses
Ginger very respectful-like. L suppose
I've lost my mother, so l can feel for
YOU
Suppose you've lost your mother!
ses the barmaid; don't you know
whether you have?'
mo ses Ginger Dick, very sad.
When l was wrecked the fust time
was in a open boat for three weeks,
and, wot with the exposure and 'ardly
any food, got brain fever and lost my
memory
"'Pore thing, ses the landlady agin.
81 might as well be a orfin,' ses
Ginger, looking down; sometimes l
seem to see kind, 'andsome face
bending over me, and fancy it's my
mothers, but l can't remember 'er
name, or my name, or anythink about
'er.'
"'You remind me O. my boy very
much, ses the landlady, shaking 'er
cad.
Ginger Dick would ha' liked to ha'
seen 'er bit more excited, but e
ordered another glass O. bitter from
the barmaid, and tried to think 'ow
he was to bring about the ship on his
chest and the letters on is back. The
landlady served couple O. men, and
by and by she came back and began
talking agin.
81 like Sailors she ses; one thing
is, my boy was a sailor; and another
thing is, they've got such feelin' carts.
There was two of 'em in ere the other
day, who'd been in ere once or twice,
and one of 'em was that kind 'earted
l thought he would ha' 'ad fit at
something l told him
"'Ho,' ses Ginger, pricking up his
ears. 'wot for?'
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