The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-09-10


your clothes! Going to start on anoth-
er voyage sOOn?''
I'm going for a sail tomorrow" was
the reply as two nickels were passed
over
( That's right, sir-thats right I'll
/ bet you've sailed Il small boat many
Thousand miles. Captain. if your ship
was sailing on "A nor'wcst by west
/ course and You wanted to shift your
/ hellum to a sou'-sou'east course. what
| 'rders would you give:"
/ I'D tell em to haul in on the sta
u1ard cathcad and slack away on the
left hand piston red
Fright ye are. my hearty. If l haG
any doubts before they are gone now
/ Eaid the man as he patted Mr. Bowser
on the shoulder.
| Mr.. Bowser had just given him a
quarter when Mrs BOwser came to the
| door. At sight of her the fellow made
| his way down to and out of the gate
with all sails drawing, and after
watching him around the corner she
/ qUCried of the Old Salt beside her:
/ do you know who that person isl"
Hes been mate of a ship, I should
say"
Hes the man that carries out the
ashes next door. He's about as much
sailor rs YOU are"
The boys set up another yell and be-
gan hunting around for stones to
, throw at the escaped" and Mr. Bow
ser struck his topsails and backed into
the house. Mrs Bowser looked for a
row, but none came He read and
! smoked. and they finally went to bed
She was hoping that he had given up
the salty excursion. but soon discOv-
cred to the contrary. He had scarcely
fallen asleep when he began to sing
out. "NTan overheard" Lower away
the main deck" See that the pumps
are in order" BURN a blue light" and
so on. At midnight he reused her up
by singing in his sleep:
"Oh, the raging sea It roars around,
And the foam goes sweeping by,
And the gale is bowling up aloft
As We race for the sunset sky"
Mr.. Bowser was up an hour ahead Of
time and was in such a hurry that he
ate only few mouthfuls of breakfast.
| Twenty minutes after leaving the
house he was aboard of one of the
club boats holding six men. There
was strong gale blowing and a good
sea on, and many members as they
| came along were in favor of putting
the sail off to another day. 1t was Mr..
| BowSer's words that decided the mat
| ter, and they were taken down in pen.
Gil to be framed and hung on the walls
of the club When asked for his opin-
ion he replied:
Down with the sta'board cathead
and up with fo'sail boom. See that
the rudder is creased with fat pork,
and send aloft your heaviest anchor
and let us get out of here. The man
that won't face this wind and sea is
no sailor and no shipmate of mine"
sowser Becomes Seasick.
Then they set out to brave the dam
gers of the hriuy. They had proceeded
about cables length from shore
when Nj Bowser began to think "
Mrs BowScr. Y
Then of his stomach
Then Of Ills swimming head.
lie tried to think of something heroic
and was surprised to find that he
could not.
Mrs. Bowspr had told him that he
would he sure to be seasick, but he
would show her that
Look at Eowser." shouted one of
the men
Hes a goner." added another
There he goes, feIlersr'
And Mr.. Bowser went. He collapsed
Ike hinge and lay in the bottom of
the boat.
Then he called upon Mrs Bowser.
And upon his fellow members
And upon heaven itself, and offered
millions and millions of dollars to be
set ashore. even among rattesnakes
and centipeds.
At high noon four men bearing
/ stretcher on which rested a human
/ body arrived at the Bowser house.
The human body was Mr. Bowsers
"Shipmates, is he dead?" asked Mrs.
Bowser from the steps.
Not dead, matey" replied one of
them. but he won't want to see a
boiled dinner again before snow flies.
Better let him do his sailing in bath
tub after this NJ QUAD.