Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
.JgRas Horne Oh AffiCtides
Has Trying Ups and Downs
Pustical Tar Declares the Belle White; Swept
Across the Cortlnent by Mountain OF Water,
Was Crested by Bwana Tumbo.
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Joy reigned in old man Hobbs sa.
loon down Greenpoint way last night,
for home again was. Jonas Horne, OF
the barkentine Belle White. The
abunchn led Horne to Hobbs back
room and dshobnobbed there spell and
raised hob, too. IL truth be told, to
show how they loved him well.
Here's welcome home, friend
Horne, they sang. 44come, wet your
whistle, mate, and spin yarn for old
times sake, the while we pay the
freight" ea
well, hearties, Pm right glad I'm
home, nsaid Horne, for on the level,
1 feared the Belle would make no
port. We had the very devil to bring
her through all safe and sound. ]
blame the bloomin' tide, But give; 1t
credit just the same for a mighty
thrillin' ride. The tides were fierce
down Cape Town way, of Afric's lone
ly shore; they'd fall and rise before
your eyes, some thousand fcet and
more!
"our ship was bound for Uruguay,
which lies straight across the South
Atlantic from Cape Town. If I had
been the boss we'd never tried to buck
the tide, but held the Belle in port
till them burned tides had settled
down to ones of tanner sort. But old
Cap Brown spit on his hands and,
with an oath, says he:
Well take the Belle through that
there muss or sink the ship, b'gee!!
sWe left Cape Town without delay.
The tide was goin' down, and goin'
down so ding-donged FAST. yells to
Cap'n Brown:
1'This ebb's SO strong It's takin'
all. the water out from under!'
aAt that he up and bellows out that
could go to thunder Twas plain to
see that every drop Of sea 'twixt earth
! and sky was westward bound and
leavin' poor old Africa high and dry.
IN one great mass the sea moved west
and we kept goin' down like in an
elevator shaft back here in. New York
town. And next we struck the bottom
-bang!-and lay there in the sand
while on beyond the sea piled up sky
high to beat the band.
This ship can't climb no hill like
that, no matter, how we tack yells
Jim. And, woe betide the land that
gets that tide!' croaks Jack. But
OH walls Joe, consider, though, when
that there tide comes back!'
4The cap'n seen right sudden then
] the big mistake he'd made, but blus-
tered round and cussed lot as If nc
bit afraid. And meanwhile we stood
! by and watched that tide begin to
swing from ebb to flow and slowly
grow into lively thing. The Belle
at last was well afoat and then with
one fell roar the tide swung back to
full again mile above the shore!
Instead of lookin' up the hill OF
water to the west, we now looked
down the clean, green side-it was nc
merry jest!--and, say, the Belle com.
menced to slide down that creased
getaway 500 miles or so an hour
bound straight for Uruguay. We hit
a pace I'll not forget love the sea-
oh, my! but, oh, you quiet home in
port! that's where I'd rather die.
3We crossed South Atlantic sea in
less than half day, but just as we
had sighted land off verdant Uruguay
chat crazy tide swung back again and
tipped the other way! We slid clean
back to old Cape Town, but twas the
same old tking-no sooner than we'd
make port the consarned tide would
swing. We seesawed thus for two
full weeks while Neptune had his
fling. The cap'n was some peeved by
then and said he wouldn't play; the
Belle could go to blazes now, he'd &c
below and stay.
Then, Joy, oh, joy! one happy day
the tide swung back so strong it flood.
ed over Afric's shore and ca US
along. We washed clean o'e: -on.
tinent Of lions, snakes ani =, and
piped your Ewana Tumbo playin' tag
among the trees. We dipped our flag
just so that he could not feel one Bit
sighted, and he, in ,urn, showed all
his teeth and yelled he was delighted.
well, when the tide swung back
again it left us in the Nile all safe and
sound, and so we sailed back home in
proper style up past Gibraltar. Bet
your life I'll have another smile. -
New York Herald.