The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-03-17
TAlec For
q Winter
Evening
The Meanness Of Rosy
From the -Old Home House.
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
c.e,Hss. 1897. ;, A. $. B.m.. a C.


ney in that yarn. too. and south
sea woman and schooner But In
other respects the stories was differ
ent
You all know Wash Sparrow. here
In Wellmouth.s says the cdp'n. He's
the LATEST man In town. IL runs in
his family. Washy's brother julie
Julius Caesar Sparrow-he was as no
account and lazy as the rest. When
he was around this neighborhood the
only thing that would ger him livened
up at all was the mention OF feller
named Rosy that be knew while be
was seafaring way OF ON t'other side
OF the world. julie nsed TO say that
twas this Rosy that made him lose
faith In human nature.
The first time ever Julius and Rosy
met was one afternoon just as the
Emily that was the little fore and aft
south sea trading schooner julie was
in-was casting OF from the ram-
shackle landing at Hello island. Course
that amt the real name of il. The
real one is spelled with four o's. three
as. i've rs and peck measure Of his
and KS hove In 10 I'LL up. No white
man ever said the whole Of IL. Them
that tried always broke down on the
second fathom or so and said oh. the
hereafter or words TO that effect.
Course the missionaries see that
wouldn't do. so they twisted it stern
nrst. and it's been Hello island to
most folks ever since
why julie was at Hello island Is
too long a yarn. Billed down II amounts
to voyage On bark ont Of Seattle.
and FIRST mate like yours. Fri. who
wis kind Of Christian Science chap
and cured sick sailors by the laying
on Of hands-iikewise feet and Delay
Ing pins and az handles and such.
Him and julius had their final argu-
ment one night when the bark was
passing abreast one Of the Navigator
islands. close In. julie hove a marine
spike at the mates head and jumped
overheard He swum ashore to the
beach. and inside Of week he'd ship
ped aboard the Emily.
George Simmons. a cockney Brit
isher be was and skipper. was stand.
ing at the schooner's wheel. swearing
at the two Kanaka sailors who were
h'isting the jib. Julius. who WAS mate.
was roosting on the lee rail amidships.
helping him swear. And old Teunis
Wan Doozen. a Dutehn,Sn from Java
or tbereabouts. who was cook. was
setting On a stool b. The galley door
ready 10 heaye In u word Whenever
twas necessary. The Kanakas was do
ing fhe work. That was the usual di.
vision u labor aboard the Emily.
well. just then there comes yell
from the bushes along the shore. Then
our Of them bushes comes tearing a
little man with spectaeIes and black
enamel cloth earpetbag. heaving sand
Ike a steam shovel and seemingly
trying his best TO fly. And asterD oi
hIsa comes more yells and biz. husky
Kanaka woman. about eight foot hi- a
arc three foot In the beam. with brr
hands stretched out and her fingers
crooked.
Julius used TO swear that that beart
WAS all Of twenty yards wide and that
the little man only tic three times fror
bush TO wharf. And he didn't stol
there. He fired the carpeibag at toe
schooDers stern and then spread Oul
bis wings and dew after II. His hn
gefs just hnoked over the rail-. aud hs
managed to haul himself aboard.
-cap'n George simmons looked down
at the wrecked flying machine aud
grunted.
-'Umpb. says be. You don't Isok
Ike a man the girls would run after
Lady your wifey
THE little Teller bobbed bis SPECS
MP and down.
"-soT says George. 'Ow can
bear 10 leave thee. 'eyf Well. aln'l
you ashamed o. yourself 10 be running
on and leaving a nice. 'aDdsome. able
bodie5 wife like that: Look vi 81
nos over there on 'er knees a.praying
for you 10 come back.
-'sbe amt praying Der husband
pants. duckIng down again quEk
She's s-piekiBg up stones
and 10 she was. julius said be
thought sure she'd cave IN the Emiiy's
ribs afore she got through with ner
broadsides The rocks fiew like bail
Everybody got their share. but Cap'n
George got a big one Ia the middle
Of the back.
You mis'rabIe four eyed shrimp.
he says. 'Twould serve you right Il
'ove 10 and made you swim back q
'er. BLOW ule II I don't believe /
viIl-
"'Aw. don't. cap.n. Please don't.
begs the fei.pr III l,e awful grateful
20 yCu II yJu won't. And I'll make
u right with Won too. I've got a good
thing 10 that BAG Of mine yes. sir. q
beautiful good thing
-'Oh. we'll says the skipper brac.
ing up and smiling sweet AZ 10 could
scs the ache IN bis back. IN 'elp you
out You trust your rncie George.
Not on account ~ whit you're going
10 sive ne. yon uuGprssaas says be.
n would b. piy # ftai Ws the
scsson FIR 'elun' q fcIIsr Great Spar