The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-03-24
TAleC For
a Winter
Evening
The Love Of Lobelia
'Ankins
From The "0Id Hons Houss~
BY JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
copyricAi. lso7 BY a. 5, Darns. a Co.

IL lBED's yarn being done and
f II Friend Davidson done, too, aud
brown al that, Peier 4. passed
around another relay of cigars.
ana we lit up. Twas cap'n Err that
spoke first.
Loves queer disease anyway"
says he. Amt II. now? Ii must be
dreadfnl responsible thing to be so
fascinating. never felt that respon.
sibIeness but nnee--except when | got
married. Of course--and that was d
good many years ago. when was 20.
ing to sea on long wages and was
cruising around the East Indies in the
latitude OF our new troubles, the Phil
ippines.
Il was fo'mast hand on a Boston
hooker bound 10 Singapore after rice.
The shippers name was Perkins, MaIa-
chi c. Perkins. and he was the mean
est man that ever wore a sou'wcster.
Eye had the pleasure Of telling him so
sence-- twas In surinam long In ~.
"Well. when | ror to Singapore ]
was nothing but skin and bone and
considerable Of the skin had been
knocked OF by the nariIne spike and
the mates boots. I'd shipped for the
v'yage out and hack. but the first night
In port slipped over the side. swum
ashore and fell 10 with Brifisher
PANIED Hammond Almond. he called
and as he was ON the same hunt
Mat was we kept each other
pomp'ny.
well. 70 make a long story short.
I'VE shipped with fcllcr whose
name MAS Lazarus. lie was shrewd
rascal and nothing more nor less than
pearl p0acher.
ave landed az little one horse coral
Stand. where there want no inhaDli.
nBix. bot wAcrv we was pretty dead
artln there was pearl oyster banks IN
De lagoon. There was i've OF Us on
be schooner. Dutchman named
,hinolaasisl. cody coos and I.aza-
rus aud Hammond ana me We pll up
slab shaaiy ~ shore AID weat 20
york pesg fishing. keeping one eye
|ui lcr lia.ch ganDoats
well. We aoi together Quitr likely
aess - Isagls. ARA ns twas part of
BE- se.eeEelt thai the crew had ca.
pla share IL the stake. why. Ham
h0ad ID We Mss aaserIug that We
gas going - IaaEe enough IL moren
Fay a. ior aar igas spell of starving
/ Singapore.
-9n. a.au4lng Tie and Hammond
0ms o.. ii The shaniy. aad. u AID hr.
iUla yDa taege sa'aat 10 schooner 20
< seen saai everlasting Lazarus haa
gt ~ .ab ~ IL and Ind Sneslspd
n 10 lie light With the cook ard the
)ris awa FED e .rar s,i1fr - The
cttis WAh hie fiaie We was. ra
Dotted ~ that lite iao-ior-a-eent
slaad
Tie ilrst aay Ne didn't Do much but
russ i.asar'ta up hili aud Gown dale.
We hgl lfh Hires M The slianiy. and
here uas Plenty - wa.rr 81 The
AaG, Ia e asses "a wti.Ga't eiarrt
/, dcaih uer Gie n thirst. anyhow.
But. lard. naw We Gid miss that cody
ook
Ivy doii't ser Fet 10 work ard
|ook something ~ % hcafT says iiam.
iond Ere broke rny bloomln back
luilns ~ the ISL ainl yol d1las 10th.
nr luf 'ansiog around aid leiilag 'cm
ry hu,i 81 lhe sat. Get - work ans
(ook Filmed II I amt sick - these
Pre- cusrri apples.
Go aud cook yourself. says / j
idn't slsn ARTICLES d 10 coob for no
bunny Bun.
well. 81 taweI back and Firth Tor
b hour. ina.be more. Two ~ three
mes We cot up o. have it out. bat
WIS too hot O. fight. 70 We srf down
snin. Fihly we eat some supper
Istard apples and water. and turned
but twas too hot 20 sleep much.
nd got M about 3 o'clock IN the
borning and went cut and set down
b the beach IN the moonlight. Pretty
BON out comes Hammond aud sets
pwn alongside aud begins TO give the
Gather general overhaullns. calling
everything he could lay tongue to.
fctty soon be breaks OF In the middle
a nine Tinted swear word and sings
ht:
"'Am going crnzy. or Is that a
|hooners'
II looked out into the moonlight. and
|cre. sure enough. was schooner
bout n mile on the Island and com.
g dead on. First on we thought
was Lazarus coming back. but pretty
Ion we see TWAS q considerable small
boat than his.
'Shc was acting dreadful queer
rst she'd go ahead on one tack aud
rn give heayc over aud come about
ID bang. sails Tapping and every.
ing OF shake: then she'd give an.
Der siat aud 80 on another way. but
inly she kept right on toward the
hnd.
Watts the matter aboard thercf
ys Hammond. is hall 'ands drunk 7
she's Abandoned. says I. That's
bats the MATTER There amt nobody
oard Of her.
Then we both says. 'saivagcr and
pok hnndr.
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