The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11

big, bushy hair all over i'm, ati h,..
wflskers, and his eyes was gro,r .r1
small's a mushrats, and whrr. r,,
flesh was he was ruthcr scaly Ike"
The norman "he begun to talk ouf ,lo
darndest talk you ever hccrd dis.
remember 'xactly, but I blieve tuas
something like 'morgus porgus carry
Yorkus,' and all SIGH stun rnsr-r
Salem, the schoolmaster, used Goo rack,n
twas Lating and meant somcth,n bop,
taken load O. pporgees down 3, York
other some said twas Dutch can't
say"
There was heated dialocuc I'M
old man says: 81 made the voodo,
stools. and anchored EN- hero az
night" That's mother" SAYS the NOR.
man: "ye blackguard. they're only dead
ducks spetrcrhed and turned into White
oak. I've seen 'em here. and knovod
they was cotched fast into he ec. ~rass
smart and long while Good mornon
my old cock, I must be gocr" tn,
old man AZ last let's slip u charge .
about three ounces of No. into the
merman's back, and into his f9., when
he turns. another load of Double "A
The man of the sea "holOrcd ana
yawked. and swore, and rubbed and no
let the stool drop; the blood ran ov..
his face all white like milk.
The norman div" and disappeared
What's the how now" says great.
grandfather, and gets up on 'ho sunncls
of the boat and stands there "totcgon on
larboard and starboard straddlc. lool.cn
out putty sharp" The norman tried Ia
upset the boat. The old man roVed
The. water bnSy broke the oars rne
old man took the spirit out of the sail
and began polling. The norman
rammed the end of it deep into the mud
tilted the skin over smart and fai" >o
that the old man was taken strl, N
both's feet" and left hanging over the
water. clngng 10 the staff like death
to a dead Niger"
Up pops the norman. stand rc nv
grinning and giving the old man "al
sorts o saace." Grit gr'ndf'th'r "tuk ou,
his finder box and pipe. struck Ueht
and set up smoker, quite at case ~
last the double bluff gave way. IIo,
words were passed. The norman shook
the old man loose: the old man s,rur.
gled into shallow water:
The merm'n was after I'm SRA. nd
cotched I'M up in no time. aud 'u-. 10y
clinchcd II was hip and thigh tuI r,s
up for the best. for putty much 1000 h.f-
bouts. sometimes the mcrm'n bclu aHcta
and sometimes gr'tgrndfth'r a.narI,r
mostly on tn depth tn water for when N
old man could keep rs ground iu -H. =
water he could lick IN" merni'n 20 t'.I..I,-
but the merm'r was lcctlc tho a,u,I. In
deep water. Well 1, couldn't hc 'su,...I
but What they sh'ld both get prtiy ,m,-t
and tired. ana reckon they we. bo.h
willen { 'cknowlcdEc heat. The olH mon
was jist goen to, when tn mcrmn ,mu
out Mister. lets stop and -est."
Truce was declared. Tho old msn
swan out after his skin. The mcr-
man called. He seemed to bc "maaan
odd man recovered his drifting boat but
when he got back to the hassock
There want . hair Of a mcrm'1 20 h
seen, only in the place where hod at
there was big heap q white jolly.
Ike stugcn quarli Grtgr'uurt'r
Kicked Il over W his foot. and II mails
thin squeak, ana ne rcck1a,d b. rl.,
i'm a kind % 'lecrral shock So n -
to work and picked up his stools vr. h
was scattered putty much an over re
| bay. and he cleared out 4 hum Tha..
NHt last nv seen % intt nefn IT,
surely. surely" says Venus. "Wal-
loped him into nothen. expect. / give
| in arter that, DanneL"
Have my doubts agen," sings or,
Peter, waking; have my doubts mis-
| ter, | say"
you're drunk, old vulture nose" cries
Ned.
They told good yarns In the Roaring
Forties, and had their own way or tel
ing them.