Wingham Times, 1891-10-30, Page 6he had been tied with tits own lianas.
r 0.0 f lit t\ 1; 1 1 iL flu Although very severe with Iris mete,
t the captain laved his wifeeind visually
- " - -m •--- - - I allowed hes own w ey in most thloge
'FttIDAY, OOTOL Et 3°' :891. Let it be so for the present, be
e= said ; but he had merle up his mind
Tlea Voinutaer Organist. ' that he would osrry cut his purpose
The great big cburolt was crowded full of flogging the youth at tuiduillht
uv braade1oth au' uv Milt, •"lie his artier was asleep,.
Seas' satin rich as cream that grows on our
of brindle'emilk ;,But he must also be punished now,
Shined boots, biled shirts, stiff dickeys,. somehow, .tea I orttittued, Discipline
au''stoveltipe hats were there,
An' doode'ith trousealoens so tight they ; must be preserved. Aloft you go at
couldn't kneel in prayer. j the masthead, and don't come down
The elder, la his walla high, said as he' ti.l I tell you to, he added, addreesing
slowly rizi1''
"Our organist is kep' to hum, laid up 'ith e 0.'1"
roomette, 1 Martha used every effort to prevent
An' as we have no substitoot, as Brother' Itis bei
'Moore ain't bore, ng puuist}ed even in this ,way,
Will sotno un in the congregation be soy but all in vain. tier hue band was
• kind's. to volunteer P' firm, and up went Tom, , bearheacled,
le a scalding sun, to take his place
far aloft, on the mizzen top -gallant
An' then a rest -nosed drunken tramp, of
low -toned, rowdy style,
Give au introductory hieoup,an, stagger-
ed up the aisle. cross -tress.
Then thio' thet holy atmosphere there I By and by little Ben, the captains
son, a child of ten, and a favorite 'with
all hands, carpo on deck. The boy
was fond of climbing, and more than
mice had he frightened his ,nether to
death by his.veuturesulne pranks.
The weather on this day 'wag eabn
and warm. The ship was lying in the
Atlantic, a little to the south of the
lice, without a breath of air to stir
her canvas. Ben glanced aloft, and,
taking advantage of the absence of his
mother, who was now gone below, and
of his father's being busy with the
mate in taltit,g an observation, be
eroticluded to try his band, or tether
his legs, at Nlimteng.
, Getting on the rail, be was soon
nimbly mounting the mizzen rigging.
crep' a sense o sla,
And thro' thet air of sanctity the odor of
o1' gin,
An' Deacon Purington, he said, his tooth
all sot on edge,
"This man putfanes the house of God 1
W'y this is sacrilige 1"
The tramp ue'er heard a word he said,
but. slouched 'ith stumbling feet,
An' sprawled au' staggered up the steps
an' gained the organ seat.
An' then went pawin' thro' the keys, but
soon there rose a strain
That seemed to jest bulge out the heart
an"leetrify the brain;
An' then he bowed down on the thing
'ith hand an' head an' knees,
Iti seemed as though he'd fallen kerflop
upon the keys.
The organ roared, the music flood went
sweepin' high an' dry,
'It swelled into the rafters and bulged out
to the sky, '
The of church shook an' staggered an'
seemed to 'reel and sway, •
An' the elder sheeted "Glory I" an' I He bad reached the topsail ere be
• yelled out "$oorah 1" was notified by any of the watch on
An' then he tried a tender strain, that deck, all of whom were busy.
meltepin our ears, Tem] one of thein gave notice of
That brought up blessed memories an'
dreuched ein down 'ith tears; Bo,i's whereabouts, upon which there
An' we dreamed of old-time kitchens,'ith
Tabby on the mat, %vies, some excitement aft. Martha
Uv home an' love, an' baby -days, an' all enrols up on hearing the noise, and
that. joindcl her pleading voice to her bus -
An' then be struck a streak of hope, a
song from souls forgiven, band's in trying to coda the child to
That burst from prison bars of sin an' come back. But he only laughed, as,
stormed the gates of heaven; on hand's and knees, he commenced to
The mornin' stars they sung together,no'
soul wuz left alone, crawl out toward the end of the yard.
We felt the universe waz safe, an' God
• was on his throne ! Though the weather was cabs, the
An' then a wail of deep deepair and dark- ship rolled and pitched,taow and then,
• gess Dame again, • hi a heavy swell, and, at such times,
An' long, black crape hung on the doors the anxious mother would turn deadly
uv all the homes uv men;
No luv, no Iight, no joy, no hope,no songs pale, Net Beu, who, as it was, wee
of glad delight, once or twice thrown sideways should
An' then—the tramp he staggered down
and reelect back out -uv sight. fall from his precarious position.
Bat we knew he'd tol' his story though Aleauwhile, no one dared to go up
he never syoke a word,
An' it w u z the saddest story that our ears
had ever heard; •
Re had tol' his own life -history, an' no
eye wuz dry that day,
When the elder rose and simply said:
"My brethren, let us pray 1"
S. W. Foss, in Cincinnati Enquirer.
TOM'S PUNISHMENT.
'SY RUMS HALM.
Been fighting, eh ?
Ye,, sir ; 1 could ,nut help it.
Didn't you know that fighting
among the men was against the rules
of the skip 2
Yes sir. I knew that.
.And kno.viti g it, you faught. When
I asked you who struck the first blow
you owned that you did.
I own that I gave••the first blow,
Why did you give the first blow/
I decline to answer, sir,
None of the men will tell me either,
Well, my lad, since you gave the first
blow you must be punished.
Turning to his tnates,the speakerY
Captain el entlel, of the ship Watch
light—ordered them to tie .up the
youth—this young stliloi,Tom Winder,
one of the crew, whit had brulcen the
rules of the ship by fighting—and flog
inial on his bare back with the cat.
A,tbieute later the captain's pretty
witei; lelertlta,canie up from. the cabin,
and 'seeing 'Tont tied to the , fliizze'n
tiggiu g,
she asked tier ltnsk:MA what like a pendulutn above the, ragging sea, li nd be raised ar acnist you! L3iad
was the inatter,aud cit beteg informed, hes long;, fair curls blown far out from "emended to have you flogged at
she pleaded for the young fellow.
'The captain had hoped she would
tot come up till after the flogging was
after him, for, in that case, in his
taloa and quivered as if Avery ti ber
was about tc part,
The mast bent irks bows, reeled
eolt.d.
with the shook of the driving, seas,and
soon, with a Loud crash, over went
the fare•topneast, to be speedily fallow.
ei, by the main. Hien, with axes,
Cleared the wreck ; but now the mizzen
topmast vias swaying as if that was
destined to go, too.
1 was the relate who wive the order,
..
far the skipper's whale ante tent ion was
engrossed 133, rho perilous position of
his littie boy. No onttt oonld ley out
on the yard to attempt his rescue,
owing to the slatting of the topsail,
which, whisking over the spar, would
haye knocked the strongest matt aboard
orf the faot+rope. Thus it et etned
that the child was dootue.l, for the
turns of the line about him were
loosing and the hitches becoming un-
fastened, so that he must .soon drop
into the vortex of bailing, foaming
waters over which he hung, and from
wloicb•he could not be saved, for no
boat could iiee in such a sett.
The cries of the poor mother were
distressing to hare. Above the roar
of the gale they could be heard, while
'she wrung her hands and -beat ner
bosom like one half crazed.
From his position aloft Tom Winder,
had witnessed the whole r,cene, and
now, being a resolute fellow, he
determined to . risk his life in a way
which none of his shipmates would
have dared to do, for the rescue of
little I3en.
The mast was swaying like a whip;
stalk, and he believed it would soon
go over ; but this peril did not for a
moment influence his decision. Une
fasteuing the to'gallant»sail gasket,
mid cutting in clear with his sheaths
knife, he firmly e}utchei the rope
between his teeth, and descended the
dnegriroue, half -broken lee -topsail lift,
clear of the slattiug sail,thus reaching
the end of the topsail yard. Fasten»
ing one end of his rope to the spar, he
secured the other firmly about his
breast under the arms. Then he went
down by the rope,hand over hand, 'un=
til he was at Ben's side. -
Put your time round wy neck, and
cling to my back ! he shouted.
The child obeyed, when, cutting off
some of the rope which bad held the
boy, he with it lashed_ hint as •veil as
he could to his sholders. He then
dinned the gasket by which he hung.,
hurry and excitement to gat away and thus with bis burden regained the
from his pursuer, lie would certainly
tumble from the yard.
'The' boy • had nearly reached the
end of the spar, and was playing with
the gasket (a slender ripe attached to
the yard) wl:nich :he had uuryound, and
was twining abqut his brestt, when,
all at once, the shipewas -'structs, by
that most dreaded of all.tempests—a
white squall.
'Without a moments warning--withevery second ready to go, and he now
the sky and the sun perfectly clear of hastened to descend by the • shrouds
cleittds or mist—the squall came down • to the deck,
shrieking, roaein; and howling, as if 1 Scarcely bad he reached' .the top
when, dettt lifts parting; away went
the tolettih ut mast; and although its
tallidg showed how narrow had been
his escape, yot he and the boy were
end of the topsail yard. ;lore J'
paused a Yew minutes to lash with
saimi of his gasket rope, which be now
Otte" clear from the spar, the little boy
more securely to his b..uck.
ceuding the perilous lift by which he
had conte down, he finally witched, the
to'galtaut cross trees with his precious
charge. It had been risky work, for
the toast, swaying •wildly, seemed
a legion of unseen fiends' had suddenly
dropped from the heavens.
Whish-sh 1 whoong ! rattle ! bang 1
crash 1 A.wag.went the . jibs• and the
fure topsail, torn to rags, while,. the now out of resoh 'from it, as it fell
mizzen topsail, parting its sheet, corse clear of theta to leeward, dropping
fneanced to whip about with the din ' into the AM.
of thunder, and then from the lips . Two minutes later little Ben was
of the captain's wife rose a wild shriek in hie mother's arms, and, the next
as little Ben was knocked by the moment, the violence of the gale hay.
slatting sail froin the eatd. But, ing by this time abated, she could
somehow, the turns of the gasket, mitre herself heard as: she thattked
which he had twined abut his breast, his reseurer with tears in her eyes.
had become Loosely hitched,• en that Ay, Auld the eaptittn, and well does
they held his light form for the pre he deserve your thanks, for a pluckier
sent, although it was evident that. resale I never witnessed. God biese
rnand. Previous to this, ,when all the
ether hien bad been discharged from
the Watchlight, Tom has informed
the skipper that the blow he bad given
the roan, with wltoint he had faught,
bad boon dealt to avenge bis speaking
disrespeetfully of the captain's wife.
The fellow had called her a slattern
and a. mischief -maker, which Tom.
rightly considered a slander. He heti
not informed the captain of this before,
as be did not wish to ant the part of a
tale bearer and have the man punished,
even to save himself from a flogging,
The same nobility of character
which had shown. aboard the \Vatohe
light was afterwards exhibited in
other ways by Tom Winder, and this,
together with his skill as a sailor,
finally won for Minn the command of
as fine a ship as ever plowed the deep.
Peter Piper Picked a peck of Pick-
led Peppers, was a line of alliterative
nonsense}, that the children used to say.
Nowadays they cane practice on the
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A HUMOROUS READING.
TAMt1Y TA1nISON'S DILE. A.
Tammy Timson was a droll, hhatrem-
scarunyoung man. a little soft in the
upper storey, it was thougbt,although
with all his daftness, as gleg as a
hawk where his own interests were
concerned. He was employed about
the farm of Whinny Knowe as an errs
band, and might have fared well.
enough had lie not been generally re-
garded as tarry -fingered. That is to
say, Tani could not possibly look upon
green cheese but his*mouth watered.
If he was not n kleptomaniac, then -he
must have been a cousin of one only
seven times removed, for a greater
sinner for lifting nick necks and tit..
bits belonging to outer people did not
exist from Land's End to John o'
(xroat,'s.
Partner ielucklebrnse was au excellent
type of a Scottish farther --cheeks red
as roses, a leg like a stet, and a fist
that could have knocked an ordinary
mortal into smithereens, while hie cor-
poration was so mucin to the fore as to
clearly indicate that Farmer Muckle-
brose, honest man, was never far away
at meal' times. The farmer was a
terrible baud for a joke ; he would
never miss his opportunity, and Tam's
'thievish prgplivities annoyed ,Mine
greatly. He olid not grudge Tani ins
bite and sup, for he was a handy man
about the farm, nevertheless he de-
termined to have some fun at Tam's
expense the first time he caught prom
at • any of his pilfering tricks. Well,
the opportunity was not lone in come.
ing, for one winter night, when snow
was mantling hill and dale, Tam en-
tered the fartner's kitchen, -here he
soon espied a toothsome print of fresh
butter swimming in a Eason of water.
Tam gave a cautious look round to see
if the coast was clear, and thinking
himself safe from observatiott,he whip.
ped up the print of butter, and trans,
fitted it by a dexterous feat of sleight-
of-hand to the inside of his felt hat,
which be,pnt upon his head. •
1+arnier ill teklebxose from outside
the window had observed the whole
transaction, and resolved to cure Tam
they must soon become ttnf Isteded. rat, lad' 1 he added,turniing to Tofte ;Iof has passion far pilfering. Entering
There lie stow• hong, about ten feet and 1. 'nay say that, never aggain,while i. the kitchen, he cheerfully saluted him
below the end of the yard, swaying you are aboard this craft, shalt my while he wee on the point of running
away. •
It's a melt itiellt, Tam, he said,chap-
ping him on the shoulder. The wind's
could, and fairly reaches eue's mar,
row. Cottle, draw in yer chair to the
inggle.
A roaring fire was blazing up the
chimney, tend Tam, with the butter
inside his hat,was desperately anxious
to he away from the heat. The farmer
his•head by th'' wind, his blue eyes Aidnighit, but may toy ,trtn be blasted
bulging with terror,and lhie shrill oriel to the stump if I ever touch you with
half drowned by the rear of the sea the eat I
ended. In spite of alp his protesta- and gale. c The captain :kept Ide word tied when
tions, she .insisted :bat the poor boy Tearing abut;, with her bowe buried the voyut;e was ovi'r he .used Itis iu,
should not be whti ed, and taking a in the hissing foam and' the 'white tliirttct' to haw the youth promoted to
of aacisau,rs from her pocket, she cut Water pouring over the forward rsits, the position of thtird officer tabaard
hin•doose from i',e rigging to which the ship, almost on her beam ends, 'motility vessel which he was to coin,
was net to be denied, for grippi
i
lay,thA shoulders he pushed n li
i
into the old arm-ehair,wltere hb wedg%
eel his own chair against it in snob u
tasltion that poor Tam had not the
ghost of a enhance to move. He was
ina fearful delinuna, for the fernier
heaped on fresh logs until the fire
roared and blazed like a furnace. In
a few minutes the butter was begin.
ning to settle down at headquarters in
Tatn's hat, and was curving round
into the shape of his head ; seri Tarn:,
feeling this, sprang to his feet, vowing
that he had pressing business, and
trust get cif at once.
Tuts, Tam, what's a' yer hurry 2
said the farmer, iSlau,tbe itgle neck's
the coziest corner in a' the earth ou a
nicht like this, and ye (liana budge an
inch, tell ye, till ye has a wee drop 0'
something to keep ye frac freezin'; an'
the wily farmer pushed Tarn once more
down into the nrrn-chair, while he
heaped fresh logs into the t re with'11.
sort of fiendish glee and good humor.
Preserve »s al 1 but this was purga-
torial, The heat is something awfn,
exclaimed Tam, once more attempting
to rise , but the farmer's heavy hand
was laid on his shoulder,
Sit ye door, Tam, sit ye loon, lad;
dinna be so impatient. I want a twa- •
handed crack wi' oo, to see whatye
wad recommend as a guid butter cool-.
er—l. fresh butter cooler, 1 mean.
Poor Tam was in a terrible plight.
The fire glowing fiercely., and the but-
ter was neginning to melt and trickle
over his brow,dropping in great greaeg
blobs from the point of his nose.
Look here, Taut, said the former
ye see that hole there at the cgrner of
the jurnbs. Lech doon, man ; ye lier','
yer bat on, ye ken. .goo, 1 want ye
to telt me if ye think that's a rat's hole
or no. Boo door, man, and the far-
mer pointed with one hand to a corner
of the fireplace, and with the other
compelled Tann to get down upon his
knees to investigate the Bole, which
brought his hat so :,lose to the ribs
that it was in im mmeent danger of tak
iug fire, ,
Oh, lod, sir, I'm getting; sick wi. the,
heat, said. Tait, in 0 feeble voice. Ye
'nicht lat me up; and lie wiped the
greasy stream from his face anti neck.
Weel, weel, said the •farmer, get up
ail' never tneud ; we'lt.;;ee• aboot it the
morn. ,
The farmer' hereapon produced two
brimttting Masses of reeking toddy,
which at any other tilno and ander'
guy other circtuxtstanves would have
elevated Tame into a perfect paradise,
but now. he felt like, a hen on a het
girdle, and the very smell of the toddy
almost turned his stomach.
Keep eooi, Tam, keep cool, said the
farmer, Leah, I'rn perfeKtly astonished
to see ye twisting and squirming about
like a flea in a tub of butter. What's
the .natter wi' yet Arc yoµ no cointort•
able 1 But; be, 1 here comes the guide,
wife, sae mak' yersel' at'hame while
Mrs. 111ucltlebrose malt's ye'a roond o'
toast. Toast and fresh butter,ye ken,
Tann, beats creation, - Never tak'
onythieg but fresh butter. Tam, It's a
grand thing for keepin' ye cool , and
for bastiu' an' cookin' pinna ye hae
onythi.ng to dee wi' soo's fat,margarine
or poodered butter; they're just thrash,
Aye 'mange in for fresh butter ; its far
better.
Tam was bete een the dell and the
deep sea. He could nob understand
what hlucklet;rose was driving at with
his frequent illusions to fresh butter.
Had he any notion, Tam wondered, of
what he had in his hitt 1 If he lead not
why should he refer so often to fresh
butter 7 Tam's hair would have stood
on end at the thought time be had
beep discovered, out), the butter upon .
it would not allow of any such liber••,
We. It was trickling down bis cheek,
in streams; It %vas percolating Bowl,
his back; it was glittering onlna-face,
and it was dropping from hit# nose.
The farmers wife glowered at Tam in
amazement. His face was glowing
like a bashful laesie of seventeen, and
he seemed to be the very picture of
misery as be wriggled ,and twisted in-
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