70 \\'iii:ke the .spuktsman loves to linger. 



came rusliiiiir out of tli(3 pilot-lioiise, yclliiiii-, '"Over with 

 the lifeboats." Everybody thoni;ht the boat was i;oing to 

 l)h)w up. Over went tlie eanoes, uvvv went tlie passengers, 

 some landing in the eanors, otliers in tlu^ water. It seems 

 a stop-coek on a steampipe in the ])i lot house had burst. 

 The combination pib)t, cai)tain, deckhand, assistant engi- 

 neer and cook rushed back into the ])ihjtdiouse and. in an 

 attempt to slnit off tl\e steam, choked, fainted and got 

 scalded. A>'e miuht as well liave stayed where we were, as 

 tlie steam soon exliauste<l itself. It was one of those cases 

 when the crew lost its head. The passengers i-eturned to 

 the l)oat and att(Mii])ted to revive the "(MMiibination." In- 

 stead of attending to the jtoci' fellow's woniids, everybody 

 sugg(»st(Ml giving him whiskex, which resulted in completely 

 stupefying him. 



As our l)oat was l)eing towed back to Xoi'cross abiriinng 

 reports pr(H-e'led us. 'Hie family of the "combination," 

 physicians who had l)een telegiai'hed foi- along the line and 

 the few iidiabitants of the town wei'e there to meet us. 

 Everybody was syiii])ath<'t ic as they began to carry out the 

 ''dead," and wei-e surja-ised and i-elicNcd to find that the 

 only "dead oiu^" Avas the ''combination.'' After a liasty 

 examination bv th.e physicians aiid explanations by tlie 

 passengers "a walk around tlie block" brought th(^ ''com- 

 bination" back to life, little th(^ worse for his experience 

 as a navigator over the Avaters of Maim^ And the last we 

 lieard of him he was singing "The Yarn of the 'Xancy 

 Beir " : 



"O, I am a cook and a captain bold, 

 And the mate of the 'Xancy' brig, 

 And a l)0-sun tight, and a nndshi]) mite, 

 And the crew of the cai)tain*s gig." 



