. Goaks and tears . LOOKING FOR THE CENTENNIAL. II. Meeting a man bound the other way, and discovering a foreign lookabout him, our old man drops his cane, spits on his aged mauleys andsails in. The traveller at first regards the old herowith amazement, but quickly calling to mindthe saying that its a poor traveller who cantmake his own road, he removes the bundlefrom his shoulder, and comes up to thescratch smiling. The conflict doesnt lastover a minute and a half before our old herogets three or four shots below the water-line, his main-mast goes by the board, theenemy mount the parapet with
. Goaks and tears . LOOKING FOR THE CENTENNIAL. II. Meeting a man bound the other way, and discovering a foreign lookabout him, our old man drops his cane, spits on his aged mauleys andsails in. The traveller at first regards the old herowith amazement, but quickly calling to mindthe saying that its a poor traveller who cantmake his own road, he removes the bundlefrom his shoulder, and comes up to thescratch smiling. The conflict doesnt lastover a minute and a half before our old herogets three or four shots below the water-line, his main-mast goes by the board, theenemy mount the parapet with a hurrah ! and., . he sails out — licked by a blasted foreigner, He sails in. ^ ° and well licked at that. He continues on his way, after a halt to make repairs, and his patrioticpulses dont bound again until he enters theQuaker city. The glorious day has dawnedat last and the city is in an uproar. Our oldman forgets all about his encounter on thehigh seas, swings his hat and hurrahs withthe rest, and kindly volunteers to hold theloaded end of
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