Scribner's magazine . ikedrivin nails in a bord. On the lastroun he a-bustin of a shell undr herforrd pivit-gun, a histin on it wor the end—the Alabamy worlickd. She a-settlin aft, hists herbow in the air, and goes down stamformst. We a-yellin and a-cheerin, and theboats bein calld away, we tumbls in,and a-rowin to were the Contidrits wora-swimmin aroun, we see the Britshra-grabbin on em and a-histin on em inher boats, thev a-makin off wen thevsee us comin. Aitr pickin up all wot wor left atopof watr, Tom McBurney bein one onem, we rows back to the Kearsarge, anda histin in our boats m
Scribner's magazine . ikedrivin nails in a bord. On the lastroun he a-bustin of a shell undr herforrd pivit-gun, a histin on it wor the end—the Alabamy worlickd. She a-settlin aft, hists herbow in the air, and goes down stamformst. We a-yellin and a-cheerin, and theboats bein calld away, we tumbls in,and a-rowin to were the Contidrits wora-swimmin aroun, we see the Britshra-grabbin on em and a-histin on em inher boats, thev a-makin off wen thevsee us comin. Aitr pickin up all wot wor left atopof watr, Tom McBurney bein one onem, we rows back to the Kearsarge, anda histin in our boats me and Joesruttls aroun a lookin for Tom, andsoon a-tindin on iiii Joe sez to im: Tom, sez he, wor that black-whiskeyd oftcr wot wor a-cussin anda-mockin o the moon, wor he killd ordrowndd ? Nuthr, sez Tom, he a-levin ofthe Alabamy dry footd. and the onlyman on the ship wot savd his last I seen on im, sez Tom, hewor a-histin on hissel abord theBritshr, she now bein hull down a-makin fur the Ins^lsh The strikes and their consequences openedto tlie American citizen even more sub-jects for profitable thought than have beenliberally pointed out to him in the monthof their discussion. Upon the more obviousof these latter, excepting perhaps the greatquestion itself of the existence and adjust-ment of labor grievances, he has probablymade up his mind in some fashion — in-fluenced of course by temperament andtradition, but definitely enough for aworking hypothesis, the majority result ofwhich we shall see in votes, the tone ofstock-exchanges, and the trend of shall know by the evidence of thesewhether the confidence gained from the at-titude and decisive action of the centralgovernment quite balanced the sense of anew danger coming to light in the Popu-list governors and the California militia ;whether the final sharp stand of press andpeople left the dominant impression, or thelocal dilatoriness and incapacity. The op-timistic opinion will prevail, a
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