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ac r-ose the At.Lunt dc he would make t he passag e i n ten or e I ev e n da y s without the
l os s of a r-at.Lfn , :,0 nht.ter on what ve s s el he went to the eeaI f'Lsher'y he was
boun d to c ome in lo~_lOB ded.
t~ o'W' for 8 case in po:int : There WS ft a fe110\1 named Gr i f fin-a long lanky fell ow,
as crooked a s a cork-s cre\ol. To look a t him you vou.Id not think him capable of dr-ag g-,
ing a herring off t .he fire. Ye t f or over thirty year~, no mat ter where he vent,
su cce es vas su r e to f oll oW' hi m. Of cour-se , he spent the money as quickly a e he fDJ:l CPit.
Upon on e occasion he shipped 'With Capt. Sam Gor don, in the br-Lgt , , Hinnie, a nd
vas just ab out to put his box on board . "D•• • i f 1 111 go in her", sadd he, and off
he ve nt. \lith his box . He sa w Hr . Nunn , the merchant, an d told him he was not goi ng
in the Hi nnle .. IlYou illUs t" , sa id Hr . J.fUIl.'1.. "1 1 m blessed if I will , I WQnt to go
in the Glengarry this Spring", s ai d t.he
l a nky fellow; and Mr. Nunn who had a great
liking for him humor-ed his whim .
The brie Glenga r r y t hat ye ar (1 871) was commanded by Capt edn r;ich ol'ls Hanr a ha n ,
and she arrived in Harbor Gr a ce \lith 11,0CK> seale, pr obab l y the i lil.rge :-t trip on
record in a sailing ve aeeL , The crew shar ed eoout, two hundred and twenty dollars
per ....an ; ..- T'he nex t -.yellr G.:;'ifr1a- ·.~nt. .in-..t.be- !.l.inn i~ , and re turn e~ \li t. b 7 ,200.
I might go on enuaerating other instance s wherein t he lucky fellow sh oved up ,
but I think t he above is amply suff ici en t .