Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-07
SCENE on A sTEANSpAF.

IRE western steamer. Of the largest class
was pll|shing her way Down stIssm with a
- full head on.
The time was early morning the -un had
not yet cooled bis fiery beams in the murley
waters Of the Mississippi; few OF the passen-
gers were aStir. and the boat quiet aId sin,
save the regular scream from her iron "a rolt
wa making fine hea1way.
Suddenly the engineers bell rung ou' a
most furious and alarming summons. whish.
being translated into the vernacular, mCauI
| - slow her.
The man of steam obeycd the mand ,te. an
Tuh his hand upon the lever awaited anxious
! V the next call
! her."
Some trouble ahead" thou-h, the On.
gineer; bu. BADLY had the lea passed n ,su "a
ais mind, whea the buy bell again psaled
| forth
'.BIck her,
Steam was let of in an instant, ari ssiziuy
he lever the man commenced ws-Siny Ia
ngine by hand; but the wheel nd MT vi
| .ompleted the first retros ,alr rrro.u.iJn.
whoa a louder naturalization tinklel OCT sus.
:css'vely-
"GO ahead ~
Slow hcr,"
- Ia X h.r.'
Go aheai -
Haflhs |otyed tie command, and sunpos-
ing al r@s riEht at last, the man Quilted hs
post for a Iismen; AID stepped out npJn TIE
Guards to set what the trouble hs. been.
Shen suddenly the ever-busy bell again was
heatd--
:, Sow her"
Before be could put his hands upon tho
crew, he bell again o.lerei, &" st"r te.l'
'mmcdi ;eiy alicl, "back her," ans g
tLcad -
Instead ofoOt"g ahead the crg' L ,er ssrqtel.cl
his own. aud then applying bis u.,l'l = tbe
peaking-tube. he al IN, sssd the p;lut thu
out stop, let US turn for a moment q tao
pilot, and see what was goingon IN ais dumia-
'ons.
This gentleman bad been but few =. run,es
{ MS past. AID was not fair v swtr., ,-n,n
the bell commeucel its mystcriOu. q lcr rf;ions.
but the t.an-e langurgs q: the steg rl-pirc
eScit d his attention, a IA he arriyel az T.,
inclusion tnat suuothing was wong Il The
same moment tLft Ine i i.eaticai MA l.t
forced Itself upon TIE Ell ;iaecr, - .I.s.y: =
IA mouth to has end nf the ;ubs the lo:I rAis.g
.ernarks wen, up ahd d WI s.mu, ano5u-,y:
What IN thunder are y,u about down
there %
WHAT in thunder are you about ! fhers2'
Ii living, Ike twD ves-es 20 u. uou.,n ...c-a..
an ,ngaZ ZH'-cat 1i.'i th - set. d .r..>- a. .r
avs. t''c Twin weut l.lnedIIt' y :a;o ..-'i.a
- ;,.low-:
Piict-Wao tod you to "st,p her FL
- r..k ~ -
Easia, .-You dil: what dil y,u rin- nc
'eii .or ,weuly ';a.ys2
Pio'-Y 80 iaUt tc 4 &c f.ll6w {, tiu-.
Vi. ' he -i,s. - g; trunk bef,r, su.iis..
C,l Y u "-It aud tIrl ia.
l.. gccl-Dru, X Dunk yuHr.e'f. ..,.-,
not n-d asop, and } Z & Just L. 2, .s,,.l.,
hat VIA : a..
Pot ..ok here. odd Ke;t'es. u IA
olt, aud 1 a. b. dowa 60 "a Ike rlcls.rI
If hTi ::
Eosincer--You need NJ. ..oub,s yau.s.Ir -
come Down here. Ill be up to ,Ou Be-. 70
shakes, ald then We shall see who Is Lru-s
Jnt wE1 - MT.
Now this barking and filling hal ex,iteu the
attention Of oiicCIs and crew. AMI a. the ,l'.t
and engineer, having obtained relief met
halfway down on The Il" boiler deck" cagsa.u
aid clerk mate and steward. barkcerlr a.l
chambeImad, all hastcncd 20 the sare rot
of observation. aud ere the twJ comht's -
colid join issue. they were Sciz d aal hl,a,
and an investigation of the affair WAS entered
into.
While all this was IN progress. neither boat
nor bell had been t3u he'd, bat the same s.u.
yular succession of orders was going on and
the tws assistants. abOve ant b,hw w-~c
medltating little ALTAR of their owa, WIN
tGat Of their principals had b.cn satisfa ;tolIy
.ol ciuied
The mystery was apparently past solution,
but IN" ,aptaiH bethought him of pJss Die
cause. aad -icpPing into a staic-rUya IN a.
- social hall kicked the door open All
there stpOl lanky young Tenness ,eau who
L.t emo Irkcl at Memphis, the previous nj ,hr.
very actively engaged in j-TkinS at a cord
that ran through his room Ia the further c,r-
her.
ScizinS MIN by the collar, the csptain de-
maded, WIS the mischief are yoa dbJut %
About > answered the youn I .nacssesn,
why. ton't You see that / m riugin; iyT nv
boots 2''
Pulling the wrslg corl, 'h7twsaI