The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-30
THE BAcKwOODsMAN AT SEA.
By ROBERT STARBUCK.

Among the crew Of the Maxwell, a
merchant ship bound to San Francisco
and thv Sand%irp I>isHd| f6ty d =, u en,e
: of those tall, qnaint-looklng, rawhonrd in
divhnas whu generally come under the
denomination OF hackwnohSnpn.
Here. then, on shiphuarh, Bill Slings
was decidedly out of his proper element.
, II seemed As though he would never learn
the ropes. blocks, and the III ny 1.-THE in
lriracirs that r,.' tain To lull-rigGed m"r-
chaunau. Hence the manl and serious
blun.L-rS hr made, both hrlow and al"ft,
to the great indignation OF Captain Blake.
n'ui the amusement Ot the for, mast
hands.
'Oh. yon nf'rnal lnhbe, " the skipper
would roar ont. shaking hi, fist at him
I'D just Ike to feel that head ol your'n
with IL laudSpike and see what it's made
Of To Nhicn Bill would sometim rep!y
IL the llnWlus stNlr:
Look here, capr'n cor >idrr myself a
ire. and civilized crittrr. and must be
treatrd a,cordn'; : don't lDu @ I" fr|
lerlr' NE up with 'onr ruS>c> and otnkia
oi fists never WAS used tn il, ard 4,
won't 10 'nr Il >prck If good, ran tell Nc.
~ Tor lecin' "i INV hca With hand.
>peck. II WoUl MT r"nvait ne nuth =, for,
IavI'g phr ,slr> a>rir, reckon YOU 1t
hudIr pretty 'uh. ar'rr ALL
Ihtn IA a toNetlHy rnLr, which only
tie colo, nj pr"vp tiou~ AMI t,'%lrS~ cNr
ur the back 20 ,d>uau cuu.d X rl Within
'ruuH-, u" Ciprrin wnnd "td hin to
take hArm and kn"ck tn ru>i If the
arrhm>,"r >We p the dee h. with" ht" III.
wFi.h III t., ctr rtniIN l"ri'rhri nr
Elt Will.uut the -ll.hlr,t >usIic;uu on '.is
his Ea't thnt ~, captain Vas ha2i = BIN
up t.> rN phmg hIn(
But ~ attcrnpu e t. 'haz'' our p"Hrr-
ia >hlIri.nt,, u sun hr,rIuv cII,irtt ihti
;hr rrl tni, >u'i, r,Gu".r tlan hI> /. l.!
,d vlr'iw.a> UIth hi r.o 'i.i.ri> i eH.ih
# hory an q rrhn,>S Il m'vcInr'.t IA
'hcnW". -unu - cI~l Y e'' 1m / ."
nuIii0 o. q t,-> 'm;o''.-r. n4"H I.tt
'h. raYt,'' ~ r"ninn,iy rrra~- ! ~,
,tp.'- g.. i .}..!'cs >'Hrtu - g., h e, titn
ir'~'
',a'.l 90. "li. >l'. '.h'er i:t"
a.y sip '..n, 'n' >hip 'r w'u.l re-
G...t.r ,r,. Al messing ~, mat, NJ
"4lui>; l.. l~,'t ~ tra'.N''''l., al !
can't. IT, u. ri,. Of ne, t',I..k wl"t t" Put
h'm at r.>t Hpf "r must ppt huo I,
Nuin .gur.pW ul other. CAut lau ;f.lt,n
fuvt.'n.:
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~ it.i>..t a-ln l.. no'.ol> D." huu1'
.a;rr' e,ut. rr.'~I b.. A. he u'nl I
ID 'rr bu.I.'i' hnoi.
T. .>o.t' a. ~. erp'.ir af3 III m,'e
hrn 'r'"> ~. tie harh drops h"gr, 70 dc
>rc3,d jp utt.. ~h's,r, "n "a" deck.
li,.a 'lc l.r.r.r vr'H't forward, az
-o>'0! ura, Isl Iour.i lo'th at.i'rt
uI curse, iAusu'h. al lrc t.no il h,
= ., r'i '.',.' aEooN! :" AjnA at IL
mat. sd, My ohr Il tr">. "i'A> N"~
>rn.... iu the u.ij> al II car rr i,y q
drnl, "r tar falling ITO hi> eye and ther
IA. >aors in ,aitnA
D,nins t"r y ho',' of the r"Xt du ar.4
IL" day to'nw,n:, Blii was kept ,''a'i y
at work >,rUhhiug a'd >r .Dri"g the d, L.
which tax. wh.n finished. wa> F.llw- i
hv an"th,r devised after th" SAN. uion
'rr n> the tur"gnl".
lu>I .At~t.,h t!i> , III - Il :hr Nix
=. = ma,IlgcI 20 keep poor >ijrg> ruuuu
u4tiy riur "yrd At >rn,t'uaE, Whri. th,H
u q inuti>,v declared t'at hr VA cfn:
tn aan,t..
H. due coos" Of ting 'he ship arrived
a. Stu Fan i>ro, whore sHr reulli. Il
ttn y, th> aud was then ready 10 >aIi for
tn Sru!Ai ii I>'ai,iS. An aiiili tad
nnt h,ru urd, TO eur rumh,r il the
er> II Of tavr.ing Snowman, together
win tn,er Ni,d auiu1lS. a cnia'd, n r'g.
aud a Nild.at, which h" ra'Tlci "itn hitn
AID vas anxion> Ia exhibit to the god
people h Honolulu.
As th, rr Vas un.uthrI Couveri Mt p'arc
f,r the rqsr> in Whirh -, au'mn'> we're
confined, th,. hai h,rn ulrc'''i ~ tai All
~ rn>>ihir, and >rrut * la.hci down t"
lKr. ~ i',oi' t. H.. washed nv,rhOard III
y rah.. In" aspect "f enc. of t." prison.
r,>, With th4 tIi~iiio bair, gla'inL eyes,
ani Sra,r rows Of teeth wa> >avas,
rou.h It WAS the "ui' ion "i Bill Sings,
Which he frankly EXPRESSED tn the >h"w
uan. thai they III nj have more than haf
enough t0 ,lt
'A.a Id-warn ve,- stranger, he add d,
rniutirg toward the cages. I" k" = good
l." K "ut on trcm and Tx NJ those doors
iitii~, Is t." critters al b" hrrrkin1
no>. some O these tinr darS and rteatln
mighty rumpuS. Thrm door amt set
u'> they o,'t IN he specially the one
whtrr the catamonnt is
But tie shnWman gave Bill contrmp-
tunn> glauc". saying that he knw what
he ~a> shout, aud tnat Bill nee"n't con-
crIn him>, IT,
Iurrc DAYS ont from San Franri>rH. w"
wcrr ov rtnzep hv violent gale of wind
when caused us to stow away every rag
with the rxccptinn If the clos"rcefrd top
sail aud top gallant sail. Rolling and
pitching viol ntly Among the heavy seas.
the ships motion greatly di>c"mP"Srd the
shnwman'S : animals, and made them nnn
suallv fnrinus They dashed themselves
against the bars Of their Gags, gnashing
their teeth and utttring savage gr"wlS,