Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-01-05
rst mate and the second ensian.


Jobsonl"
"Thand you. / should like to Civ
him a round dozen. / catch him some
times looking murder at me out of th'
corner of his eye."
At that moment the captain entered
and laying his cap and dOuble-glass Oh
side table. bowed TO the company, ant
took his place at the head of the table
Always some worry" he said, ''iE
this delightful life of ours. Now it i
that boy Davis fall down the companion
ladder, larkiDg, now it is a head wint
that keeps US at four knots an hour BY
and by, we find all the coal on board il
bad, and the engineer does nothing bu
grumble at the little heat it gives. AnC
yet these young gentlemen looking a
the ensigns rave over their cigars abOu
the glorious life of a sailor Pshaw ! We
always like what we have mt got. / should
like them TO have our work, Jobson, tC
the first mate for four and twenty hour;
-that'd ssicken them"
Mr.. JObson laughed, as in duty bound
"Glass of wine, Captain Favers g.
said Crawford.
"With pleasure. Steward, hand En-,
sign Crawford the sherry.
1--WE shall have fine passage" said
the chaplain.
MAY be, if the wind keeps up" The
was evidently pgtsat. "But hang
me at high water mark, if l wouldn't
rather carry parrots and monkeys than
these niggers, with their particular food
and their perpetual complaints"
Soup was removed and the second
course brought in. The steward had
Just lifted the cover from a magnificent
ioint of beef, that smoked like a great
sacrifice, when Patterson entered and
W hispered in his ear.
The captain threw down the knife and
fork in pet. There again. he sal d.
Here, Mr.. Jobson, take the JOINT. Not
a nom ent, night or day ,one's own. Excuse
me, gentlemen; a ships captain is every
body's servant"
There was howl heard, and the next
moment the captain entered furious and
red.
MARES nest again." be said, "By
Jove, Sir, if that boy Patterson didn't
call me out, octor, to tell me there was
a mutiny going to break out among the
convicls. why 2" said /. because l
b card them whisper together:" said he
cool as you like. ''Blockhead and lnb-
ber," said l, giving him a backhander
"what harm can niggers, whom l could
snap over my knee, do by whispering
Let them whisper; and if you come and
interrupt me again with your mare:
nests, by Jove, sir, I'll keelhaul you."
"Well, that's very odd )" said the chap.
lain, "for this morning, when Davi.
brought the coffee to my birth, he told
me he was afraid to tell the mate, bul
be was sure there was mischief brewing
among the Hindus. He told me one OF
the men had seen the Rajah, as they ca Il
him, slip his hand nearly out of his hand.
cuffs"
Nonsense !" said the mate. 81 ex.
amined every handcuff myself at eight
bells. Those boys are the pest of ,he
vessel, with their cock and bull stories
If see them again near the prisoners
Pllkeep them all day scraping the mast. .
Crawford and l always sleep with
revolvers under our pillows" said the
second ensign; land there's a sentinel
at the door night and day."
"Mutiny be -" said the captain,
testify, sand revolvers, too. If the fel.
lows did rise I'd tame them in five min
utes with the ships fire engine
AN excellent thing for lowering the
pulse said the doctor. BY the way,
Crawford, you must remember l chal-
lenge you to chess tonight
Here the mate to check yos.' said
Crawford, pointing TO JObson.
'JobsOns hard TO beat, said the doc
tor, but l back the chaplain
That night in the dead of the dark
ness, the boy Davis, who had fallen a.
lsep in the cooks galley, was awakened
by q storm of musketry, splash over.
6Oard, clash of sabres, grOans, shouts
and cries.
As he lay irresOlute and frightened, g
hairy, bOny hand clutched him by the
arm; then q voice he knew to be Patter'
sons cried; Davis, the villains has riser
and murdered every soul on board save
US and the freman-save three, and
those they're chasing into the state-cab'
in. They've put guard over the en-
gine room. / stumbled over the captain