The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-03-29
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, MARCH 49, 1866


of boy, if anything will was just sucl
another lad, till was made captain of {
French prize, and had to take her back in
to st. Helena. i was man from that day.
oh, but there's good iii the boy said the
doctor. He's brave and generous there's
no vice in him, it's only mischief.
Only mischief He's the greatest scape
grace | ever had on board
Then let me stop on board said lieuten
ant. ALLOW me to look at tine wording O
the dispatch; there must surely be som,
loophole -..,.
The captain took up tue dispatch anc
read it under breath
No, he said, here is this devil of clause
you are requested to take all your officer,
with yon- So as to preserve a dignity that
may aid your negotiation No, we must
all go We !. never did grumhle at or
ders yet, but if had ever dome 50. might
d. SO now. Do tor ndnd You bring some
quuine. There's safe To lac "a fever for on,
or two Of us BY George sir on an African
station one ought to ire en qmn,nc if on
wishes to live at ~!
The lieutenant and doctor took their leave
of the cAptsif, who wished to study his
maps az d prepare for the Journey
AS the doctor was pat1n4 the deck and
had arrived just under the maiumast, he
gave "A look upward To see if the offender
was tnorc Yes there-he vas swinging his
legs rittr tsyt Up happy rs bind AS lbe
doctor was sui straInug his bead to ob
serve niai tlcfe fell upon his face Shove!
of Ittle naiie paper pellets, propped with
| excelleui aiur by Pickle Fowls as he was
generally called, and with them came down
in shril voice the mocking " ords, To Inc
taken night and morning n ~ ego q "
The doctor was very angry he tossed
his head
THAT boy viii come to a bad end If
Were the captain I'd keep him on the mast
all night-a good dose of fever would tame
him bit; and, egad would not bring
him around day TOO soon
But the doctor Was angry, If Fowls had
| really been i'll be would have nursed him az
tenderly as woman
Half an hour after the doctor had retired
to his Cabin for nap, there was a Cabling
OF voices and splash OF oars round the
bows
There comes those spies of niggers. and
said tIasket. as be looked over the Slips side
Hang their yams, and cocoa nuts, and b,
nanas All they want, | know, is news of
us to signal to .he slavers. If was the cap
tain Id never let a niger set foot on the
deck 10 -s,atAl .f'H
Up scrambled two stalwart negroes with
nets on their backs, full of fruit. In a mo
ment fair was established at the foot of
the mast. The negroes, eager for news and
money, jabbering in broken Engl sh the
sailors, eager for fruit and vegetables trying
to learn the best way to the Gorubah coun
try.
In the middle Of this discussion, down
came halt crown, wrapped in paper, at the
feet of one of the negroes 1t was marked.
-Four bananas and yam, twopence; give
the change to Jekyil.
1t was message from Fowls A tall negro
thinking himself unobserved, slipped the bit
Of silver into his wristband In moment
however, Jekyll had him by the wrist.
''Avast therer he said fair PLAYS a
jewel Let ME read what Fowls says
The negro refused to give up the money,
and assumed vociferously injured air
A scutf1e commenced in tie middle of
the scuffie appeared the first lieutenant.
Here, 70 trouble with these niggers, he
said. If they choose to steal, over with
them, lads bundle them o,.t, fruit and all
The thing was soon done. Jekyll aud a
sailor wrenched the half crown from the ne
gro, and the other sailors pushed the blacks
down the ships side, and tossed the unsold
fruit into the canoe after them Jekyl ST
cured the four bananas and yam for his friend
Fowls and threw the twopence into the ca
noe of the enragcd blacks who, shouting
and threatening padded off to the shore
Heres pretty rig, said one of the men
when Fowls descended from the masthead
to become III few hours after deputy cap
ttin;. 1T used to he the lgh that were
brought low, but now it's the low who rise
high
An hour after, the lookout man came back
from elephant hiil AMI reported piratical
looking schooner as passing the next head
land at noon She bad hen stood out for
sea and WAS hull down at sunset.
Piratlcal schooner be hung was the cap
tain's reply. 'fhey take every little coaster
for SLAYER SaveIs don't run into the lions
den. Bouny Rivers the place to trap sla
Vers'.
Fowls r--elved his command, as coolIy, as
if he had BEEN expecting vessel for wears
past.
He promised little --the captain thought
that good sign, and 30 it was but still he
did not conceal from the boy his alarm and
distrust
Fowls said he be lad aud take care OF
ship, or by George, sir LII break you!
When you want advice, ask the quarter-rnas,
ter he's an old sailor, and knows all this
coast as well as know the Bill of portland
I'D give my head said the captain to The
| lieutenant, as Fowls left the cabin to tell
Gaske ct he is, my nainstay if anything hap.
pens, but when there Is divided command
there is no discipline 4#tt .t-
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