The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-08


The man was IN furious rnee The Ian
HnAge heusea, Aba abuse apd jmprepntions
~ hurlod At me-, WEN en0deh - sek ones
blood boiling, especially that OF person r.
ritated a / whs, and Who was now swcrn ..
and about 10 be kIeked out like dog. b.
cause, forsoolh, I was Ia 4 room into which
bad been unintelligibly brought against my
win. Igave the Yankee sharp answer be
returned sharper reply, and with Il kick
and blow. All this passed In . second or
two In another moment he and | were
Sighting, and that, too, most desperately.
We luckily had no weapons, but were both
in terrible rage In our fury, We felt no
pain. We hit, we kicked, we wrestled, and
gr~sped each otL er's threats. 1t was no fair
est fight, but more like q struggle for life
and death. ] felt at the moment that would
kill him II l could and he, am sure, had
the same feeling. Our clothes were torn
our faces were streaming with blood the
small bone Of my left arm had been broken
by fall against the table half the Yankees
teeth had been knocked down his throat the
women were bowling around US the two
dogs, locked in q deadly embrace, were
writhing about; while my antagonist and
sometimes one Of US on the top, and some
times The other, we're rolling over aud over
on the ground.
1t was scene, / assure ynn- At length n
number If men entered. The Yankee and
were forcibly separated, the dogs were torn
asunder. | do not recollect much more
suppose tainted. When came to myself,
I was in bid, my left arm in splints, an Eng
fish doctor sitting by my side, and had
| hazy idea OF a blood stained Boatswain limp
/ ing across the room.
"TheIe, now, lie down. said the man at
my bedside. Drink this. You will be
quite well tomorrow, except your arm. It
is ell right. johnson is very sorry indeed"
"JohDson sorry. Who, what is oil THIS ~
| began indistincdy to murmur; but in a
few moments was fast asleep.
Next day awoke about twelve o'clock.
rather stiff, rather sore, and with nv left
arm, Of course, still in splints, but, thanks
/ to a good constitution, not bad in other res
poets. In my room was my antagonist Of
yesterday. His face showed signs Of severe
punishment, but be was quite calm and good
humored, and in spite OF black eyes and
parti-colored bruised features, looked more
gentlemanly than he had done the day be-
fore. lie smiled a somewhat CHASTITY smile,
and advanced towards nv bedside holding
out his hand shook it warmly as he said
he was eternally sorry for the mistake
mistake, he added, which, be guessed would
lick all mistakes in creation. He calculated
| would stop with BIN the rest of that day
and night, and that he would liquor up
awfuliy.
I did stop, and spent a very pleasant
evening. Either the Yankees baccy was too
strong, OF / was too weak in nay battered
state to drink much, or perhaps did liquor
NJ awfully. All / know is, had most
rafting headache next morning. The ex-
PLANTATION or the whole matter was this Mr..
or Captain johnson, as be liked to be called,
had married a Maori woman from q distant
part of the country. just before be started
on his last whaling voyage, be brought Mrs.
johnson to Rawbit, having bought house
there. He was SO very short a time at Raw
biti before he sailed, that hardly any Of the
natives knew him by sight On the day
that his whale ship returned to the Bay OF
Islands, Mr.. johnson had twins. A lot Of
natives who were very much, pucuniarily
and otherwise, in the swell Maori lady, or
Maori woman who had gained the dignity of
being white gentleman's wife, O.. recoga
MIXING the whaler, set off to find Captain
johnson, tina. they might be the first to give
| him the good news, and row him across the
bay. Unfortunately, all th y knew of Cap
tain johnson was, that be was good look
ing gentleman, with light hair, dressed like
sailor, and accompanied by large, black
dog called Boatswain. Ny calling the dog
Boatswain settled the matter. Once started
on false scent, nobody dreamed Of the mis-
take Johnson. coming on shore in his own
boat, was naturally enough in rage at find
] Ia = L.
apparently the owner Of the affections Of bis
wife and so FIRST got into fix with nv
own supposed babies and Maori friends, and
then into bigger fix with my Yankee dou-
bic. Improbable as the story may seem, il
really did occur, and | have exaggerated
nothing. For many years my friends and
acquaintance used to inquire after my Ma
OTi wife and children T; and to this day
believe | am known TO the Youngsters in the
navy-behind my back, Of course-by the
! name 81 "MaoTi Jack"