The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-26
JUVENILE STOWAwAYS.
HOW THE vAaRANTs OF THE OCEAN
EXISTS.

Hook, homeward bound, the pilot had
left, and number 10 pilot boat was rap.
idly being lost to our sight, when a
scuffle was heard in the neighborhood of
the engine ro. IN, and the chief engineer
suddenly appeared on the quarter deck
leading in TWO smoke begrimed urcii 5,
who, in the mos. chalnnt manner posi-
bic, first cast their westward to assure
themselves of the sufe distance of the
pilot boat, ard then touching their hair,
Tor caps they had none, politely address.
ed the captain with 'lleaSc, sir, eve
come on board The passengers being
nearly all assembled on the deck, greet
ed the coolress Of the young ragamulfns
tn shout of laughter, in which the
| captain after vaiuly endcavoring to look
severe, WAS fain to join. Elatcd by this
succsss, the stowaways farther ingratiat
ed themselves into the good will of the
passengers by turning cartvhecls ex
pressivo of their delight, but were
promptly brought to their feet again by
couple Of smart but not angry cuffs
from the engineer.
The captain now inquired whore the
boys had been fund, and was told in
the coal bu"kcrs, which their =, pearance
anffici.ntly corrnb"rnted. Upon being
asked when they came on S,ard, tho
eldest by replied; 'lleaso sir, me and
Mi key (Michey's u New Yorker and
l'm an Eng!ishman). came to the .hir
last night and axcL the steward to let
us work our pass, ,Hes across, aud he
wouldn I 80 We hid ourselv IS away among.
the GOALS all night, u,,d wonida't have
come Oh deck so soon only the fireman.
sir. when he was gettin. Goals, hit
Mickey aud me in the back with his
shovel and Mickey csird ont. and We
was at"rp"d by him painting TO the
engineer, 'a,.d hire wo are, sir.
And tia, boys nained Mickey. Ell.
and what. you nau,c?' cuomr d the
captain
'Jii"ny, sir
OF Liverpool 2
'Yrs, sir, I'm Jimmy from Liverpool
and he's Mickey from New York
Very good then anartermas,er,' cried
the captain, take jimmy from Liverpool
and Mickey from New York, and throw
tacm overheard @'-i is,
Oh oh: roard Mickey, opening his
mouth for the first time; I won't nev
er STOW away again if you'll let me oil
this time
Shut up, yer fool, said Jimmy, he
amt going to do it.
Amt he" said Mickey, somewhat
treasured.
'Of course he aiut; I've travelled on
this ship before xu
, 'EhY =, hats ,ha,y' said the cap
tain.
Please sir said Jimmy, L came
across with you the last trip but one
sir; | never travelled nm any other line
Jimny's Inst impudcnt remark. of course
delighted tho passengers and disgusted
he captain, who told the engineer to tax,
The imps iuto tho fire room and lot III I'm
work for their pass 'gc; but the tn:iucc,
not wanting to DO bothered by the bra,s
the captain handed them over to the
Yuarterm stcr, and tired The las,
arrangement evid ntly gave great suits
faction to the boys, who immediatel,
showed their dextcrity by carr, ing
stools aud chairs about for tho ladies.
and in short, proved thcn.clre. both
nseful and amusing additions to tn
help rr v;dcd for the passengers.
l had an opportunity the next day of
Interviewing Jimmy, who proved to be
a bright specimen Of the stree. Arats
'rhat inftst the principal seaports on boil.
sides Of the Atlar;ic. Iu answer to my
'iue'tions Of how many timoa he had
crossed the ocean, and why he selected
this line of steamcri, Jimmy replied
'Please, sirsI'ye been over four times,
and always come nn these bouts, cos,
gets SO we'll treated. ! generally helps
to swab the deck at night, aud lai,k altar
the lsaies and gentleisAn darihg the
day Whea shey plays shuvclboard, ]
runs af'er the boards; and looking
meaningly at mo, the ladies asd gents
,allns gives me something for my trou