The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-09-11

book in the first place; he had red hair,
which probably had never been comb
cd since the day he were born; one of
his eyes was slowed athwart>hips and
the other were troubled with some kind
of disease which keep it a-running all
the time, the Crime from the eye con-
>tantlv pluwn' a furrow in the dirt on
that check. which gave it Il kind of a
streakcd appearance ON tha, side, con-
trastin oddly with the plain dirt of the
other check. His nose was short, and
turned up at the end, and his mouth
was SO wide that when he opened it
the top of his head seemed to be an is
land. Two of his front teeth had been
knocked out by the old man in one of
his tantrums, and he had one upper
tusk that ought to have been knocked
out, cause it stuck right out, and no
amount of lip would cover it. His
clothes were the cast of dunnagc of the
old man, and fitted him like a purscr's
shirt on handspike. His brccches,
bcin' good deal too long, was turned
up at the bottom; his weskit reached
well down amidships, and the tails of
| his CLAW IIdIIlIIGI SOut N"o O'iN J'N' S'N"i
of deck as he walked. As the old man
came over the side, he waited until this
Crppy came over, and then tctchin'
him wipe alongside Of the head,
which made the poor boy staggcr, he
pitched bundle of papers to him, tel
lin him to stow EN- away in his room,
and to sec cvcrythin' to rights there,
'and mind you, young whclp,' says
the old man, if find anythin' wrong
there, when come below, you'll catch
it; SO mind how you draw your hair
strokes
Il had the watcl, from 10 to II, aud Il
long about 1915, as was sittin' on the
windlass and smokin', heard the most
onarthly scrcechin' "f, and goes along
to sec what were the matter. The bark
had half poop trunk cabin, and gittin'
on to this, looked down the skylight
and there was this here Crippy strapped
down to "a scttee, and the old man Il givin'
it to him with small cat which he had
made out of rattln stuff, and it were him
a scrccclin' that had heard. Well, sir,
of course it wcrcn', no business Of mine;
boys aboard of !. ship must be tlosgcd, it
you ever expect to make anythin' out Of
en-, and this here particular boy seemed
to belong to the old man more than to the
ship; still, must say, felt good deal
like goin' in and hollerin' enough to tine
old man, cause it seemed to inc he were a
givin' him little too much, no matter
! what he had done wrong. Well. arter
whalin' him till he got tined, the old man
went and turned in, lcavin' the poor boy
strapped face down to tho settee, and there
he remained, | were told afterwards, till
the steward turned out in the m0rnim' and
loosencd him and set him to work. lie
could scarcely stand up when the steward
cast him loose, cause he were stiff from
rcmainin' in one position, and sore from
the wallopin' he'd had, aud so the steward
he had to cuff and beat him little to
make him more spry.
| well, sir, We got under way next day
with crackim' breeze from north wcst and
in two or three days was out across the
| Gulf and into the fine weather. But there
wern't no fine weather for us aboard OF
that hooker; it were work all day and mis-
erable grub and constant abuse from the
officers? l come early to grief, cause |
wern't used to such treatment, and when
the second mate gave me IA clout side Of
| the head tor to make lne more faster. ! jist
hauls off and lets him have one atwixt the
eyes that laid him out scnsclcss tor time.
Well, then he come r'ard, and told him
for to keep his hands off Of me; that if
had done any wrong I'd go in irons, and
30 he put me in irons. and | were locked
up in one OF the state rooms. | weren't
KEEP long though, cause were in the sec.
Ond mates watch, and there were only
three Of us, and ,kin me out left but two,
and the secoud mate had for to do my
share of the work, which he didn't like, 80
he got me let out arter twenty faur hours.
The old man, he says: Il ought for to keep
you in irons to the end Of the v'yage, and
then hand you over to the consul, but as
needs your services will let YOU turn to
if yon will promise to behave Says J:
Captain Thompson, has been into ships
ia which this here bark Iain't fit to be
nothing but jolly boat, and has always
behaved myself satisfactory. The work
aboard of thi, craft is hard and humbug-
gin, and the grub is poor and abuse fire.
quent; all that | can stand and mean to,
till such times rs can change, but blows
| won't stand, neither from you nor your
officers, and if you chooses to let me out
of irons onto them terms, we'll and good,
III do my duty; and If not, not SO on
that were let out Of irons, and though
the second mate gave me all the dirty jobs
to do that he could think Of, he didn't
uevcr strike me no more.
well. sir. it would take me to long for
to tell you all the cruelties seen practic-
ed onto this Crippy. The old man seemed
to be delighted II he could only torment
this poor devil. He we're mortally timid,
and they used for to make him 60 out on
to the end of the spauker boom when she
we're pitchin', and ride it for hours. They
called that 'ridin' St. Anthony Some
times in very light weather they'd head
him I'm in a barrel. cuttin' hole for his