The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-06-02

|. Ia few Of these greenhorns. shanp-
haied in this way, got back, some of 'cm
ruined in health and their business all
broken up, and perhaps their wife mar
ded IT'D some other chap, 'thfnkfn' tbev
had slipped, their wind ,for GOOD: and
therc there was Others, that on Iandin' in
| "" ,,oolfwent on a spree agin-as cosv
thing for to. do in Liverpool as Won
could wish-and then they would be
ashamed Tor TO go home, aud would take
TO .. .vagabohd life all their DAYS after.
drlftln' round the world continually and
never comm back.
l. OF course, sir, there were nothin' in
ths world that good sailor-man ba5ed
SO much as>one of these Iere sharks and
kldnappers- Rocky More we're n good
sailor, man, but he weren't handsome.
ttocky always looked drunk. I think
the soberer he got the rdrunker he look
ed, and the cut, ON his lip and losin' his
teeth always made him talk drunk, no
matter how sober bhei were. I have my
suspicious that Rocky were three sheets
IN the wind when che fetched up in that
there crib In Cherry street; but Rocky
hlsselt always said, tellin' me of it, and
we heernlt hundred times, and always
little different, that he had slept off his
spree and We're quite sober. Hows'ever,
as he laid there asleep, he looked enough
like "a Ldrunken- man for to- deceive n.
Whitehall boatman by the name of Chris
Lennox; leastwise that's what they told
Rocky. afterwards his name were, who
was crusin' round for to see if he
couldn't pick up hand or two for the
Cambridge, what then lacked only few
of her crew, and when he come in here.
and seen Rocky More, he thought he'd
got n haul, sure. tHfNr
"The fust thing I know'd," says
Rocky, tellin' me afterwards, "were q
fellow siappin' me on the shoulder and n
.:,1 VAIN me S!1, up, and says he; :Shiver my
tlmbers, Bill, old boy, amt seed you
for a long time; how're You been this
LONG whiie2' Well, 1 looked at him"
says Rocky. "Of course with NV one
squlnt eye he couldn't tell where 1 were
lookin', and I know'd I'd never sot
eyes onto him before, for though amt
8oo pvt one eye, and that rove foul, 1
never tofglt face L once see. sHeaye
aheap my hearty says he as;a.> Bhst
my tarry top-lights and .t'gallan, eve
brows If PANT delighted for to see Won
a8in; don't you remember when you and
me m was shipmates in the brig Caroline,
III the Madagascar .channel, on the coast
,,aa OF Japan e9She wareaE Eoyills old craft,
weren't she, and no mistake q Woll,'
says hocky, Soin' on with TIE yarn, and
thls :. We're only one OF his Ways of ytellin'
H. whom l. hears that chap gittin' off
that play y7actors lingo md heerd him mt
the Madagascar channel Onto the, coast
of Ja.panS 1 knewI he weren't no sailor.
nohoY, alGl n work ed him UP to q ira
verse right away; and T knowsd he were
shark, illi iQcoMe ITO Cthe conclusion
I'd have bit Of fun with him, and then
grVeI him n iahahleriIr sich as he wouldn't
forgit in hurry, and one that would
larn him never to try any games onto a
saiiorsman agin.: So says to him, Il
reckon you're mistaken, my Bo; never
seen you before in my life.'
1ohnssSy,S aSs ShHe H : Amt AN ~ your name Bill
.,si.sNot much it ain't,' says I. sWell,'
says he, its, the strikin 'estl. likeness I
ever seed Then, says Rocky, 1
knowed he We're allyn, cause I .knowed
there wernt another chap in the world
so ugly as me- Never mind, says he
agin, come and tkec srdnR4 for the
sake OF my old chum; well, I'd pick you
out fQf him among ten thousand ,:
Would you| says Rocky, quite
si%psf shas a9 @ as init; init
q atSataaEa .Sss eye apisps epa swivel eye
wonasSfn sis1ngs ths 2s ss"R Ros1 Eh7 its
tinuin', 'welgoes up to the bar and we,
hats drink. He probably Thought
were lookin' at q picture of "Black-
behind eheItepss .5fs sSsssas asHEs e se1e ep
lookin at them glasses all the while, and
when he took his grog tbenlI took mine.
Cause, go long as we both drank 1out of
one bottle, turn and turn aboRt, I didn't
care for him., Well, We went out to-
gether and went rollin' down town,
both ON rs, n pretepdin' for to be a little
in the wind. 1 think we had sixsdrinks
onithe Byay1-aown to the Battery, and
eYeTyItimeI i seen that heitook his groe
from the same bottle as L did, and that
hss drank fair. Atlast we gifts down in
Whitallalh street, = and says he I've got
hSbeat down in the slip here ard ri
Goin'i cut for row for to work this ere
ruin ont of me. Well go in and take
another drink, and you shall stand treat,
and then we'll go fora row. .y. o.. ..':. ::
":.1Ah right, says l, and we goes in.
He epotlrs out his grog, and as 1 were q
pourin' out mine he kind of surged mp
agin me, knockin' me a little ways Off
from the bar, and I seen him drop some
thin' into my glass. With that, says
Rocky, goin' on, I kind Of recovered
myself, and fetched up agin' him with
such force that knocked him three or
! four feet away from the bns.and when
we both Of us recovered ourselves and
come up to our liquor again, them
glasses was changed and he, dranky my
dose. He We're great harry then for