The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-17

tie says, what's that you say there
l says, it seems to me like you try to
run me ont OF tn is schooner. I say. we
better sail back to Galveston, and YOU
1can ship man that suits you better as
what I do. He says, no, / wouldn't do
it for you or any other S. of II b-h. I
went forward aud went up and down hy
myself He sang out to me, come aft {.
He says to me. you mean to say that I
fooled you? / says yes, it seems to me
like it altogether. 1 said to him again,
let us go back to Galveston. He says
no, I won't do it. We made one or two
tacks more, and the tide turned against
us. L said, Hughey, we don't lose no
time. let us go back to Galveston, this
wind is from the northward and the tide
lis against us. He says no, would not
do it, He sings out to nae, let the jib
run down. j says no, want to get
back to Galveston. The same time he
kept quarreling and cursing about me
all the time He let the tiller 60 and
ran forward himself and hauted the jib
down and dropped the anchor and let
the foresail run down. too, and put the
stop around the fore gatf and fore boom.
I stood Oh one side of the deck load and
looked at him, and when he was through
with that he went along aft on the 9TH
er side OF the vessel from where l was
standing He says to me, you mean to
say | fooled you and want to run you
out OF this schooner 1 Isays, Hughey,
drop that, see you don't want to go
to Gal yeston with the schooner. Let
me take the skiif and I'll go by myself
with the skiff He says. you Cd d
Dutch S. of b-h, you shan't have
the skitf, and he jumped into the skitf
aud took the oars out and took them
down into the cabin. He came up again
ant of the cabin and puiied his shoes
off He got his feet wet by jumping In
the skitf-there was some water IN 1t
and threw his shoes down into the cab
in. He says TO me again, you Ct d
Dutch s. of b--h, you mean to say l
want to fool you aud run you out OF tue
schooner / said, Hnghey, look here,
let us make this up and go back to (faf
weston, or let me have the skin; see
you watt to pick up u quarrel with me,
you've been quarreling with me the
whole day since we left Galveston. Yes,
and / viii do it, he says. He asked mo
again, You mean to say that ! WIN
sn indie you ont of the schooner or OUT
Of The money? on something like that.
said, did say 80, but never mind, l
said, lot us drop that He said no, you
G. d. e. of b--h, and he picked
np piece OF wood that was about SIX
inches over one side, and four inches
over the other side, about foot ana
iluf long. We used it for u choppln8
oock.- choppng hfe-wood Oh It. lie
took that piece oi wood and threw 1T ut
me. 1 stood about t.n feet from him,
anJ he struck me with that pi CO OF
wood right before my breast. The 'ece
Of wood when it struck my breast TOOK
he wihd ont OF me, but did not iaii
town from it.. said, nnghey. don't
liil n man. The same time We had
galley ulongsida tho cabin aft. We had
some brick alongside to keep drait ihto
,he stove. He took one of the bricks
and threw that at me too. He did NOT
nit me with that brick, it flew over
BOARD, it missed me. l said, Hlsliey'
'or Christ sake don't go at this any iur.
her. He said, YOu son oi u b-h, Ill
,how YOU who am Isaid, Hnghey,
or Christ sake t us go back TO Gal
,eston He said, No you c. d. s.
II b-h, l Will break every Y d
bone in yonr bodyl I SAID, Hashey,
lon't you do it, and he commenced
umping up on the cabin coming lot
ne. | said, Hughey, don't come ult
,ere. So he said, will. So ! was 50
keered for him | didn't know what to
lo, because he was more than rs strong
gain as what am. / thought first to
'tIn away from him. At the same tlms
yhen I turned round, seen big AK
wing there. grabbed that AK, said,
iuahey, stay back, don't come up to
ne. or one of us will be killed, said,
don't give a G. n, will Kill YOU
n two minutes, he said. He was about
lalf way up on the cabin, with hls knee
N the edge OF the cabin and MS hahds
N the cabin. / said to him, Hughey,
tsy back for Christ sake. He wouldn't
isten TO me at all. He never answered.
ne, and come crawling up. Al ths
anne time / slung the AK ut him.
bought about my wife and children II
le had come up the cabin to, me ne
would have killed me sure. Then the
x struck him somewhere on the heal,
nd he tumbled right back ana iell
own into the cabin. / stood tor 1T
le while and thought over what haa
one. Then / went to the cabin SIDE
nd looked down into the cabin, br
ause ! heard him tumble right down
a there. saw him sitting right dowh
n the fiool, with one arm upon bench
nd his head lying on the bench, one arm
Angling down alongaide Of him lsaw
here was life ia him yet ! looked
bont for about four or five minutes
Ie stretched himself and fell down on
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