The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-03

working my passage home," said he; 81
expect no pay"
''Do you answer back, you rascal ~
cried the captain, who had overheard the
words of Johnson, which was addressed to
the mate. 'Mr. Russell, can't you preserve
better order among your men?"
81 am no rascal" said johnson, throwing
down the rope which he had been try
ing to splice, and confronting the cap
tain.
Several Of the crew - Mauley among
them-were standing near johnson at that
moment, and all but Mauley turned pale.
The latter looked steadfastly at the cap
tain.
"You, too, suppose" said the captain,
between his teeth and with q countenance
turning pale and red by turns.
Mauley fell back, but johnson smiled
contemptuously OF the captains boiling
wrath.
"Have you not heard, said the latter to
Johnson 'that only few months before
you came on board / triced hand up to
the rigging and gave him two dozen lashes
for only looking at me as you are doing
now ?"
''Never heard Of it until now," answered
johnson, COMPRISING his lips and shaking
his head 'It is useful piece of inform
alton"
'That mans fool" said the captain,
turning away. "Mr. Russell, put him in
irons, and feed him on bread and water for
the present"
johnson submitted quietly to be hand
cuffed, and was fed on hard bread and wa
ter for several days. by which time we ap-
preached Cape Horn. and his services were
needed in working the ship. He was set at
liberty. His orderly conduct puzzled the
officers, who began to be curious about his
antecedents. He told them that he fell
down from Jupiter at the same time with
the great goddess Diana, of the Ephe-
slams.
Hes crazy" said the mates to each
other.
Soon after, limited TO him that be-
lieved he was the same man whom I had
seen one evening, in far different rig,
among the hills, in the rear of Valparaiso.
"What if you did? You don't know my
name, suppose ?" demanded he, rather
impatiently.
Nothing important occurred after We
doubled the Cape until we reached the
equinoctial line, when our captain knocked
the cook down with a handspiks for some
tri9ing oTense.
Captain Bunker you'll be sorry for
that" remarked johnson, who was stand
ing near at the time.
''I'll serve you the same way, you mu,
tinous rascal! !" cried the captain, with
flashing eyes.
But he didn't. He ordered the mates to
put johnson in irons again, and to diet him
as before.
We reached Nantucket and anchored out
side the bar on fine afternoon in July
The anchor was scarcely down, when the
owner of the Endymion stepped on board
Seeing johnson sitting on the windlass
the merchant gave an exclamation of sur
prise, rushed toward him, and grasping
his manacled hands, cried.
"Why, Edward, my son, what does thii
mean?"
30, this is trine, father" replied the
son of the owner, (known among US by the
name of Johnson; 'this is nothing com.
pared with knocking down men with hane
spikes, seizing them up in the rigging and
fogging them for looking at the captain
with many other pleasant performances o.
the like nature"
'It is true, then, what have heard,
said the merchant, turning to the captain
who was at his side, and seemed bewilderet
by what he had seen and heard, ut ii
true, Capt Bunker, that you ore cruel ty
rant toward your crew"
"I-I-I didn't know that this young
gentleman was your son, sir" stammeret
the captain, as he hastened to knock thu
irons from the wrists of the young man.
"He did not intend that you should know
it," replied the owner; ''you knew, l pre-
sumo, that q son of mine had been severa
years with merchant of Valparaiso Thi
is he. When the time came for him to re
turn home, proposed to him, by letter
that he should work his passage in tn
Endymion, for had heard strange storie
about your cruelty to the crew, but othe
shipmasters and mates had assured M
that those stories were false or exagger
ated, and was determined to investigate
the facts My son tells me that the sailor
under your command had Just cause o
complaint"
Capt Bunker murmured something abou
the necessity of maintaining discipline OF
board ship; but, it was observed that tn
next time the Endymion put to sea, she ha'