Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17

and he lost his uncnslness. lie was so
big that had TO knock two bcrths into
one to give him room in his cabin. and
hc could hardly turn even then. But he
took it cheerfully enough. Once made
some remark about the closcness of his
quarters. and he said: There's tighter
places than this in the world, captain
Tweed went on deck for the first
time on the morning of his fourth day
on board He had eaten n hearty break
fast and WAS very Jolly. About noon we
sighted the schooner Commerce. from
Baracoa to Boston, with fruit, and he
became uneasy at once. The Commerce
ran down toward Us and signalcd us to
compare longitudcs. This seemed To set
poor Uncle John wild.
"'What do they want" lie asked
anxiously.
"'To exchange longitudcs. replied.
80 Are you sure Of that|
80 OF course am
" He walked away muttcring To- him
self. When we parted company with the
Commerce, noticed that Tweed was not
on deck. Neither was hc in his cabin.
| called him and lac walked out of Il
closet, little swcat-boX scarcely big
enough for n man to cram himself in
edgcways. He was bathcd in pcrspira-
tiOn and ns shaky ~ a baby. II took II
big drink To steady his nerves. When |
explained that the Commerce was nos
from New York he had good laugh at
his own expense.
"Ilc and Hunt managed between
them to Kill time very comfortably.
They had heaps of papers and some
books in the vnliscs, which they read
and talked over. They talked politics
great deal, too, but never was much of
a fist at that, SO ! didn't very clearly
understand what they were at. Tweed
spoke to me sometimes on the same
subject and even mentioned the names
OF Swccny, Connolly and the others. tell
ing stories about them. knew of them,
of course, but most Of the other names
he mentioned were strange Ia me. have
heard them since in connection with the
ring business, but | hadn't then.
Tweed took great interest in nayi-
CATION. and followed me when took my
observations with mHch attention. |
explained the instrument Ia him and the
figures on which my calculations were
based, but he said laughingly that they
were 'as clear rs mud to him. One
thing he could do, though-that was,
mark the time on the Chronomctcr when
| took the longitude. lie did it regular
ly, and called il working his passage
lie would pattcr around the deck,
too, and once tore half the scat Of his
pantaloons of on n barrel hoop. had
noticed that lac had not changed them
since coming aboard. Then found that
they were the only pair lac had. / lent
him pair Of mine. which he managed
to squeeze into while his own were be-
ing mcndcd. When hc gave them back
To me he had left n handsome pcnknifc
in the pocket for keepsake. I've got
that knife yet. ! wondered NJ the time
at his being so short Of clothes. After
ward il struck me that he was n hard
man To fit. lie couldn't get his clothes
rcady-madc. and while he was in hiding
he was afraid 10 have tailor make
any.
Tweed took great interest in the sea
and everything about il. We generally
had lines put over the stern. and when
ever we hooked n fish lac examined 1t
before it WAS turned over 10 the cook.
4 little shark we caught kept him busy
for couple Of hours. Then. when We
got among the drifts Of Gulf weed, the
men used to fish up whole bushels Of it
for him. He would pick out the crabs
and SEA spiders from the wrack and
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couple of old books ] had in the cabin.
He and Hunt collected q whole Jar full
of the ugly things, hut they left them
behind when they landed.
"Flying-i-h were another hobby with
him. 4 whole school Of them few on
board one night, attracted by the glcam
Of the deck lanterns on our big white
sails. Old Sam, our cook. took the back
bone ont Of lot Of them and fried them
for our breakfast ! thought Tweed
would never get through that morning.
lie said the nying-iish made one of tho
best dishes he ever ate in his life. II
struck me that was paying them n big
compliment.
" He took n great fancy TO dolphin.
too, when Sam gave IL to US one day in
curry. As an eater. however. Tweed
was by no means out Of the way.
Aoor he got over his sickness he had n
good appetite. but nothing extraor-
dinaTy: and he would cat ships fare.
and leave the extra dishes ! had provided
for Hunt and me to finish Off In drink
ing he was equally temperate. 4 aAass
of brandy now and then when his stom-
ach wanted toning was about the worst
he did. Ny supply of liquor was hardly
touched during the voyage.
81 soon found that neither Tweed nor
Hunt knew whore they were going.
They wanted to land in Cuba, but had
no idea at what point. All the satisfac-
tion | got from Hunt when ! asked him
where to steer. was Make for the east
end Of Cuba So | shaped our course
for Cape Maysi, the extreme eastern
point Of the island.
when we got clear Of the Bahamas.
Hunt told me they had concluded To
land ut Santiago dc Cuba. They had
settled on that place from book they
had brought on board. 1t was the mar
rativc of n winter voyage in yacht.
among the West Indies, written hy some
yacht club man and published in New
York. 1t was called West India
Pickles
Among the places described in West
India Pickles was Santiago dc Cuba.
Tweed had taken fancy to IL from the
description. but when he found another
of Matanzas. he did not know which To
choose. Hunt favored Santiago. So
they made toss up oft. with the head
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