, 1881-01-09

him shirt and pair OF pants, so as be could hav7
there were no denyln' that. But here were an
other curious thing about him; nobody never
see nm sn,1k Sc s ne ,4a aa%ays gone gat
fust or middle watch. accordin' as It happened,
he'd strip of and wash thorough, and then aresa
~ Times when he were ut the wheel OF t'otn'
some Job alofr and out Of hearin> we'd talk him
over and see what we'd nuke OF him Billy
WIckham said as how he be to have done some
awful crime and were Temorsefuf. John Kelly,
which aboard OF 2 ship we always called Jack,
Tere ns ep epn1n hat he
right aloft, meanin' that he, were looney- Andy
Green, which always thinked as he know'd more
tai be were mournin' the death Of some dear
friend or relative; but anyway. we al agreed as
he were a flst-rate satiorman and good Ship
"i1 .fn I LIVERPOOL We laid in Princes Dock, the
Waterloo at that time beln tist opened End re-
saryed 12r packet ships only and snat were The
ii you've to Liverpool now, Tor l supposes
there three or four miles of docks north OF the
ssThere weren't no fires allowed, and all hands
boarded ashore at Mother Hughes, In Union
street, and while We laid there thus here chap
had been on the passage out, keepin' hisself to
hIsseK and speakfn' to nobody, Eoln 70 the
boar1in'- house. gtttin' bis meals and then re-
turnin' the ship and to mis- Work. Or II IT were
arter supper, turnfn In.
.There we're one exception to this. At that
time It happened dhat II these Mo,a KS
Hughes at the same time, and atw1xt fhiiaoel-
phia crews and New York crews there was fire.
fSa ca agRts Of the Shenandoah, Philadelphia
packet was a-boartlin there, and one day there
were big two listed bully Of that crew UNDER
as were il, the mates watch by the name Of
Jack Tracey shaP Hs Tas T15p fep f1efy 70 m
for the big feller. though he hadn't E1ost OF
SHOW With him, when ali at once Solemn Bob, as
We called @ picks up nt pgs tFosfeF % Of
nte , ana saea n a. 1a8 20 down
in the kitchen where you belongs aud lend the
I steward hand for to peel sp1ds- Well, Sir, OF
once shut and locked, the tables showed to one
side. and the. two crews, or what OF ,em was
50 W you % really think you eau fght2 says Sol.
emn Bop, as he got up FROM the table and laced
bis man, who had stripped to the buff and were
bn ever T1t9 a. rae fac tne Re Pug gyer took is
shirt of, but the minnit he throw h1sseIl lnto
position we seen that he weren't no novice AZ
wicked pass at Bob with bis left which our naa
stopped neatly ana landed sockdoioger r1gnt
'twIxt the Philadelphian's eyes that pnt. .,, en-
hoth into mourn.n' and made him spout blood
like q dyin' whaie Afore he had time to recover
hisself Bob got in couple more not ones,
knockn The Dig chap I'll Seap az t'ss og ms n PM fsy I'll
In five mnnits his face we're Ike q round OF raw
| beef. and Ibis shipmntes throwed up the sponge
Things was done them times; but when the beer
| come Solemn Bob couldn't % found ne q 1lst
gone down aboard as usual. jist as II notnfn mao
| happened, and when little Tracey tried Tor :. 70
| thank him afterwards he wouldn't have It.
| you weren't no match foE that big, hulktn Eel.
ler,' said be, and as used to % . gooo aeaA %
| that sort OF thing thought Ia take the job on
'sWell, sir, so it went on; Bob kept sober as
5ndg all the %ne and so
| encboly We was jist to the westrd oe the
Georges Bank when he says TO me one night II =
| the middle watch: tom. there are one tn1ng q
| like you TO do for me arter we gifts in
! "tWhat is 1t, my lad 2 says Tnere AMI :
har a2ytai q yGq aa5 Tup % % out and out
| good sailormnn and good snapfnatet taouso s'V
to melancholy ..,,
4 giving me q note-to the address what are
| murked onto It, and say to the young woman ~
you'll see there as thinked o. hes e FL 1ne Sax to
git some one to give me th8 1eartn g. ouI az
i you're goin' for to be on hand yourself. ls
Inight advise you'd better taAe It I yo1tse fcr r.
carry the note safe. If So oe as you 1nsasts- q
aFour bells struck list then. and MS 1t we're my
wheel stuck the note in my bosom ana Wcnt
afts When were relieved and went for'ard the
| watch went below and Bob were a-1nlss'n.
thought probably ned got to sleep soineW1eEres r
on deck. and took a turn round lookln. lor
| him. but he we're nowhere to be seen, and, know
In that it would soon he daylight, tod tae 9
chaps In the other watch for to hnye NUM- c aof
they'd and him. cause, rememberin' what he'd
| said to me- Judged he'd took hissel1 on ZOE
I good. Next day he come hcme q nissan, ana
| nt,body never seed him no more ...~ =,
VI took the letter to the place WnerS Y III I{S
! directed, which were In South bsookyn, ans
, | Civ the message to the young woman, VINO tooA
. On dreadful when she heered as bob Was gone:
| Afterwards Iurned as Bob had been CapIaan OF
Tie foretop in the North Carolina the vyage
that that old hulk went to SEAL heheve M9e s9e
Of the wbole ships company. He shipped, ,aE't tn
in the sarvlce aboard ct q Tine trfgate rs
were bound out on the East lnula staaou.
she were in the North River, walttn ZOE ;.t'
orders to 60 to seq, a,,,o. Boo ~ #as lille K too
much grog aboard and overstayed h1s tne: g. iae 3s
lieutenant were chap as had been win BOD ~
the last ship, and suspected him Of aaVin pMyeMe M
! 6nnie trick or other upon him. he were 91au u1
chance for to punish th1 ana SO ~ t,, Us :.
; way. Bob had never heen logged afore. ana M ne
l | tork It to heart. That night be slipped do"l
: | the chain and swimmed ashore, s"appea ou ~
r navy clothes for shirt and pants and got dol
lar to boot, so arned 1som ho9 ts+9, .aI' r.
poured the rum into haself to drown tne i ais
rrace till Bob Morris found him and bring Mn
E aboard Of Us, pocketIu' his advance
.He never got over it, sir ne wetf enaes. f1 E,.
to be spsd &C. t. tae hIsse to 90
i hanG her any more, and the reason he neve
xn11d let us SEQ him shift hi3selt were tnat ~
were afeard we might see the MARKS OF tne c4
| an his back. He wero foolish, SIT, TOT 20 nas
50 to hea1t II hed s.oRpea n e dns ap
another but it fact that the rust tane msr
!, dreadful to all OF 'e11, and 1t were gooo 19n'
:, when It were abolished
> NOT WON, :.