Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-26

, if you think the mate wouldn't mind
~ I'd like to have q shy at him. yol
= chaps seein' fair play aud not lettin
the rest of the gang pile in, aud if b,
whips me, why all right l amt go
: no money, but if l had, I'D put up
hundred that I'll whip him inside o
. hour
II "'D'yo mean itP' says Bill Meade
"tI jist do says Sooty, 'and I'm
goin' right aft for to ask the mate.'
swell, the mste give Sooty tn
same advice what we'd Civ him. 81,
like for to see him whipped. 'says he
but he's too heavy for you, aud if
a was you I wouldn't tackle him
however, if you has q mind tha'
e way, of urse l can't have any fight
d in, neither can't the old man, but lt'i
y my watch below tomorrow mornin'
from 4 to 8, and the old man nevel
: turns out till seven bells, aud I be-
u lieve Mr.. Johnsou-that were the
9 second mate-afe SO fond of ightin
that he wouldn't interfere, and SO il
! you could git him up about daylight
j the whole thing would be Z g <afore
. either me or the old man turned cut.
I Mind, l doesn't Civ you noaiberty to
ukutS Out IL US uOue 6uu OOu I
! know it, why, of course l don't care
: punch. GO dowa to that Richards
/. If he's any sort Of q man he'll Civ me
: a show tomorrow mornin' at day.
light
"'You may say to the rest of the
gang says Jack Williams as it's to
| ho q fair Anht . fhof fhornta sunnf, ~
us, aud the fust' man of 'em az inter.
feres goes overheard
"Next mornin', sir. were as lovely
greos south, reschin' along on q wind
with q light trade about sow-s'uth-
east. She had q big to'.gallan' fore
castle, and !wsroped OF q -twsnty.feur
foot ring ~ lovely "a were ever seen.
There WEREN'T many of the passengers
as had got the word, and only this
gang of roughs a. 1 told you OF come
up.
Chill Meade, - were a-goin' for to
handle Sooty, says to him afore he
took him up onto the forecas'le,
'Sooty. my lad, l doubts If you are
able for that big chap, and I tell you
what I'll do, cause, though you paint
. 50ilOA q We kOSA lnOl VI = AdACy
to you than to any man I've knsW'd.
I'm q better match for that Teller, and
Ill take your place and stand qpI
ag'in him. But Sooty only laughed
and said. 4 guess he Won't git away
with me very easy. aud if he does he's
welcome. All I asks of you and the
rest of the boys are to 500 that it's q
fair mill"
"Well, sir, when time were called
Sooty goes up to the zig chap. ana
held out his hand to him. Put IL
thar says he, Richards; this are
goin' to be q square Civ aud, take,
and the best msn's goin'- to win. Il
MALICE J5@& -
"'And jist mind this says Jack
Williams, i sees some Of you chaps
has got your shootin' irons; all I've
got to say is we're three to your one,
and if one of you interferss, over
board you goes & @tf yFy /
"Thsn tue fight begun. and it were
jist lovely for to see the science of
cur man. The big felier comes up
quite confident and lit out with his
left, blu: Sooty stopped 1t and landed
a sockdologer on his PROTOCOLS that
I" Az I0ou4c u i
OF %astonished him. He tried to close
in on ~ man, but Sooty were wary,
and after glttin'in a heavy one along-f
side Of the big chaps head he went
nigh hand the ropes to avoid q
close. Well, sir, SO it went on till the
big chaps mug looked like q round of
beef. His left headlight completely
closed, and Sooty were fast raisin' q
mouse big enough for the main stay
over the ether one. There weren't
hardly a loud word spoke, cause We
didn't want for to rouse the old man
or the mate, aud as. for the second
m tie, he were q walkin' fore and aft
oE the lee side of the poop where the F!
sails hid everythin' from him, q pur.
tendin' as he didn't know nothin' at
all of what were q goin' on.
II must say. sir, that for . bully
this here big chap were game. He :.
up agln and agin only for to be !
punished, and refused for to give up, ;
though Bill Meade begged of the man
Us were a handlin, him for to Civ it
up. At last, however, when they {
had NJ aboutf fifty inmates, S0oty fetch
him a terrible ~left-hander as knock.
ed him clean off of his pins, and
hon time were agin called be were .
!nsensible and his second Civ up the :
light and they took him below. Ssoty .
didn't have hardly a scratch onto him. .
Then all of a suddint the second mate .
seemed for to cognize as somsthin' 7
was agoin' OH, and comm for'ard
ne sings out, What the blazes are all
you chaps doin'? Why don't you
start the head pump aud wash her
:
cts always been my opinion, sir, J
the mate had Civ him tho office /
The night afors, as he wasn't to inter- I
[ere; at any rate, the mate when he
come on deck says to Sooty; The old
man thinks 40 you aint strong enough
or general work aud tells me for TO
Civ you charge of the 'twixt decks
you'll be a kind Of Master.at-Arms
over them passengers aud keep. order '
among 'em In the daytime, and will b
'leep in all night T; You will mess with .
inc third mate aud bosen.' There q
weren't a word said about the 6ght, ,
put them chaps below didn't venter =
'n any more of their games. cause u
hey Jist had a wholesome respect for =
oooty arter he'd whipped their bully
nan, aud that chap hisselt weren't
tut of his bunk for . week, aud when
did come Out he were docile as q
love. OIL =,
ut weren't long arter that, | rand a
Was nigh hard up with the River +.
when the old mans little 3
toddl,h' around near the G
boom sheet. got caught IN IL
he slack of it and the boom snrgin' II
I taut jist then, II lifted the little b
over the t%ntfrail as il he'd been Z,
feather. Nobody seen h,m 60 bu,
,noty as was jist comlu' att to report
he twlxt decks ready for inspection,
Whatever do he do but 20 over
the boy like a fash. Well, there 9
we're the usual row and confusion of =
man overheard, aud it were full ~
Wenty minutes afore We got her bow !.
. aud q bOat overheard. The chances h
we're all agin pickin'o him up, but a
pulled III what We thought were c
he right direction, aud sure enough d
fore we'd gone far we heerd him II
Ingin' out Ike a good 'un, and soon
ouhd him swimmln away like a fish
With the wee chap in his arms, az he