New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23

| all until Ii was time to turn IN, at wmcn, n1uI
| might take il Florence aud her aunt would haye
slowed themselves away in their cabin l had halt
@ mind TO walk into the forecaste and see IL there
rejecting that there was rather too much drunken
ness there to make visit agreeable, was turning
my attention to the tween decks, ana plahRanRg .r
| voyage into those regions for the shelter OF theh
| and the secure hding-place they would make ioI
me, when my eye caught sight OF figure IN Ihe
boatswans BERTH sitting upon chest ana ~ nne
| ing tea out of n pannikin, which he hed IN one
hand while he hourished lump Of soft tack IN the
other This berth or cabin was bulkheaied on Iron
the rest of the forcastle aud formed KIND OF Why
| on the port side of the deck, q corresponding
structure facing it the starboard SIDE. ne Doa
swain and carpenter OF the Bora naa %
would be found. supposed, IN TINS sister Vessel 90
slipped over to the door of this cabin meaning ~
| ask the man, whoever 1t might be- II ne knew 1T
what hour we were to get under way in the morn h
ing when, struck by his appearance l0okeu ~ S nm
attentively, and exclaimed, nat Jimmy SUI
ling! afte- all these years-stlll al'e' CHI "ui0''
lie took a kind Of slow, long look at me over his
Pannkn and then put Il dGWn qhH SIJ0I How
This man had been boatswans mate in the Portia,
and our wears ago he had looked ten years younger
than ne did now so scurvily does the sea use hcr
children; hut his grizzled beard. the weather
WGrb 6anne and pulling and swearing and piping
had tied up around his eyes aud over DIS tchiPis
did not disguise him from me; gave nn Ia lI ,onaa
| bandshakc and sat down, bidding MN not NINA
| me but to 80 on with his supper, or whatever the
snack he was working at might be styles.
| AT that moment in steps the carpenter larry
| wry sea-dOI with a beard Ii Ike WORKOUT scrub
bling brush upon his chin, and strange paIe eyes rs
if they had lost their color bE io0kihg 700 IhItn W
| windTard In wet weather. The bOatswaln politely
| introduced me TO him, whercupOn ne pulled on MS
fur cap as a salutatIon and pitched 1t INTO his bnnK
and then hauling forth a short, BACK pipe
from his breaches pocket he filled II ont of we'll
worn brass box and began very gravely 10 smoke;
"You don't i~eln to say Mr. seymour, sag -. inc
boatswain, that YOU have come to sea again. -
| mo jimmy said /; not as sall0r-nan. I'm
| going TO Australia along with you-as the old chan
tey SAYS I've embarked into ship which her top
sail is lei fail and all unto eyeand, and where
| we never will go home but not to soll my hands
| with your dlthy grease and tar. No Shilling, no
more keeping a lookout, no more hauling ana sIaN-
ing for this child. You may pipe Your whistle ana
| be hanged-youl never get me to dance TO It. I'm
| a cuddy passenger, my lively hearty, taking sail
round what the negro calls this circunnahnar globe
for the fun of watching others do what I've had to
do myself and don't mean to DO AGAIN,
The carpenter grnned broadly behind his pipe,
and the bGatswaln exclaimed, "Cnddy passenger,
ch! Shingles" addressing the carpenter " amt the
cuddy place under the poop where the ladies live,
and where ye may find, by looking, nothing but
hrst-class eatin' knOckn about - :, 80
IF it ain,t there 1t amt lorTardsi answered the
carpenter; lcastways in this vessel
And a good job tOO' sad !. "Mr. Shingles,
would YOU have ladies to live among the drunken
Dutchnen you may hear snorting like hogs II you'll
You're right, MIR seymour exclaimed the boats,
VAIN Hogs they are, and it's animals after that
there pattern 10 which sailors have reduced them
selves sailors do call EN- Why. III swaer that
pannikin Shingles-bolt il afore We, while you sit
looking on--if out of this ships company yell be
able 20 pick me man that hasn't more to dTn 0i
his calling than an apprentice when Inst Went TO
sea would Ia needed teaching alter he had been Six
months sailoriug. -,
smoking thoughtfnlly; but there's no use Tumb-
linz a mau must take things as they come. Ii We
can't get fl,t-ca,s scamcn then Sc must put up
with md1lin' sailors: and II they're not to be got,
then We must be content with nigRcrs, aud scar
amouches, and turnpike men. My argument Il,
IL lrff AZ Ltn
have pipe of tobacco, Mr.. seymour, SIT and lac
fumblcd about for his brass box.
took pinch TOR for company SAKE ana put IL
into my pipe and then all at oacc bctIlnklnH my
self that these fellows were calling mc Mr. ScJl nolr
land mind YOU. in no uncertain notc'; for the boat
swain had the most roaring voice that ever human
being used in calling upon sailors t. quit their beds
of down and mount the ma~t-, while there was tho
true decn-.ea rumble IN the carpenters pipes. !
SAID, "Jimigy, and you. Mr. Shingles. my name
aboard the rtdihmOTe Is not seymour but EgCrton.
Win Won try TO think of that, my fHendsf There /
are some pas-cugrrsaft who mustn't on any accguE
know I'm hrre-and they only hndout that am
here, even when am sitting among them and they
are looking at me, By lcdn Z my name. 80 IN
MT. EgortOn Jimmy, and You, Nj. Shingles; aud ia
some second dog-watch. when eycryJ .ngs quiet
aloit aud tine sailors are at pray"r- IN tell You
WIN I've come 10 sea in your ship, aud give you both
such "A yarn that youll never aftcrward want 10 !
use curlng-irons for your HAIR again 80 long - You
live ..,,......,
the word, aud llcgcnon II is.'
'Salne here" warblcd Chips.
Note in this the beautiful grutcUauIN hplrlt OF I
the sailor. Had land,mau heard mc say that had
changed my name, then, unless had explained that
property was the cause, hc w0ud straightway have
suspected me OF arson, forgery, or murder and that
was living 10 Australia to escape British jl-tIce |
on the other hand these two shell-backs asked no |
questions, suspected nothing; simply said "Heeger-
ton il u.s. and 80 made end OF the matter. IIav-
ing gone 80 far with them, thought | would 90 |
further YETI and | told them that as my friend |
Daniel thompson ts s SE crtoin %s n' na g
that was IN the ship, and as dld not want To meet
that passenger until she had been informed that
was aboard 1 desired 10 keep forward or some !
where out OF sight until bedtime and asked leayeto
10 lbs sure YOU may Mr. HegertOn. " said the |
boatswain, with grin, rs hc put gale OF wind |
into tine aspirant TO let me know how completely he
had mastered the word, land If ycd Like to sleep |
here there's my bunk aud welcome
This hOspltablo offer declined, but told him If |
he'd get me pannli in of tea from the galley, aud
piece OF bread should feel very much Obliged To
hun: and these things no at once prOcuIed so that,
seated on hs chest, with the fumes OF the strong
CaycndIsh cake-tobacco that sailors smoke ming
ling IN my nostrlS Win the Steam OF the galley Tea,
and the wind making rushing noise III the rigging
Outside io.t as if were once moro a sailor, aud
only whiting for the order to tTn-tO 10 bundle out
with the other, al fall to work. had pleasant
talk with these about the ship and the skipper
", HON they had both sailed with before and spoke
of in high terns, and among US we revived some
old and pleasant memories; ana thch having duties
TO attend u on deck, they lett me alone. IL was
now raining. with promise of "A dark, foul night.
and the wind screechng in squalls overhead.
| pOlicd my out and looked along the decks; "A
coupe of brass bound apprentices tine Strathmore
carried five OF these young gentlemen were Turk
ing about the head of Of the pOop-laddcrs,
swathcd ia Ol-sklns, and the second mate, similarly
attued was rambling about in solitary dignity in
the ncighborhOOd of the wheel. None of the pas
segcr5 of any description were to be seen; and the
deserted dark, wet decks, the rain flying in clouds
of drlzzle past the masts the streaming rigging and
the gloomy SKY, which the shadow of the approach
ing night fast darkenlng made truly miserable
and depressing picture. / wondered what More
coInbe was dOng-whethor he was with Aunt
Damaris and lOrcncc-but there no uso
wondering. NV present business to kill the
evening, 80 | lighted pipe, and on looking at
the carpenters bunk, spled book at the foot of it,
which proved 10 be "A collection of tales of ship
wreck, and several of these yarns | read, to the
hoarse accompaniment of the wind groaning and
tn. Ina ut 4id