Connecticut western news., 1884-09-03
Jacks Fortune.
A SEA STORY.

An old man-of-war's man, dressed in the navy uniform, sat at a little table in a downtown saloon yesterday with 8 very large glass of beer before him. A young man was sitting near by talking to a friend about the sailorss,who ran away with the schooner Julia Baker, the cargo of which they tried to sell in the Bahamas The old sailor listened to the talk until he had finished his beer and then he said:
 'I once had bit of cargo aboard my self as was more wallyable and easier to stow nor schooners loaded with four"
 Here he stopped to watch a bit of froth drop from the upturned glass. and the young man winked at the bartender in white apron With full glass be- fore him, the -old man continued:
 ''Forty years ago war 8 youngster on board the Macedonian. The Mace donian, you know, war frigate in them days, and fine one too. She war Britisher once, but Yankee sailors cap- tured her. I reckon. she war nigh on to seventy year old then. We ware at an- chor down in the.LevaDt. We'll, that's the extreme east end O the Mediter- raneau Every mornin' about six bells bumboat 'hd co14e along side the port gangway, and one O them little, thin, wiry, black beard Greeks 'ud come on board and lay out his goods as he had to sell tween the guns on the port side forward. He wur as sharp as Dago's dirk at bargain, too. Such another lot of stuff as he had-rugs, and fancy boxes, and colored feathers, flowers, and shawls, and silk (no end of silk), you never see. The stuff didn't have no in terest for me, cause I didn't have no money. '-
 "About the third day he come on board the executive officer tells the bo'sen to pipe up bags, and we all gets lem on deck and overhauls our dunnage for to give it a airin'. Then we had our terbacker served ont, and I gets two big plugs along O the rest O the men,, I was rather green then, and when gets my bag on deck what does I do but spread out my dunnage on the gun just forward of that ar Greek with all his fancy stuff. Arter I got my terbacker and was gettin' ready to stow my bag, the officer of the deck he calls me aft and sends me into tine cabin with mes- sage to the old man, which I took it in without waitin' to stow any more dun- mage. When gets back I begins stowin the bag agin, and then sees my terbacker wal. gone. I looks around pretty clus for it until I catches the eve of that little Greek: Ever see one of them Greeks? Little black eyes in 'em what sparkles and gleams like the devil When I,see him watehin' me I knowed it were no use lookin' no more."
 'If he'd stolen it why didn't you gc to the officer of the deck and make TOW ?" ....
 Twarn't no use in them days Officers thinks more of mems rights now. So says nothin' at all about it. but just waits for chance, which is a!lus sure to come to him as waits for il to get.szan when he's been imposed on
 Next mornin', while MT. Greek was spreadIn' of his carpet and a-layin' out his stuff, the young gentleman as war ir charge of the deck comes along forward and he says, Boy, jump over in them ford chains there and sweep 'em off
 "Phe channels what spread the riggin' were about eighteen inces wide. While war sWeepin' of 'em off I looks ir through the port along. side of a biz thirty-two, and there I sees the little Greek gesticulatin' and throwin' his self about tryin' to swindle the bo'ser into buyin B camePs hair shawl for hi sweetheart. And then I sees a iup wba was very convenient to the port ant smelled like the grease what the ward room moke put on the hair of the youn, gentlemen when he cut it. thinks now the time to get even with him for stealir my terbacker. So just reaches throug and pulls the jug out into the chains Soon's I'd got it I war that skeered
 thought I'd fall overheard, but when
 thought of the terbacker it reassure me like. Then takes bit O rope yar what I'd rubbed down smooth for
 hammick clews, and tied it to the nee of his jug, which it was chock a bloc with grease, and held about two quart
 So soon as I'd done that lowers int
 the water and ties the rope yarn to or