Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-30
A PIRATICAL TALE.
A "Put-up job" and How It Did
Not Succeed.

o'hei '"s' go. acqua'h'eu WIN one oi
the men employed on Dig barge that
was tied up at a pier. After a short
talk he was invited down into the cabin
of the harye ..to ses the old man ~
tn. cabin w.s s;u,,v . s.c,;or Of m.
-,
ioi' cut On os puihheao' anu i'''eo
Tor the home OF the two men who
worked the barge. These two men
were brothers, and .the old man" was
their father He w,s over eighty ve.r
oI1 hr, r.s ,h,. 80 .o.d . sa,...aSa.
.,, - -. | al " "'"p"pe'
co'i''or'aois o' 'he aiu oi sPecF'cies'
The cabin had stove on one side. four
hunks on the other. table. several
chairs. lockers and chests. The walls
lustrations from comic papers, and. as
the place was Scrnpniou.iy y clean. 1t was
much more attractive than one would
have supposed possible while looking
at the rough exterior OF the boat. just
over the upper punk hunS curious
gun. The old man. seeing the stranger
eNeing It. took 1t down. 1t had a bar
rel about two feet long and three inches
thick AT the oult. lhe muzzle nare1
Ike the muzzie OF an old-fashloned
cannon. lhe stock was shaped some
thing like the stock OF an old horse
pistol; except that 1t terminated IN .
round oaii ABOUT one and one-ha1
inches IN diameter. Inc oarrei was
prass ana the STOCK mahoga4y, brass
mounted. lhere was an oid,iashioned
n'ht ioch; oy "hich II might nave peep
hrea. Inc pore OF the gun was ex-
ac.iv one 'hch Id oiaheer' ana not
rined.
GOT IL In SiSei, IN the "uii OF Mex
'co. when boy: SAID the OLD man.
III was MADE I'D france as the inscr'p-
VOYAGE
Inc oiu man placed ,ne gun across
MS knees ana oesan rnon'nS the 'orass
mounting WIN piece Oh oiiy manner:
aithouSh tney were as orisnt as II
ALREADY Poilsheu on that day. men
he was urged TO tell now ne got IT, he
sad:
was on tne pris Mert0, $40" tuo
OF apont one huhdred ana t~enty-nSc
tons. She saiied out OF th's port pound
lot ports IN the "uli OF Mexico win an
assorted cargo; That was IN the fall OF
1918. we had long passage down
the coast. III was eighteen DAYS peiore
We reached the Banana Banks. out this
did not seem 10 worry the Saptaln-of
lne SupefcarSo eitner' LOT that Hatter.
Being the only BOY IN the crew OF
twelve men, l mad to play the servant
In the cao'n ior thoSe TWO gentlemen
every day. ana stand my Watch AT igns
besides; After Ia been ABOARD a rev
DAYS began 10 notice that the Captaih
never talked 10 the ouPefcargo ABOUT
- ~ snoo;a 80. 20 ~,
=, r. sas,;na,iop .nd ,ha nrohs b;fi,r
~ r,.a,;no ma. Ths Srnsrcarno;s
na,na ras WaIJo af,or .wh;is 7
iaa-a ~. =. na. han ounar ~ -.
Eel I'D ,h., tb;s ,or.n. wss IN
- L.. ,J,..sJ -
go. -, tor,nna Co. ~, 90 ,ho,
,ha Can,ain sbarn1nnSsd VanLaa
- - ,as 20 ~, anoS
shars .iso When told tho msn in
,ha to-.oos,,. ahort tba t.Ik ~ ,ho
oah;n tbav Tstsnsd Herv closely ~
- u.s s.;d ab..ut n;ra,ss and ali
.ara.d ,ha, ,ha iun,b.r;na ola hootar
Us wera in would stand M show Il
"n.,hanI.d hw anr of ,h. rsssaIs that
,,a,a su;na h,aar sors doun ,h., war
IN ,bnsa dos WIZ Wan,sn1ss IN
Cub, w.s be.d,p.rte,s for the wor.t
10, ~ cn,,hroa,s avsr soon srJ Tho
officers in the garrison even owned
sb.res in the vessels
Will. ~. were m.t;no across the
Cu,f mari yonrg sailer that nsver
go r,roh oama 20 ~. .h.n nos on
,ha % ,not ono ni,b, and said he w.s
,,ro,,,, S,,-, ,,o Toridn,, wet .ny
ppiratss CONG down bn, be advised me
70 INV snms sort Of we.non ,bat
wor,j LII every sho, and qet !, on
ho.rd without tho Captain see;no II
Tho Grs, time I GOT on shore Tba,
seemed curious to me but I didn't
think much about il being too busv
nIanning way, 10 Get a little extra
sleen and wishing I could get sick so