The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-22
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Coat was q reat Boston ship. She was load
ing for Pernambuco when went on board.
Her Captains name was John Salisbury. and
great big Yankee, and Beyins was q nstty
little fellow from Baltimore. They were
great chums, too, and when 1 was at work
polishing up the bright work about the quar-
terdeck every morning. 1 used to hear them
talking shout their families and other
private matters. Just across the pier was
another Boston ship called the Alice, load
ing for PeTnambuco. and the consequence
was that en- intense rivalry sprung up be-
tween the two Captains. We were getting
our Cargo slowed first, bat the other Captain
svoTe he would beat Us sailing, and so catch
the market first. Another reason why Csp
tain Salisbury was anxious 70 make short
passage. was that his wife and two-year-old
baby were in England visiting, and were go
ing to sail in the old packet ship Ranger from
New York, in time to eat the Christmas tur-
key ct home, and as we were put to sea be-
fore the end OF September. we had chance
Of getting back for the same occasion.
The crew, and there were twenty of them,
tambled their chests oyer the rail before the
last barrel was slowed. I reckon I'll never
forget two OF them. One was a great broad
shouldered fellow, too big to be quick His
name was Jim McAdsm, and better man
on a topssil ballard or q weather earring
never smoked pipe. However. be seldom
got the weather earring, because the other
chap whose real nsme was Henry Dsrmley,
out who was kno wn as Dandy, seldom gave
him chance. Dandy was IS handsome
man ss you could find in & weeks search
amen g sailors boarding houses he had
curly brown hair, blue ewes, with g sort OF
scared look in them. g00d five foot ten
hsure, and small bands and feet. Ills dress
ard bearing gave bis nickname. McAdam
wss known as Badly Jim. for reasons that
were obvious when his bat was Off OF
course these two men did not agree we'll
and as Badly was aggressive, Dandy was i'm
posed upOn. and Badly becaus the ruler of
the stsrbosTd watch. When We got to ssa
very soon leSr1 ed that q certain personal re.
gard which Captain Salisbury had for my
father aid net rave ME from becoming
Baldy's body servant, and that was about
the most unfortunate position boy could
mold.
The second day out, as we were going be-
low Tor The afternoon watch, Badly ordered
me to grease his boots, which l did atter,he
vas sDcarirg. / WIS inwardly cursirg the
down the ladder, looked at me minute, and
then turned in, for we were all in one watch.
did q good job, and about three hours later
was routed out by the watch on deck. There
was q brisk wind blowing, and just as Badly
reached the deck ses came over the rail for
ward and sloshed down around him thor
oughly wetting one foot. because his boot
had-a hole in it, / was known as Useless.
Here, Useless, sald Badly, you little
beast, why the - didn't you grease the
cracks
II was mad, and was about to say some.
thing 10 show it, when Badly, with his big
foot, lifted me clear Into the lee scuppers.
1t vas an awful kick. / crawled to the edge
CT the for ehatcb, but no medicine could have
relisved me 80 much as what followed. The
men OF both matches, excepting Dandy,
laughed at me. When l reached the hatch
combines he turned imperiously:
/" AK the boys pardon. He did good
job On the boots. for saw him at it,
That was sumner and 10 mistake. For
mild msnnered Dandy to tell the boss OF the
1orecastle 10 ask q boys pardon was too much,
Badly just dropped bit, as if 20 get bet
bold on something. and then started tor
Dandy. The result nearly turned the fore
castle upside down. He didn't take a step
tall Dandy met him, and then something
seemed 10 lift him into the air His left
shoulder struck the deck first, and then the
big boots came down with a racket that
brought Mr.. TUllis, the second mate aud
Captain Salisbury forward.
whats up here?' said Mr.. Tullis.
~ am, sir. No man shall strike me-
said Dandy, with salute.
So am j. said Bzldy, as he rose and
made for Dandy again. He got no farther
than before. His head struck the deck first
ngain.
"'Avssi or III put yen in irons for
month, said the Captain. What do you
mean By tbst?"
Baldy crawlsd on the hatch much SIS had.
and then, there being nothing small about
him, told the truth about the whole matter.
After that nobody was SO much respected in
the foIeoaEtle IS Dandy. But when one OF
the crew tried afterwards to chaff Badly
aooot The Licking, he sos slap across the
Jaw thai mske his teeth rattle, and Baldy
said: Well yeou can't dew it ef Dandy
kin.
All this time we'd been carrying on sail,
sad The Blue Cost was Just humping hsrseif.
Captain Salisbury knew q thing or two
about ships. and be wasn't going TO let any
rival ship Get IN ahead of him Il be knew 1t.
After tie nrst two weeks ne used to ask the
lookout about every time 4 sail xss reported
II 1t vas square call or 5 raffs. q rattle
was the Zane be gave 10 the istis threa-
cornered tkysails which tie Alice carried
above be- royals. he was swfuliy excited
when the lookout reported topsaiI schooner
On the weather beam one day.
However. the wind held rs we'll and iust
twenty-five GAYS rom tae time We passed
Sandy HOOK pilot was coming on board of
Pernambuco, and Vas telling the Captain
that the other ship had not arrived. We
came TO anchor inside the bar before night.
and the old man looked mp the consignees
and the custom officials. He was regular
pie for two days and then the triangIes
showed Up in the citing. The Alice should
have left four dsye after We did. and the
Captain sTore he didn't GET away for five.
You know how long IL takes 10 discharge
cargo IN South American port even now,
and il was worse in those days. / was De-
cember when We got away. 1 remember
that Captain Salisbury was walking