Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20

euvl. iatent cruelty even those Of ,bo In
qulsluon. Imagine standing and ,s,,n
upon bucket Of -four and woter S S,,t,,lS
70 ABOUT the thickness Of LIQUID slne ~ ~
winch you Know you will receive = 49, ~
suare-on your head Recover n 80,
ysn, from that sight, and look again 'T y
us otner hand he holds a razor ~ s,eb
magnitude that 1t would not be- M a,,iss
lor lelllng trees, aud think that soon ne,
vuge OF rough rusty iron will be nlowlng
jaws. '''i 'our innocent
II, hollowing this torturer, came two M.
iiieelnen armed with cudgels and dark
lanterns. Behind them crowded thp
VIeW' In spite of the awful solemnltv az
Tue scene, one could not but admire Tho
uarN cloudy sky, the sea blaze of phos.
pnoIescence, the flickering summer iinht
mug, the grouping of the actors. Hslt.
i,nS oeiore the after dech, Neptune, IN a
louu voice, with such calm disregard as ~
where ne put his H'sas would make any
oiasslcal author turn in his grave, rayc
usterahce, Earring that none of the CROW
Vi TINS snip is such as they ave not vel
crossed the loine, and bin haptoizeJ. nv
sons, | ham 'ere TO see 'em done 80 !,
Evidently Neptune's intercourse with
BRUSH sailors has been 10
the disadvantage of his eloouence Tho
sailors, at the finish of Neptune,s
speech, cheered loudly, willie from their
midst stepped the two brawny policemen
one OF whom was q negro from Demerora
and seized upon r. Meanwhile the tor
turer was not idle. He had seated him.
sell upon low stool, with his hpcket
before him, In his left hand brush ike n
housemlid's broom, while with his rigbt
he was sharpening his razor on tho CON
paNlon-ladder ratings. Alas for moor ~
He stood smiling before his execntioner
VINO, evidently thinking the occasion far
700 solemn to smile at, put an end to his
luhoceht merrlment 10y inserting as
uiuCh as he possibly could
OF his mixture into his mouth. While
ne was engaged in choking and
spittlng out what he could Of the concoc.
uon, MS mead was being covered to such
an extent as TO render his features quite
indlstlngulshable. Then that awful razor
came into use, It's broad, rusty edge
scraping away the dough like pillow In a
clay soil, But how difficult 1t is to take
the dough out of ones eyes and mouth
with a razor-hlade three feet long, one
cannot Imagine till one has tried! His
satanic majesty, mean the barber hay-
ing scraped OF as much as pleased his
fancy, tie two policemen came to the fore
again, arnlvu with buckets of cold water.
which, utterly regardless of what part OF
the victims body received the water.
u e. threw in quick succession over him.
was the next victim, and went through
the same terrible routine; but at last IL
was all over, and issued from the cold
water cure quite ready TO see the fun in
treating the others to their dose. II was
a novel experience, and one not likely to
be forgotten. Then followed the Others
who had not crossed the line, some half
dozen of them, but two were missing.
The police were soon after them, but It
was an hour before the first was found,
lying underneath the boilers in about the
temperature of the place had wished
the barber IN when | was being shaved
All this he endured rather than face his
shaving, or, | should say, shaving his
face. lie was quickly dragged upou
the scene and paid the penalty OF his fear
by receiving double dose. Soon after
this the other, u boy,was found concealed
In sail in the rigging; he, too, GOT what
he deserved for trying to escape Justice.
After all were baptized, we had some
songs and dances, the barber being cSpe-
cially good at the latter, and giving some
excellent clog-dances and breakdownS.
Poor Neptune had terrible trouble with
his wife, who, suddenly discovering her
self among a lot of sailors, become "Skit-
tish"-naturally, what woman would
not? The songs and dancing finished
grog handed all round, and with three
cheers for rs from the crew, we retired
to our cabins 20 put on dry clothes and
to tear out handfuls Of hair in endeavor-
ing to rid our heads of dough, And so
we crossed the line.