Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-28

. GONG 10 Tch,l bat he began mutterinE as
u>ra' and he. CAPTAIN cave out the Orders
with rs big a.rs as if he owned lis all In
minute or two We were ,ai.iug close I,
the " ind on the port tack As the trad
winds were ruw a.atn-t Us We had t.
rat back 10 ,n.Iao iour he Is struck
and WI, sent I, the wheel An ho.r
alter rlr captain and >corty came o,
ru,k and rn, shin was mt about on IN,
...- oud tack Tn tine >catry : tret
-,, med 10 ..nrhrd 9.d he ,cnboi might.
us'v heard rfr,n,rau saw in "A low
r,fcro'c ,ry rs trey wa hrl up and
I.vn .N,uk kroN ,hat I've only G,t I
,l ihr Ing i,h run,u. and on re a. guo,l
IS hung 1I,u ,.Irv "a y ON know
. yer, well onv struck il III in sr.f ,ir
I rr,r Ifldt.Ii Tie ca tain AT the tim,
wrGld lave cen al. r. ,ht I,ca goo,
mi,d Ia tell the run>.3 myself The
h,., cot ,ur Of my ra-.ug But saw
how il was then That lht. nrfaiu had hi,
ru,d on >coity. >cor had killed a man
in ,r'C drrrn>,. ne GAINED hut the cal
ain knew Of il and wa, holding it owe
him
NJ O'Clock left the wheel and n,
watch nuG went e ow At T. O'Clock We
. cane on deck We had not gone about
. A-a.n. but surrC scd that we would very
=, ON The calfaiu aud SCutty were stand
nc IN front of he cabin door SCotty
' was Ialc rs a ghost avs he to the sec
und mate The capita says send all the
men aft The captain looked SURPRISED
at this The men all came aft Then
SCotty cried out Capt. Phillips will you
made me mate? This is the last time
will ask you SCottv said this in such Il
way that the captain looked frightened
! 10 Ct - mil 10 lnf l. GayA
vic. ed look spreading over ScOttv's face.
and ne said Yes Scotty. | appoint you
mate SCOtty took two bounds that took
him up on the aftcrhouse He had grown
straight all of sudden. He held up his
head and there was fire in his eyes
For the first time in his life he really
looked well Helm to &c" he cried we
must put about" Then he gave out his
orders aS rapidly and as clearly as if he
had commanded ships for years
The ship swung around on the port
tack. but as she did so my hair must have
lifted my hat up about two inches. for
right close on our port quarter lay line
Of brcaker> which dashed over n ledge of
wicked locking reefs ! had no doubt
that Scotty had intended to run the shin
on those rocks if the captain had refused
the last time TO make him mate. Capt
hiIlips was leaning against the bulwarks
and looking al the breakers He seemed
to bc regularly stunned. SCOtty after
tckIng wor" the ship slowly around
until she headed about north northwest
before the southeast trades During the
rest Of the run TO San Francisco SCouy
was not only mate but commander of the
ship a. well AIT hillins did nothing
but NOPE. lie gave 10 orders himself.
i.Ff n
seemed to be rst rate navigator, and he
was mighty proud to show it
The day after we arrived at San Fran
cisco We were paid OIL. | stumbled across
An old shipmate Of mine called Liverpool
i'm We Went into a saloon and had
few rounds Of drinks. We were standing
at the window when who should we see
going aOng the sidewalk but Capt
lhillips and SCotty. Jim started back al
sight Of them
W by, know those fellows, says he
They are
lays !, They are the captain and mate
We been sailing uuder
az he, w hicl Is the captain?
81 pointed out Capt Phillips and he
laughed
" by. said he. that's old Bill Jones
a steward ! sailed with ON an English bark
four wears ago lie put on So many airs
that folks took him for a captain when he
was on shore, but he never had as much
brains as I've got. and that's saying
mighty little Eut the young fellow with
Bill IoncS has got brains lie was an ap
prentice boy or the same bark and was
mighty smart at navigation. They said
he'd make first class shipmaster.
Then ! questioned him bit. and il
turned out that on the bark the second
mae was down on Ncotty. and was
always using HIM rough. Eut one morn
ing the second mate was missing. and il
was supposed that he fell overheard dur
Ing the night No one suspected HCOtty.
! made up my mind that this second mate
had lacked scotiy. VIII" had killed him
the hndy The steward knew his Secret
and h,. I,lJsD,r il ,y.r hin, ,roJ .,tt,,
do INST wh.i he wanted until he finally
hroLe out , a ,r,,t male ,nste Tha stow
nrd nrnh,LIv n9sscJ bimse;f off az can.
AIN and hy forced letters or snmething
,f that sort ,-or command of a shin
You could oct command of an American
shin thrn without rassi,.gan examination