St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-24

ANIVAN AtlE Utdl VI AA4B Aet- NA4Nt.
The report presently came that the Royal
Cadet was cut ct sight.
Thomas q derned fool, = ehHckled Will
Jams.
In half an hour Mr. Slope reappeared on
the bridge
"Shes a queer iun. that ERE kid. sir" he
said. II left her with couple % pounds
O beef an a loaf o. bread an pOtaters an
fiXin's. and I'm blest if she hadn't slowed
IL away in quarter Of an hour. She's
proper stOw-away, she Is. sir.
Poor little cuss." said Williams. AZ
reckon should like TO have ten minutes
talk with her skunk Of father or whoever
her friend is. That's one thing, Thomas
hundred pounds d pay for her passage, an
that's fact.
Three days passed-three days OF gIori-
ious weather and calm sea. and the Clair
mont made her twelve knots regularly every
hour. Mary Jane JohnswOrth in this time
established herself as a general favOrite
with officers and crew, and particularly
with the skipper. She could sing any
amount of old sea songs. could initiate to
the life the noise made by the men as they
ran round the capstan to the tune Of
johnny Franswaw'' or the ''ShanandOre:"
she could dance. and, with all.
she had such pretty, piquant ways that
there was not a man on board who
would not have done anything to please
her. from the skipper % the stewards boy.
Her appetite continued huge: with ease she
put away twice the TatiOns or an ordinary
seaman. although she had whim of pre-
ferTing 10 have her meals alone. 1T ali sorts
Of odd times.
On the fifth day out Marcus, the black
cook, came aft with long face 10 the skip
per. 'Pleese. sah." he said, Il nebber
seed such a ting in all my horned days,
nebber,r
What is it. you vagabond?7 demanded
Williams.
why. sah.' replied the cook. de steward
he gif me beef an butter. an pork an
m'lasses, an flour an biscuit ebery mornin',
and il gOr
What dye meant go? OF course 1t
go! said the captain. Yer don't reckon
ships stores amt made to go?'
OATS jes' what / sez to meself. SEE I.
replied Marcus. Ships stores is meant to
20, but dey isn't meant to fly"
Where DO they fly to. you blaek-livered
skunk?' asked the skipper angrily.
Oats les' the oder ting | asks myself.
replied the cook; where does they flY 10?
Steward, he glib me Oyer-lOwance. Dat
ain't no good worth a cent
Il reckon some of the boys rob you.
Marcus" said Williams, lies keep that
weather eye o yOun open. an il you ketch
any skunk prOwlin' around the galley when
you amt thar. jes' fetch him one over the
head with anything handy. and then tell
me. You can bet your bottom dollar he
won't do it a second time"
Marcus took all possible precautions. After
night-fall he would prOwl about the galley
with a marlinespike ina hand ready Ia
pUunce upon any hungry fOc'sie hand
or fireman who should be tempted To tap
the provision store in the galley. He and
Mary Jane were the very best Of friends.
and in return for little delicacieS he made
her. she would offer to keep watch whilst
he snoOzed or joined the hands i'm skylark-
! ing.
Still the provisions went. and the run
Went, and the shippers whisky went anC
neither Marcus nor Mary Jane nor any one
else could imagine how. William waxeC
| furious and held a consultation with hi.
| first mate; the result was that all hand,
were piped forward of the bridge and In,
skipper addressed them as follows:
Now look yer, boys, 1 reckon, takin
| You all rOun'. You're as smart a lot a,
ever shipped, but thar's a derned thiei
amongst you, a lOw-minded euss, wha
can't content hisSelf with the regulation
| Skinful. but must go sneakin' an prUwlin
around like a coyote, and freeZin' 10 thing.
as don't belong 10 him. l don't suspect
nary man i'm pertikler, but he's amOngs
! you, an il / nab him L set him afiOat i'm
dinghy with bit o. hard tack an an ankel
! of water as sure rs my name IS James T.
Williams, an that's fact"
The men skunk off grumbling.
More depredations occurred in the region!
of the cooking galley.
There was but one solution Of the mys
terry. The ship was haunted. Strang,
stories was told with bated breath abOu
spirits who lived on board ships. William.
alone pOoh-poohed these lille tales, anC
linked believers with Capt. Thomas IN hi
category of 'derned fools and almost go
angry with the little girl for sharing In,
popular creed.
Mary Jane enjoyed herself immensely
The weather was perfect, so that she could
romp about as much a. she liked; her appe
tite maintained its invariable excellence
although she generally had her meals alone
and nobody could swear that she ate al
that was placed bsfore her.
This last Tact gave Capt. Williams al
| idea. She was the thief. He knew tina
she was fayorite with the men, and h,
knew from long experience that the mel
were up to any dodge to get an increase o.
ratiOns and grog. They had got over tn,
innocent little thing with their soft solder
He watched her.
The steward set before her for supper
one evening meat and biscuit enough fol-
three men. and left her. Williams, from
the bunk of an empty cabin. saw her fal
To with fair appetite for awhile, although
he remarked that she did not eat eXtraOr-
dinarily for a healthy, growing child.
| When she had finished she pulled out a
| linen bag from her pocket and into il she
put all that was left. Then she rose gen
tly, got on to the seat, took down the
whisky bottle from the shelf swingin.
above her head and poured half It's content
| into flask.
Then she stole away. Williams after her
Right forward she went along the deserted
deck and disappeared in tine darkness unde
the raised foreeastle.
"Well." said the skipper to himself, ''et
this don't beat ,pOssum trackin', bust me e
| / know what does, an that's a fact
| They're cunnin' lot OF rascals, they are
| JeS' think that they should come it over
poor innocent little kid like that thar. an
then try an blarney me with lot of yarn:
| bout spirits, We're ten days ont, an
way, an Wen make Liverpool tO-mOrrer
so that it doesn't signify with much. an
Thomas hundred pound III pay; but it's
real mean, that's what it is"
Williams, vino. with all his rOughness
was kind-hearted man. could not brinl
himself to tell Mary Jane what he had seen
but he became concerned with new
thought What was to be done with her OF
| landing9 She lived i'm Birkenhead, she said
but how was he to find out, in huge plac'
like Birkenhead. where she lived and VIII,
her parents were? Take her to his owl