Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-03-19
but the captain did nothing. only snake
his head and look sulky

And this time the ship was lying to.
Finally saw Scotty looking mighty ugly
out of the corners of his eyes He was
pale. too; but he went up to the captain
and seemed to beg him once more but
the skipper again shook his head and said
loud enough for me to hear him; We
must put back ~ alao Then he went
up to Scoity and stood by him knew
he expected Scotty TO mutter to him
what orders he was 10 give to put the
ship about and head her back to
Calao / thought at first Scotty was
going to rebel but he began muttering as
usual and the captain gave out the orders
with as big airs as If he owned us all In
a minute or two we were sailing close to
the wind on the port tack AS the trade
winds were now against us we had to
beat back to Caldo. Four bells struck,
and was sent to the wheel An hour
later the captain and Scotty came on
deck and the ship was put about on the
starboard tack. This time Scottys teeth
seemed to clinched, and he looked mighty
ugly. heard the captain say in n low
tone to Scotty as they walked up and
down, You know that I've only got to
tell the English consul and you're as good
as hung. Then scotty SAYS You know
very well only struck him In self de
Tense If I'd told the captain at the time
Il would have been all right. I've good
mind to tell the consul myself. Then
they got out of my hearing. But | saw
how 1t was then that the captain had his
bold on Scotty. Scotty had killed man,
in self defense, he claimed, but the cap
tain knew of il and was holding 1t over
him.
AT 4 o'clock I left the wheel and my
watch and went below. AT o'clock we
came on deck. We had not gone about
again, but supposed that we would very
soon. The captain and Scotty were stand
ing in front of the cabin door. Scotty
was pale as ghost. Says he to the sec
ond mate: The captain 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 mater This is the last time
will ask your Scotty said this in such a
way that the captain looked frightened
He suffered for minute, but he saw
vic ed look spreading over Scotty's face,
and he said Yes. Scotty. | appoint you
mate Scotty took two bounds that took
him up on the afterhouse 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 leel' he cried; we
must put about Then he gave out his
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 breakers which dashed over a ledge of
wicked looking reefs | had no doubt
that Scotty had intended to run the ship
on those rocks if the captain had refused
the last time to make him mate Capt
Phillips was leaning against the bulwarks
and looking at the breakers He seemed
TO be regularly stunned. Scotty after
lacking wore the ship slowly around
until she headed about north-northwest
before the southeast trades During the
rest of the run to San Francisco Scotty
was not only mate but commander of the
ship as we'll Capt Phillins did nothing
but nope. He gave no orders himself.
but left everything to Scotty, who
seemed to be frstrate navigator, and he
was mighty proud to show it
The day after we arrived at San Fran
cisco we were paid off. | stumbled across
an old shipmate of mine called Liverpool
Jim. We went into saloon and had q
| few rounds of drinks We were standing
at the window when who should we see
/ going along the sidewalk but Capt
Phillips and Scotty. Jim started back at
sight of them.
"Why, / know those fellows says he,
| They are
"says l. They are the captain and mate
| I've been sailing uuder
"Says he, Which is the captain?
81 pointed out Capt Phillips and he
laughed
"'Why, said he, that's old Bill Jones,
steward sailed with ON an English bark
four years ago He put on so many airs
that folks took him for captain when he
was on shore, but he never had as much
brains as I've got and that's saying
mighty little But the young fellow with
Bill Jones has got brains He was an ap-
prentice boy on the same bark aud was
mighty smart at navigation They said
he'd make trst-class shipmaster
"Then questioned him bit, and it
turned out that on the bark the second
mate was down of Scotty, aud was
always using him rough. But one morn.
ing the second mate was missing, aud it
was supposed that he fell overheard dur
ing the night. No one suspected Scotty.
made up my mind that this second mate
had attacked Scotty. who had killed him
in lfdefence aud had made aMay with
| the body The steward knew his secret,
and by holding it over him made scotty
do just what he wanted. until he finally
broke out and got made mate. The stew
ard probably passed himself off as cap.
tain. and by forged letters or something
of that sort. got command of ship
| You could get command of an American
ship then without passing an examination.
I" never learned whether Scotty told
his story of the killing of the second mate
to the English consul at Frisco. But
about two years later on when the bark |
belonged to lay at anchor off Staten
island. big American ship that was be.
ing towed to sea passed quite close to us
On the afterhouse stood the captain 1t
was Scotty. There was no installing
him, though he had grown a full beard
and stood up straight, and really looked
we'll But when | looked on the main
! deck who should see come out of the
cabin but another man knew we'll He
had on long apron and white cap, but
he put on airs enough for captain. He
was the steward of the ship. But who
do you suppose it was? 1t was Bill Jones.
the man who for several years passed
himself OIL as shipmaster, and who then
called himself Capt Phillips.
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