The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-12
TIE OLD PuRseR.s WARM.

rure compliment, ton, dO yOsl mind ',ap'n F,
Sc1vidGe jstst WAS. He just was. Caleb ].
hc usssl TO sign himself, hut the boys
WEREN'T going To stand that. yosi know;
sonns. of 'cm priesl out from down east
s~osnewh<.rs' that his father'd had him
clsristcned Ia Ira. ar Gay Try. as he prS-
nosiiicesl IL, after some sonR Ina that rub
bishy old French revolution. yosi know; ]
DOME. and don't want yOu tan tell me. So
II was ma good his writing himself Caleb ].
Gay Try Il WINS, and Capsn Try his sea name
always among thu bnys. A good one. ton.
Cap'n Iry was. as our men mostly were.
hut tina gsicers-st Dick that ever CROSSED
quarterback. And you take Il from nie,
my SON, that the quarterback IL just the
home and habitation Of the queer Dick at
hour abort the old man, hut hold on till I
;",I S SSs,1 how :.a III '1 srS% G T.rr big H nri,s f isG;.
ANA done laugh. sir; pledge you my word
he came from there. and salt water 81 "a
Cap'n wasn't, amy bigger than ~ cock
SPARROW, as the ~Dos9hhoy of the Way
bosh used tn howl out whenever hc was
Rn~nl and drunk, as he was regularly every
Sunday sort of observance. Hut,
Crissohai G1ion: If yos ever saw = cock
old Gap. Try was that very bird. Some
how Mr.. Terry Hut took "a regular ss.nnncr
against the little cap'n. Used to stick "a
stuffed wren on TIM. cap.n's bell wire. whcrs,
out Of I'm" S%W..pimEs II the hoc,or's rub.
bish one time when some crazy bird and
bIg sharp had the pili-room: used tn
touch his paper cap tn il and call ID cap'n
and make faces i'm the pans when we went
through the saiieys and p%a4tries at even
the rascal sticking his tongue into u pie
dish once after ap'n Try had tried ii with
his white silk hanikcrclief. as our way
was. Well, if the devil sends cooks. who-
ever sends ~s.a-ropks. l don't know. unless
it's the DEVILS sister, and AIS for ships
Dssstry-cooks, there's nothing up I'D them
bat the DEVILS own motlicr-in-law and
Terry Hut hs. just laid over anything yoI
ever saw as far forth as pure ~pic-i,aking
Cap'n Try had ti.c quccrcst Internal an
rangcment tn IN, called am appetite yo,I
ever came across i'm your born days.
"Stcwarsi," he used to say. passing his
hand over his eyes. so fashion. and then
ha:is i %s' wo .%' r Damn" a asr, "' Of anl msr'i ike:
"stcwa,l, l don't feel very well to-day.
Think I'd better diet - biz, just Let me
taste some mos.k-turtle soup. IL hit at nice.
delicate corncd beef with plenty of cab
bige. ~ sariinc salad, IA fairish help of
good and strong, SO YOU can see the thing.
and-and IA bottle of cider. %. and, stew
ard. here, SGT a nice frssi, pumpkin pie in
the "%l'art-roo'n t?-night, will You; just in
case ! should feel hungry toward MORN
ing" Well. one of those times when il
San L,,c,s. the old man never left the
deck in thick weather.. sir had one OF
e smn.. oS %Si' Ii%s. h mnin% %i,a, n %s sp Ir,oaiI
the devils own mothcr-in-law's private.
secretary from. Terry Hut take into that
old man got so much as a smell Of the
crust of the first solitary pumpkin pie he'd
smarter than the Doughboy of tin. Way
bnsl. Well, maybe he didn't!
But hold ON. First night oil Cals' San
his pumpkin pic:. very sorry: order
never came to me-" SECOND night. pass
ing C..rros Island, cap'n's compliments
again: again no pie. prof,s.. regrets. pas
senHcrs ate 'crn all up. Third and last
I ~ .sp..as Mani commitments
once more, pastry cook sorrier thar, ever.
pumpkin ali gone. everything. of thc pie
How would that do" It's my belief. sir,
that that last cos'oanut broke the caneis
steward. Turned i'm, sir. Cap'n's ""anpii-
ncnts. please tn turn osrt again. 'StewasSi.
my commitments tn that pastry cook of
yours, and tell him tai turn ont and gO tai
tell him !" stop" -Four s:.iis".s :: M,
hair and stocking feet: Pantry quit:
clearsd. sir; may he knock off now -
k. M,sr and %fi break S"" on, " "r",.. I %ie-ir,.i,s sff from
thc s~torrroom." Seven bells 3::p a. m.
-..Pi.-friits all gone. SIR" "Nothing
q. ,"" the m H"n,n ah. %".F hTrh : cils"a: ~ a.
M, and fog lifting a iittl.r"Minee all
tih.. empty crnsts till / tell him to stop"
Sin hs,,sm1 a; M; sun coming up and .;r ra.-
and Overlooked into the gallery and pan
try tn that extent that it's all the cooks and
walters can do not tai step on 'enI."
Every gousl; then fetch thu. pastry cook
to me-"
Pastry cook alone Will, cap'n in chart
room.
'Aud now. Mr.. Pastry-cook, what i'm
your opinion is the probability of the cap
tain of this ship being able to have II slice
of pie when hc ORDERS IL"
Well. sir. il WA. just pitiful tn see that
poor ps,stry-rook's face break all up like "A
january thaw and two big lines of tears
%organixc themselves ON his pastry checks.
He just hssaved one great sob and made
ont to say: 30. cap'n. my pore sIrer~it IL
just broke all tai nothin'. Have mercy otI
me this time. air. and ! won't never do NJ
no more, not never."
III hush IL Captain Try didn't have, ia
blow his nosa. with that 'ssl bandana when
he told me the story. And Wild horses
wouldn't drag those two men apart after
, that. And. hold on a minute. the stss'rslHs
just lived on pics, Wincs' and lennon ana
cranberry, and goodness what all, the. las
! two days. Just ticklcd to death. Doctor
growictl. hut nobody minded him. And
every one of thoSs. seventeen hundred ans
thirty-nine assorted pies had pricksd am
the top crust with a little machine "a Iasr
: slonctl-o,t burglar i'm the steerstge got ul
I and passed il Ia Terry Hut. these harrow
;. ing words: "Pity the Poor Pastry Cook
. At last the Ezra lay-to off the bar wait
' ing for daylight. incomes "a Shiet-slts.ves