Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-24
THE MATES STORY.

night or 50 ago, atter 'o'iihe NJ the pen
until something past the hour oil midnight,
during moment IN "hich hsh paused 10
rest IRON my incf7sai' WIRING, my eye
caught "a sinipse OF a hn<s bundle 81 halt
iorP hteh NJ ana o'd printed papers
Llstiessiy tlrking the bundle up ana care
tuiif bl""fh@ on t's 'ehs' 'hcrus'atioh Vi
dust the accumulation "' many years IN
adv'rtent3 "p'ned an o"a paper oiaeK Win
ae'' ""'cn '''''"ine' ''', ''ii""'"s '"'''"'
ta'e
~ nave -'oo an" S"iioi'n' 'ea'"'s io'
sup" sing 'h' S'ory 10 r''a'e 10 que Ill par
uopAr. OF NV Mice7'"f'' many o, "no"', III
Tue ia "Aa''"s ,'''e'' po"ei oo'n '"e
nor 'erh an southern NAAs as csp'aiuS' i
eaf'i"'iy ma ' F'r""'''n copy III anu
viii 'Eaih hfl"ea'h II u" wondering "oi ia:
About wv" wears ag, ie'' ths service
WI '''" VI ''' ''i'' ~ Ni"''u S''', my
exciting ""f~' ana as toht was "niy % 10
lu""u =. S'' s"'i'p''' a'""t" ""'"' d,
III "'"ee' We "e'' un'u0A5
o''hs no ''N any re- o"' s'o' -" an" VIVA
-an' ,en,s o'fu III +'"rcn my wa se ne mas
"eeh n'eu :" Mar % AMI we were h''pY
empty
We "efe USING up ieie 70 w. ""' W. oh
ahu on' an'' 'uihSi"S pi "'ash's 'or n''"e'
as the weather ma enahsed, MA the 'ee
toruiS prec""' lu'eN III t''eSt 'at' d'ies =" neh
!" ones oesnl> lne "a i,'aii, ''''u'ni't "a"'e'i
70 "ane va 10 '''' '"'' ''' tue o"''''e VI al
o'ner maui
one "rleht ai,er n"on' just al eisn "ells'
hia''" uP '"e '"s' as pa "a Vic III ~ oii-
cer "u'y' anu carrie" " W tne captain
eaoi'i'
AnoeSsd NJ 'he u"''r' ahu' rs hooohy an
swereh "aiseu III
thouShl IL oun the captain nam an
s"ereu me, lor ,here ne was sitting at MS
desk with ms oarK TO me. writing
seeing ne WAS ehpioyed' 'oid nun l mao
brought the iog "A record oil ships doinss,
vessels spoken Knots made, etc. during each
t"enty-t"r hours-iaid IL on the table ne
mind MN. and as ne made no reply, walked
OUT
went on deck and the hrst person met
was the captain
was puzzled, Tor could not make out
no" ne could get there oeiore me
no" uiu you ket up here' >iiu' JUST
lett you writing In your caoin.
nave nor oe*h ID my CABIN 'or tne iast
naii o"ur' 'ue capeaiii sns"efeo, oue
"ongot ne was cna'nhg' anu d'dn IKE H.
ihers was some one writing at your desk
Just now ~aId' III 1t wasn't you, you had
49, ~ :
inade up. nave ieit IL In your caoin, Sir
ana Win that waiSed fatuer suiSiV away
nao no 'aea OF oeihs chaheu ny the cap
IAN, 10 Wh"h, haa ,aseh u o'siNe'
MI o,o"eh' Shh tue captain VINO saw
was het'ieu' you must certainty nave peeh
h's''Aen' my desk II "cSeu nut cohe'"eh
40 uoM anu ~e au'ut 1t,
iioi'o"el the captain INTO the caoin Inc
ios was on 'he 'anie' the DESK WIS ri"s''' ana
tue eao'h vas empty,
me captain 'r'ea tue uesk-H was locked
10" Se; MT o'""ei'' he s''o "ughlhg,
you niis' nave oeei' MISTAKEN the desk Is
ioSseH
was loeitNe Someo"hy may nave
piekeu 'he lock, Shu
pus CUE, e"u"'<' "a,e eiNNi /" again.
ue captain SUI po' 10 satisfy you
WI oiea II anu ~, Tue contents are saie,
though 'nNre Is ~ hincn mere TO tempt .
'hiei'
he opened tue desk ana there-stretched
right across WAS arg shee' Oh paper
Win the WORDS steer n. W. written IN an
odd' cramped hahd, as II written while The
vessel WAS iaoorins IN neasy sea
ihe captain ""S~i NJ 'he paper and tnen
handed 1t TO me
on are right. MI SSoweh' somebody
mas oeeh mere, ihis Is sotne hoaa- md
tne iuooef nave MN Aee'nanted Tor tnis,
ne freezes Tor H.
We sa' mere some ''ine longer taking, AND