The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-21

fourth mate was not more than yea
my senior. He stood over me durinl
the entire process and sColded, Curset
and commanded, My shore friends look
ed on from af4r and Rrinned. ALREADY
they saw the great social chasm which
yRWned between me and them, and gov
erned their actions accordingly. ALREADY
did they Involuntary %patrOnize me-. !
requires q wise man TO detect the wick
edness and deceit in his own nature
Probably l should have similarly acted
had our positions been reversed. The
mate was very particular, He made mt
sweep and scrape every corner with az
elaborate and painful accuracy. he SEM
mt into the pigs house to further per
feet the work, was Obliged 70 enter II
In an almost reCumbelt position. The
pig ran out disguised. / scraped his
floor in a similar mood, Thus COM
Renced life on the ocean wave,
But l got even with the mate, Desti'
ny made me my own involuntary aYen'
ger OF the indlgnity put upon me, BY
ildignity / don't mean the cleaning oil
the pig pen. That was an honorable
though mental o~ccupatiOn-at least, in
theory. CincinnAtua on his farm may
have done tha same thing, But | do
mean the Icurrility and abuse the young
officer bestowed on me, while / did my
best to execute his bidding,
| hauled the young man overheard
about three minutes alterWaFd, but he
never knew | did It, and | never allow
ed myself to think Of the occurrence
while on shiphoard, for fear the powers
Of the air might ventilate the matter, II
came about in this way: A line was pass
I'd through q hawse hole forward to the
tug, which was pulling, fIettinR, Tuning,
and Churniug with her screw the mud
oOEe and garbage floating In the slip into
q closer fusion. My friend the mate
stood on the loreChRins with the end Of
the heavy rope In both hands, trying ~
pass It to those on tue tug. This line
running through the hawse hole aft was
lying near where | stood, Some one
called out;
"HauI in on that line" Isupposed
that the order referred to me aud the
hRWser lying at my side. So | hauled
with all my might. | felt at first some
Misunderstanding like a tugging ut
the other end. l hauled all the harder,
Then something seemed tO give way. 1t
hauled easier. Iheard, coiACidenl with
thess sensations, a splash, loud cries,
much swearing and the yell Of "MAn
o%verboardl" l raised my head over the
bulwarhs and there was my mate, tlOnn-
amid dock oOze, rotten oranges
and salt water. II was he who held the
other end OF the line, and my hauling
had caused the center OF gravity In his
short body 10 shit beyond the base, and
In accordance with a natural law he had
gone overheard. He was the general
Cynosure OF all eyes. They fshed him
out, wet aud swearing. There was a
vigorous demand for the miscreant who
had been hauling on the line. l was
as far rs possible from the spot and kept
myself very busy, Buster went below
md changed his clothes. l was avenged.
We were towed into the stream aud
anchored for the night, Tolook Ut New
York city, with its many lights and its
thousands amusing themselves IN yafi.
Dns ways, from the ships deck, without
The possibility Of joining them, wa to
feel for the lirsS time tho slavery Of
life, Emerging very carly next
morning from the IsbOys' house, |
everything in the hustle aud con.
Of getting under way. A long
llV Of men we're tramplng aft with u
Iery wet hawaer. AZ | stood looking ut
hem my ear was seized by our Dutch
mate, who accompanied the action
With tho remark, "C00lns, | put you TO
He conducted me in this man.
Ter to the rope and babe ma lay hold Of
t. / did so. | could have done 30 with
i better heart and will had 1t not been
or the needless and degrading manner
n which he enforced his command
Most men do their work Just as well for
being treated with u certain courtesy Of
due FROM tho superior to the
Inferior. Prentice MULPORD.