New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
THE OLD PURSERS YARN.
A CHESTERFIELD OF THE SEAS.

sighed the old Pirscr; "may come and tako
my simple breakfast under the lee OF yours, TO
speak, Just to throw sort Of halo OF borrowed
reSpectability mine enormity7 l don't
want Delmonco whatever his other name IS, TO catch
me In the act Of breakfasng in the very Presence.
as It were, on two soda minis and half pint OF
izzy water from German town pump-suppos
Ing It genuine. All :" he continued a. such is life
and thus the whatssname Of time brings In his
thingummies. Why, when l had no money, none
whatever SIR. had one more appetites always by
me and no liver, as far heard from and now. see.
here am the well-shahed side of fifty with lots
OF old Isaacsons ready made shekrls
livers but no Appetite Then, smiling pleasantly
he sighed once more and went on with bis yarn.
You are not to think" he said, THAT Cap'n
Try was always and sharp-set and solemn lke
that time was telling about with the poor pastry
cook. No. sir, not by Iugful. Serious no mostly
was though. and when he was he was that serious
used almost 10 die alaughlng or atrying not 10
laugh, But when he tried to be funny-wen, there,
it was hard work 10 keep the tears back MIR
Purser'-thls was his favorto old crusty cobwebbed
London part!cular-do l understand that your name
is Bobby Robs or Robby Bobs! Well, Of course,
hates to wiring the life out Of superb jibe like
that but sir the fact of the business was, 1t had TO
be done, or go to a funeral tell you the old man
got 50 rcd in the face every time he came TO this
huge Joke and stamped so hard on the deck to keep
II from running into an ap0plcNy that was Forever
expecting to have to sew him up in the national
ensign with a thirty pound shot made fast In the
hunt So at the of about nine years, ninety and nine
,,,,es year all weathers, up and told him, Here,
SAYS l. what you understand or don't understand no
purser find out but If you must have 1t, my name
Is Richard Roberts, sir-you see 1t often enough;
Robby or Bobby or Bobby Robs. or Robby Bobs TO
the friends of my soul who this goblet sip. Mono
others need apply. And so, SIR, I'll Just thank you
ii atm
yours on pension for total disability. And so he
did. with bow thot would have made the fortune
of a dancing master even an emperor
And polite Well polite name for It, Why,
III hush If I don't Just believe he was the poitest
man on this or any other planet as far as heard from
Chesterfield til you cant rest You'd ought 10 nave
seen him with that lemon coored pilot those brazilian
fellows. Spanish, half-spanlsh, civilized and en-
ghteued sent out 10 pilot Us into the harbor OF ho
that time went round the Horn-sraits OF Magellan
rather-purser Of the Golden Era whereof was master
for the said voyage c. ira Solvdge. Usually these
lemon s,uashes are content TO pocket their lille
douboons smoke their everlasting cgarrfos parIahee
to themselves Bit and walk Spanish, or Portusee' II
Won prefer H. all over the deck but this little bantam
had 10 go jabbering and gesticulatlng on the por'
paddlc-box like seven admrals at the very haS'' a.
last when the old man tipped that long foehnger Oh
his So for siarboard little, what must senior nuh
Limonada Gascosa do but scream out at the top hoo
Of his little pipe so to speak, 'EStiborlo. eshhoo
muito estborlo' or words TO that effect. HaId-a-
81 arboard as we should say Then says Caph ny,
as gently as a sucking dove, You're the pilot Gu
Well. look here See that nice ltilo house DOWN
tbere-there. see? We call that the pIot hous0'
Now. SENIOR Pilot do you go right into 'hai ni's
little house and shut the door anu
stay there till l send for you onartcrl'as.er'
Exit Gaseosa to house. Well, 'quarterhas'or ~
sea means Just what the captain means 1t !" m0%''
and IN This case that meant And you see thar lie
does Il; you hearP , ,or
at was fun too, 20 see him bring her 10 'uo ouoy
At Panama with boat loads Of naked niggerS Oh oil
ages and sexes. black and shiny, all over inc p'a'o'
and dagos parrong and parraheoing themselves hoaso
ON every side all afraid OF the big SHIP Dut cOu""
keen away from her. Looked like the s'de VI q "o"
10 those monkeys. Scared out OF inc" o''S .ra,.
tan wits for fear she was going right over 'io,
important persons. Ono stout stradduhg jun p'n
4 sldnncr-coals from Newcastle-shouted ana SWIFT
himself as rcd In the face as the meteor nas =,
and, adroopipc from his peak halards cap Il I,S
. inst looked at the sky and the buoy and the wa'A
nc beam 60 sec which way she was ano'l ms
ON understand and every way except a' % %
hen when the Era had got her bow-line ru" n"u-
orclv and everything was lovely. and inc up
I'D icrked the Jingle for 'dono win '"o cne'ie
now, he Just walked TO the raj ana Sa'u % hoa,
$ a silver teabcn, Sir you annoy me- Arui' 'D'''
f. .Ao rr,
ooh. but the best OF all was that n's"' ~ So
ook fro, crossing the Gull 9 %b,t night! First
l"w ~ ~ waS Cap'n Try In his blue ana WIN"
ajamahs. neat whole PIX aPE'b his long. thin hand
We the Sd p"s' orrSead Then should haye
card an the Se'' Old 'py S a Costume SS" a H'A
IT. P%rsSr, ieST Cgs' to disturb you b s",or
would INLAY turn ea sna and SIi feep o hem quiet
md just eaS S' and 2 nS oaR s. f1 t
s Ss s at ys Ds WHY The ships all & str na hss
hats all o. ard kindly bga th SSu give the TOTdi
sd 10 s' a H. rSSc Just ont rs he only
and Unless nIw v" cnp1 Try does for p Tas casks and
ond story Of fol a,ac. g1 Just apoans and arO1ng
i Of hs ST ran Tar Sn df xna Whole
u. higher tnan n,ce lust s-whooping anu t,mr
III Mr. peninan fairy he waullng ou' Of en-. Put
nch hose and no, T TrSi all over the whole Quilt