The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-09-09

SlumOer, ms DTOuSuI w HIS
feet an cXcitablc man, TO whom ma
ture had been so unkind as not to
afford sufficient sight to see the
length of his nose, and shouted,
"Up with all sail, boys, and let her
mpl We shall get there all the
same!"
Amid all these divided counsels,
no two agreeing in one opinion, the
ship drifted and rolled and rolled
and drifted
Then l muttered to myself,
"Surely the vessel is without cap
tain and officers; that is the
trouble" And the voice spoke and
said, "The trouble is the ship is in
possession of the motley company
you see, and as you have also seen
there is no unanimty in the COM
pany, and each in turn threatens TO
pitch the captain and officers over
board unless his particular wish is
obeyed. Hence there is such con-
fusion of opposing orders that the
navigator of the ship is perpleNed
above measure, and knows not what
to do. You must understand these
| people are afflicted with horrible
disease designated big head, which
causes them to feel thousand
times larger than mathematical
measurement makes them, so that
tinkers, tailors, hackmen, and other
useful workers in their own proper
sphere imagine that they know bet
ter how to navigate the ship than
the officers.
81 see,' said |, and in my vision
saw and heard little man with a
voice like penny whistle stand up
and say, "Let us bundle the captain,
chief mate, and other officers out of
their cabins neck and crop. Wen
see if these sons of sea cooks will
persist in regulating the ship by The
principles of the constitutional
chart, in defiance of our wishes.
Wen make a great chart for our
selves, and sail the craft after Z
fashion of our own. Jack knows how
to handle spade, therefore he shall
take the helm; Bill is a dabster nj
driving mules, and he shall set tho
sails; Tom has had long practice
at looking into tumblers, and he car
find the latitude by the aid of cock,
tail; Dick can let 90 the anchor
and | will show how all these things
are done"
When this speaker ceased talking
the butcher and barber were paral
ysed by the words of wisdom uttered
and the cooks mate, unable to re
strain himself, shouted, "Hurrah
hurrah - to which the multitude
responded with great enthusiasm
while few sarcastic sceptics KEEP
cool and muttered in an under tone
"Verily this man is inebriatcd by al
overweening estimate of his Owl
Importance, and knoweth not where
of he speaketh; or, in other words
he is q self-conceited ass
Then everyone went his own way
and did as he pleased. One fello,
tossed the compass overheard; th
| cook made oyster stew in the binna
Gle; the cooks mate chopped up tn
I wheel for fuel to boil the coppers
. the sheet anchor was logged to tn
foretop, as the most appropriat
| place for an ornament so unique
q the charts were cut into slips for us
as pipe-lights; everybody smoke
in the powder room, rs shad
:. place cot repose; and the mast
Il being constitutional were choppe
O away as useless appendages.
"a In the midst of these remarkab
e and irregular proceedings, thel
Il suddenly arose a mighty storm, ii
o sea became exceedingly rough, an
, the winds came on to blow ill
blazes. The people were great
4 alarmed, and ran hilher and thith
Il in much confusion, while the sh
i was being driven broadside onto Il
% shoals. 1t was impossible to hoi
}. the sails TO keep her off, because Il
10 masts had been wantonly cut ava
d and the wheel was gone. And {
"a to the shoals she went and became
total wreck.
# | awoke with start, and realise
>, that il was all dream.
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