New-York tribune., 1890-06-29
FTNNY But EXPENSIVE.
THE QUEER FREAK OF \ DRUNKEN MAN.
sovrwuAr STARTLING Y>RN OF \ sNLoE WIZ
DID NOT GIT HIS wNGrS

DID NOT GIT his wNGrS.
arhr quccr thnrs that men VIII DO when 'he' At,
erurh~ said sailor last week are almost r''t
~, s,,o,,,nes have seen So many # them that
r ,,les something unusual can tn you' = nriri-"
MO NOW Hur the very last pccc II dcvlmcnt TOOK
mart In myself wa, the most Astonishing oi all ever
heard Of.
- was walking along this Fast River front hero
in Ncw.Norl last November out Of a loo "nc.
welldrc.sed man stopped me- ana ASKED nc !
wanted 70 .isn article for a cruise.
~.Whcrc to- SAYS !.
a.Dovn into the tropics saws he: 'nowlere N par
ticul,r I'm going for my health I'm my own ya''-
I'll De captain. my wife viii be- cook ana y"" j o'
mate ard man 81 all work. 4 you're an able seaman
and know how - DO your duty
We'll. signed article, with him and went aboard
HE elegant Yacht that very night lie WAS ll@al
fellow and the grub wa, good. tell Son, hni h'
Turned ont to be an awful diIhor. and soon i'uh'
that l had my hands hill 80 SAIL the vessel wv
nc,yy found captain was a big. powerful i'l'"' ana
as passionate A. MAD bull when drunk. ISL" t1d h'
io obey orders no matter what the, were u TOOK
rs A month or 80 to work our way down the coast
As far a, Florida The captain sobcrcd up for few
aavs AT 81 augustine and was quite friendly 'iih
me treating me So literally e. liquor that when we
sailed from that ancient town was drunk aNd h'
vas t,bor.
He and his wife between them sailed The ya'ht
for two or three 0aN~ hilfF llii h'Nh '"' N' ''''
looking coast % Florida and then the captain opened
moro LIQUOR got me and m-clf both Wild ara-n. and
then Informed me that hc intended - wreck ihe
Yacht and claim the Insurance ou her. lie o1. od
me $500 Of the insurance 80 help him. or the al"rna
tive Of being pitched overheard then aud there
Naturally preferred the $500.
The captain informed me that tho barren sand
lino coud dimly 10 the westward was one "f
the many unnhabicd kcy Islands. a. the southern
extremity Of the peninsula 0i florida Here ho
would beach the vessel, put tent on shore with
plenty Of provisions. camp ia comfort ny signal
q distress and trust 10 passing ship To rescue u'.
We were to that had been driven ashore in
a severe storm and had barely escaped with our
lives.
D." In order 10 lend probability 10 story We cut
the yachts mast half 1.-TWO ana ih.n broke It of
ty pulling rope fastened to The top We also
cut hole with in the yachts bottom. after We
had bcached her 40 but drunken men would
have supposed for instant that the mars Of the
would not at once arouse suspicion But We were
very drunk.
After we had carried ont the programme fully and
the pretty go yacht lay dsmasted and stranded
the beach, and all her provisions, piano. furniture
| and stores had been clscfuy housed in the tent on
shore. started to erect signal Of distress 20
passing For this tried to hoist the broken
upright in the sand. but found it quite another
| thing from pulling II down. The captain struck
| me for not lnlng harder and began 10 fight
Our quarrel interrupted by voice saying:
Hello. strangers. what yer frhun' about and
what yer don' csmpin' on my homestead anyway '7
We were both sober IN an instant Your home
steadV said the captain, turning anrrlly the tall
| jean-covcrcd cracker who had upon MS Un0b-
served hat DO you mean. mani liomesteids aren
recognized on these God orsahen Islands Where dld
Islands SAID The man with grin; Yer some;
what ont of bcarin's, mister. This Is BrcVard
County Florida, and yer squattin on the eastern end
Of my farm. which the western end Of II faces the
| Trdf ID and IN plp fgr Tho p-c Of
my property, I'll know the reason why
| II was too trnc We had wrecked the Yacht on
the srp Of fertile land which divides the Indian
River from the Atlantic Ocean. III some place, not
more than 200 wards wide, and hundreds Of miles long
| and within days sail on the river Of four FIVE
thriving towns. There had not been a storm along
failed OF couise il was bound 10 fail any Tny. for
do not think the captain would have tried 10 collect
| failed ludiciously that both got drnnkcr than
ever and told the whole story in tpsy confidence 10
"of course the story was too good to keep and 1t
spread mp and down the river; We we're male much
mschicvous fellows who gathered about us and wc
were finally persuaded to visit Ttu,vr Tho county
| town. 10 get the proper tools to put the Yacht in
shlp-shap again From there We seat the captains
poor, wife home by rail She was nearly ont Of her
away. ON returning T. the leach we found that all
everything movable about the yacht ma been carried
Our new found friends made a good p-etcncc Of in
night 10 silence our wounded feelings. \ big storm
came up while slept and mex; day the Yacht Law
high and dry far nm the beach. where nothing but A
real wrccking ontfit could do anything for her. tn,
captain persuaded, by the help of more whiskcy
that the only thing to do with her now was 70 end
| ihe spree with jolly bonfire. 30 what left Of
| th' graceful cutter went roaring down the wind i'm
flame and smoke. As the captains Honor and mon.,.
too were all gone by this time ability ~ entertain
| our friends deserted and the captain and | r,t
ont OF the country nv different rouics. I'm f,c. ~
rap away from me without paying me any wages
and footed IL TO Jacksonvc.s