Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-12
HIS SIX WEEKS ATTIC SPREE.

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A Survivor Finds Something That Tastos
Natural Whore He Least Expected II.
do you remember when whole fleet
OF whalers was lost in the Arctic about
fourteen years ago." said James Han
ma, one OF the survivors OF the Eliza
beth. "Well, I was up there in whal-
or the next season, ana / came across
relics Of that big disaster in O very
strange and interesting way. A boat
load Of us went ashore at Point Barrow
for some purpose, and 1t sort Of struck
me that I'd rather see little OF that
country than to 60 back to the ship just
then. So I slowed myself away among
the rocks, and when my mates got
ready to pull back to the ship they
couldn't find me. l don't suppose they
cared much, because they didn't fool
away great deal OF time looking for
me. After they left l struck out In
land, and pretty soon ! lit on o native
village.
1.-THE Injuns were pretty decent chaps
and meant we'll, but they weren't fixed
for entertaining visitors in irst-class
lucy bpCdh
and their lingo was Dutch to me, but
we agreed between us by signs that it
was about time to pipe all hands to the
galley, and they brought me two faith
oms Of jerked meat. 1t was q BIZ
strong for my taste. Then they dug up
some blubber and other stuff that
would make good slush for mast, but
II didn't hit my fancy, and / let on that
wasn't very hungry after all.
"When it was time to turn in they
led me into hut and showed me pile
OF furs that didn't look so ALFRED clean.
That was to be my bunk, and, after a
few months in the fo'castle, wasn't
kicking about q little dirt and greese.
thought I'd sit up until they left. When
/ got sleepy and yawned they told me
to turn in, but wanted TO be polite and
wait until the ladies had gone home.
They didn't seem to be in hurry, and
pretty soon they shucked of their buds
and rolled themselves up in their furs.
/ wasn't going to be outdone in polite
ness by q lot Of Injun ladies, and so
just peeled of my clothes and went to
bed.
TN the morning I got up feeling q
little rocky. My stomach was empty
and the air in the hut was thicker than
molasses. The thought OF that two
fathoms OF jerked meat made me sick,
and began to think I had made q
blooming big mistake in my expedition.
One of the head men poked his nose in
to the hat and made signs that were
painfully like an invitation to have q
cocktail with him. I tumbled out OF
the rugs and got into my clothes, blush
ing like rose, because the ladies were
looking at me, and the whole gang OF
US padded out across country to q
stretch Of sand beach.
81 wondered what blooming game was
ND, not being able to see what was the
use OF toddling out there before break
fast, but one OF the men, who had Q
walrus tusk in his hand, gave me
bleary wink and began scraping away
the sand with his foot. Two or three
inches below the surface he uncovered
the bung and part of the bilge OF cask.
Then he thumped the cask with the
walrus tusk, Just as q water front bar
keeper would handle bung-starter and
when the bung came out I thought /
smelled something natural:
Another chap stepped up with q
yard Of rubber hose, put one end in the
cask, and took big pull at the other
end Then he handed me the hose, and
/ just filed my tank plumb to the
Plimsoll mark with genuine water front
whiskey, The whole tribe took awhack
at 1t, and we all toddled back home
drunk and joyous.
~ concluded that my skipping from
the whaler was the biggest luck that
ever was, and l wasn't in any hurry to
20 aboard again. Talk about being cast
away on an island where bread grows
on trees and turtles Law eggs that roast
on the sand without fire! That's soli-
tary confinement at hard labor alongside
Of tumbIing into an Injun camp, where
all you've got to do Is TO kick q hole in
the sand and get blind drunk.
One day when the chief had Q lucid
interval, having been too drunk or sick
early In the morning TO take his regu-
lar beach cocktail, asked him where
he got the liquor, and he led me around
. point and showed me the charred
wrecks OF q lot Of vessels. I saw that
these were some Of the whaling feet
that had been lost When the ships
came ashore the natives started In to
strip them, and the first things they got
out were the liquor casks and the medi-
cine chest for sailors. But the natives
didn't know, and they pitched In and
drank up all the drugs and ate what
Ansn't drinkabls.-Exchange.
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