Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-02-03

was always in a state of deadly terTol
 of the shippers too, hopped forward
 as lively ;.s cricket. The mate was
 standing on the forecastle. close by
 the knight hcaais. yelling vociferous
 iy to the men on the upper foretop
 sail yard. who were engaged in bend
 ing the sail This WAS the song he
 .slng:
 You lubbers. dash your eyes and
 iimls. don't you know enough tc
 make the miiship stop fast before you haul out the eail-ingi Wait till get you to sca and you shall smell hell"
 Roy Jack" at this moment told
 him that the captain wanted him on
 the poop. He clappei a stopper on
 his jaw tackle and swiftly strode aft
 MT. Robinson" softly said the
 skipper. please reserve the harsh
 ness of your language until you get
 clear of the land. You know we
 must go to sea in the morning. If
 you bully those iubbeas now, half of them will desert tonight. really gave you tl,siit for little more in- telligeiice Gu forwarl now and at,
 tcrd to your duty and mind you ex- ercise moro discretion in future or shall be forved to engage another chief officer
 l tell you. Captain Corcoran knew how to use his words. The sailors were accustomed to say that he had swallowed the booktionary."
 The mate touched his hat respect fully and went forward. At the time nm speaking of it was not GUS tomary Ia salute the captain when he gave an orler. but our skipper. with his naval education and instincts. took care that the etiquette of her majcsty's service was properly main t,ined on beard the Rajah of Cochin. q merchantmen and a lime juicer.
 All that afternoon Mir. Robinson spoke in another language to the c1ew. He was meek and mealy mouthed. He didn't even resent the action of a Northumbrian sailor who had the check to address him famil- ia-ly as Bill" This was sacrilcgc, for Mir. Robinson was not aware that it was the usual thing for the sailors of coasters to address the mates as Tom. Dick or Harry in place of the inevitable Mir" or Sir" on board deep water craft But a dark, angry l,lsh darted across his countenance Ike catspaw ruilling a quiescent lake. and . ,lemoniac grin showed that his amour propre had been touched to the quick.
 tho.ght to myself that would not stand ill that sailor's shoes for s whole voyages wages.
 At t o'clock next morning, before tue tug towesl LIS out to sea. all hands Lnlstefel aft and answered to their nameA There was not a single de 1 sater. The captain himself was present at the roll call. and his faith | fui mongouse peiched os, his shoulder. | He did not gay woI,i. hut fondly | i,Ecsi.ea on them q, Mr. Wolf would | if he had been hired to shepherd fat and juicy flock of owes and no questions asked.
 The mongoose. too. winked with | his starboarl eye. It was evident | that he and his master understood nach ether.
 The ship was lowed out past the .,ar. and VIC spread every stitch of | plain sail 10 the fresh northeasterly | breeze which blew with rarc vigor. i Dur pii1t was surprised to see the old raft overhaul a feet of sluggish {; brigs that could scarcely get yut of their own way. In a very few hours we had passed outside Tar mouth rad, and in three days we put the pilot ashore of the Isle of Wight. Then. with a spanking south caster, We sped down the channel, .aking our departure from the Lizard. |
 Until the pilot left Captain Cor ;oran behaved like gentleman. He was as polite as Billy-be- blowed. But l after we had squared our mainyard and filled away on our course he be | gan to sail under his true colors. The | grew of coasting colliers that we car riesl had never learned to steer by degrees and were ignorant of the 1iceties of amplitudes and azimuths. When the skipper went aft and told he rubber at the helm to keep her 'outh. e degs. west, the fellow was iabbergasted.
 South. c degs. west" repeated 10, Il don't know what you mean"
 You don't ehi you impostorl I'll mighty soon teach you" and with n awful curse he feiled the. man with beiaying pin. .Take hold of I he wheel" he said to me. and ,rasped the spokes. The skipper licked the dazed helmsman of the 'oop. This was but a mere taste of he old mans quality. From that ime on the crew never once got an fternoon watch below. and were Torked ard driven like slaves un- CT the sharp lash of an overseer. he men were at first cowed. They ad not been accustomed to such reatment. They sulked about the eclSs like so many whipped CUTS with