Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-10
Rum, Rum. Rum.
THE JACK TAR'S DELIGHT.
Square meal annas.
ALI RAMDUGGER, landlord.
Bean brandy one anna a peg.

Square meal annas.
ALI RAMDUGGER, landlord.
Bean brandy one anna peg.
Within the matted walls Of this gin
mill" sailors of all nations used to meet
They fed on thirst provoking curry, hot as
flame. They tried to cool their burning
tongues with the fragrant fruit mango
steen. the most luscious comestible in the
world, and ended up by getting gloriously
drunk on the Chinese bean brandy, which
is as fiery as it is cheap The choicest
brand costs only eight aunas quart, and
it has playful way Of accomplishing its
vile purpose that is absolutely appalling.
MARYLAND peach brandy and New Jersey
appleiack are mild as new milk compared
with this heliish fluid.
The day after the Blue Rockets crew
had sobered up after their cruise ashore,
the mate came forward and shouted, Man
the windldssn The levers were shipped,
and at the top Of his voice the favorite
chantyman began Co llU out that famous
old sea melody, "Hurrah, my boys, we're
homeward bound After the anchor was
hove short the blue peter was hoisted and
the foretopsau lo1sed, siguItying that the
ship was going to put to sea shortly.
The captain came aboard in his gig,
pulled by four smart apprentices. The gig
was hoisted up 20 the davits. The gang
way ladder was unshipped and the skipper
was Just about TO give orders to sheet
home and hoist the topsails when he no
ticed a suspicious looking craft making for
the harb0r lie took his telescope, and
after a brief observation, exclaimed:
"The Alabama, by thunder"
The famous Confederate craft had been
. so accurately described by her victims that
/ there was no possibility Of a mistake.
Haul down that blue peter; furl the
foretopsail and pay out forty-tive fathoms
of chain. guess l won't go to sea today, -
continued the skipper.
OF course the Alabama wouldn't dare to
attack the Blue Rocket or any other north
ern vessel in a British port, so the ship was
as safe as though she was moOred to her
dock in the East river, New York.
The Alabama anchored close alongside
the Blue Rocket, which was the only
American ship in the harbor that had heI
sails bent. II was evident that the Ala
bama had made up her mind to watch he
closely.
Captain Semmes had his boat lowered
and went ashore Captain Randall fol
lowed his example. The British merchant
at Singapore had begun to sour" on tn
Confederate cause; they were beconSnl
convinced that the northerners were sur
of victory in the end, so Semmes and hi
officers were not treated as they expecte'
by the swell society Of Singapore.
Captain Randall happened to meet ashor
the coxswain of Captain Semmes' gig,
. grizzled man with whom he had been ship
mate when young man and who wa
, under considerable obligation to him.
He took the cOxswain to his hotel an
they had a long confabulation together
, The skipper gave him 800 rupees and toll
e him that he expected TO escape from th
+ Alabama with his assistance. Capital
q Randall knew what a lot Of desperadot
n the crew Of the Alabama were, and he d,
/ vised one of the craftiest plots that eve
r came to my knowledge The Alabama
men were at that time ripe for desertiol
z or even mutiny Captain Semmes and h
2 officers were at their wits end to kno
e how to deal with them. The ship had pJ
n into Singapore to coal and lay about a mi
e off the shore with lighters alongside. I'll
d old coxswain had a good deal of innuen'
Is with the men. lie spoke elOquently Of I'll
II samshu, or Chinese brandy; he describe
d the beauty Of the native girls and eXpat
e ated on the home comforts to be found
y Ali Ramdugger's rumshop.
d 1t all ended as Captain Randall hope
n The men went aft in a body and demandt
If liberty. The sample keg Of brandy hs
n done its deadly work. The coxswain h5
r Struggled it aboard at imminent risk
d created a thirst for more. Liberty WI
le granted to nearly all the ships compan
They repaired in a body to Ali Ramdu
d gers, at the sign Of 1.-THE Jack Tar's Il
t light" BY an arrangement with Raj
d dugger the most Gerry brand Of samsl
n was served out to the Alabama men. In
D. little while they were all stupid.
n That night the Blue Rocket got und
% way as noiselessly rs possible. or cour
is the Alabama was aware Of IL, but as near
r. all her crew were ashore she could do not
ing The northeast monsoon was blowi
briszly and the Blue Rocket left the hi
20 Dor behind her in fine shape. At dawr
L. provoking calm came on. The sails slatt
re against the masts and the vessel roll
r, steadily in the blue ocean swell The pit
ia oozed out OF the deck seams and the s
Re was 10 hot that the men sought shell
d. from its burning rays. The calm continu
he for two days
he Early in the morning Of the third d
p che smoke of steamer was seen in
90 Blue Rockets wake.
The news soon spread, Here comes
nj Alabamar' Great excitement prevail
as But Captain Randall was nothing II
as lucky. Flying catspaws were obser'
IS, astern, and fieecy clouds that had Def