Arizona republican., 1892-11-26
o,vJNG THE CAPTAIN.
.osuAo USED TO HAVE MUCH L,rorr WITH ONE BOARoER.

''1 ,,n crutterOoo" to n''. Room Q" 'a'
 ,,pding"-what She Did for Him on. Eventual NiGht-Her Story. o.,-i,u,Iy to Loosha's assumpuon of
 t'. .,;rs of management at No. 099 i.e i.e,i,,rIas, Flats, our present domestic
 Nlu,, occupied the position of house
 Ie,,-,, Ie,."r,or maid at Billit's. Billit's Is a
 ru rSin, house of the most approved re
 ',aTiIitv. situated in the classic neigh
 .ey,''I of the British museum. At
 o,I oory. rerrlcmen are taken in" by the
 b'n,b ,b or cuut,r, found" and "doUe
 lya'a aacl in tlis orbit Loosha revolved
 l@ s.h .bgrp aud winking brilliancy for
 s''' s,.,re of seven years. Loosha's
 I I..bsnt manner was formed during
 ls. rsgime; her eye acquired its gimlet-
 ,-., .,-, r-gp.rtias; her bosom developed its
 nSr n,JS.rmlap.r. qualities of resistance to
 SIeellcments or "comeovers" on the
 D,rt D of the opposite sex,
 aupmau nature is human nature, ,.s
 ,,,sba's mother, Mrs. Hemman's, is
 ,n, p to say, and men but men. call
 'n what you may" and, following this
 ',.mple of maternal tolerance, Loosha
 .EIs; lightly over certain episodes in
 ss,Tfe at Billit's, when lodgers returned
 I,re in the small hours, as Loosha puts
 {, oa bit appy." When such a one
 ~ Owed incapable of controlling his Ian
 r r,ge or his boots within the proper s~its Loosha's services were enlisted
 r- inc dual purpose of pacifying the S,ssHder and getting him up stairs.
 Ioosha's ready presence of mind and E,bstrung spirit would be invaluable, 1rs understand. in moments of emer gHcy
 There Is no human doubt that but tor h., Captain Clatterpen Noosha's short hr Clut,erbuck, which really is his nnel would not at this present moment b oalroring the bereth of life." Cap hia Clatterpen had regularly for years hl into Bllit's docks when ashore for ss ssneedful overhauling. The captain VAS grizzled, thick set, elderly, stanch Hssbyterian and an admirable seaman. He had but one failing.
 Somewhere about the small hours of be morning a shuffiing sound would bs heard upon the doorstep of Billit's, a yuf of old Jamaica through the letter Lipvould succeed an aimless period of iambling with the latch key, and the in- mates of Billit's would be startled from helr slumbgrs by a nautical below, "Of ship a-hoil! " says Loosha. Like the hgom of penny steamboat it sounded, ni 'Old your noise, Capt'in Clatter- ,e1, doE Mrs. Bilht 'ud say, lettin down the chain, Then in ed tumble as 'appy g you please. There was only one way . gsttin i'm rp stairs, and that called the candle charm. It was done by 'oldin ths candle very near is face till is eyes began to water an is whiskers smell Ike singein an then droring of it little way back, when ed stagger arter it like lPssimized subjec'.
 One night, when e was as bad as Eer remember to "a seen i'm. lured Tn up stairs in this way till got i'm on the top landin, where his bedroom was, close to the iron ladder that run up to he fire escape trap in the roof. got in into is armCheer, took off is collar. lnTaked out the fire. collared is matches. l7e i'm A soothin shake an left i'm. Then goes down to set Mrs. Billit's vt at rest before goin to bed myself. as 4sp on the same top lsndin with that Id peach. Up l comes again in ten minutes time. Lo and be'old you! Wot Ices see but is door wide open. and, the roof trap, with the stars ,lnkin through. Next minute 1 ears As Captin's heavy footmarks jouncin D the leads over'ed. Up the ladder l ls and puts out my ed.
 Though l knOwed @ was there it give asa turn to see i'm staggerin up an own amongst the chimbley pots. Be- ''e could breathe my lips e turns an ss me. A 'Oyl! sezee. 'Ow's the ! md, OoszmI 'Blowin round the cor sf' says l, knowin e must be humored. | ttnat e gives a lurch as nearly car e. m over the parapet. Lay 'er ed | II, sezee; an d'jeer! Fetch me my l lSai glass from the cabinr Which | 'oVe ad one too many at this identical | 2nent, thinks l, but says to i'm coax .E'Goon! Wot comfort is there in 'av- ,Nup ere: Come down an mix for your 1captm.' 'Wot do you mean, you son .assel cake? sezee in a tearin rage. Do | '' tlmk I'm goin to send my ship an . s| an cargo to Davy Joseph's lockety | Zee by stoppin under 'atches on " night like thisy Dirty or not. !I, you won't clean it by stoppin up 7 amongst the blacksr 'Shiver my N sezee, if l ever 'eard such mu- lS langwidge in the ole course of 1perience, I'll stop your grog. o- land to repeat is language 'a.I be to demean myself). I'll put um irons or my name ain't Joshua 4ueFpen. Come an do itr says l, nun i'm an poppin down the ladder
 DTeathin fire and slaughter, e sets rn on the edge of the trap ole, drops 'eS' through an begins to come down ladder A ned wind an a nevey growls; low she pitches, the seq old 'ulk! low she rollsl dom 'er
 'ead lightsr Which shows the sort