Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-01

~1M H. 81 49, - ~ - -
- 81 ehap old Cuk1y Jack. - usfe
shoori & ~ = ~ tinA. and - I'D bow
~ old man take To papee and looks =
Tie rile cf revoaveta and be sAys Gentie-
men. I'm saeisl7eds Then be tears up the
n.pSr INTO small bits and throws il over
hoard, and then he says agin. Now yoa
r,sy take your rrvolvers agin, for Dc !
want ,em, and ain's sfearsd Of you lot al
Ri.lv rucseyA athes with - witAsns 'esM
fccnld have hrung ron 70 terms In another
way II Ind wanted "a, but thought tbs
would be the pleasantess for Ill hands. h1s
want you now--aii Of yeu-distinctly fee
70 understand that can't afford TO lcss
shrse days asin ON this passage, and /.
after this any Of you chaps is mutinoas
IN put a bullet through his head jis, IS
,uick as I'D shoot q cat. And now, M..
Jones, call all hands and make sail
Well says Curly, goin on with u,
yarn, there weren't any more meetia's
and no more resolutions, and one of these
chaps q few days arisrwarsi, talkin abort
[ il in the forecastle, said As how democracy
did well enough for shore use, but out oa
blue water IL weren't worth a cent
Il might as we'll tell you the end OF this
lint stock co,lsarn. for when you've hecna
! lhe end of cue you've hceri the end Of prct
Nv much all OF 'em what went out in this
say. This old man. you see, although he
| wrren't a navigator, were u sailorinan and
Lnow'd what he were about. and he chimes
| in with one of these lawyer chaps, and no
sooner does the ship git to San Francisco
| than they puts some sort OF paper onto
| her and throws her into law.
| We'll. the chaps what had come out IN
her they wanted to go 10 the diggin's. and
sosle went off without gittin anythin tor
/, their share, aud others took list what were
offered. and at the end Of a couple Of we'''S
the skipper and the lawyer chap owned III
whole OF her. Then the skipper he gifts u
small crew into her, and he goes over to the
Sandwich Islands and fetches beck cargo
Of onions, POTATOES and wimmin, ON all OF
which he done first rate, that one v'yaSe
maxim him u rich man.
"You wouldn't think, sir, il you seen the
| splendid vegetables raised in Caliiorny, that
they ever had To import any, but I've seen
onions and potatoes sellin for 81 pound,
and us for wirnmin they was always high
there. And so you see this here skipper
done well even il he didn't know pavisa.
| ton.
Il mind once comm home from Liverpool
| In the ship Atlas, and we'd had head wind
Tor weeks and bid fair for TO make terri
bic long passage of il, when one day, just
arter noon, the moon changed, and the wind
| shifted from west to nor'west To nor'.nor'-
east. Well. we got all the starboard stun
sails set and soon had her a-goin about
uiue knots. which were fast for her, for she
we're a full ship and didn't 60 over and
above fast,
| well, about six bells in the afternoon
watch we made u brig away to windward
with the British ensign fyin, half mast
and union down. The old man were very
provoked, you may be sure. iist as we had
got this fair wind to have To stop, but there
weren't no help for it, and all hands was
called and the stunsails took III and the
royals and flyin iib furled, and we braced
up sharp on wind for to beat up to him.
Now says the old man to the mate,
it's more than likely she is ont Of prov-
.ions, and we mustn't lose a minute more
than we can help of this fair wind. SO git
up some bread aud beef and pork and have
some water in handy casks ready to 20 IA
| ,he boat. Git both Of our boats cleared
away, so as to supply her at once, or il they
want to be took Off we can transfer 'cm
without delay Well, we washes out n
couple of beef barrels clean and fills 'em up
with fresh water. We gifts up II couple of
barrels of beef and a couple OF pork and
about half dozen barrels of bread, and we
| lear away both quarter boats and selects
| crew for both Of 'em. Then We clcws W
| the to gallan' sails and hove about on the
port tack and let her lay with the niantop-
| vail to the mast.
The brig all this while had been runnin'
| Down afore the wind, and soon came down
across our starn, and the old man hailed;
| Brig ahoyl What eau | do for you first"
There was about seconds pause, and
| ;ben come the reply. What is your longi-
uAef"
You ought to have seen our old mans
| f;tcc list then. Drink less rum and hay a
,hronometer,' says he To the English chap,
md .l.en to us; Fin away the mainyard,
Down main tack! Gather aft the slack OF
| he shccti Pat your helm upi So-steady-
| as you 20. jist full and by! Stations now
for stays! Down helml Hard a-leel Rise
.acks and sheets! Main to- bowlinel Main
sail haull Head braccsl Fore bowiinel Let
| % and haulr'
Well, the minute we got her around we
oiled the muslin onto her and soon bad her
| rottin toward Sandy Hook agin with stun
.als allow and aloft, leavin the Brtisher to
find out his longitude from some one better
1aturcd than our Old man. "--Exchange.