The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-03

| custom because IL saves paying and feeding
master ns ter" we Keep and Of course the two mates
| and the engineer and his two assistants. That
makea seven OF u.s. including myself-enough
TO run the shin on a pinch without ANYBODY
| forward. and quite enough TO overpower the
men no mater how Ugly they h Sre e. ovo uts
clockwork aboard the ship and you would not
have suspected TINT there hsd been m 1 my
the sailor who had fought the Captain came
"' Mister said he. I hear we're bound for
Porto Ricp. / wish you'd tell me how long a
III told him. Of course, and asked him
| whether he had not nude inquiries ABOUT
that he had lot signed any articles. ms far as he
| knew; some ono must have signed them Tor
him that he had been on spree Tor several
| was being dragged out OF the forecastle. and
fighting with the Captain. lie was very re- Re;
exactly right and hoped that ho had not made
very tiR fool of himself.
Throughout the day two more OF the
sailors came up TO me and asked about the
duration Of the voyage. what ports we were to
OF them had any recollection OF coming aboard
the shin. or signing the articles. These things
AMERICAN, Which I had that evening. noticed
several times in the afternoon that he seemed
to be watching for chance to sneak to me.
| That evening. however while was standing
10 the moonlight leaning against the open sky
Excuse mo- he said. but think you are
~ did not know at that time that he was an
American not till he spoke-and his accent
gave me start: had grown accustomed al.
ready to hearing the broad accent OF the Eng
lish and scotch officers. and this mans voice
sounded IKE an echo from home. ! told him
pleasure to see the mans face light up on
1nding that he was talking toa countrymen.
~. ~" am an american. too, he went on, and
scrape. i have no idea how came aboard this
steamer. but the mate says I've shipped ior
not know what has become Of me- ""' '"'' "
of against your viii \" 1 asked him.
So | can't say whether was or not he re-
iionally, for / never was on board a ship be.
fore and know nothing OF sailors work.
RHdf s aqF @fss GSSd w dSwn tn
New York to attend to some business, and.
having g stay over night went into ths
much bad Bowery whiskoy. I'll not deny that,
and ! remember getting acquainted with =
l remember distinctly. though I have q hazy
and having whatever / wanted to drink. I
had about $40 in my pockets whom went into
my S9' SosS Sp Sfffs sd
new shirt and a whole sailors OUTFIT
had Ry.n h Rss to say Sou M
be had been 'steered,, from the Bowery while
Of his money. piled with llnuor and shipped
for voyage to Porto Rico while bereit Of his
senses. Naturally took an interest in his
case, he being an American. and spoke to the
=" There isn't any thing can do for the man.
light as possible for him. and III do that.
can't put him ashore till We, get TO Porto Rico.
the ship; for we'll probably be the first vessel
coming back from there He has been ad.
return to New York. The boarding mas
ter and the sailing master. of course. got
there would be no object in Grim ping men In
this way except to Increase their profits Such
THINGS I'M, S, hdPp9n aim9st every voyage but can
This landsman's ignorance Of the business is
loss to me. but what am going to do? Such
taken down Water street and then they're in
Tor sea voyage, sure He's lucky that he's
bound around the Horn or to Calcutta. and
then 1t would be all the same with him"
must not stop to tell you the Porto Rico
guez to make them fighting drunk again. nor
when Gs P We we're aP e New YotE On the
hnmeward voyage the Captain told me that II
j took any interest In the kidnapped American
had better see him clear OF the wharves. or
the boarding house sharks would have hold OF
him again sure. and he'd lie shipped of on an
his head. 1t was no unusual thing. he said.
after man had once been shanghaed In this
way, to keen him going from ship to ship.
life saw my man safely of for Springfield.
=" However. you see how easy 1t is for New
Yorker TO he carried away and made sailor
agsnSssd his will The other four wherever
miserable system which makes them worse
than slaves to the masters on shore"