The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06
Not in Nautical STYLE.

He was an old sailor and had retired from
/ active service to live with his daughter in
/ little cottage in East Newark says the New
York Recorder. There was nothing for him
| TO do and time hung heavily on his hands
When he found any one 10 talk to he reveled
In telling thrilling adventures of sea and tales
of wreck. His sheer was a masterpiece when
ne compared the rigging OF the two and three
masted schOonerS with the briggs. banks and
! other square-riggers' IN which,he had served
Yet with all this, there was one bit Of worm
| WOOd tnat tasted bitter. That was the drug
| store window in Harrison avenue. In the
window OF the apOtheCary were two large
/ GLOBES OF colored water. One was tinted
| bright green and the other ruby red. AT night
they were brilliant and beautiful. with the
! tnckerlng gas Jets back OF them, and lent a
/ bright color to the neighOOrhOOd. 1t was when
| the lights illumiIed the tinted LIQUIDS that
! the ola salt was worried most. 1t was not
/ the colors that net with his disapproval, but
! the fact that the colors were misplaced ac-
! cordlng 10 his nautical instincts. Many
tlne ne thought OF speaking to the druggist,
| but refralned. He's the capn. and if il S not
| shlpShape it's none of my business. I've got
( no call to NEEDLE with a strange quarter
For two years he talked to himself and
| trowned as he passed the place, and hoped
| against nope that change would occur. Al
ldSL ne sa " sign in the window. 1t read
ms store VIII move across the street on
the ISL of next month" His heart leaped
WIN Joy as thought sprang to his mind. He
went uO"n 10 the river and cog1tated and at
last he exclaimed:
IN do IL if l lose my foreslt"
IL was growing dark as he approached the
| orug store ana the offending lights we're cast
ing blocks OF color upon the sidewalk he
stepped boldly into the store ana the drug
glSt approached from a rear room. The old
! salt touched the brIm Of his hat in response
10 the query Of the druggist as to what he
/ could do for his customer
i presume you're the cap'n of this iere
! craft and make so bold as to come to you
q nd to tell you that for little more than two
years ouve teen moOred here with your
sta picard light TO port and your port light
TO sta b6oard, which amt acco :dln to marine
laws and customs. l hain't never said
nothin' to r- you al out it afore
cause you was a yin' here at
anchor, n no danger of any
| other craft a-runnin' foul of you, onless it
might be boss with the staggers. But now
| beln' IS how you're a-goin to slip your moor
! In 5 n move across the channel. 1 make so
! bold to take that YOU re a landsman as don't
| know the meanin' of them lights. So
| thought as how I'd come in before you start
| and tell you that you'd orter put the red light
| 10 the port side, which is the left hand side
| and the green on the sta bboard which is the
! right hand side, and touching his cap. he
/ departed.
The druggist laughed. Then he laughed
| again But that night, without waiting to
! move across the street, he shifted the lights
! so that the sta bbOard and port" signals
| were IN proper position.