Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-23
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Ma aased ey Ats Men,

I ACCIDENTAL OR DESlGNsOS
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WAs Hasea by Als Men.
rSSv NV telling incidents IN tn
.IliS, II q wo,niueat and wealthy mar
Mhp ASA uANa,lN iiei-the little tricks
At As5 p,ay3 10 catch his w0rkmeu
e&>rScs ;he wSyS he had employed ,t
sc ~ discipline upon them and his
>cc&~Al manner of getting their best
sElrs 80; ot ,hen Then the naval 81
S%- ;a:crpN>Nl an objection.
", hSNV >cea = great many men, anu
~,-e>Vs tbtN very had ones success
N,U NScjiN3. ne said. In the ScrV-
M -; l&NaG believe | ever knew an
WIN >yA>yN3 talittle tricks - he
a~>>fC, ip summarizing men There
~~yss>,hiaE in y mans heart that
asNS> AlU ucSont petty persecution,
Ne,a ~ Win &av You ne i'll viii nj all
.Nc ,rs>hicg him under great provoca-
S>a AnL SNSa6tng Of petty rerSeen-
Is,. SaVoyjar aea in h;tle ways Ia
NS,9 shca alive and doing, remember
y ~>or chap, in the service years
s-N ana tho mOurnful way in which
5~2
" Was a past master IN that
~os, Aa>Ne>> u harvesting seamen. |
remember one " his tricks, when he
bonds map sleeping when he should
save h~so awake. was to dash dipper-
Gal ~ water INTO his face, He would
uai SHOW meR who we're awake to
Sroa~ the sleeper, but. seiEing the dip
Nr- he would rush up and slap the
WAFER 81 fali force into the mans face.
Ar5 ! have seen men 70 wild nj the
>N.<k ~ 10, hai " could never be
made ~ $40 that his way was unfair
sat ba,,yjng \ man was asleep
waop he >hou,i be awake. lie really
deserved punishment, but " did
punish him, lie merely recalled
aim 10 his Seasa Of duty.
VI remember one night on deck when
:hc wca.her was terrible. 1t was as
black - pitch, and a man couldn't see
where he was going or 20 where he
wanted ~ 20, 4 seaman bumped into
" and quick as a flash u hit
out, striking the man in the chest. In
s;antly l saw in the darkness a great
arm and fist 20 up, and expected to
see " "a little fellow he was, with
shrill. high-pitched voice. smashed
into the deck planking by the weight
and strength OF the powerful seaman
who lowered over him. But in that in
slant " raised his thin voice in an
cry.
Look out there,' he screamed
Remember You are striking
the officer of the deck. And then |
the great fist and arm sink down,
and ~hesitatingly, as the man
yielded to the officer of the deck. But
hatred in his heart, the passion that
had prompted him to crush the officer,
the sayagery that was in him-the
could not sink them as he could
draw down his powerful arm. don't
believe there was ever Il man more
hated by his interiors than was ",
and all on account of his naTging and
his petty tyranny.
zone day some of the crew were low
ering the topgallant yard. " stood
under them on the deck, directing the
work, looking at them now and then
to nag them with some piping cry.
None Of us in the wardroum ever knew
how it happened. There was no sound
in advance. no cry OF warning, no wild
yell as always happens when there is
an accident on shipboard. Suddenly
the topmast came away from those
who We're lowering it. caught ".
unwarncd and unprepared, carried him
down heavily to the deck, and he was
dead. That was allan accident if
ever evidence counted for anything.
The men could not explain how the
topgallant yard got away from them,
and when IL thing like that starts to
fall there is no stopping it.
But | have often wondered over it.
What could those sailors tell if they
woodland they never do tell any
thing. How strange that there should
have been no warming cry to enable
him to jump aside, and how strange
that it should have been ". who
was so hated, to die in that way.'-N.
Y. Tribune.