The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-19

gable one: but years ~ dredging and
blasting and scraping have opened the
more direct course and now vessels
usually pass hy the new channel.
one cold May day a strange iotiih
might have been seen leaving the 500.
II was the tug Tam O'Shantrr. NOV
Ing Dredge No. and her two dumping
sc0ws down below Little Rapids Ia the
new channel where some some drcdg-
ing was 90 BE- done. Such Scenes were
common enough 10 people ON the river,
and NO one thought OF looking twice
az the unwicldy Procession. unless To
remark casually that "ihc Tammy was
hevin pretty easy time 81 H.. chased
down stream by them BIG ioNs."
Along la the MIDDLE Of the summer
the Tam O'Sharicr was transferred 20
q dnslgc az Nire Mile Point. and All
other tue the W. H. Maxwell ;,Ok her
place with No. !. The new tug did not
ming very Agreeable crow - the
river gods IN Crim's dr,,lgc The new
captain was an oh Aan Who minded
his business nud nrcHrlcd The pilot
house as his cn.'lc I.c engineer was
n slow. phlcgmaiic German. whose
long. and % tho tongue ~ the river.
unpfonounccahlc mnt Jacob LiuzIn.
durf was slHUdih changed Into
"lakcy." This WAS. fisily. Tor utiliia
ran reasons. AMI secondly. because
the commune or the river lost every
mans identity la the vagurncss ~ a
nickname a SOU rs possible. There
never waS any regular iirrman on the
W. H. Maxwell ~'frc nld man." as
the men called the captain, hut not 90
account of his age. was tuu irascihlc 10
live with. aud laAcy tou iacl,um. The
lattcrs most cNicud.,i effort at con.
yersaiion icycr cAtc,d1d this one
phrase with which ne ussd o. admon-
ish his noudrscrIpt fumin: Say.
10Y. Wy you un i'rc up. bucs You tinSs
| no nccd bot v'asser any money
For some icas Do or Other lakcy was
rcganirl as a i1au Wilh.H; spirit
decentralization OF Grru.au simplicity.
lie never TALKED W.is. anybody hut
himself and the ncn iCa spuci that
his inner nature must atiuelly hc IN
need of inauguration amt excitement;
aud - they pruccsd'd 10 league To-
gcthcr Tor laAeys puiaul good.
lakey himself rrv,g rah whether hc
liked this mutual b,ncEt association ~
not. at ANY rate not III some time
af;tr this
Meals on No. I wcrc served ln a good
sized room In the rrnr uf the drclgc.
The waShNoom vas down below 10y
the side of the boiler. AND - soon as
nuun or - O'Cl,ck came the men made
prccipliatc rush Tor the wash
trough. Someone's the IT, was OFT
10 the dumping grounds with Sow,
aud got hack a FEW minutes late As
soon as Jakcy appeared "a The wash
roam h. was hustled ghuni. and was
usually the last one To get To the wash
trough. Of coursc be found the water
soapy and greasy. hui he said nothing
at least nothing acdih'V. No stnuct
would he bcud over aud begin wash.
ing. TO fasthlinusly. the mcl thought
than suine fellow would throw piecc
OF soap aud hit him la the ear or
crnwd hlm along under the hle spout
aud turn the faucet On him. but
Jakry evidently n,garlcd an this as a
manifestation OF some VVll spirit of
chance Tor be- said nothing mot till
later The lrnghtvl understanding
of the river did bot know ANYTHING
about the German speculative mind,
and the great comfort q derives from
ahstmsc aud SiltW meditation. ~
lak,y's silence luSsrd for mcckness.
However Il was &C mealilmc that
lakey's philosophy WAS put % the test.
II needed only wink Go give lakcy's
Canee. which came travelling irnm
hand 10 hand along ihr side % TIE
table. a salty flavor " hen pudding
was served pork gravy WAS usually
passed % him rs saucc Tor u, but not
a word said lakcy Tie hclrcd himself
10 what De could reach. aud met all
designs upon him with this remark,
i "roys. W viii you fopvcr shokcs"
Iakey took great pride Ia his engine
I which be was always repairing. aud
I olllng and rubbing. lie mcd 10 hum
some German SONG lu himself as hg
workcd-somc song that carried hin
back 20 a little village In the lihcin
gau. whcrr his mother lived. but how
could the drc,lge men know that hh
eyes grew misty 40 rccOllectl0ns 81
home. OF that the stlange words ot III
song had mourntul strain In them
so his marlyrlom vent on. Wvnchc
began 10 disappear from the engln
room. and his tobacco never lasle
long.
late one afternoon the W. N. Ma,
wen was dispatched TO the 500 q
some repairs. In placc II the Vgl
lar fireman Of the tug u the erema
who had only ba'cn VA ,ur the last ~
weeks aud bad quit ihr day belol
q conld bc callcl lvgular-one 81 Il
drc1c hrcNcu was substituted. Il NJ.
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