The Republican journal., 1896-09-17
Around Boston and Away for Dakar.
Entertaining Letter from Capt. Ed. A. Richardson.


bic more than any other class; it may not
be true. ol they may have more reasons for
doing SO. Some one has said that claws
are made to be evaded' Few of us,
however, have the moral courage to ad-
nit that We take pleasure in stealing out
around any plain State law plead guilty.
Tie law that | most detest, and always
Try to escape, is compulsory pilotage and
its monstrous rates. If the charge was
within reasonable bounds the matter
would seem less like wholesale robbery,
though the principle would still be
thorn and an agravation. My last round.
about voyage, partly recorded in The
of different complexion, offered very lit
tie experience that seemed like being
plundered. that remained to be met with
on my return. Sailing into Boston bay On
a fine, clear noon, we got into string OF
colliers hugging along the Minot shore,
and meant to pass in as one of them, on
NulNIi lI4SlS ID no pilCloEC Vial w. IIilplN
meanings, faulty hopes. A pilot boat
stood straight over from "The Graves
and picked us out of the whole fleet as
the one subject to a severe penalty for
coming trl m foreign country, and l was
sixty dollars out Of pocket in as many
minutes. Our spals We're too bright, tne
anchors painted. and too much general
polish To pass for a collier
i always must be costly to dress well,
but some suppose that the Puritan State
IN laje yeals has not generally enforced a
}tDlliy iol doinz So We passed in, but
Nye held ny at quarantine where |
pleSvute5 tour sets Of bills Of health in du-
lioate made in three languages English,
Spanish mid American We had been
4u'v 90 lolts Where people die by almost
no o-Lel cause than sheer WEAKNESS from
molutonCus year, Of good health. With
eut morl delay was given Free Pratt
jpue -mi>nomer as to the free, be
cause 1t cost eight dollars the highest
quarantine boarding fee charged by any
Atlantic ocast state, while dreadful Texas
-ha1-cs nothing at all And so we We're
allowed to reach tho smooth waters Of
Mas>a, hrsetts without further penalties
am rather fond Of that Statement to
Maine it seems the most home -ike-but it
igLt be more reasonable in its charges
for IA. ,piJality.
We discharged inward cargo, then load
,.i ice. ease oil. furniture, lumber, tobac-
co and provisions without any ruml for
Dakar and EutiSque. When about ready
fu sea sunday came ard we attended
cluict-it is always we'll to start away
square. The ministers wife persisted in
shaking hands and calling me brother"
She W. $ smart looking woman and |
though d lttle surprised and shy over the
election was afraid she was going to
ask me to bring her parrot-eve1yon
else did. Sailing day came and we went
down the Aarbor in rain, fog and head
winds
In a Ii e-time If parting> one gets used
and perhaps somewhat hardened to
them. To one with soul, however,
good -bYes must ever be the bravest but
not the most pleasant entries in the log
book Of life. In casting off the lines of
attachment the hand may be nerved by
Gg,.4 a,7f, tho baa,t c+aat1;ad o,,1,- H. A..
counting time and looking forward to a
glad return. | once heard it argued that
Il mariner should have no family: that
witt out a home lie may be the most hap
pv That the world for a home better fits
his needs. The worlt. for home be
hanged There would he as much salts
faction Ind a world all sea, without ports
81 hal looIs, One making such an arou-
ment among strangers lays hmselt liable
10 a suspicion that he has made some mis-
take in hls matrimonial venture. ana if that
was not the case it is very plain that his
wife did, a Well behaved mariner has. of
COURSE perfect moral right to marry if
he can find safe woman who is willjno
10 undertake life of three-quarters wild
oW-bood, with always fair chance of grad
uatiDg early If facts were not entirely
opposed 10 it one might suppose that only
refuse ones accept such a position. The
facts may be accounted for bv consid-
eriDg that all persons make moves in early
life that they would not think of doing in
lnaturer years, If, however, all goes well
she may never reach the dangerous hour
Of real regret; and, if philosopher. she
may study and believe in the natural laws
Of compensation as applied to life.
The first few days from the home port
IS always good time to be lonesome. We
have a mixed crew of negroes and Malays.
such decided brunettes are best to take to
unhealthy climes; they are not so much
subject to tevers and they behave better
III port, drunkenness among them being
rare, which is also in favor of good health.
They are perhaps too slow to catch any
thing and not so able men at sea as the
average white race, especially in cold
weather. AS rule the negro is tractable,
happy and good natured, with no deeper