Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-03-05
A SEA HERO.
how Harry, the Cabin Boy,
Atoned for His Sin.

Atoned for His Sin.
Everybody who knows anything
about Bath, Me-, and her ships must,
necessarily, know the Reaper. She is
one Of those trim-looking craft that
Fenimore Cooper might naturally have
pictured for his Skinner of the Seas.
Bulky Of hull, shaped like sword
fish, with wings Of enormous spread,
there was time when the Reaper had
more quick work" about her frame
than the twenty periaguas built into
= singls craft" Of which the great
American author used to tell.
Few who were anywhere near Bath
on a certain day during the centen-
NAL year can ever forget with what en-
thusiasm the Reaper was consigned 10
her native element. She won distinc-
ton on the high seas from the very
start, and when It was not in winning
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OF hanos co''eceu Ut 'nc Instance "a
any sh'Pp,hS master 'han 'ha' "n,'n
tumDlcd ABOARD lhe REAPER as sne iay
IN the s'realn OH Liberty 's'aho 'as'
May
Hardy had .he snip got OH shore
from sandy HOOK when the ma'es us
covered that haif dozen Oh the sailors
VINO had oeeh slhgeu as a. d. were az
green as the shea'h'hg on the shlps
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man. ana win sign ne SIMPLY losgeo
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WIN Il oad bargain
The mess or cabin boy who went IN
the ship was known to the officers as
Harry. lie had never been to sea be-
fore, although he told capt Young
when he came on board that ne had
made a deep water voyage in an English
bark. lie was good lad for time, and
It was not necessary to ask any ques-
tons TO discover thatato one Time ne had
felt the influences OF good mothers
hand. He was only 10 years DID, rather
tall for his age, with a full, open race,
light curly hair and blue eyes that
rivaled the clearness OF the sea itself.
Somehow or other he evinced fond
ness for that little water sprite Hen
rietta Immediately after she came
aboard. 1t was one OF those attach
ments that an older brother forms for
his little sister, and at the beginningo OF
the passage he made frequent trips be-
tween the cabin and the headquarters
of Charley Noble to get some dainty for
bis little queen. But after the ship had
been ut sea seven weeks it was noticed
that Harry was irregular in his habits,
and that his devotion ITO the little
woman aft" was not as marked as it
should be. The lad had had much oc-
rasion to associate with the men in the
usual course of events, and presently
his conference.-the the green hands be-
came so frequent and pronounced that
Capt. Young was obliged to reprove
him.
1t was like casting water on ducks
back. though. These men seemed to