The herald., 1896-06-21

| dAVE A MOIHEH!
sswhat DO you want, Irish?" and Mrs.
irish. q little creature with black, beady
eyes, came out of the kitchen.
"You remember that oily fellow Locke;
him that told you was an Internal liar?'
Eyes, remember your yarn; him that
you was always talking about. brought
his ship to Plymouth or somewhere and
then disappeared with a woman he had
stolen from Botany Bay, and left the sec
ond mate to take the ship to London. If
that's him you've got there, I don't want
any dealings with him."
mo, this isn't him. but this chap was
the surgeon aboard the Resolution"
The conversation was carried on in very
loud tones, Mr.. and Mrs. Irish having con-
tracted the habit of hailing each other In
this fashion when the lady had assisted
In the navigation of a coaster in which
these two had made their last voyage to
sea.
Mr.. Blackburn did not appear to relish
this publicity, and entreated Mr.. Irish not
to talk so loud.
"Oh, see.'' bawled Irish, "you was in
1t too, was you, eh?"
"Well, not exactly that. but
"What's he wanting. Bill?" interjected
Mrs. Irish, leaning against the doorway
and eyeing the little man critically.
"Just few minutes private conversa-
tion with your husband, Mrs. Irish, IL you
please"
''See what he wants, Irish, and don't you
be giving your money away. know what
a fool you are
'Clap stopper on that tongue Of yours.
Polly. I am quite able to take care of my
SELF" replied the eX-master of the Sala-
mander with much dignity.
Mrs. Irish disappeared. and then Mr..
Irish got up and shut the door and said:
''Now, Mr.. Sawbones, pay out what you've
got to say and have done with it,
"Well, the fact is. I have reason to be-
lieve that you don't like Mr.. Locke; is that
so, Mr.. Irish?"
mo, don't like-that is, didn't like
him. l have never seen him since he was
In Port Jackson with me, and 1 never want
to see him again. He's liar, and told
the Sergeant of Marines to tell him So.
He spun yarn about me having a woman
convict aboard my ship while the lying
swab had her aboard his. I never did
him no harm. What did he want to tell
blarsted lies about me for?"
"Quite so," and the little man blinked
and nodded violently. quite so, Mr. Irish.
Well, he behaved very badly to me also,
and SO did the woman he brought away.
They cheated me out of a lot of money.
was weak enough to help them to get away
q whole lot of prisoners. and he cheated
me, and cheated the second mate, and he
cheated the mate"
whats that got to do with me? Serves
you right we'll for breaking the law"
eyes, that is quite true, Mr. Irish, and
we have all suffered for it, The second
mate was drowned the next voyage as a
Judgment upon him for his sins, and arm
pretty near starving; but yet that wicked
convict woman is rolling in riches"
Look here" and Irish looked hard into
Mr.. Blackburns blinking countenance.
'there's something curious about her. If
she was the woman he brought to Eng
land, who was the woman that he was said
to have landed on an island somewhere? :?
I've heard the yarn from two or three
whaling captains"
THAT was the mates daughter, sir We
took two women away from Port Jackson.
No one but Locke, Barker and myself
knew that the mates daughter was con-
cealed on board till after we got to sea.
We arranged with lsdy-an officers wife