The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

| joled, Ieeiured. He was called into the
| cabin tointefyiew the captain. There We're
wild rnElors. TWAS said he Ia dcheeke the
| old man. II was said he had frightened
hIrn. Charley maintained that the skip.
| per, weepin'. 'as Civ I'm lis blessin' an
| d pot of JAM"
| At any rate, Wait returned forward,
| supported by the steward, who ia panied
and shocked voice, entIeated US: .sfiere!
Catch hold of him, one ipf you. He is to
| lie up" Jimmy drank tin mugful of
| ctEfee, and, after bullying first one and
1 then another, went 10 bed. He remained
| there, bat when t suited him would come on
| beck and appear amongst US.
lie refused steadily all medicine. He
| threw sage and eorn-flour overheard till
| the steward got tired OF bringing them to
| him. He asked for paregorc. They sent
( him a big bottle; enough TO poison wilder
/ ness of babies. He keptit between his mat
| tress ana the deal lining Of tie ships sides,
andnohody ever sa W him take dose. Don.
| kin abused him To his face, jeered at him
while he gasped, and the same day Wait
would lend him b warm Jersey. Under
| the spell of our accused perversity we were
horrorstruck, But Jimmy positively seem
| ed to reyel in ha buse.
4 last Mr. Baker had to tell the cap
tain that JaIues Wait was disturbing the
peace OF the ship KNOCK discipline on the
head--he will, Ought grunted Mr. Baker.
As matter of fact, the starboard watch
came as near as possible to refusing duty,
When ordered one morning b. the boats W ain
TO wash out the forecastle 1t appears
Jimmy objected to a wet floor and that
We thought the boats an a brute, and
told him so. Only Mr.. Bakers delicate tact
pres ented an ALFRED row, He refused
TO tal.e lis seriously. He came busting
forward, and called us many impolite
names, but In such hearty and seaman
like manner that we began To feel ashamed
of ourselves. In truth, We thought him
much too good sailor to annoy him
willingly. And after ali Jimmy might have
been a fraud-probably was! The fore
castle got clean up that morning; but
in the afternoon a sieS-bay was fitted up
!, in the deck-isouse.
1t was a nice little cabin opening on
deck, and with two berths. Jimny's be-
longings were transported there, and then
Notwithstanding his protests Jimmy him
self He said he couldn't walk Four men
carried him on a blanket. He complained
that he would have TO die there alone, like
dog We grieved for him, aud were de
lighted TO have him removed from the fore
castle We attended him as before. The
galley was next door, and cook looked in
many times a day
Wait became a little more cheerful.
Knowles affirmed having heard him laugh
to himself in peals one day Others had
seen him walking dhcat on deck al night.
His little place, with tie door aiar on a
hook, was always full of tobacco sn-oke.
We spoke Though the crack cbeerfully,
sometimes s5usively, as we passed by.
intent on our work. HefaseiTate US. be
would never let doubt die. He oyer-shad-
owed the ship. InyuInerable in his prom
Use OF speedy corruption, he tianpied on
our elf-resI,ect; he demonstrated To as
daily our want OF IAoTaieourage' he tam ted
our lives. Had WE been "a miserable gang
OF v,.elcled iHniorsals, uRhallowed aiike
by hope aud fear, he could have iorded II
over as with n,oIe pitiiess asse ftion of bio
sublime privilege.
Mea.! ,liie the karcissus, wit5 square
wards ran out of the fair monsoon. She
driftca slowly, swinging round and rabat
the compass, throash = few days Of baf-
=
fling light airs. Tlen. again, with
fair wind aud onief clear SKY, tie snip
went on piIiIig up the south latitude. She
passed outside Madagascar and NAUTILUS
without q glimpse " tire iapds Extra lash
iugs were put on the spare spars. Matches
were locked 20. The steward in his leisure
moments, and with a worried air, tried
To fit wasilboarGs TO the cabin doors. Stout
canva, 1yas t,t-itt with care. ANXIOUS eyes
looked 10 the westward toward the caps
Of storms.
IL was a bad winter off the Cape that
wear The relieved helnsiuen came of
Tapping their hands, or ran stamping hard
and blowing into swollen. red fingers
The watch on deck lodged the sting Of
cold sprays, or, croucbing in sheltered
corners, watched dismally the high aud
lnerciiess seas boarding the ship time after
time in indispensable fury. Water tunibled
IN cataracts over the forecasue doors
You had 10 cash through a waterfall to
get into your damp bed The men turned
in wet and turned out stiff, TO face the
redeeniag and ruthless eNactions OF their
glorious and obscure fate. Far art, ana
peering watchfuIIy to wndward, the Off
GERS could be seen through tie mist OF
squalls
They watched the weather and the ship
as men on shore watch the momentouS
chances OF fortune. Capt. Allisteun never
left the deck, as though he had been part
Of the ships fittings. Now and then the
steward, shivering, but always IN slIlrt
sleeves, would struggle toward MN Win
some hotcoffee, haIfof which the gale blew
out OF the cup before itreached the masters
lips. He never took his eyes off the snip.
We all watched her. She was beautiful and
had O weakness. We loved her no less for
that. We admired her qualities aloud, we
boosted OF them to one another, as though
they had been our own, and the conscious
ness OF her only fault We kept buried In
the silence of our profound affection. Our
hearts went out TO the old man when
he pressed her hard so as to make her
hold her own, hold to every inch gained
to windwar W hen he made her, under
reefed sails, leap obliquely at enormous
waves.
The thirty -second day out of Bombay
began Gnauspciously. In the morning
sea smashed one of the galley doors. We
dashed in through lots of steam, and found
the cook very wet and indignant with the
ship. 'She's getting worse every day
She's trying to drown me in font of my
own stove He was very angry. We
pacified him, and the carpenter, though
washed away twice ffom there, managed
to repair the door. Through that accident
our dinner was ready till late, but it di'in t
matter in the end, .lecause Knowles, who
went te'fetch it, got Knocked down by the
sea, aud the dinner went over the side.
Capt. Allistoun, looking more hard and Tim