The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-10-16
4 HEROIC ACT.

&C Gae ezaai.g IN December I pulled
of il to ccaliag oo1npany's smart gig
to tic es003 son tramp steamer Corona,
then rczii1E on the long Atlantic swell
iasa cr.tsiae the breal1Water Of Las Pal
mas Es.ter, Grand Canary. AS tho
white eie flashed through the clear
green Na-er there was ample opportun-
itT 10 lGcls IL The vessel, ana her appear
aEce was by 70 beans pleasing. With
her full toE.s, square quarters, huge up
right funnel and rusty sides, she was
hot al attractive object as, loaded down
to the last inch with nitrate from South
America, she Wallowcd in the long sea
slopes that swept round the end Of the
hreakwater. Climbing over the low
rail and forcing my way through a pan
demoniunl OF swartEy Spanish coal
beavers, dealers IN fruit and tobacco
and vendors CT canaries, the latter al
ternately ccaxing and abusing their
featkored merchandise in the vain hope
CT milking them stag. | met Captsin
GRAFTON.
she's not exactly a aoating palace,
but with fae weather Will take you
home all right. and you can see what i
deep tramp is like at sea" said the lat
ter.
Just then 8 dilapidatod looking Eng
lishman, clad III greasy dnDgaree, with
q battered engineers silk cap on his
head. thrust o. Il side q gesticulating
Spaniara who was trying to force a
bunch OF hard bananas and a half dead
canary or 0 grinniag fireman and,
touching his gtinly forehead, asked:
Are yoa Captain Crarton, SIR"
Yes said the officer. what is il
you want:'
IT want to see if there's any chance
of working q passage home. I'm q boiler
maker and have served as fourth eli
gipeer. I'm starving here" was the
answer
HIM! What are Won doing il Las
Pasmasthen-aesertea, Isuppose?" said
the captain.
No. sir. It -as this way. I shipped
at Liverpool aboa-ei # the Coquinbo to
load zeal 1t Cardiff fer Rio, and the
night asar9 she sailed I met Tom Ste
vensor. who served his time at Dun
lop's."
"Nore- mind stav1nzon-goon," in
terjectad tao skipper.
"We!l, We went to have a partin
glass 81 tJo-not too much, sir; about
q bottle Of whisky atHaan two of US
al when they turned us out at II Tom,
he sits III the gutter, and SEE he, 7
won't 30 home till morning / SCI,
Don't ha q fool, ToIa,' and a p'leeca-
MAI comes, 50 | goes off and makes
down 10 the coal tips. It didn' t seem
quite taa right tip, but | sees a big four
masted h93t with a yellow funnel, and
SEE |, That's tie Coquimbo-I knows
the ugly look of her 60 I cfaNIed
aboard and goes TO sleep ii the fo'c'sle.
When ! awakened up, she were rolling
heavy far out at sea, ard when | got On
deck says t myself, It's another i
culinary African boat. So it was. and
they Eade me scrape paint. and when
we got here the skipper he seq, Clear
cut and be thankful yoE amt locked up
by the consul, and | landed without il
cent.
The captain hesitated and looked at
the nan III or twice, while the latter
spat calmly on the dech. At last he said
half to himself: 1.-The chief wants an
other hand with that broken down Ell
CINE of his" then. raising his voice:
"All right, I'll take you if the chief en-
gineer approves. Go and see him. Mind,
I'm not going to sign you on and pay
more than you're worth for stamps, bat
il you behave I'll give you a trifo to
90 ashore with"
While | leaned oyer the rail, smoking
and watching the foam crawl past
crawl is the proper word-the chief Off
Ger came along, and in reply to my
query said:
"What kind of a boat is she? Well,