The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-02-25

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I'm ,ae c;' ran about ship who can
keep on h'' ags.r
Tbs cnt on the faces Of the
tAree aA4sS gSew into shrewd in
teili, u thsy stared into the
twink) )A,g eSe 81 The 'old man."
"Teii , as rhe trouble is with
us" ,e,t Bsrual, "and Wen be
the s'ss,s, fll1Ws you ever seed in
abOu; swo 81 ei the fsin' jib,"
"Wall," ail sha espiasn, Il amt us
good a liar as wish ] was, but guess
it'll I've lgtly enough II truck fell
and smashed your jaw, ozarias. frac-
tured v0ur eollar-bone and broke Beru-
ais leg. sf ?" md the skipper extend
ed grin rom his wrinkles.
'Iiain', that uuttiDs considerable re-
spons;hillty or one truck. cap'n?"
"Tscs aais ne telling what a truck
viii do on rampage" cheerfully re-
plies tke Captain
l'ctih~lth b. bundled the tooth
achy eii.s into his bunk and made
him wrap Tnstv elaborate bandsges
ahcU h' IgaG ana ahculders.
lhpa he otiiesd 8eraal TO remove
HIS trousers, nnd kastiiy but neatly he
strapped Z hi Of beard upon the cooks
leg. bandGging Il with strips from his
dishelotAs.
I'D Sind OF like to know the nature
of nv complaint" broke in Constant
Iud, ms, so that can be practicin'."
The captain ponderetl Il suppose l
might have your arm broken" he said,
du6.1uqif. "Rut one block couldn't
ycrs wc,l knock cat the whole crew,
We'se got 10 have LITTLE variety, for
them frog eaters are suspicious cusses.
Ever have yallsr jandcrs?n he asked Of
Jultins.
"N0.n
"'St.,, all you've got TO do Is to lay
stlll and haul yom mouth down. Ill
dauh on a little slush,' and the captain
saiilspsIy rubbed some of the yellow
oil Oyer the mate's fnce.
"Now look sick, all of YOU" said the
espSan as he prepared to go on deck
and receive the prize crew. "It'll help
you to look siclSer ii you recollect that
the fTcg eaters have way Of Sitting
wizens when they suspicion shenani-
gan"
And he left.
OF the Frenchmen who came over the
rail none could talk English, and the
captain couldn't talk French. Yes. he
could-he could say Bong shur," but
he lnftily forcbore.
However, when the new arrivals
looked around srspiciously for the
crew, and unslnng their carbines and
appeared TO apPrehend ambush, the
captain, with many waves Of his hands
and much ''we-ipe," led two of the fiye
below with an air like a rooster gallant
" conducting pullets to worm ban
quet. In pnHtom!me he explained the
sad plight he was in, and his crew
groaned doiefully at the proper times.
He tried 10 explain to the Frenahmen
how glad be was they had come and
taken the Hester at this time OF danger.
The mon didn't seem to grasp that part
ui tac story, however But the captain
didgt care. The prize men were evil
ier'ly thoroughly convinced that be-
low decks was just the hospital it
claimed 10 be, and after much ineffect-
cai iarccn and much gesturing they
made gile captain understand that he
was 70 s,ay town and nurse his men.
The captain was a good nurse, He
rnur, lGrf worked the faith cure on his
devoted crew, for in the deep gloom Of
the dog watch three very determined
loosiag eoEyalescents sneaked bare
footed e his heels as he wormed aft in
the shadow Of the Hester's bulwark,
The night was made for the enter
Prise. Twas clouded, and from the
murk of the west a humming breeze
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