The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

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even OF pirates have been created by the ~Jasper's
Cabins queer moves. but no means Of getting Mt
her identity or OF learning the object OF her mis-.
sion could be brought about. No one was ever
found by her: her cabin was always tightly
locked, and alongside the companionway was
conspicuously posted this sign Of warning:
LOOK out for sPrinG Gun.
This sign undoubtedly has protected this strange
craft from the hands OF the vandals as she has
moved along the shore, the mere suggestion OF a
spring gun overlooking with powder and buck
shot and bullets being enough to warrant every
one in giving the Jasper's Cabin the freedom Of
the Sound. And. as few IL any articles of i'm
p~ortance have been missed in the wake OF tho
boat, no effort has been made to interfere with
her dark career through these waters.
1t was left for Capt. Jim Jordan of the fishing
smack Drcadnaught, who is engaged in black
fishing of Faulkner's Island this summer. TO
prick the envelope of mystery enshrouding tho
Jasper's Cabin. The Cabin arrived in Joshua's
Cove one night about a week ago, having como
here from Saybrook via Clinton and Guilford.
Capt. Jim was looking for fiddler crabs for bait
at the cove. when. on rounding Primrose Point,
he came upon the worst-looking specimen OF the
tramp type that he had ever seen. The tramp
rags. with a face that had been ~guiltless Of the
attentions Of a razor for many moons.
The tramp was Rroaning with pain. He had
spraining one OF his legs SO badly that he could
best % of his s EbatREi,ii !i but rf The ira tine tF sse@e d i too
disguised because Of his mishap 10 articulate a
"Ef l hadn't been a-workin' this wouldn't hev
happened. All my troubles hez come from
The tramp introduced himself as Jasper
lawson, and said he was trying 70 dig q mess
CQnld hey GOT along without the rlana he
how long. What a fool was to want CLANS.
something and working like a s,uice 10 git it.
All my troubles hez come, from work" The
place OF, shelter. He tried to walk, but. could
not: and he finally told Capt. Jim that the Jas
was his home. Capt. Jim helped the tramp 10
his craft obt and 7, put H. him in the dirty bse in he.
i~stration to the tramp Capt. Jim learned some
thing about the life Of one of The LATEST men he
Lawson said he had been a tramp for ten Years.
He was Torn on Cape God and was for some
in 1857. While on sick leave. he vent With bis
wife TO the old homestead on the cape 70 recu,
S R@ssiheei and iaf BY lf hs sis WeS i Soeh Of whom Ss hi he a ssd
helped in former years LAWSON wanted 10
build build a lit li,t L. hoase on .o1 the st farm 9s for a summer y
ton for his old home. Then he was
his wife dead, his whole life embittered. and his
ambition and his small stock OF money gone.
railroad track. He has followed the rails from
New York TO San Francisco. cruised all up and
FIVE seasons has passed his winters in the South.
He is now a premature wreck of a man who
The manner in which he drawls out his oc-
come from work" is worthy of the stage. Ny
little money I'd saved up" he said That
wife my health and my nrnnarfv 90 500
work hcz ruined me-. And ! sez 10 myself. ses
!, that being the case. won't work any more.
and ridden on the trucks of most OF the trains
in tho country. ! happened, TO think that !
to walk when i could drift. So now /
just drift. Idritted down the old Mississippi.
Florida. and I've been on Pamlioo Sound and in
The Chesapeake, What I'm up to now is to driit
country. and it's big enough for me to live in
forever. But, there's the canals to go through TO
ger mere, ana tnst costs money: 70 get money
come from work"
This aquatic tramp started on his drift to
Cod. last April. Some one gave him his un.
calmly boat. which is worth about 81 for FIRE
wood. He named her the Jasper's Cabin, and
from disturbing his slum6ers. for he Keeps him,
possible; He never sails except with a fair wind.
In fact, his boat. being perfectly HAT. will go only
before the wind. He makes his voyages short,
usually from headlend TO headland. and he
never starts until he is sure there will be wind or
Like many others OF his class, Lawson resorts
u numerous eNpedients to avoid work; He is too
he t"1 heard aP f Il was "a iGs M@S 6 SSs ne he FS wSs Spjti ihSs
through The Bu1hard's Bay waters. About VIC
weeks ago. when the sea was smooth and tho
Point Judith to Watch Hill and reached New
London and the sheltering shores OF the Sound.
the expenditure OF physical effort. lawson IN
rarely washes his face or hands. and his
gathering the ta,tcrs OF his various srmen is
about his waist with a rope girdle. He is
procuring food than occasionally to drop a FISH
iine overheard, iie is too lazy TO cut wood for
placed in the lire, and as fast as they burn of
are pushed in uatil, the wood is entirely con-
sumed. This method OF firing has done much to
noticeable on the walls OF the boats cabin, and
on its solitary occupant as we'll. The cabin is
cles that a hobo Would be apt to collect after
years OF experience, He has procured somewhere
he fri stretched i at length on, a sand beach,
him himself enS M IN in'ih t. T T2%" rolled III iS ap. i he Placed es f2 RI%!
self in his berth and thcn, crcpt out OF the roll,
S isnv Of The i, D his CANVAS nt@: cocoon SS% ne without fSGs '9 dista aHs
Ing the arrangement OF il folds, and his bed.
S Mm1SHh 'G "} In It tim be- Is SiwHys ready for use.
peciaily IN cool weather. so as TO save the labor
Of collecting wood for a Are.
Lallncss, 100. is the reason why the Jasper's
Cabin, carries. no anchor. 1t is easier to let tho
tide float i from the beach when its owner
an anchor by hand.
On Thursday morning the Jasper's Cabin
hlied her dirt little square sail. and she went
along so slowly and so amiahly that the traup
ala not have 10 steer her at all. Al he had Ia
DO, was 10 70 IN the shade and smoke and let her
drift, and he did so. silently and blissfully.
Kansas Justice Tr'nes with n missouri word,