The morning news., 1897-07-17
IN A SAILORS LIFE.
Incidents Crowd Fast on Land ms
Well as Sea.

Well as Sea.
From the New York Mail and Express.
lacking like a ship against head wind
and rolling unevenly as though the cargo
he had aboard was not well slowed away.
a brawny man with immense shoulders and
that unmistakable gait which proclaims a
familiarity with the shifting foothold of
vessels deck, made his way down Di-
vision street toward Chatham square. He
had broad, good-natured face, bronzed
by the sun, and there was something about
ms expression that bespoke a big, manly
heart even if it had been warmed lust a.
trihe too much with artificial heat The
pretty milliners-or, rather, their fair
faced saleswomen, who, as everybody
knows have almost complete possession
OF that one East side thoroughfare from
orchard street to where the Bowery opens
saw him coming.
1t was adown this coast-that the brawny
man sailed. He was a strange craft in
strange waters, and he wanted to get out
where there was more sea room. The
milliners chaffed him as he passed. Thev
asked him to buy a bonnet for his sister.
a nat for his niece, bunch of posies for
ms own dear girl, and he laughed good
haturedly at them. The badinage was
taken just as 1t was intended for the Di-
vision street milliner is as jealous of her
reputation as the best of them. The dsy
was warm and most of the saleswomen
were in easy chairs in front of their re-
spectiVe shops. A horse drawing a big.
neaVlly-laden bakers wagon came clatter-
ing down the street just as the brawny
man reached the corner, and at that verv
instant baby girl, with a great mass
OF tangled curls flying in the wind, ran
directly in front of the trotting horse.
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two women. One of them sprang forward
as the iron-shod hoofs were lifted within
a couple of feet of the childs face The
toddlsr had her eyes fixed on a bit of
white paper that was blowing to the oppo-
site side of the street. She stood there
utterly unconscious Of danger. In another
instant the horse would have been iIpon
her 6or the driver of the wagon did not
see the little ffaxenhead), but the shrek
caused the brawny man to turn, and with
the turn he leaped-leaped with the
strength and grace of a panther. One
hand was thrust forward to grasp the
bride. 1t missed. The other was lowered
10 seize the baby and that missed, too.
AS quick as flash the man pushed out
his foot and using the calf of his leg as
shield, Strengthened up, striking the
morse in the jaw with his head and throw
Ing him back. Then one of those big
shoulders pressed the wagon shaft inside.
the baby girl was lifted in the strong
arms, and, laughing and punching her
preserver with her chubby fists, was car
ried to the curb. The milliners ceased
chatting and sung praises
1t was all over in a minute, and wasn't
such a great thing after ALL because Di-
vision street is one of the most populous
streets in East Side bybyland, and horses
threaten death there every hour In the
day. Still, 1t served to form a speaking
apQnainfq with
bring out bit of history with rather an
odd ending.
I've youngster Of my own in Halifax
just about that size" said he. "but I
wasn't thinking of that when heard the
women scream. When 1 picked her up
and she showed her little white teeth as
she laughed, II kind o. made me think
of home. I've been away a year on this
last trip. Shipped from Boston to go
down to the Dutch West Indies. and got
into little distavor with the old man in
Curacao when he found had read more
books than he had. 1t all came about be-
cause, to settle a dispute between me and
shlpmate. he ruled that The Toilers of
the sea was nautical yarn, written by
Capt. Marryat, and 1 said It wasn't and
had been written by Victor Hugo and
proved II. / found out il doesn't paw to
show your superior officer that you know
more than he does even IL you do. He
was willing to part company with me.
and was just as willing to quit, so when
the brig sailed / stayed IN Curacao and
got berth on coaster that did a lit
tie private business down Maracaibo way.
Curacao Is a free port and Maraca tho
isn't, so. to make all hands comfortable
and keep out of the sun, we usually made
an anchorage at night, and to save put
ting the folks there to unnecessary trou-
Bile sent our stun ashore In a boat. There
was water enough for the schooner 10
get In, but the captain preferred doing il
that way, and as II was none OF my busi-
made a little extra money on several lots
OF monkeys beginning with two which /
bought for - and sold for 50 each.
The monkey business Is a pretty good
thing to go into down there II YOU can
get hold OF the right kind OF animals. The
white faces, with whiskers like old men.
are the most valuable. They've got a yarn
In Maracay that some OF the old white
faces smoke cigarettes. but I never saw
any OF EN- do Il. l was down IN that coun.
try three months and then shipped to
Trinidad, and from there / went 10 Idy