The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-03-19
nouthful of that conc slent.


"Come along below" commanded the
skipper, and both men followed him
Down in his bunk they found the cook.
Boys" said the captain, there amt
time to go into long explanations, but
l want you to know right now that
you're all in awful bad shape, and
Pm the only man about ship who can
keep on his pegs"
The amazement on the faces of the
three gradually grew into shrewd in
telligence as they stared into the
twinl:ling eyes of the ''old man"
Tell us what the trouble is with
u.s." requested Berual, and we'll be
the sicl'cst fellows you ever seed in
about two lips of the flynn i;b."
WALL" said the captain, 81 amt as
good a liar as 1 wish was, but guess
it'll lie likely enough if truck fell
end smashed your jaw, Ozarias, frac-
tmod your collar-bonc and broke Eeru-
ais leg. eh?' And the skipper extend
ed grin from his wrinkles.
"Tair't that putting consid'able re-
spons:bility on one truck, cap'n?"
"Ther amt no telling what truck
will do on rampage" cheerfully re-
Piled the captain.
Forthwith he bundled the tooth
@chy Ozarias into his bunk and made
hiih w9up mere elaborate bandages
about hi- head and shoulders.
Then he Obliged Berual to remove
his trousers. and hastily but neatly he
strapped bit of board upon the cooks
CO. bard:g.ng it with strips from h!s
'!Shclo hs.
I'd Kind OF like to know the nature
Of Try coinplaint," broke in Ccnstan
JuGi.'ns, so that can be placticin'."
The captain pomdered. "l.Suppose !
ia!eh, Inc your arm broken" he said.
dabiously. "But one block couldn't
very well knock out the whole crew.
We've got to have a little variety, fol-
thea fiog-caters are suspicious cusses.
Ever nave yaller janders?" he asked OF
Judl.ins.
"No."
"WcI, oil you've got to do is to lay
IL AID haul your mouth down. I'll
daub on 4 li.tle smsh," and the captain
sh.,iru.lF rubbed some of the yellow
oil over The mates face.
Nov i2o:: sick, all of you,' said the
apta II as he prepared to so on dcc'.
I'D receive. re prize crew. TN help
ecu 10 loci, siclier il you rccoiiect that
.hc frog eaters have n way Of Sitting
,y,zcns when they suspicion shenani-
gan"
Ard he left.
OF the Fronchmen who came over the
al '.ona could talk English, ard the
arlain couldn't talk French. Yes, h.
pG,I.-hc could say Bong shur," but
- loft:l forebore.
f-oycrcr, when the new arrivals
,Ked around susPiciously for the
w. a.d unslung their carh;nas and
nta.ed to apprehcnd ambush, tho
to n, with many waves Of h. hand:
! mach "wc-ine," led two Of Ii" Ave
lev. WI, an air like roosttr Ca.iuHt-
= conducting pullets to a worm ban
uc,. ln Tartomiae he %lla.ncd thc
I'D ri qht he was in, ard lis crew
-IoIncl d9icfully al the proper tines
re tr'cI to explain to the rcnchmeI
.ow glad he was they had CONF az.
;1keu TIC Hester at this time 81 ta"@e
Inc Mon didn't seem to grasp ;aHtpaI
Of the = Dry, however. But tac cag;a.i
jidr't care. The prize men |.1r, cY.-
IDENTIFY thoroughly convinced TIA be
low dec..s was just the hospital il
!a.me;i 10 be, and after much .Hencct-
II jar1ol and much gcStur.ng thoy
AIDE re captain understand taat l.
,.is 10 "tay down and nurse lis lie.
he car.ain was good ru:sr. /,
uat Lave worked he faith cure On Il
,cvotcd crew, for in the deep gloom G
ne Ger wc:ch three very determined
3oh.uc cnrvalescents snealied bare
,oteG a. his heels as he woimed aft il
sc sEa1ou Of the Testers Eulwark.
The light was made for the enter
rise. Twas clcuded, and from th
.ruri; Of The west humming Ereez
.,ur in the shrouds and niurmurel
own crt Of the hollows Of the sails.
One Frenchman was at the wheel an,
3rc pcaGulumcd back and forward
he head Of tine companionwaT. AnotA
AS doubled up on Il coil OF rope IL T..
90 o. The house and the other two Wcr
Presumably below. Al the mcn {
eek were unarmcd, fer 1t wasn't 20 J
urnosrl that they would lug about
rscu.l to protect themselves aga.
rau, cal .nvalids' home. So CAP
):cl.cy'3 tremendously healed bod.
.0,ard bad i;t,Ia trouble in downinga al
ing all three before their surprise vas
nes.
The only casualty was when
,'rr'ur Frenchman trod upon Ter
uai's larc foot. In hisangu' the coo
.ct ont 4 howl that started ihe two II"
below on rush for the deck. Tho
5obled CIT Of The eornpanion-ha'ch
two iacss-in-the-boX, saw the s,tuat,e
and rs quicliY jerlied themselves hae'
They stayed harricaded IN the ca.
till The schooner came up into Bristc'
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