The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

On going to his old post at the corner o.
ployed, in the KIN Won Kull ,%shipyard a! the
once stopped him for n talk. and after q little
chat of no Importance, said:
How many times have yous had the Schora
Mendez on the ways for repairs since she come
"Repsirs, is ~" replied the man. mot
Nah, she wasn't, an yous standin' around
with clubs to .kape any one from SEEM tho dozy
timber goin' into. her. It's the luck of hAvin'
saest.'" A'' 'AD'Ala 'uA' A'pe' nef
see the timbcrs lynn around the yardf 1t was
not till VIC got to work on the cabin that them
as came nosing around was sent about their
then is more nor I know. There's nothin'
into It but a bunk an a couple of lockers fitted
5ulkhead. Don't knowl Dozy timbers. is itih'
The policeman smiled. and with a twirl Of
."Gwanl, She'll be down for IA new keel inside
But HIS thoughts were something like this:
therei An, Senior Mendez was the bSacEer.' AM
the two OF them are Dagos. an pats ono another
2n the sua snef thn we sot s they meet BE- .om Az. + o wfs
be in with n lighfermani. He wouldn't unless
tho Captain crazy for sayin' there was more Of
the Doodle where the other come from. Huh!
when when II HS eomes ai sye and Hdps WhS w So tfee M Mem IL
be scarf q the CAPTAINS givin' the whole snap
Walking up South street full of the idea that
he might do a turn as a detective in gathering
evidence. to prove Mendey and Capt. sergius
Capt. Jim O'Donnell's tug beside PiSr 4. and
the SbSPtati nrm hin f Z , RPis c G ,o viewing the
a'9 "Hro you aa there. t cSpt '5 5im Rii'H's sa nGp ReS SiRaow'
"Yis;" replied the Captain. "Why wouldn't
.sThe ybo,o ~ n ront Itn,,u
.."True for It, an why noti"
"It's the mule afoat as kicked tho belly outen
Capt. Joe. He's tho divils OWE an II do for
.'capt. sergiusi Don't yous believe it. Hos
harmless az . kitten, an, yoqs attend 70 your
was at Pier 9. Black Mayo was brinein' a load
ran over a half.grown kit as W asmcanderinfiown
the dock promiscuous like, The wheel crushed
s sas e h!Rf sh ass' w sf S Sst t Ii an 4 T6 ESs sss sSss & sSssS :
Capt; 'Ssrgfi IL was fsjkLns to pid' Mendez: az
the cat yowled Capt. sergius jumps an picks
1t into his arms. The beast was that crazy with
the root Of his thumb; but what does he care
for that Not anything. LAWN the Senior
aIsne Slip Pc any I91 oo& awsEB back sS TIVE With dsIq IL st GFtta In o ssiesp
with drugs an plenty Of bapdages in his hands.
But The fnt was crushed an, he began to cut 1t
docther; Divil, Is hei Divili An old Mondez
standin' there all that time an tellin' him he's
a fool to be softlearted, an yet sbOwin' tears In
his own eyes. he was that sorry for the cat"
IN yer Capt. Sergins was PLACED with the
complimentary remhrkf'
"How would ! knowi What he says was that
4 was luck to care for a hurt beastie, an didn't
the Senior remember, when the Ajax was on the
Goa ,t an what luck sho had with the black
,.ause the Senior logged him an spoke in a Turin
language an nodded at me rs was lynn Just
astern OF the Sonora. But he grinned an says
as how l wns young an wouldn't know black
birds from beeswaX, an what did II matter, any
how. There was luck In carin' for a beastie.
An that's what OF say, too"
HUH said the policeman. annoyed at falling
to learn anything bearing on bis theory of the
lighterman characters. I."Huhi He's to have
credit Tor sizin' up his friends as don't know
diyil,"
".YQ'Gh, g'wan with yez for beIn' that ayil
moindcd. He's q claner conscience nor any OF
us: fons should see the shrine in his"
But, Policemen Reddy had hoard enough of
that kind OF talk and was walking away across
south street. Renching tho head OF the pier,
he stopped, and while twirling his club as usual
gazed aWey up the long line OF ship-lined piers.