Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-18
IUIANI'S LEAP.


There was intense tribulatiCn amonl
e the steerage officers of the Nandalia q
7 she lay at her moorings in the Tranquil
9 harbor CT Apia on the occasion Of GU
! first visit to the Samoan islands in Jan
, uary, 1889, for scarcely had we let &c
her bow and stern anchors as is Gus
tomary in those treacherous ATTITUDES
when it was discovered that our mess
man during the commoticn attendant
Herewith had unceremoniously slipped
over the side and swum to an outward
bound merchantmen with Il view to alb.
ruptly severing his relations with the
naval service in general and the mid,
ship mess of our vessel in particular
The mess "striker, as he is unotii-
cially designated, of a man o'.war, is
notwithstanding his apparent inferior
lty, from standpoint Of relative rank.
an important functionaIy, particularly
when so thoroughly familiar with his
duties as was our late incumbent, who.
III spite of his characteristic. harum
scarum propensities. which had from
time to time called forth eorroclious in /
various degrees of severity from the |
members of our mess, was far above the
average in his capacity. True, he had a
penchant for thrashing every new cook
VINO appeared for duty at the galley,
put his saucepans and baking tins were
IN consequence always given the point
OF precedence, thus insuring US hot
cuisine at every meal, and if he did re.
strict himself to the best brands Of to.
bacco he could abstract from our private
stores he daily bestowed upon our shoes
a polish which was unimpeachable in
the eyes OF the inspecting officers. and.
thanks to his industry, our sword bilts
and trappings invariably bore a luster
which awakened undisguised envy in /
Inc eyes OF ..our. seniors. But be was 5
gone now, and we had to console onr. I
selves as best we could with BLAMING
ZACH other for his flight i
The carpenter, who alone annearea h
oove reproach in the affair, accused b
ne sallmak-f because &C having reviled h
I'LL lor appropriatins bolt of canvas u
rom the sail locker with which ia man. il
1acture deck cloths for our ouarters +.
nile the sailmaker in turn censnrod II
10 boatswain for having gone still inv f.
Ter IN reporting him for creating some u
'sturbance or other forward amono tbo
e"' Inc boatswain was equally CON. on
nced that the fault lay with the pnn. tr,
IT. who had seen fit to impose eytr, NJ,
'ty upon him for having sighted his -
dnance duties as set forth in the ch;n,s
atom bill, though the gunner ARMED
al inc pay clerk, our caterer was re.
9nsiole for the catastrophe in havino ..1
I'd back the strikers" ration mono1
cover an overdraft in his accounts
nalIy all but myself, the command.
. secretary agreed that was ameua.
10 contributory negligence in not
wig manipulated the conduct records A {
Such a manner as to secure first closs
erty Tor him in every port we had
.eeo' from which privilege his tnrbn
experiment had always preclndod
J. ;, however, such speculations WERE
auctive of no improvement in tbe
a'lon' and after having endured tbo
= annoyance OF being forced to nd I'M
lister to our individual wants for :"
space OF three days, intensified bn
ueht criticisms on the part of w.
nSnnl officer during his rounds ri.
we were not littlo ro LII
"a 10 hear our caterer announco +ta. III
lau secured another messman fran,
settlement on shore, the same beinn
1--WE islander who had been recnnn s A
'eo ior the billet by one of tbo ~ ]uvnr
Missionaries. '"o ~ .'N'''
o entertained more or less mis,ir n nlg ?
40 10 the suitability of this new ao ' 7o' -
''on' put under the circumstances "oP,c
ready to accept any one in ,bo '''ude
vi an attendant, so that when sr rL0 vellou
ntly nc appeared on board ana " ~ thoust
upon the discharge Of bis Sl dl. Gu to to-,
comments were fo n'lI' settler
q n,no l.. Of .ba
~ na an IN accordance with tbo FIorjd,
,ls OF ms people, was limited '4 ~ tain
Wailoah, which nro ~ ora "'
ed IN his peculiar native aco pro- ,'c'
rangely pleasing to the ea ar'en IT, AXE Gu
anco he was stril,ino,u eur In This
elbow, the comelipess of =; nand. ical wo
tloned frame accentuated w "oi1 wood a
= east cast OF features, fine ewes ~ ana a most re
It black hair. No doubt his j' sn' and nent; h
yslque' together with his nm nl,tn, on the
ZION, went far to,y,rl 'niaDle
us unsophisticated m,,'m onc'lihe rsOF'c !
ability to his duties .H'lS and Nv. ,,cr bl''
sed it became ov;'a,. Tor as time The pei
'uld never mi aEa bri, 'H'' Wal DAY, an,
"a mess strikdr. His ta"' sue coast to
ally for a SEmoan ,n '"''eS' not kind the
'ony with tic strictly n,n nnore lncilenta
of life Oh hfpboara nautical 10 ccnts
lal requirements If 'n"h with will ho
would have i1ccustomnnaiS rating, Diroa,a.
linz sn eiilea. on to the use Exposil,
accoutermon,Is wig nallet than s'oner to
n. u galley and Columbia
ay at Apia O. / this ooa. Promoter
d less than 4 fort,'; onslon was rector.
under way, Ibound fnn found This O
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