The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-05-05
THE sTowAw AY

sep8 bin 40 ssil the stippsf, tefsely
Ibty 3rsRgseI hua uf lbs eomrSuio
ladder socar5ragiy - sbriatioe, ftgst
- hl' pale isce piuebs1 vith days
batsst, Ii, ssttsu EYES sestuiss ,bo'
sraa1d him a. 90 tbe eyes OF captive Al
usls
Hr remarked TIE stPper $ youf
the slossusy Nice lootiss yonus &C.
tlsm,r. toe. Never iIi .tfeEe o. ~ot
Flo youf Ne, III be bouad. Never mtod
Nell .cs if We cat Z n.sks yea, Et, M
mnugs'
TIE ar,t mate er.aged Hi' grin sas 81
e'eqoeut ooe, sni be Icy shaiiefci a
be ssw IT,
How 3,i yol aai h,m, Sir Bu'iugs
cosliuuel The skipper,
Beh{ud oue Of the cotton balre, sirr th'
N ste replied He had 40 old n,ultol
bone with the mest sll suased cd II,
visions, suppcss ior the voyage.
Provision, eb7 Well, it's a precious
few provisions hen stt aboard tbis ship
uuless be works for them Ply we're
ont so far Of We might pat hiu sshore.
For the fret time the stowsVay spoke
Pease don't pnt me sshorel be cred
Auytbius but that | mo { go 10 Cape
toan, and IN more than wiling TO work
myvsy,
Sdul u, suarled the mate. emphssizins
bs remark by tug at the slowassy's ear.
Who gave you leave to talk, Id like to
know; Shut up, and bark to what the
e.ptaln says
Whats your name, and where dye
come from? demanded the captain. potl
book In hand
Trembling, the boy repisi that he was
Dick barley, late Of Tenterien grammar
school, that his father, wiiower, bad
left him behind in Eoglaod While he went
TO South Africa az assl.ta1t surveyor on
the new Matsbelelsud rsllway line, that
nothing had been Le.r1 from tbst kindly
father for year or more and lastly that,
compelled to leave school on account OF
uupaid blls, be had resolved to go to
South America aud Gad tis missing par
eDt
And so yen thought to ,teal a passage
on the Ouly Son Of Portsmouth? said the
skipper
wus refused berth by every other
ship, pleaded the boy, They said / lock
ed too weak 10 work.
Weak or not, you've got to work aboard
the Only Son said the ii st mate: hasn't
be, SRI
That's correct, Mr., Billing, be answer
ed II he doesn't want to pay for bis pas
sage, try him with the ropes end
Aye, aye, sir
Aud again Billings grinued eloquently
as be led the boy forward.
A quiet. elderly gentleman, who had
been watching these proceedings, how
stepped forward.
Don't hurt him, Mr.. Billings, he said.
He s only child. you know
Captains orders. sir, answered the mate,
giving Dick Hsrley's ear an extra twesk.
The skipper laughed,
Dent you waste any sympathy on that
yonDester, be exclaimed. We can't al
ford to have any useless, white handed
stowsways aboard a vessel that carries
L $50 900 to the Chartered Company.
How do you know, my dear Mr.. Llnceloi,
hat yonder boy is not the spy OF some
lighsea robbers, put Oh board to fnd out
about the money!
The man addressed as Llncelot looked
grave
True, he said they did think 10 London
hat SD attempt might be made to rob the
hip But sllll this mere boy
I've seen mere boys zero now, MI ,
4ancelot, that were old men in crime
Take my advice. aud leave the stowawsy
o my first officer.
At this moment shril cry Of pain, fol
owed by another, came from the lower :
Ieck
What's ,hal2 cried Mr.. Liucelot
The csptaiD Of the Oaly Son, Of Ports :
Youth, put his notebook, containing Dick 9
l4rl y's name and circumstances, careful .
= into bis pocket. ;
That, my dear cir, he answered smiling a
y, j. the ttowsway getting bis tirst lesson
0 seamsnship from Mr. BilInes. r
MIR. Lancelot shrugged bis shoulders =
.lter oil be Tad been sent ont in charge :,
$50 600 10 gold which was consigned by b
be bank Of England to Mr.. Cecil Rhodes
I'D the Chartered Company Of South Al .
ioa His duty lay 10 the after csbip,
here the treasure was stored, ard not IL
tevenhng yenturesome little stogswsys
rom teiug r pc ended, :