The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13

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points. BAT that = only % De expected
rrhen one has 70 depend upon Porta-
gee Joe - one q shat proved 70 =
q chain of interpreter
When the voyage of the Adriztic
opened 10 Valparaiso there were On
board. as shown 6y The papers. six per-
soas. bound for Papeete. in Tahiti.
They were the captain, the cook Two
sailors ard tgFo passengers. Itchaueed
that these EiK persols were q * slf-
ferent nationalitiss. i further
Glanced that each one knew only hIs
own speech ard one other. . that
vixen theY al talked together. ss from
choice they did. only two people a.
4 time underst0od one another. One
5f the sailors understood the captain
when he gave an order: 70 get that
order 10 the other sailor. Who was.
Of course. in the other watch, i was
necessary for the star5oard watch 70
translate i 70 one Of the passengers,
Fho translated i again 10 the other.
and he n turn translated il 20 the port
watch. Thus are The difficulties of
navigation added 70. Il viii easily be
seen from this how they got into the
habit Of all talking together. trust
ing that in the babel some one would
understand. II suited their peculiar
conditions. even though II was apt 70
lead strangers 10 think riot was in
progress.
For several days OUT from NalPa-
raiso the voyage progressed finely. as
a voyage should which has wind and
current in its favor. Every morning
the captain took his time sight and
the cook read the chroBometer for
him. ~ noon the captain and the
cook both shot the sun. and whoever
caught Z first made II eight bells. In
the presence Of both watches and both
passengers. the position was pricked
on the chart and spread out upon the
main hatch. Each days position thus
marked showed Papeete nearer and
nearer.
Then something happened to mar
the placidity Of voyage which should
have been an idyl. The precise details
are lost in the inability of Portugee
Joe 10 interpret. His account was:
"Nr. Cap'n he call Mr. Cook the bad
name Then they become both angry
This must have been a sad time on
the Pacific. One can imagine Yankee
skipper blackguarding his cook over
the hounds Of the foremast. But this
yituperation on the Adriatico must
overpass the power Of any ordinary
imagination. But the result is known.
The cook swore TO carve the captain,
the captain swore TO shoot the cook.
Each was unarmed. but the captain
leaped into the cabin companion as
the cook jumped into the galley. In a
trice both were armed. The captain
called on the watch below to arrest
the cook, but he did not make himself
understood until the watch on deck
had started the order trickling
through the two passengers. The
cook retaliated by calling on the
watch on deck to arrest the captain.
The two orders balanced. Then all
hands and the cook talked in wild
bunch until the two watches and the
two passengers had let off their steam.
Then they were prepared to discuss
what should be done. The captain re-
fused to apologize TO the cook, the
cook refused to be placated with an
apology. The captain next would not
be content until the cook should be
put in irons. The cook deposed the
captain from his high place. That a
sea cook should do such things as those
was a trifie too much for even the re-
markable two passengers and two
watches of this very remarkable yoy-
age Of the Adriatico.
Here first appears the baking pow
der tin. The document which il con-
tanned was "a bill of sale duly executed
and conveying to the cook the owner
ship Of the vessel and rather more than
half Of the cargo. In a general way
IL ia a prerogative of the captain to
damn the cook; in fact, a cook un-
damned would feel that something
was wrong: but a circumstance which
clearly alters the case is when your
cook turns out to be your sole owner
and principal shipper. 1t becomes a
trihe awkward to learn these facts
just when you have been taking a turn
at damning that cook. However, a
peace was contrived and the cook
owner agreed TO lay aside his knife,
the captain his revolver. The cook
would cook and the captain would
captain until they reached port,
neither interfering with the other.
Unfortunately the cook was the only
one aboard who could read the