The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-29
hllLGhAS N THE HAVY.
a I.sh Of March Trick Psaye4 by
TAem Tpoa = Fri5ew-frishman-
DISAPPEARANCE Of Dea&rAa-0Re
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ms American navy s>sosag 70 tire black
gags g E1fy@-faa- Is trey are a-.z-A>1
IL ee-ao@s capacities 70 the engineering o.
pS-s-srls- Tree are = ysw Irish deEE-
Aa1ss - ne o9@1@, and some d T1sra are
even chief petty Officers bur Crs rarely
1a9pers upon a t-ze-1ius Irish seav1aT-
T2sa duties 81 II. 1ecssan1s aoaa-G msz-
ef-@zr seem toa trivial FIR tie MEsAxaa
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wlsp u waste. swaossng Era.aDgA ana
that says q thing TIE MGlArz1 takes 70
IRE back gz1s because &c wants - see
ng-nasA accomplishing something for sss
EcRs-r.uaszst sages Beso~ IA ne GRIM
earg. 70 stsyTsss Gaal or crzxis through
S--sEv Dol14Srs. fgczs-s hA3t-tor buckets
Of asEes-rets heavy zrtso~ With MS .taas-
ci@s a-6 achieves physical ooaaaesss oyer
2s@4 Nrrt xssS< - "a y kS
earning ais pay.
Tss Aufisgac azs 81 kinds CT fun with
airseis ana WITH RS snlpzaa.es aboard
Hen-of-war. He Eax me rsost fun Il pick
..sg gpon his fellow Aull3gars. and IL max
Ing them red-aesded. 10 borrow a phrase
81 the bsac1. Fer example, ms MaiIigars
serving CO ole Of the Dig cruisers that Ia y
ss@z1e2 - be lying a. The Brooklyn navy
yarG 20 tbs s-,t ~ March last had plenty
- fur with q firEs-class fireman. named
Aadigan-Idnuy Mzfigan. Madisan had
snly been IN tns outfit tor 4 Hsooeh or 81.
There were some things IA THIS country
that di6nt exactly suit him The Anasri-
ca1 Protective Association was particular
~ asstastefui ~ him. He talked acou.
that organization all the time. He h3la:sd
upon the awful fate he wished 10 oysrtSke
each and every member 81 The association.
II was d hobby OF aa9igan from the Cay
s.tIi about IL. The oIc-tsnas Mgli!gAns IN
the outfit didn't care 8 rap whether tho
American Protective Association made It's
points stick or not, but they extracted .
whole lot of fun In telling Nz6igan of the
tremendous hold tie organization was ac-
curing upon the municipal. state ana Fed
efal governments tn this country.
On the iTta Of March A2di=an's ship took
on aew Chinese mess attendant. He was
sEa f.t1pEfssf Ont IN na
from Mott street, ard he acned to do
things 10 please ali hands. lot os Madi-
gan's Tcrsaentors got together around the
Cninan-an and poiate6 cut lis duties for
hin. They had nothing whatever 70 90
visa The ChaaaInaH's duties. tut - didn't
know IGat. and he was aat,ered over the
attention they paid 30 him Therefore.
when they produced a ditty box-~it hap
peasd 10 Re Mad gan's-together with 4 pot
filed with bright oranse-hued paint. ard
told him 10 change tire color Of the 3.tty
box from is dun-hrowa hue 10 that Of the
contents % the paint pot, the Chinarlan
went AT the job willingly. The bowls Of
ali hands assembled around diverted the
ChInsman. ard he thought he was doing
tiIsi the right thing. When he had paint
ed the dtty box orange the friends % Mad
lgan instructed the Chinasnan, who had
some little skill with tia brush. 10 paint in
large black letters "A. p. A. The China
nan dId as he WAS .old. He bad finished
lettering three ~ the sides OF the titfr
bog aHd was just beginning upon the
fourth "a. T. "a" Inscription when MaGI-
gan came above from the :reroorn where
he had Been Oh watch. ard ne made i'm
n1ed.ately for his dltty box 70 get his pipe
and tobacco. He didn't ard the box. and
ne came 10 the break az The so-c'zie on
hunt fer H. Meantime. his friends had
scattered away from the Chlnaran. who
was .nt!ustriGasly doing his "A r A" let
teTtus
Wher Aadigsn cangb; sight ~ the box
the English language failed him. So he
reverted "a his vocabulary Of Connerara
Gaelic. The gist 81 his short address 10
all hands who were assembled IN tra
fe'c'se taking the thing in was ira. ne
h!a"df1eed Chinsman was a hired irsfv,I-
a2ent Of the American Protective AreocIA-
ton, raid 70 insult man-o'-war's man =
the American BavT IN particular. TIE
CnIuau1ar REGARDED me Wild Nuiliran yvf+h
r look % stup0r. blit 30 wer. right IN xish
the - = 4" ,atter!a-. he only knock
81 on when &adgau sallrd an "a him.
gave h}n ore hard POKE rn6er the 1ef.
eye. and then. picking h!sn Up n his arms
small hoy handles fox te-rier ar
r!ed him 10 he starbo7rd gauEyya. ard
chUcks3 him into the East river "a A bod
carr!fr relieves aims % load Of br.. ks
The ChiHanlaa couldn't swim. BIZ: he had
% swim. He was picked up by 4 ships
corporal. ard the scene was funny xhc3
re- -ta0st at The mast before he ccrrlrnar4-
ing officer accusing the stgl nei-hot NULL
gan. Nadlgan taxed Irish 20 tho skin
per ard the Gilman man spG-te-ed Carton
sse- The commanding officer couldn't
make head or tail ~ what e esas al about.
Hef1Te nm stood a very re. and dismal
booking Celestial IN his left and ~o.larai
BY ne nsAs'@--at-asms "a mad an Irish
sra1 "a eyer sawed me atmosphere - a
gFarIet1eck. on MS right. Tire eki~rer
rrf & all wrong ~ fir. as - ire real r:I-
PIT anA was fer having the Chinarran
touHis iro.c9 in The brig Then the orr
cer ~ re drek walked IN and exp}a nd
-" thj"g property. producing the oTan.4-
suai DIZZY H7S aS 4 hit Il evidence. AL
the skiHp@r s9r~e1 ~ - ht3e big g~fn=.
l. Aan2r - }se day Na3igau vas turr 4
loose. Pre-. - regards aif Chinese af.eg.'-
at n .c4 navy rs hi~r3 SPIES = tie
American Protective Association Gn~r ~