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experience. The best thing we can do,
is to enjoy ourselves in a quiet sort of a
way, you know, for the rest of the eve
ming and then report aboard the Ma
chias as stragglers in the morning"
Eyes, I guess weed BETTER" replied
Allen.
About ten o'clock next morning thew
made their way down to the landing to
take sampan. They were just about
to step into it, when they were sur
prised to hear someone say: "Good
morning, boys! If you have no objec-
tlons I'll accompany you to the ship"
There was that confounded Marshal
and two of his Chinese policemen, It
was rather hard after they had con-
sidered themselves safe to find they
were to be brought aboard in such a
manner, but harder still to pay that old
jaybird e Mexicans. In the meantime
they had showed off the sampan and
were headed for the Machias. Now
every man-of-war has what are called
lower booms, one on the port and the
other on the starboard side. These are
rugged out when in port, and the small
boats are made fast to the pennants
and also to what is called Jacobs
ladder, all these are made fast to the
boom before it is rugged out, and once
in position, all that is necessary, is to
grasp the pennant and make the boats
painter or rope fast to it. On account
of the tide the sampan naturally on
reaching the bow of the ship, made
preparations for making the gangway
amidships. To do this, those who were
sculling her, had to swing her head to
the tide and let her drift under the
lower boom until almost abreast of the
gangway, when they would suddenly
sheer in, and with her head to it, as the
sailors say; scull as if their life de-
pended on it, In this case the sampan
followed the usual custom. Just as
they were under the boom, or I should
say just as they were about to pass
under White and Allen, both made a
jump, the former for the ladder and the
latter for the pennant, up they went
like monkeys up a blackstay, when, on
gaining the boom, they hurried aboard
and reported to the officer of the deck,
before the sampan.with the Marshal had
made the gangway. When he did ap-
pear it was only to hear that he would
receive no reward. How could ne?
He brought no one aboard. Had he
the sense of jackrabbit, he would
have known that there is something
about a ropes end, that attracts a
sailor, especially when it is made fast
to boom, and that same boom to a
Yankee gunboat.
But to return to our two friends, who
in the course of events finally reached
their ship. Here their fondest hopes
were realized. They received court
martial, which imposed a punishment
of 80 days in solitary confinement, in
double irons, on bread and water, with
one full ration every fifth day.
AS if this was not sufficient, they
were presented with fine of two
months pay. Fortunately the Hon.
Secretary of the Navy remitted the loss
of pay, and the Captain concluded that
Is days piece was sufficient, so they
did not have to pay very dearly for
what may be termed nothing more than
boyish escapade.
II say, White" said Allen, a month
or so afterward, "you said if l followed
you, I'd wear diamonds, didn't you ?"
"Well, what are you kicking about"
answered White. "Didn't you wear
bracelets YORKTOWN.