The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23
~. !n. 1 yS hi ssstiye I Ssd enough on me, then to
opportunitv aoain b"'sou w the

" sss % 81 Ss 'si'! y S.H ss g sas Sas } on see TIER aS aS ::
raw , sS1E S 4 Ii; S ssIS ! 6 e T TsssS},; a. 4 q, pretty sss,
si:$s,o o. Sonst % ssE &e z ,s ssl,0 Svs sc has + 9S0s'
a.! don't remember aeeS dos s.S SsiS., a
ssst q 1iis sss' % or The Psxti Or any g en ?or tho
hundred held out their shore money was coun.
Nth EN-. though. for when 1 woke up on the
SUNDAY m9rnipg following the final Saturday
with petty officers badges on their arms. we're
pr!o,ddlng, me in the ribs.
been az said one Of them; q big oller who, had
y, wsrd foppd out: we've got to go aboard now
Walking back to Frisco. Is It up to you to do
". lo4ks like Il, don't IT.
.You'vw.' l Been III on tell th sO isye ss,d this {. f ,s1fny. giant amt
Sy The GsH i%o ss %ahal ap E 60 ! 5isn'' Fr ans : lonR B yss
"%A !% e ast sh Z SHs said e. and ride up on the ship
been sso sa'T Forth The OF olyRm Ex :, s ala he; There's : res
shipptd in Mare. Island as iandsmen and coal
stand the sat' None nst Of tRem was ae ABOARD ione
quit along with me, jump Into it. il you
"out ~ uD--tne SHIP SallS tomorrow morn
ing-and the black gang down below Ii see. al
ter you get aboard. that you don't have to stand
a coal.heaving watch for your passage. that
Legs and none Of the ofiioersil vet next. That's
better thar walking; isn't it,
Jacket rig, big head and all. in less than three
Tmlnutes; ana my name was switched TO John
told me I looked most ii like u1I rolled Down i 1,'e to-
the steam cutter with three OF my blueJacket
pals OF the week. and when we got to the land
lnR WA nnnh nhnlf funn . ~ pNNra nf tbnNn Ia
waiting to 90 of to the ship. We ali climbed
whispered me some objections.
ant, Al you've got to do when you GO aboard
saia h ned " Wb to 1oSn Up U2,m With lit iDs the ,a ress s, Of s the
out by the officer Of the deck. you Just give
MN a sit Of a salute with your right. say
ofI + % sp ,Ss d htsk ,a.d le,eH ~ , and 7 d f ;0b { The Z
tenant that don't know one mans mug from
TTn}ik isrTar% to r. break i'" 5 the Io.s',l Sa an
There's not much, chance OF the thing not 70.
ing through, but IL you're nailed they can'tdo
you're nailed and questioned. Just tell EN- that
you game aboard on your own hook. and don't
e' VI went rem w thpopp Sf y IKE n eloek 20 y enIs Sch Skinned
up the ganGway ladder with as ready-money n
swing as II l had been born in the foretop OF q
Francisco looked pretty neat TO me-. and / was
piay.acting on my mettle; The young fellow
the returning liberty, party just gave each OF
us a glance; A couple. of the tars WHO were
tagged to the, point of spitication he handed
by the wav. when ne first clapped his lamps on
mo ash he thought there was \ cog gone
that, When ! had answered to John Grim
mins's name I didn't waste anv time joining
the bunch up forward. The oiler was right
buck said he. without looking at me. I
think ne Jimmy legs is next, That T. to
me off. Well. If the Master alarms did have
any suspicion beneath his cap. he was oil
of the, tail Of his eye a lumber Of times after
that. but II he had the thing right he never
% %itb nv uf friend ! T ,he o dii2Tn a to ' be s eaGlns sn r?G am
hour or 40 in telling me what I was to do, I
stood quarters and inspection that Sunday
John Crimmins. a lot OF the tars Of the black
gang. who had been put on quietly by the oil
the engineers eyes off m,e,not. the oiler said.
that the engineers were liable to pipe me of.
the crew was 80 new e them hut for safety:
easy. | got .Crimmins's seat at the coal heav-
ers' mess. was told off for a watch when the
morning. but my friends In the black gang
wou!dn,t stand for my going into the bunkers.
said. and ! didn't pass anv coal. The watch
list was mnukevcd with to get me out of It.
and 1 mixed up with the gang forward while
= W % chib'SE ~ 'V . ~ thISN wv
elliug steam coal. didn't want this end OF it
1T looked like funkin0 and playlng the baby
act to me-but the oiler told me that I'd croak
In the bpnkers and that nd give he whole snan
away. I cant pass up any finer tribute to the
decency OF the fellows that are piking around
the world in the american bluejacket uni:
form than to say this: =! found out aftrrward
that there wasn't a single, man forward Of the
Olvmpia's crew that didn'tknow within twenty.
four hours after | was aboard the Olympia that
! was smugRled. and nary n one q them 90
much "a whispered their knowledge OF, it TO
me. much loss chawed about it among them
selves. The phrase. there's "a knocker in
every push. don't III our mau-o-wars men,.
II had n nice sail. aud when the shin pulled
m at Mare Island J. got shore liberty. went
over to Vallejo and forgot to come back,
Therefore John Crimmins wasn't declared n
l~.serter in San Diego. but in Vallejo. and thaHs
one thing that JOIN Crimmins doesn't know.
-Four months later ! came across the noun
tains to New York in n four-and. a halliday pal
ace car. but that's another end OF It.
Il never figured thai the Olympia would fall
in with such swell COMPANY IA she did when
George Dewey took his rost on her bridge
but l had a ride on her before George did"
PORTO RICIN KITES