The sun., 1899-04-30
SPEAKING OF SWIMMERS.
RETIRED MAINE SAILORS TARN
ABOUT ONE DAN FISH.

fore the mast on the american park andrew
Todd. met Dan flsh. curious thinR TINT the
durrdcs' swimmer eyer heard Toll OF should
he named Fish But SO IL was. Names come
thai way once in while. once knew fellcr
named Barnes that was hostler. A fellcr
named kct"hum was deputy sherln once III
the town where L was Drought up. But he
Fever did.
'N"Il, about flsh' we went UP the Baltic on
that trip. on the way out We run pretty we'll
In toward the Danish coast. one day saw
feler cn lonesome cape making signs. He
was jest a.working hlmselt into spasms with
the signs that he was making. Old man hap
pened 70 he on deck at the time. and he said:
Wonder what that planned )umpinglack Is
trying :" make out TO dot
Mate sald ne thouRht man must be hav-
ine IT.. Capn allowed tWarnt that. Thought
he must want to say something to us. Capn
ddn waus TO STOP put thought 1t might be
something he ought TO Know. and 80 he hung
UP head to the wind ana sent bot ashore.
BOT come back with the Teller aboard. He
olum over the rail.
"Whnt kin do for ye ? asked the old man.
Coin to New YORK z asked the feller
"'Yep. started for there
oval. all right then. want to 20 along
"'INn do. hey? Wal. this amt no omni-
bus. We amt running stage coach. Weaint
advertising for passengers
Exactly: but don want to be passen-
ger. l want to work. l want to get to New
York, and I'm an A. B.-able bodied. and you
bet your lie ain tnothin' else
Wal 80 CHANGED that the old man was
short the fiGht klhu OF a second mate SO he
thought the thing over and asked the stranger
'he understood things well enough to take the
berth. Man said that was Jest the lay he was
strong on SO the old man took him below.
1t come so that he was in the shippers
watch. old man usually hung round on deck
till about v and then ne dropped below forty
winks. He aIlus LETT word that he was to be
called II breeze piped up any. Things went
along tust rate lor low days. We got down
pretty well into the mouth OF the channel. Got
SO that We could see our way clear to go
whoopin down into the deep water. Weather
began to look little more nasty. Old man
would warn the second mate every night more
up and stiff about calling him up II the thing
come IN 10 blow any In partikler.
one night l was as at the wheei. Heard all
the conversation. Old man got down so that
s,id dha+ot the mate.
S"'" '7 w. " . -
Looks sort OF muddy around the aidges
tonight
sure Nike. says the mate
wav the mate had. and he jawed him BY the
acre m about it.
"'sav. don't you talk to me like that any
more he yelled to the mate.
NO, on your life. Pete the mate said. so
cheerful ike ana sincere and all that. you
eou1Tu "Tna, ,I1 t1' "n ~ na' ,ao,a a. nm.
lhe ou man 'ooheu a' nini ioF minute as
though he would like to eat both his ears OF
without pepper or salt. Then his head went
down 'he com pahionway ana out OF s'sht In
SAY" he yelled.
Aye aye. sir. shouted back the mate. still
with that cheerful grin on.
IF she comes on to blow UP any be sure to
ror,suaont,
sure Mi-oh. aye. aye. sir. But bless
your soul. Cap'n I can handle her like book
Don't yop 10Y W9rrit " Sleep the sleep OF tie angels;
. Men. u II comes on 70 blow ana you don
s s%% You can SaH 9 Nike ike that ap all yI pc an
"n1n -, long peiore 1ne VIM "a fth Def9unh ne &c
hau 70 wTassie suiinat t ibru ar WIN Una oaat
TniemsI mn IN and down The decE wbistIine and
never Sald word about % taxing IN mas IN strcm "l
thn III Sppm man me stmrt Lie hsaa ont The
Mihn eanGnt VI ms ana mar; anu rn IL strung IL vi
my Sr ,,he taE W IN vonr rov,,s +bera
yelled lie Old man w "
al rGn ,S an m rg bou9b 5Ssi bay as had ben
.Iiit itu ny , .i i "a W. 80 ae
@ t@a1hlt.s auout inc . a. cIopi th ihbisn' JeSo a.
Mtt!. Keep 81 on w." snaI sct ti.ea1 t
n, intte am no pahhEer a. a. S,,n @ an EHI ;ht
, ,Oe mere .nd ,6 san Inan sne c"h Jug "o f'sh
u9wH I ana go 10 siGsp AZ n, ,oo,,o ~ ,biros
t. ~ oiu nun ,ildh 'tav ~ pt az roN re- ,bn
DuI ,iie mate aSteu so conuneht-aNS d Ina' @ ilt
Gane i Jew shuils anu 'heh poopou uo"h ou
o':tslt ,.,, -, ,o,u T.. ,,,o, an oro.
III d!i9ther nun al m1ur nc was w o1'oe ant
inoLt. lne mate was MhlStiins @ .un9 1 h ait|
iookug n' tne STARS. ne Iiu crin H Was du'Sm m St
nnrD ng I9%n mo tne seas i'ke sen'e"h 'a'
E"nG uoW lls'ails, ,, , o.o,,ol .ho ~,
LAKE III theui 9als' seteunie" 'he o''
"an; "aan;,,, -. O Oc,.o..h,,, h,,.
s Soithih out puu' Gap II : nor'hi' pu'
pun shi1 ,ne mat; mat ,ros , r,iontv rim and
jest ,th"h tn"re was mlRnly hlp anu
Whoop q the WIND "A ana the upper sails wen zen,
ut % tllt eEceIs iike sihohs. dmS dinn IN a,
etauuinS io'hihS Nv ~" iasS scuuu,ns p ~, ",
nt WHY whei ne 9lu man raine s.o'nii,s ION i hn
prhinI ~ nun. ne on man nv nv, m U,te t t'ri ;
t IN" t," chr anu over tiie ra'i he "o"' i's !"
'hIo Suo Hihp' hor' ,,,, ..,oa for tb
,h;nn nnaI l Pat oout SNIP crleu' i'i u"
nngirt uhng SORT nl stunned M -, 49, c,,,
o,,r,.t,t t.t nou, notnlin sac, snia @ tne ny Hn was
bnsa, bsu " h,.r uHi,s NAV lons az, i morr a.
ihoouo1. 'lat Mllht ne ThHi H"h oh ordarn m
rohs W pu ooaru we H',u' Al" ''0 y"
ny ,Wauch 10 urn our anu iuIl h,o fr n Ia,
u'nne tiie men ieci soft % oiue ~ i9t 40 q , ,r
hdSS 10 I''Nc II man IN tlllt WAY. "