The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19

an open bottle of champagne between
them, when the mate came in answer
TO a summons, his eyes still shoulder
ing, after his recent outbursts.
We'll, Mr.. Karswell," said the cap
tain, W nave a long six months be-
fore US, 1 dare say, before we raise
the light of Singapore. 1 thought you
might like to join is in a glass to our
better acquaintance, n to a lucky
voyage"
He was a jovial. genial soul, this
captain. with good humor shining from
his red weather-stained face. The
mates gruffneSS relaxed before his
kindly words, and he tossed off the
glass of champagne which the other
had filled for him.
How does the ship strike you, Mr..
K~afswell?" asked the captain.
There's nothing the matter with the
ship, sir"
Nor with the cargo, either" said the
captain. Champagne we are carrying
"a hundred dozen cases. Those and
bales of cloth are our main lading.
How about the crew, Mr.. harswell?"
The mate shook his head.
They'll need thraShing into shape,
n that's a fact, sir. I've been hus-
Ting and driving ever since we left
the pool. Why, except ourselves here
and Taffer, the second mate, there's
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steward, the cook and the boy are
Chinese, as I understand. Anderson.
the carpenter, is Norwegian. There's
Early, the lad, he's English. Then
there's one Frenchman, one Finn, one
Turk, one S~paniard, one Greek and
one negro: and as TO the rest, 1 don't
know what they are, for l never saw
the match of them before"
"They are from the Philippine is
lands, half Spanish, half Malay" the
captain answered. I'VE call them
Manila man, for that's the port they
all hail from. You'll ind them good
enough anne Mr.. Karswell. I'll
answer for it that they work Well"
I'll answer for it, too" said the big
mate. with an ominous clenching Of his
great red fist.
harsweI was hard put to it to estab-
lish any order amongst the strange
material with which he had TO work
Tafiir, the second mate, was a mild
young man, a good ean1an and a
pleasant companion. but hardly rough
enough to bring this unruly crew to
heel. Karswell must do it or it would
lever be done. The others he could
manage, but the Manila men We're dan
gerous. 1t was a strange type, with
fat Tartan noses, small eyes, low,
british f~oreheads, and lank black hair
ike the American Indians. Their faces
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were ali men of powerful physique.
Six Of these fellows were on board,
Leon, -BiancO, Duranno, Santos, Lopez
and Marsolino, Of whom Leon spoke
English Wen, and acted as Interpreter
for h rest. These We're all placed in
the mates watch together with Watto,
a handsome young Levantine, and
Carlos, a Greek. The more tractable
III were allotted to Taffir for the
other watch. And so IN a beautiful July
day, holiday makers upon the KentiSh
downs al the beautiful craft as she
swept past the Goodwins-never to be
seen again, ave once, by human eyes.
The Manila men appeared TO submit
10 discipline, but there were lowering
brows, and sidelong chances which
warned their officers not to trust them
too far. GrumbleS came from the fore
castle as to the food and Water-and
the grumbling was, perhaps, not alto
gether unreasonable. But the mate
WAS a, man of hard nature and prompt
resolution, and the indictments got lit
tie satisfaction or sympathy from him.
One of them, Carlos. the Spaniard, en-
deavored TO keep his bunk upon a plea
of illness, but was dragged on deck by
She mate and triced up by the arms to
The bulWarks. 4 few minutes after
wards Captain Smiths brother came |
on deck and Informed the captain what
was going forward. He came busting
up. and having examined the man he
pronounced him to be really unwell and
ordered him back to his bunk, prescrib-
ing some medicine for him. Such an in
cident would not tend to preserve dis
cipllne, or to uphold the mates author
itv with the crew. On a later occasion
this same Spaniard began fighting with
BIanco, the biggest and most brutal of
the Manila men. one using q knife and
the other a handspike. The two mates |
threw themselves between them, and
in the scuffie the first mate felled the
Soaniard with his fist. In the mean
time the barque passed safely through
the bay and ran south as far as the
latitude Of Cape Blanco upon the At
rican coast. The winds were light, inc
upon the 10th of September. when they
had been six weeks out, they had only
attained latitude IS degrees south of