The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14
THE DERELICT.
An Adventure of Capt. Kettle.
tcopyrioA,, 1898. BY cutcitce Hvn,.,

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She's n scary look TO her. with her yard
arms spiking every other sea- said Capt.
Image. and her decks like the side OF a house.
/ shouldn't care to navigate a craft that pre-
ferred TO lie down on her beam ends"
Take this glass. sir, and you'll see the lee
quarter boat davit tackles are overhauled That
means they get at least one boat in the water.
To my mind she's derelict."
Il hops her crew have got to dry land some
where. poor beggars." said Capt. Image.
Nasty things. those old wind TANNERS, Mr..
Strake. Give me steam"
But there's a pile Of money In her still"
said the third mate. following UP his own
thoughts. She's an ircn ship. and she'll be
1000 tons good. Likely enough in the Frisco
grain trade
And you're thinking she'd be a nice plum 4,
we could pluck. her In anywhere2" said Image
reading what was In his mind. We'll. me lad.
1 know that as well as you. and no one would
be pieaseder to pocket $500. But the old
M'poso's a mailboat. and because she's got
about n quarter Of a hundredweight OF badly
spelt letters on board. she can't do that sort OF
salvage work II there's no life saving thrown
in as an extra: reason. Besides. we're be-
hind time. as 1t is. with smelling round for so
much cargo. and though l shall draw my pa
per cent. on that. / shall have 1t Gil to pay away
again and moro to boot In fines for being late.
No, l toll you 1t isn't all sheer profit and de-
light 10 being skipper on one OF these West
African coast boats"
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II YOU could lend me half n dozen men l could
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II | could fix It for him to take her home. 1t
might set him on his legs again. and he's come
low enough. Lord knows. II l hadn't given
him room in the first class for old tines sake
he'd have had to go home as n distressed sea-
man and touched his cap to me when l passed.
I've not done badly by him, but l shall have to
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wind-jammer in somewhere he'd fork out and
very like give me a dash besides. Yes. [ will
say that about Kettle; he's honest as a bar
keeper and generous besides. He's a steamer
sailor. Of course. and has been most OF these
years. and how he'll do the white wings bust
ness again. Lord only knows. Forget he
hasn't got engines till it's too late. and then
drown himself probably. However. that's his
p~alaver. Where we're going to scratch him
up a crew from's the thing that bothers me.
Well. we'll see." He leaned down over the
upper bridge rail and called:
Here a minute. Captain"
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ladders with II boys Quickness.
Jmape po1ded toward tho desartad raseal