The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

! ICf before he $ ashore again. Now, MIR.
| Stral1e, hurry with that boat You're TO
| take charge and bring her back. and mind
/ you're not 10 leave the captain here and
! his gang aboard If the vessels too badly
wrecked 10 be cafe"
Tho word was hurry" The third mate
| Tended Off the boat while Kettles crew Of
u)ndescripts scrambled unhandily down to
| lake their places The negro stone mason
?ho had been a stOwaway refused stub
bornly 10 leave the steamer, and so was
lowered ANONYMOUSLY in a bovine, and
then as ne stin objected loudly that he
came from Sa Leone and was free Brit
ish subject, some one crammed a bucket
over his head. amidst the uproarious
laughter Of the oulookers.
Ahead Of them the quiet ship shoulderod
clumsily over the rollers. now gushing
Gown till she dipped her martlugale, now
a"ooPih& up again, sending whole cata-
racts OF water swirling along her waist.
ire coat was run up cannly alongside
and kottle jumped into the main chains
ana clambered on board over the bull
|arks. Now, pass up my crew, Mr..
Srake," said he
II m coming myself next. if you don't
mind, said the third mate Must obey
the Old mans orders" he exp.ained as
lacy stood together on the sloping decks
tain"
Wen, Mr. Mate" said Kettle grlmly.
nope you u decide she's seaworthy. be
cause Whatever view you take of il. here
m going TO stay
The mate froWned He was q yo,ne.
man; he was here in authority. ana he
had great notion of making his authority,
let capt Kettle was to him rneraic a
down -on-his-luck free-passage nobody ana
- tue ina'e was large and lusty he did not
ahuclpafe trouble. So he remarked ra+bar
cfdDoedly that he was gong to obey his or
eIS' ana went aft along the slanting deck
II was clear that the vessel had hoon
swept, badly swept Ropes ends sfraar,o'l
mere and there and overheard in every n.
Iectloh' ana everything movable had been
carried away eternaly by the sea rrt
me match tarpaulins and the cornDanione
were sun in place and though If VS.
GEAR from the list (Which was 50 ero,t
'hat they could not walk without holdtn,y
ON that her cargo was badly shifted there
was no evidence so far that she was other
wise than sound
The third mate led the NOV, IT,.
the lazaret hatch He got his fnpar, ~,
the ring and pulled il back. Than h.,
Whlstled' Half fun OF water" he said
thought so from the wav she Aoota1
lts up TO the beams down here Tt,of,.
enough she'll have started a plate com.
where .Fraid it's no use for Won can.
tam why, if a breeze was to como on
liei, 'he soc OF her might drop out. and
she'd go down like a stone" anu
Now. to Kettles honor he IL Gotta o---
lhs what he had In his mind he did not
tackle the man as he knelt there Dae,,,,,.
i1te the lazaret. Instead he waited -
he stood up again, and then made bis
statement coldly and deliberately
rms ships not too Dangerous FOR
ana choose TO judge And If sbo,u ~
LOT me, shes good enough for the cro','
I've got in your boat. Now I want tbo,,
palaver" any more
DO you. by gadw said the m,to o,a
then the pair of them closed witho',t anu
Iurther preiiminaries They We're bolb -
tnem wen used TO quick rough and ,umb,o.
ana they both of them knew thar IT, -
VINO gers the first grip in these ,,,,o-'1.,
usually wins, and instinctivelv oach -
10 act on that knowledge Rut 10 ~
thIu mate had bulk and strength Kartlo
n7u science and abundant witness. an1
~, ,,le par OF them lost their footing
on the slopinS cabin floor at the frs, 80
brace and wriggled over ana pn5or Inl.
pair Of eels, Capt Kettle got a .h,i,,,,
arustically fixed In the bigger ,,,a,,,e
Wlhd pipe. and held it there dogea1,,, tn,
mate growing more and more nlrnbo ~,
out WIN savage force, but Kettle ,lod,,ad
the buh-like blows like the boxer he NJ,
ana the mates efforts gradually relaxed
But at This point they were interrnnted
ihat "oboiy BOAT was making me sea.
SICK said voice, 80 / came on boor,,
here. Hullo, fellows" N''i
Kettle looked up. MIR. Pbpinns" h.
| SAID, II wish you'd go and get the rest ~
/ our crew on deck out of the boat
but what are you two doing aou,r
there?' "o"i
I'VE disagreed over a question Of irdg
ment. He said this ship isn't safe ana
| shouldn't have the chance to take ne,
| home. ] say there's nothing wrong viii
! her that can't be remedied, and home r.,
gong to take her. anyway. 1t may be the
| one chance in my life sir of getting a hal.
ance at the bank. and I'm not going r.
! miss It,"
| "Ho," said Dayton-Philipps.
If you don't like to come you needn't 81
said Kettle. but I'm going to have ~,
stone mason and the Dago, and those tvy,
coal beavers. Perhaps you'd better er
! back 1t will be wet, hard work here: nc
way the sort of job to suit a soldier. ;,
payton-Phihpps flushed slightly anf
| then he laughed. Il suppose tbat's inton.
ed 10 be nasty" he said. "Weu CANAAN
l shall have TO prove to you that we sol.
diers are equal 10 a bit OF manual labo,
some times. BY the way, / don't want r.
! interfere in personal matter but ia lik.
it as a favor If you wouldn't kin STARK,
quite. l rather like him"
Anything to oblige," said Kettle am
took his thumb out of the third mates
windpipe. And now sir, as you've. so ~
| speak, signed on for duty here away
with you on deck and get those four otbe,
| beauties up out of the boat
Dayton Philips touched his can ant
grlnned. AYE, aye SIR he said. and wen
| back up the companion.
Shortly afterward he came TO report IN.
men on board. and Kettle addressed al.
late opponent Nov. look here. voun,
man, 1 don't want TO have more troubl,
on deck before the hands. Have You IN,
| euough2'
For the present. yes" said the third
mate, huskily. But l hope Wen me-
again some other day. to have a BIT of fur
Their talk"
I'm sure l shah De quite ready Y,
man ever accused me of refusing a scran
| But. me lad, just take one tip from me
Don't you go and make Capt. Image any
ious by saying this ship isn't seawortb,,
| or he'll begin TO ask questions ana A..