The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19

~ lily in front Of the high masted
- bark-rigged clipper. With her
fresh painted glistening black
sides. her sharp sloping bows
and her cut-away counter she
was the very picture OF a fast,
weu-foU1d ocean going sailing ship,
but those who knew anything about
her may have made her the text OF
q sermon as 70 how the British seaman
was being elbCved out Of existence
In this respect she was the scandal OF
the river. Cinnamon, French, NoEWe-
giGQ. SpariardS, Tu-kS-She carried an
epitorne OF the human race. They were
working hard cleaning up the decks
and fastening down the hatcheS, oul
the big buriy mate tore his halr WheH
he found that hardly man on board
could understand an order IN Engllsh-
Captain John Smith had taken his
younger brother, George Smith, as 4
passenger and companion for the Voy-
age in the hope that Il might be pene-
fetal to his health. They were seated
now ~ each side OF the round laole,
an omen bottle Of champagne between
them, when the mate came IN answer
TO a summons, his eyes still smOIder-
ing after his recent outbursts
We'll, Mr. Karsvwell, said the cap
tain. I'VE have a long six months be
fore Us. I dare say, before We ralse
the light of Singapore. I thought you
might like TO join US in glass 10 our
better acquaintance and TO a lucky
voyage
He was a joviaI. genial soul: this
captain. with good humor shining
from his red weather-stained face Inc
mates grufness relaxed before ms
kindly words. and he tossed OF the
glass OF champagne which the other
had filed for him.
How does the ship strike you, MI
KarsweII2' asked the captain
There's nothing the matter with the
ship. sir"
captain. Champagne We are carry
ing-a hundred dozen cases Those
and bales OF cloth are our main ladlng.
How about the crew, Mr.. karswell?'
The mate shook his head
They'll need thrashing into shape,
and that's fact, sir I've been hus-
ting and driving even since we left
the pool. Why. except ourselves here
and TafF7r, the second mate, there
hardly an Englishman aboard ne
steward. the cook and the boy are Chi
nese. 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 Spaniard. one Greek ana one one.
negro. and as to the rest l don't know
what they are, for I never saw ths
match OF them before"
"They are from the Philippine ISL
ands. half Spanish, half MALAY the
Manila. men. for that's the port they
all hail from. You'll find them good
. enough seamen. Mt. Karswen- III an
swer for II that they work Wen"
III answer for X, too, SAID the Dig
mate with an OltnOuS cIencnlng OF MS
great red fist.
KareveU was hard put &c It 10 es-
abIish any order among the strange
material with which he had TO work
TafHr. the second mate. was mild
young man, a good seaman ana a
n1easaut conpanfOn but hardly rough
. enough 70 bring this unruly crew 70
heel Karsweu must do it OF II would
never be done. The others ne could
manage but the Manila men were dan
caro1ls. L was 2 strange type. with
4ar Tartan noses. small eyes, low brut-
ish foreheads, and Iank black hair Ike
the American Indians. Their faces
we're OF a dark coffee tint, and they
we're all men Of powerful physique. Six
Of these fellows were on board. Leon.
"Planco. DurannO. Santos, Lopez and
Narsolino. Of whom Leon spoke Eng
Tsh we'll. and acted as interpreter for
the rest. These were all placed IN the
mates watch together with Watto, a
handsome Young Levantine. and Car
los q Greek The more tractable sea-
rlen. were allotted to Taffir for the 9TH
er watch. And so on oeautruI july
dav holiday makers upon the kentlse
downs saw the DEdQlAlGA IL al d. SAAC
svreDt past the GOodwins-ncver 70 De
eeo1 again. save once. by human eyes
The Manila men appeared to submit
70 discipline. but there were lowering
brows. and sidelong glances which
Earned their officers not to trust them
too far Grunbles came from the fore
castle as to the food and water-and
the grumbIing was perhaps not alto
pether unreasonable. But the mate
vas = man OF hard nature and prompt
4 he.
lie satisfaction OF sym pathy from him
one OF them. Carlos, the Spauiard, en-
daavored 10 keep his bunk upon plea
Of Illness but was dragged on deck by
tho mate. and triced up by the arms
few minutes afterward Captain
Smiths brother came on deck. and in
formed the captain what was going Tor
ward He came busting up, and hav-
ing examined the man he pronounced
bi7o 70 he really unweIl and ordered
him hack 70 his bunk prescribing some
medicine for him. Such an incident
you'd rot tend TO preserve discipline.
Or 70 uphold the mates authority with
rho crew. On d later occasion this same
STANDARD began fighting With Blanco.
- biggest and most brutal Of the Ma
-iIa men. one using q knife and the
other handsptke-
The two mates threw themselves be-
-, them. and in the scuffie the first
80. fe1Ied the Suauiard with his fist
II +f7e meantime the bark passeH safe
~ through the bay and ran south as
far as the latitude Of Cape Bia4co upon
tha African coast. ne Wlnds were
ryb+ a1d lIpon the 10th OF September,
-.her thav had beeu six weeks out,
theT had only attained I9titS s aa - as-
$50. - .ba+ morning II was that the
smo1derfrc discomfort burst into a
. most terrible fame
The mates watch was from one to
fonr during which dark hours he was
aICrn with the savage Seamen
wrore he had controlled No lion
tanner in z. cage could be in more innn1i-
nent peril, for death might be crouch
m IN wait for him in any OF those
HACK shadows which notified the
r1ConIit deck. Night after night he
rad risked il until immunity had per
beps made him careless, but now at
=. iae+ - came. At six bells Or three in
ne 11orrfua-about the time when the
first gray tinge Of dawn vas appearing