Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-03-02

kIPLING AT GLoUCEsTER,
Talk with an Old Captain who Vyap
to Have Built Him nHSchooncr. u

to Have Built Him n'schooner.
When I was introduced to the cap
tain, he was seated in his little shop
and surrounded on | sides by toy YES.
sells Of various sizes. tho work Of his
own hands. A funny little man was
the captain, with q fringe Of gray
whiskers around his face and with stub
by fingers which amazed ono by their
dextority with the needle. But he was
very hospitable, and II was immediately
provided with chair. t.ae:>&@ -.
The Juvenile yaohtsman by whom I
had boon introduced wanted tho captain
to talk, as he had not only fund Of in
teresting stories and an inimitable way
OF telling thom, but he had knowledge
and command Of the English language
| that were remarkable. .'.-.a. r..-#
Finally, after a pause, caused by the
exertion Of threading his needle, the
captain waved his pipe in tho direction
of square of paper fastened to the wall
and said, "Perhaps you'd be Interested
to read that, niss?" II" "
took it down and read the directions
for n model Of n fishing schooner. very
particular directions. being given that
everything on deck should be perfect to
the smallest detail. The one article that
stands out i'll my memory is "gurry
butts" There were thousand ether
articles mentioned, but that alone re-
mains to rise up and haunt "Gurry
buttsp" 40 ~'a@ "sS ,t ,.S'
But when arrived at the signature
exclaimed, "Why, it's Rudyard Kip
ling ~ which was very absurd remark
for mo to make, but l was excited.
"Of course it is," answered tho cap.
tain, as If should have known it all
p!ong. "Of course it is. Those aro tho
| directions for ship was to have made
for him 80 he could have it by him and
he could refer to it when he was writ
ing his story, Captains Courageous. I
had the rheumatism 30 bad ] couldn't y
finish it, !" he added.
"How did you como to know him?
What did he look like? What did he
say? How did ho talIc2" / asked.
My questions didn't feoze tho captain
In tho slightest found out nfterward
that he was married.
"Why, wra hore in tho shop, tend-
ing to somo young gentlemen about his
size," he said, waving his pipo in the
direction Of tho Juvenile yaohtsman,
"when three gentlomen oame down the
walk a-laughing. We'll, they came and
! knocked at the door--they didn't come
right in, mind you; they knooked--ant..
when says, Come in, gontlomen,' one
Of them--ho wasn't Mr.. Kipling--says,
why, we can't como in till we know
how you stand ON the money question: ,
he says ''-
Woll, gentlemen, snys Il oan't
toll how stand on tho money question
until know what you want. ....
"Well, at that they all laughed, and
tho jolly one that had dono all tho talk.
ing said, well, guess you're tho man
We want. ."
So in they came, and no introduced
mo to Mr. Kipling and tho othor gen.
tloman. never %nw three jollior gen
tlomon, all tho timo letting OFF Jokes
on eaoh other and now and then ono on
mo. .r. r .... -ga sg@.. ~. .
"Well, finally they told mo what
they camo for, which was about my
making tho boat, just like ono I'd Leen
on myself, they said. ...a
II said would il could, and /
tried good and hard, but [ had the
rhoumatism SO bad oouldn' IT finish 1t. {"
What do you--what do all tho neo-
pie OF Gloucester think Of Captains
Oonrageousf' " I asked. ..t
| why, miss. " said tho captain, lean-
ing back In his chair and waving his
Pipe eloquently, "tho very first chaptor
Of that story was taken and just disseot.
eq right hero in Glouoostor, and i will
say this much- that it's fairly surpris-
/ inS how much no does know about the
'Blnks' and tho life up thore. n@- Cor.
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