The representative., 1899-11-30

- -. VuoLtSIs II Tue euaFonouee. Iney ~
Iuck1n Tor 70 now, an they'll get ye Whin
- line up for mess. II not before
For getting gay and givin' advice to q
took. Yell get about six-six. Six months
In the guardhouse and six months pay. BY
IN pest av luck thot rook didn't load with
Dali, but with blank cartridge His face
luck loike he'd had tn blue smallpox. The
surgeon says thot by bein' rale industriuc
ne could pick all tn powder out av It in
the coorse Of six months. Thin tn cap
tain KEN an asked how it happined. An,
av coorse, tn rook blamed you. At frst tn
captain laughed an thin ne drew a long
face and ordered your arrest. Whin they
take We. say as little as ye can without
stand1n' mute. Take it aisy and don't fret.
III see av I can do anything for ye. An
Ill be witness mesilf''
1t was just daylight on the morning Of
the nth day out from Honolulu. All about
the deck OF the transport the men were
sleeping soundly with the sky for roof.
Private Sevenspot rolled out of his blank
cts, rubbed his eyes, and sat up Then he
gathered up his uniform. folded it neatly
shower bath. AS he passed the bridge the
ships first ohicer called to him:
Hello! Sevenspot!" he shouted, "have q
banana. 1t will do your insides good
Sevenspot made 0ne-handed catch and
asked: "Now, pwhere do you sea-fakirs
in'e"
The officer laughed. 'You don't take
much stock in latitudes and longitudes.
Spot:'' III
II wanst knew a man." said sevenspot,
pwhat claimed he could measure tn dis
tance to tn stars. shure I'm thinking he "a
need a long pole to do tn loike av thot."
Just the same we crossed the 180th de-
gree of longitude last night, and we've
skipped day. Yesterday was Tuesday,
Sept. II. 1ss9 Today is Thursday. Sept. IA,
1899. We dropped Wednesday, Sept. 13,
1899. entirely. There never was and never
will be any such day on this ship. What
do you think of that?''
Sevenspot stopped as he was about to take
q bite from the banana and stared up at the
onicer. Then he chanted, Gregorian meas
ure:
It may be ture,
But 1t sounds to me
Like a blink blanked lie
Then he scratched his head as If puzzlinx
over deep problem and finally said with =
serious face
do ye raylly name thot this boat has
skipped wan day an thot thot day were
Wednesday, Sept. 13?'
That's what mean
Il misdoubt We, but I'll take your word
for it. But II liver find that ye've lied to
me. ye red-headed sea-turtle, I'll pull out
your bowlegs he tn roots an bate ye to
death with 'em.'
With this parting shot Sevenspot went be-
low.
At o'clock that morning the courtmar-
tial to try Sevenspot's ex-volunteer protege
convened in the officers cabin. The mem
bers of the court sat in a semi-circle at
one end of the cabin. The accused and q
young shave tail who acted as attorney for
the defense, occupied table at one side of
the cabin. Sevenspot, by virtue Of his po-
sition as witness for the defense, occupied
n hA n>l- ~
charges and specifications were solemnly
read. They stated, among other things that
the accused was to await trial in the guard
house, and that the trial should take place
on Wednesday, Sept 13, 1899. At tho con-
clusion OF the reading Sevenspot leaned over
and whispered to the young shavetail:
'Av tn lieutenant plaise,' he said, II
place no reliance in tn hoogery boogery
tales av any man who'll pas his loife float
In round In big pond O. wather, an salt
wather at thot, far from wimmin an whisky
an fghtin. But av tn lieutenant plaise
thot sea-lawyer, whot wobbles back an
forth on the bridge an kapes luckin
through a spy glass at nothin' at all, at all,
do be sayin' this mornin' thot last night
tn ship do skip a whole day, tn same bein'
Wednesday. Av coorse It's only a dom
whale story. But av 1t were thrue-'
Private Sevenspot never finished his SEN
tence. The young shavetail was on his feet
in a fash
IF it please the court" he said, II OBJ
1ect to any further proceedings in this trial.
The trial was duly set for Wednesday, Sept
13. 1899. This day happens to be Thursday,
Sept. IA, 1899. At midnight last night this
ship passed from Tuesday to Thursday.
There fs nothing left which the court can
do but discharge the prisoner and dismiss
the case. To hold tho prisoner for trial
on Wednesday. Sept. 13, 1899, would mean
life imprisonment. l request that the ships
captain be called to testify as to the correct
date"
Private Sevenspot and his friend, the ex-
volunteer, were seated on the forecastle
deck with their backs against the capstan.
"Spot," said the ex-volunteer, "you are
the only thing that ever happened"
Me bye" said Sevenspot, with pardon
able pride, II can see through tn dure thot
tn carpenter made av 1t Is open"