The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01

Arbuckle proved his eficiencv as an off,
Ger. In navigation he was superior II,
capt Haskins, and in seamanshin above
ene criticism of old Martin, an erudite
~ ecdslie lawyer. The men, too, i'm
pressed by his certain mastery of his pro
lesslon, and jealous to please an officer
tney respected, forestalled the first begin
nlhSS OF disapproval, until Tom. an intel
hgeht young fellow, fresh from the navy
answered command with VERY good,
SIR instead of the AYE, aye, sir of the
merchant service. Obviously, no self-re-
speeding officer could brook such an Of
iense; so Tom was promptly knocked
down, stepped Upon, kicked in the face and
instructed.
want none o your id man-o'-wa
etiquette here" said the mate sternly, as
the dazed sailor arose. Answer me prop
erly, or Ill cut the liver out o you. Hear
me? Come now, what dye say?"
aye, aye, sir" stammered Tom, too as
tonished, as well as disabled, to resent this
treatment. He was not cowardly, but no
sane man merely resents the assaults of
tiger, and Tom possessed the man-of-
war s-man's respect for authority.
Jerry, an lrishman, was next to be dis
ciplined He spilled some tar on the dngy
ola deck, and was called down from aloft,
oollared, choked, pressed downward and
MS nose rubbed in the sticky tar; then
- was ANN0CCo " dCHeS ana GODluSlOnS.
But the national sense of injury was
strong in Jerry, and he had never served
IN the navy. He turned on the officer and
fought him until rendered unconscious:
then he was carried to his bunk and nurs-
ed back to life by Capt Haskins. who
read him lecture on INSTRUMENTATION and
outWardly approved of his punishment
Outwardly, because the misgivings of the
men had reached to the captain, and were
sorely conflicting with his inward yearn-
ings.
Dutch Ned's turn came next. shift of
wind caught the jibs aback, and Ned az
the wheel, was blamed.
Il was put der wheel hard up, sir" he
said in answer, ''but she no steerage way
have right away, SIR
Dry up, you black jowled Ethiopian"
yelled the angry Mr. Arbuckle. Talk
back to me, will your Then-it was
painful-Ned was taught his place; but
when he had learned it, he could not see,
and another man steered his trick. Capt.
Haskell was non-commttal.
In the freezing weather off Cape Horn,
john Swede, fell from the icy foretop-
gallant yard, bounded to the lower top
sail yard and held on. But he had drop
ped the HEAVIER which he had taken aloft
and this fell perilously close to Mr.. Ar
buckles head Descending painfully.
with broken ribs and bleeding face his
answers to Mr.. Arbuckle at the rail- were
not such, in conference and respectful
tone, as to convince the gentleman of
Johns innocence in dropping the HEAVIER
so close to him. So John was further Grip
pied with the HEAVIER, which the mate had
secured. Capt. Haskins did what he could
for the sufferer, and then, reasoned with
the mate. His crew was small he said,
and it was unwise to have more than
one man disabled at once. For, though
Dnt0h ToY.
able 60 pull ropes or steer.
This advice might have prevailed for
Mr.. Arbuckle possessed a fair, logical
mind But, unluckily, he communed with
George, a weak-minded, lanky youth of
the crew whom he called aft to keep him
company on clear moonlight night He
asked the young man about his history.
his plans, hopes and prospects, and the
battered weakling responded. He was a
member of the Salvation Army, he SAID
not a sailor; and he had signed with Cap.
Haskins at the behest of his superiors as
practical means of saving souls; for sail
ors ashore were hard to reach, and the
army had few converts among them. But
he had achieved little with this .crew-the
spirit of the Lord was not with them
They were irreverent, profane and re-
vengeful, in spite of his prayers and exhor-
tations. And this led TO the object of the
interview.
"Revengeful?" repeated the mate
What about? Are they after me?"
''Well no, sir; not that. But they say
spiteful things"
about me? What do they say? Tell
me, boy I've been your friend. 1 saw at
the start that you were different from that
crowd"
IT'S not all of them, sir" said the fatu-
Gus youth But Martin says that you
practically murdered your wife and child
years ago. o, 1 don't believe it, sir I
don't. really" The mates face was fright
full in the moonlight.
"What-hOw-how did he put it?" he
said in a choking voice.
81 don't believe it, Mr. AFbuckle. He said
that YOU beat her cruelty when at home,
and when you left on a voyage she took
the child TO New York and tried to make
a living, but they both starved to death. 1"
go forrard," said the mate calmly, land
send that old liar aft"
George DISAPPEARED. and Martin came.
"I'n teach you, you old crow bait" he
said. Ito set the men against me. Killed
nv wife and child, did 1? Didn't tell you
that the less you knew about Tompkins-
willie the better for you?"
"NTr. Arbuckle," answered the old man.
bravely what I've said in the fo-castle
TI say to your face; and I've right 20
cav what the whole town knows. / knew
Won as a boy. and l knew your wife as a
nrettv little girl. and IL the account s
true YOU are responsible. l never saw the
hahv. but my folks did, and read the let
Ter she sent just before they both died OF
starvation" -
The old man fell under the first blow
which followed, and when the Infatuated
odicer had finished stamping upon him,
he too. was carried to his bank. And
cant Hasklns became alarmed His Sc
cret ideals had been realized.
you stop this right here, Mr.. Ar
buckle" he said. II forbid you killing
ana manning my crew. If you strike an
other of my men I'll put you fore the
mast. I will, by the eternal"
4 which was as near as Capt. Haskins
ever came to profanity.
Put the mate was not himself; he an
swered warmly; in fact, threatened to
broak capt. Haskns' head If he violated
his agreement not to interfere between
him and the men, and for few days was
practically master Of the vessel-a terror
| 10 all Then an incident brought him
around. III, "a
snared by the mate only because or nus
value as a spy, was splendid entertain
er in the watch below, possessing clear
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