The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18

who he swore were m league with each
but his scanned and lined face. which bore
the marks of many a weathered gale. grew
animated as he launched into this. his IA
vorite subject.
Whatever became, Of Jameson. that was
took of by Russell?" he asked Chips.
WAS he dopedf' I asked.
Didn't you ever hear nom O'Toole and
Garnett? They were nussell's mates for .
spell afterwards. until the Irishman knocked
him overheard and nearly killed him in a
scufhe ON the India DOCKS
Cast loose said the bos'n. Il want to
hear"
There was a moments silence. and even
the third mate seemed Interested. Chips
was the most intelligent man aboard the
ship. and never hesitated to heave an inter-
rupter onto the main deck: SO when he
Cast loose" ali listened. He looked first at
me. as 1 was the Nicer OF his watch. and
then fixed himself $mfortab,y on a corner
Of the chest. and. thinning himself against
the bulkhead. locked his banda around his
knees and blew smoke. ~
There isn't> much use Of telling all ono
sees on board ship.f he said. "You-know.
when things happet on deep water the
world seldom hears much about them.
There are no eNegraphs. and the only wit
nesses are the men concerned-or the wom-
en-. Til men may or may not say athing
or two after they BET ashore. and as We
have to wait six morths sometimes before
getting a chance. the noveity Of the news
wears of and a regard for its e6set takes
place. After that most ~ us ,ksep mum.
You know that as wen as
Russell was running tn Starbpck and
Jameson was his matss With Old GARRETT a.
second under him. ION all know that old
pirate. He didn't have any hand in Rus
sells game. though. for he toldHe 50 after
wards. SS%
Russell wanted to marry the girl Jane
son had. and when. he found he had lost
her he played -hHs devii's trick.
Jameson hadn't been married a week
when Russell took him around by the foot
of Powell street and had q few drinks with
him That's the last any one saw Of him
for a year or more. Tor when he came to he
was at sea on that old tank the Baldwin.
and old man Jacobs wduid IL soon have
landed hin on re pesaslas pun him
ashore" -
That's what 1 calls a pretty bloody mean
trick said the bos'n. i~ntefrupting. -
Chips looked at him for - moment and
then went on.
The poor devil did have q hard time.
for he wasn't a very fierce sort OF chap;
he was a gentle-spoken. kind-hearted fell
low. and you know how man that isn't
made Of iron would get along with Jacobs's,
mates. They hazed him tefribly. and as he
was out a hundred and seventy. days to
Liverpool he took the scurvy. and you can
imagine what was left of him. When he
left the ship be had to go TO the hospital
and. AFTER that. he was mighty glad to be
able TO ship on a Chilean liner for the re-
turn trip to Valparaiso.
lie WAS aboard this dago. putting In.
when he saw fhe starbuck coming out OF
the harbor. Ills wife was on ths-&uSSter-
deck. -
That's the way with womee"( snsEled
I DON'T know .Ssst ths,cS continued
Chips. ''You see. after he had been gore-a
few months and Russell had been hanging
around. all the lime getfinsai in lbs poison
Gus work. she began to have. a%@iittle faith
in the villain 1t wasn't long before he Asd
convinced her Jameson had dessrted fpr
he proved fair enough that he had shippcd
aboard the Baldwin without so much as
saying BUod-Dy. 1nsIe Wcrc pieHty OF NtSt
to back him on that, including t3e boatman
who rowed them aboard. Finally. partly by
persuasion and partly b. force. for the poor
girl was alone in the world. RusselL pre-
vailed upon her to so aboad the. Stafbuck
just as he was ready 10 sail. Thcn he put
to sea with her. and. of course, after they
had been gut SIX months the npstter ended
as far asIJamoeon was concerned. I
jameson took the news hard after he got
onthe beach. but hoc was a kindly disposed
chap and went along the best way he&eould
until the war brokeiout. He was still watt
: ing at Valparaiso for the Starbuck when
they drafted him into the dago amy and
he was on the side that got licked, Then
he ran Tor PERT for they seldom tSok pris-
oners. II ~
He was there when Russell came in
again for nItIates with f'Garpett and
O'Toole as mates. ~A
Lucky for Russell. that! -safd3 the third
mate. he'd have had his hide shot full
Z of holex'
STOW yourself. boy. what5isthe good of
talking that way" said CHIPS. Is shooting
up a fellow going to undo wrong that's
done?' There was some shooting. but Rus
sell is sound yet. Some men think of