New-York tribune., 1902-01-05

mentally noted before as being slack in stays"
And leaving those who were at work to get on
with their tasks by themselves for a while, he
went in search of the black sheep. The first
one ne found was reclining comfortably In a
corner of the 'focsle," with pipe in fun blast
and look of utter Indifference on his face To
MN Saul suddenly entered with the crisp re-
marx Now, then, young man, you're in the
wrong place. l want the work finished. and
when it's knock off time III let YOU know" He
was a big Liverpool Irshman. peculiar breed
or men found in considerable numbers at sea,
ana hardly to be matched on the wide earth's
surface Tor truculence, INSTRUMENTATION or laZi-
ness when they give their minds to the practice
OF these things, many of them do. He
looked up nOnchalantly at Saul, saying: ME
nalrVeS demand verse O tn pope at reg'lar
intervals t kape 'em in orrdher. an ef yer don't
like me little ways yez kin just git t ell out ov
II an lave me recover Me nams Larry
Doolan, an l come from Scotland Road, an
don't take any niger dhrivin frum any
lime jucer afoat, dye moind." Saul listened
patiently and when he had finished, for all
answer took two steps toward him. seized him
by waist and neck and hurled him deck. He
fell in heap, daZed. When he recovered he
struggled to his feet and made blind rush at
the quiet man before him. his mouth full of
cursing and red murder in his heart. But he
was met by two fists grimly Irresistible q
stone wall would nave been. And as he stag
gered back, more Saurs quiet, certain
voice penetrated MS ears; You'd better get on
with the work, and not try and impose on your
shipmates. You'll only get badly hurt if you
keep on as you're goin'." This self-evident fact
so very clear to him that after momen-
tary pause he turned and walked aft to where
little group of men were busy lashng
spars in the StarbOard ScupperS, and without
another word he Joined in the work.
Before the ship has reached Calcutta the crew,
with scarcely exception have been trans
formed into a choir of saints; and the captain,
who at first had sneered, COnfesses his cOnver-
sion at the Gospel meeting at the Radha Ba-
Zaar On his return to London the bluff bO'sun
succumbs to the charms of Elizabeth Carter and
marres her. much to the detriment of the Wren
Place Mission, deprived of his weekly
stipend. He goes to sea again, is shipwrecked,
saved in a very melodramatic manner and after
from a mutiny, he at last returns. While he is
gone the chapel has hard times; the fund is
stolen by a crook named Patterson. whose ulti-
mate conversion is described with great unc-
ton: poor Jenny is driven by his wife's con-
slant nagging to take some of the chapel funds,
but is saved from any tragic consequences. and
Elizabeth becomes so desperate by poverty, not
hearing anything from her husband, that she is
driven to evil courses When at last Saul comes
home from his long wanderings, like those
OF Ulysses, he finds his wife bears with her
petulanCe, i'll temper and bad character, and
finally redeems her Such the outlines of a
book which, though crude and often clumsy in
construction, has no small power of description
and considerable humOr.