The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-08-14

Q Q Persia ana lhdla again ana
4 u got passage on a ship at an
1oN East Indian seaport. When
he got out long ways on the ocean,
the captain Of the Mary Ann lost his
course Well, he couldn't advertise,
80 he poked around with stick for
1t, and after awhile he hooked 1t up
again. But when he got il he jumped
of his high seat and threw up his
hands and snaked his turban off and
pulled his whiskers out and knocked
himself on the nut, as if he had rats in
his garret.
FfSinbad said to him: whats eating
you? Did you forget 10 tell your wife
TO put the cat out, or whatT'
"Wc're done" the captain said. TITS
all off. We're done"
''Rare, medium, or well done" Sin
bad asked him.
S,Then the captain told him and the
rest Of the push that the ship was In
the most dangerous place in the whole
sea. ."lH
"And where were you when we were
getting there. Mr.. Captain Kiddr Sin
bad said to him. And what are we
up againstr
Were in current" the captain
said.
The captain lets IL out then that
they're in current that'll bump them
on the rocks in about fifteen minutes,
and advises them to pray, and goes on
humping his head and dragging his
whskers out. Some guy sets the sail
the other way round then. but the
ropes all breas; and then the current
shoots the ship straight at mountain
that sticks out Of the sea, and bangs 1t
on the rocks there and smashes IT,
But nobody gets killed, and the gang
fish a lot of provisions and some of
their goods out Of the water, and crawl
up on the beach.
But when they get through with this
work, the captain says: They've TAX
Ell big fall out OF us this time, all
right. all right You fellows can all
dig your graves now, and say, TIA Ia
TO this world. Nobody who gets ship
wrecked here ever @ets away. Re
cause this IL the jumping of spot, and
we've done tha jump"
That was a love of n place. There
were about million wrecks along
the foot Of that mountain, and the big
gest gilt-edged collection Of human
skeletons ever gathered under one tent,
Or words to that effect. There was
no way TO get over the mountain or
around It, If get Saryzade right, and
there was nothing TO eat on that beau.
tlful shore barring the bones. Sinbad
said II was his opinion that plenty OF
people had died there.
MAll over the beach wherever You
looked there ',;erc goods OF all kinds,
and lots OF them were valuable stuff.
There were rubies and emeralds and
diamonds and tigcr's-eyes and all sorts
of precious stones, and aloes-trces and
chunks of ambergris and n lot more
things that were selling for big prices
at Bagdad. II was enough TO make
your eyes water, the good things that
were going 10 waste ON that beach.
uAnother - thing there was a fountain
of pitch, spouting into the sea. Sin:
tho pitch, and coughed it up again IN
the form of anbergris. Say Charlie
what q world.beatng ambCrgris fac
tory man could have started there
with n band of healthy whales. Every
time hear n whale cough now | look
nround for bundle of hat stuI.
But the greatest scenic effect nailed
ND on the wall in that ward was q
rresh-water river that came out CT the
sea and went into the mountain. oh
yes: that's no drear That's wha
that river did. 1t flowed out of The
sea and into the mountain. and SinbaC
sat on the bank Gnd watched the 'hip
go by.
And the water was fresh. all right
Slnbad had IL assayed. and the sample
gave three per cent mud, seven and
half per cent. bugs, salt nit, and th
rest Just water. 1t was the first rive
of that kind that Sinbad had got mex
TO, and he lay down on his stomach
and took long look at it.
Well, when the gang got the situa
tion sized, they divided up the feed
fare and gave every guy what wa
coming TO him, and then they entere
scientific competitive contest TO Sc
who could live the longest on the CRU
given him. put my dough on Sir
bad. of course. knew he was
cherry ripe. and would gallop in wha
ever happened. His staying qualtle
were his main hold
Maybe old Sinbad didn't learn TO Ill
graves ut that place. Well. CUES
The guys with him eat up what the
had, and croaked one 10y one as I'll
roses fall. 1t was cold day whC
there wasn't somebody TO bury Il
about two weeks. Sinbad hclpc
stow them all, and the last two I
three he had TO bury all by himscl
He got TO be first.class. popul'
grave-diggcr, neat. handy and I
liable. He could give satisfaction
all, and he held the belt for qul'
work. He could dig the grace, pla
his man, and round off the mound
nineteen minutes. and that was &
record in those parts.
Well, when he'd got the last mn
buried, his own grub was pretty ne
gone. Ifc was living on two spoo
fuls OF beef tea and one gingersnap
day then, and his legs were beginni
20 wobble. So he dug his own gra
and got into 1t, in order to be the