Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-06
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It IS difficult 20 make a iaaGssnar
believe there are people who co4sj6e.
themselves safer atioa5 thaa ashura
but there are many such III Maine
and Jake Tozier Of Herring Ciui is o4e
aAeL Eem. Jake has boar Oh shero ho9
e in ten years mot counting >har
fEs up the pier or occasional clau
aging trips For four years Lake
vas cook and hand of the schooner
Alligator. and when sha was piled HIP
on Ragged island he mmedia'eIv
shipped in the Early Bird, in which he
has sailed ever since. living on board
of her whila she has been hauled up
winters, as snug he says. as clam
in deep mud
Somebody heard about Jake and
paid him visit in the cabin of the
Early Bird TO ask why he stuck so
closely 10 his vessel and never Went
on shore. and Jake told him all abon.
+ it.
THE reason | don't go ashore
arore." said Jake putting down the
newspaper in which he had been studt-
Hing the details of railroad accident
k"1he reason is that | don't Want 10 di9
kaf.xe my time comes. mate. Why yo9
kcs take up paper without reading
fof somithng just terrible that hap
fnened ashore-mst look at that will
| lye.'
And he handed over the paper, III
tdicating with his great brown thumb
la story of a fire in which eight persons;
had been burned 10 death.
Just you look her through. SAID
Lake. "That's on the fnst page. and
hover here on the next you'll ind "hefe
asix or seven was all ground mp into
h.kum bv train jumping of n the
Arack and it's that way all through
a We counted up and ] find in that one
Kramer where e., people has been roas
e., and crushed and slaughtered in
Zone way or another. and not one o'
Rern lost to sea.
4 "TEen there's lots of bad men
ksbore mate. You'll find in that ere
hsper where II nen and wimmen
keen murdered and seven committed
3uicide, and not one OF them su'c'des
AIlorman-not one. whoever
heard of sailorman committing
kuicide? never yit. less'n il was
xcount some woman they fell IN w1'h
kshore or the bad ticker that's pump
h. into 'en in some OF these ere
Boarding houses
Yes. sir. tell ye its awfni. what
kays there is to get Killed ashore
kbat amt to be fell in Win on the
water. There's 1ectric cars mat Won I
kton long enough for any man 10 aah2
t-to EN-. aad steam cars ,eat's q MAS
koine off, ne tracs. a. q iisF7 (
b,stin' and HOSES 20 A;c.. y 20 3eSa =
kr bang ye INTO sollsethi9. h7n
heres fires 10 h!ra y -. al =
kres wasn't saou-a. ,f~rs faes' 's's-
lie wires that ketefes hel7=of 5i3- ~,
That reeves en-. ana sizzles ~ -
Aaath or Koocas err n+f he s1.~.
How when one = W - :
Knocked off, a oo1e w'.s- - az n
Eranite rochs in the s-r-.t, }e's'' n
Hes. sj- and there ain enough Il MA
fef- whcle sa,s tn doctors ean "a =
eo.aa lob of splicing hia2 - -:
Again. -.
& "Nox( 1ncet II a 11ile @.aa fa.i1
fom 9ott on vesse', bat ~t2f n
hi4-heyo v.at.r. b'acsh, aa8 e6'23t
soft water. al hat. AMI II re an s"''2
l. he'd oashter, hes all right e2ef
minnie. 1ese rs blcwin' terrible
pn4 even if we're drowned 70 sea y
sin,t all c71t ~ 4irs-.. ljHe tae:n p7ot5'4
Sn the railroads that's al rraehf9 -
IA +he, sea1ded with steam 9e3
laugh at NE fer staying So c''is'
aboard but j take notice there's ]o'S
II oaoo,e gone the long road since
auit nonkeying round 'neTe' aee
! New York Press.