The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31
done our work, we ali started

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again
Suddenly we heard the sound of a
falling body und the mates voice rang
out.
Bear hand here he shouted.
"licrc's a man. killed himself. He's
bleeding like a stuck pi 81.
TT was Tim. He lay there. apparently
scnscless. ut the foot }of the ladder from
the deck load to- the poop. where he had
fallen. The mate and bos'n picked him
up. Bit Trims very sudden recovery
caused the mate some surprlse--lle reach
cd out his hand and poked his finger into
the mass of blood covering Tims hip.
Then llcI! swore-a big loud oath.
WHY damn my SOUL" he yelled, an
grily, this amt blood-it's jam"
Tim tried to escape for d, but the mate
and steward held him firmly. The carr
penter and steward flew to their as
sstancc. The Irishlnar struck out saw
agciy, but they returned his blows four
10 one. ~ III 95sB KS
rs Here shouted the mate. ',trice him
up iii the main chains Hang him up
by his arms. Give lin a dose Of Yankee
dIscipline.'s5E 81 z:.s$i
u And they proceeded to do 50. y
1t does not require q student Of
psychology to explain what happened
The result was Inevitable. &, &
Il With. aarun and then a cat like spring.
liverpool Bob bounded on the mate and
both rolled over on deck. In a second
the entire watch followed up tho attack
and ina body threw themselves on the
officers. The noise brought out the cap
tain. second mate, cook and saimaker,
They at once s.Gzcd Delaying pins, and
with a vim threw themselves II into the
fight. But they were not now dealing
with r1lm-dazed men, 3E.$
IT was a glorious Inoment-a thrill Of
fierce emotional excitement shot through
Our vens--we We're all letting out In
one intense minute the fire that had
5smoldered for months-one grand flare
up. 32ssys '$ta
We were equal numbers, nine on each
side. but the bos'n was good for any two
of lis in physical strength. nor N els was I
at the wheel Just what happened I
could never. remember, 1t was a wild |
struck somebody--the
&sailmaker} tackled nle---we rolled on deck
his head struck a. ring bolt jumped
up-something hard struck my head---I
saw many blue liGhts-thena II somebody
lgrappled with mc-never knew who. /
have a l,azy memory Of he big bos'll
knocking men down&Q was one Of them). 4
but finally he went down himself before
the combined onslaught of Gentilc and
Bob Then Bob and the captain went at
iitsin regular pugilistic STYLE pounding
each other furiously, and the blood
streamed down the captains beard. jack
seemed to hit everybody at once and
everybody seemed to hit him. Caps flew
everywhere, blows resounded amid yclls
and oaths. # d. II
Suddenly the skipper broke loose from
the melee and ran aft into the cabin. In
spite OF the bos'n's punderous strength
the officers were getting the worst Of II.
Being Gcrmaps. theysdid not understand
the art of delivering effective blows.
In a moment the skipper reappcared
1t and fired. The officers broke away
from us and gathered around him, We
dared not follow, for he had us covered
and also our first outburstg Of fury WAS
almost spent. 5f
one by one the officers armed Them
selves with the fold Snidcr muskets In
the mcss-room rack and stood on the de-
fonslve. Then they advanced, the skip
per leading. fj X til
,'"To tic forecastle, boys shouted
Jack, ''thcy cantag get at us there
4 Bleeding and tattered, battered mob.
we fell back until we reached the door
to the port forecastlc. Then. ono by one,
We slipped in. ri rs -
NOW growlcd Jack ''they dasn't fol-
low us in ghere--this Is our castle accord
Ing to British law We won't work
ship 7
& The captain appeared outside the door.
Come out here" he shouted.
Come out!' responded Mike, brand 4
lshing u marlin spike in his hand; ~ ye
put yer mug in here we'll belt OF off ye.' II
The captain sworc a dark blue streak
In picturesque Dutch, but retired aft.
4 BY this time the noise OF the fight had
aroused the mcn3H the other watch and.
they came out on deck. Although In
sympathy with us, II was now too late
TO expect them TO .sidc,fwithlns openly.
The climax had passed, the powder burnt,
so to say, and although they had not
taken part, they felt the same effect We
realized now how serious might be the
consequences Of our outbreak, so did they,
Therefore the trouble WAS TO be settled
between the officers and the port watch,
Later, tile captain returned with "a
large leuther-bpund volume. its u
"IIcy. yp, men, listen!" he cried
You've mntincd aboard this shp--l am
going to send YOU all to the pcnitentiary.1'
He received no answer. Ma
,Do you refuse duty?" he shouted
"Ciit Out, I'VE blasted sea. lawyer you
can't scare MS With no blooming law
abooks.'H 4Ef55 iii
This from Bob eX-awynr.
But, whether or no, the captain read
10 us--rcad some paragraphs from his
',ook--some long-wordcd statutes on mu-
tiny, refusing duty piracy, the punisll-
lnent of said crimes, length OF time Of
raid punishment, etc. etc, altogether
nsgregating some 200 years apiece for
each OF us at The hardest kind OF la
lor 't
But although he piled on the years,
NC still refused 10 come out, and they
dared not storm ms in the forecastle
There We're remained tho entire day,
while the. starboard watch split in two
md did the work.
NieIs, after being relieved at the wheel
came ford and Joined US in spite Of
their efforts to retain him. lie would
sick BY the crowd, for good or bad,
lie said, and regretted tina, he hadn't
bad a whack or Two al the Ing bos'n
| lthink Niels felt very much rs II 1t
| had been duff and somebody else had
1 taken his share.
ity night We had skipped two meats
'Gnd hunger began to take ii hand in
lahc trouble, Some 81 the other watch
iiipppd in ,Glutisg 20 AS. bur even then
= ,l.ey were about as apperising as bricks,