Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-02

Earring a presentable repast from the
remains of a previous meal On more
than one occasion my graphic descrip-
ton of the agonizing pains OF slow star
walton has created such an appetite III
the minds, or, rather, in the digestive
apparatus, of my auditors that they
subsequently devoured manipulated
mutton under the pleasing impression
that they were dining on chicken Gro
quotes.
1t is perhaps needless to state that
the fame of my sea story spread be
yond the confines Of my own home.
The marine word painting was all the
more appreciated because of the geo
graphical location of our inland city.
At the club they were never tired of
listening to the tapping of the waves
against the corrugated sides of the me-
tallic life raft Give me three minutes
start, they said, with q spanking
breeze abaft the mizzen, and it was
I bowsprits to Delaying pins that Clark
Russell could not overhaul me in iii
evenings time.
present at the club my sea story was
expected rs a matter Of course. Upon
such occasions | would make the wind
roar through the rigging and the an
Choir chain rattle through the hawse
hole. Every time the vessel careened
would bury her rail under a breaker,
and then, as she righted herself, you
could fairly hear the water gurglinS
! out through the scuppers.
! But to return to the French admiral
and the affair of honor which has been
| town talk for q fortnight. Personally
have done everything possible to
! quiet the wild rumors regarding the
| encounter in the banquet hall, but they
reoccur so persstently and are so
| grossly distorted that feel forced to
| plain statement of facts.
| 1t seems that the fellow had been
foisted upon the club by an obscure
member named briggs. For two even
! ings this obtrusive Frenchman had mo-
nopoized the general conversation and
wearied the members with verbose &C
counts of alleged adventures in FIVE
quarters of the globe. On the third
night Bradlee was delegated by the
long suffering ones to wait upon me
and demand my immediate presence on
penalty.
"You see," he explained, cit is mat
ter of self preservation. This French
admiral is making life burden for us.
Because we happen to be stranded
thousand miles from salt water he i'm
! Of lIfxyinU his
three masted lies. You must come down
and make him take water. Just heave
to In the offiDg until he gets wen under
way and then cut him out Crowd on
all sail and give him a run for his mon
ey. When you have overhauled him
bring every gun to bear and squirt
broadside of gloom into his most Wi
nerable parts. You are the only man in
the state that IL qualified to throw the
grappIes into his rigging and board
him on equal terms Remember, there
is to be no quarter. Make him strike
his colors or send him to the bottom.
OF course my words are only fgura-
tive, but you can doubtless follow the
main drift Of my remarks"
Now, | leave 1t to. the most cold
blooded If any one could withstand
, such an appeal as that No man of
honor could hang back and see his fell
low countrymen put to shame by for
eign invader. Besides, there was every
II indication of sport equal to- an fnterna-
tional yacht race or a naval duel be-
tween two first class men-of-war.
LEAD on" said; this. night will I
deliver you from the jaw OF the enc
my"
When we eventually arrived at the
club the Frenchman had already hoist
ed his mainsail and was heading for
open water. At my entrance every one
smiled save the admiral. He held to
, his course and minded not the secret
signals which passed between the mem
bers. If I remember correctly he was
loaded with rum and lakewood and
had half the crew down with scurvy.
waited until he had drifted for three
days. without cloud in the sky and
the sea like huge shield of FURNISHED
brass. Then Bradlee gave me the wink
"And no one" I said. team better ap
preciate such situation than myself
have lived through it day by day
hour by hour. minute by minute. Or
Feb. 49,
Just then the Frenchman made 1
noise in his little black beard whicl
sounded like the explosion of we
firecracker. He cleared his throat, h
| stamped his foot, he said things whicl
/ are fortunately untranslatable. 1t wa
/ all to no purpose. BY that time wa
in latitude 80 degrees and some min
utes. and the most terrible storm
which had ever visited the souther
/ hemisphere had just sheared off on
masts like so many pipestems. Seem
! that he was clearly outclassed, the nc
miral relapsed into an armchair an
never again opened his lips until tn
Il crew of the Gloucester wnaler pulle
" the German passenger off the metalli
N life raft and threw the first mate
Il l oh, 60 ho Shar