The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26

rr@r was a year ag last fall. al
l@l most two years now, that
Isl n found myself in New York paid
4 |aSWmSl of from n dam Yankee liot-boN
9s&s the Henry nyde-y !,ena a. kG doy
l. ad tra soea P affeq son aasore
whooped er up for fair about q week, week.
one morning woke up in Man ash,,s
s oon pa $50 IN IN m Mal aefs'
gives me a drink TO straishlen me- up
an out goes to unit me up some p,oo-
m tES fba 6m nf in cherry Street.
an, over ! goes, down the Bowery.
Suddenly so,ne one slaps me on the
'Eilo,, Dick. 'ow's things comm?
wei, strike me good an blind, II there
wasn't Bob White. me old shipm,ate II, IN
the Glenogale Ya NJ, eha dec pus wills ehe
Bob saw rs in pretty bad condition, 50
lie takes me round to his lodging ouste,
q swell 'ote on Fourth Avenue. TOO an, IN
feed, an by evenin' was a-feelin all right
again. Seems Bob was pretty well fixed liked
an lad lots O. dough, an for two days
e. gives me a good time. one lnorhln .
Look ere. Dick, s'pose ye're lookln'
for ship now?'
ali IL right sI s says 'e. I'll put you onto
somethin' better'n an old windjammer.
/ am a-'untin 'alf a dozen good chaps as
M fs[er on the s s9are Now do
Z want to go with me-? There's good money
init, but it means shady lay-out-a sui
TOT course 1 was with i'm right OIL, an
NJ that night Bob an me an i've chaps
took The regnla,r gsea an e iof savannah
sFs.om Savannah we took the train tc
latksonvilie an joined our ship. Seems
j /up to New York to pick some good men.
what could be depended on. She was a
little Scion steamer. new IA the business;
Portsmouth Peters was skipper-,ye're all
card o. i'm, g as was mate of tho Shen-
andoah five years ago, an l must say us
g was just tho right kind of a man to
dead level. we lad eight 'ands ford, an 7
two mates an n boss'n. On the ships
articles we was gcttln' $50 a month. but
bioomin' bad, mind We. Seems the old
Bermuda was fitted out with a wrcckcr's
an a tow.boat license, an that covered .,,.n,
ties wasn't onto ,er. but they gave 'er
the wink.
We'll. ] stuck TO me job an. made five
up the three 'undred plunks Sometimes
trip took week, sometimes three. Ye
see, we'd aye to dodge around among the
keys, watchln' the Spanish gunboats rs
was patrollin the coast an then we ad
TO keep sharp lookout, without, with our
emoke-staek over the side so they couldn't
make a quick dash at dawn into the coast.
an land the stuff. Several times we's al
most nabbed. but.i.the Bermuda. ad a
g nwi bo afs 5Rs q thing e seP aoo
After we'd made out the insurgent Gig
nails ashore. we'd just sail right n. gen gen
land, Then we'd circle close in shore
an drop the stuff in waterproof casks
with big. floats attached. an Bob an !
we'd meet a chap from shore who'd look
the shore boat d take It In tow. an we'd
go aboard again. The whole job'd be done
an twenty minutes.
last@foI me- any oW. This was our sixth
TWP w Wfa esfn peers %as ne %'h
So one mornin' e run in a little too late.
when Q should a waited till next
cleo in the sun Vas almost '' up Over Went
the casks, with Bob an he a-'oldin on
10 EN- In the dngy. Outscn1ne the mig
me actin as interpreter. some'ow, durin'
The argument we drfted further inshore
there fei comes a Yell from aboard am the
insurgent officer gives another an Is
boat pulls ,tor- shore like oil, Bob an I
ihefs a Was the Berm a 0 a-steamn out
an 1eayin' us. Then. before We know'd
what I ell was up, we card g boom
bis.1 OF t. tsars Wash AZ spanns
sunboat comm around the point a-heavin'
shells at the Bermuda s fast as she could .
serve 'er guns; 'ow those shells did Wills
acreechin' like a lot O. 'ot stones in
water. She cut through the sea IKE a
torpedo-boat, the Spaniard after or, PM
losln'. Last we see OF I'm shey Was s IN
sendinF up prffs O. smoke from her
guns. but far astern,
Meanwhile me an Bob got ashore Will
an an a-tearin' is whiskers like a loon
TIL The tears came TO lis eyes. 1t was
ard luck. losin' berth worth undred
uuid a month Z We,
II the cuoans admit much time for us
till lhey,d got the casks broke, open an
HE staff carried away from the beach,
then they took US up to their camp u tho
MS / could speak Spanish all right,
seem as 'oW ] once was a bos'n'B mate
In me Argentine navy, an SO got along
'Oweyer we 'ad the luck to rum across
young Yankee officer what Was an in
surgent captain, an e was rea! sriendly
to us, fitted US out with clothes an saw
introduced us 10 The commander Of the
4 OUTFIT, big fine lookin' white Cuban.
comandante Ricardo The eomasndsants
tow we'd lost our ship, while poor Bob
like TO cry with cussin'.
n well In q few days We got used to
ffjle layout, an In a few days more the
Yankee captain persuaded us % Join the
outfit. II was pretty tough al first, bunk
4 in, In with a lot q n!ggers, but we got
promise gns !ns pfo y narea seems asres
% land when the cubans got their inde-
yendenee. but we wasn't bankin' much on
that II was loot, we was after. ~.
"But ,ere CONS the toughest part Wed
r kaar ,,1archint an, acrambliu' though the