The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-24

Immortal Jehoshaphatl" said Cap
| tain Prowse; heres a gol What, we
with passengers? oh. get OUT"
You've got to take EN-" said the
agent philosophically maybe they'll
teach you something. and it'll be 3
good advertisement"
"Gah'nl' said Prowse carrying
scientific iossers won't bring better
/ freight next season wish you'd get
me chock up with cattle. ! can't
stand scientists; my sister married
one that was an 'erbalist in the Old
Kent Road-and since he went to
| Chokey I've lost conceit with science.
However, If 1t must be-why send 'em
I along!"
Captain Prowse was not a popular
skipper with sailors. They said that
! he was a hard nut" and sailor
robber." and that his American eXpe
rience had made him nearly as deadly
as any American captain with be
layingpin. But sailors experience
only works backward they are good
at Renaissance only, and the Nema-
gosenda got a crew in spite of the cap
tains reputation. II Is possible they
would not have shipped II they had
known that men of European light and
leading We're TO come with them.
Those who follow the sea have great
respect for knowledge, but they de.
spise men in soft hats and spectacles.
And II cannot be denied that scientific
men are as a rule too simple and gen
tie to look as II they could take care
OF themselves. According to Jack, that
Is the first duty of man. though he
premises naturally that even the
toughest courage and the greatest
skill may come to grief about women.
"A thunderin measly lot" said
Simpklns A. b. TO his particular mate,
when the scientific passengers came
on board; why, they've all soft ats
but onel And long beardsl And three
out OF four with specs! Holy sailor,
what a gang!"
Harris nodded.
"Why, there's twenty OF EN-, Bill,
but I'll bet plug OF the best to an
old chew that me and you goin' for
em with belayin'-pins could do the
ole crowd in FIVE minutes"
You've sized 'em up" said Simp-
kins with sneer and then the cap
tain reared
AYE, aye, sir" said the mate
Let gol All gone. sir! Now then. haul
in" And the Nemagosenda went out
into the stream.
1t took some three days or so for
the men of science to settle down. For
during the first few days the pathol-
ogy of sea.sickness occupied all their
attention; they had no time for other
things. But when their last allnight
session was over, and they were seen
again upon deck. the affairs of the
Nemagosenda became interesting.
The mate and the port watch devel-
oped long-threatened Emergencies, and
Captain Prowse came TO the assist
belaying.pin. As the result of this
the pathologist indulgel in a little
practical surgery and a division arose
In the scientific ranks. The political
economist argued with the statisticlan
Statistics prove that the common
sailor must be treated with sternness,
said the authority in figures, land II
is our duty to support authority"
"The captain is brute" said the
political economist, 'and for two pins
would tell him so. You cannot neg
lect the human factor"
Says political economy" sneeret
the statistician
And then the geologlst, who was 8
man of sense, said they were both
talking rot. The discussion on the
poop was broken up by the captain
who came on deck with a face like
the northwest moon In a fog. Having
demanded the presence Of the crew
aft, he gave them an address on theil
duties to their superiors.
"You think yourselves a fine lot O
chaps" said the captain fercely, "bu
my opinion of you is that you are ,
scaly crowd of wharf rats, and al
your relations of both sexes are n,
better than they should be. SO iool
here, you swine, I'll have you know
I'm Captain Joseph Prowse. and tn,
man that gives any slack jaw to an.
officer of mine gives 1t to me. An,
the man that gives It to me will wlsl
he was dead before he sees Liverpool
That's me. I'm Captain JOSEPH
Prowse, so am. and any crew undo
me has got to know 1t. I'm king here
| and I'll wade in blood before | get OF
my throne. Mr. Watts, put this craw
!. ing lot TO holy stoning the deck!"
And Captain Joseph Prowse re
! Joined his scientific passengers.
4 "All crews is the same, gentlemen,
3 he said thickly; there's somethin
a deep and dark in the nature of thing
G as makes EN- so. Those that do tn
r rough work on board ships are just 5
/. necessarily, and II | was to ship
D crew of angels, though they might b
Z. handy for going aloft, they'd turn de,
lis by the time they'd ate a pound c
q beef and biscuit"
. "Have you ever tried kindness an
4 persuasion" asked the meteorologist
a The captain looked him up an
!. down.
a ever tried IT," he calculated scorr
!. fully; ave ever tried anything else
. It's kindness to sailormen to let EEL