The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-01

Murphy stood Ave extra large police
inen. twirling their clubs.
Now. men," said Mr.. Murphy with n
kindly smile. advancing to the string
piece and looking down ON the monitor.
see that you load her smsrtiy." Then
he vanished.
within ave minutes the procession
OF cases came down the pier and the
Euncotton began to swing abroad the
vessel.
Presently Captain Bascom. feeling
thirsty from a solid half hours swear.
Ing to make the work go right. felt
the need OF drink. He swung himself
up to the s,rinsp'ece OF the pier sns
the next instant was knocked head
over heels back TO the deck by the
hard nst Of n New Jersey policeman.
He jumped up with n yell OF rage and
reached the stringpiece the second time,
only to 20 down again.
There were some among the niibus-
tiers who snickcred. for they had sailed
with the old man and u tickled them 10
behold his own medicine served out To
the famous sen terror. who was ae-
customcd TO hit a sailor first and talk
afterward
hut the snickering stopped when one
OF the gunners. grown suddenly weary
Of the work Of loading guncotton.
seized what he thought was a good
deck with q bruise AZ big AZ trade
dollar decorating his left eye.
IT'S no use. you fellows" said the
biggest policeman. not unamia bly,.
We've got the straight zip about
youse. and your captain has given us
permission To half murder youse "
they's any try at deserting. so right
ahead with your work and be good"
Captain Bascom picked up his ears
and reared: Captain Who told he
was captain7 I'm the captain OF this
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IAN right. old boy" said the. police
man. soothingiy. We don't blame you,
but you stay right aboard. nice and
quiet lust the same"
|. Two hours later. when the last load
of guRcotton swung aboard. Mr.. Muir
ply. smiling. happy. irradiating good
nature. stroi,ed jauntily to the monitor.
where he was received with a chorus OF
execration from men who were iaboring
under the double sorrow OF work ana
thirst.
Blu, Mr.. Murphy only ya~ned. AZ |.
signal from him the tug hauled the
monitor or and the last OF a ravlng
band OF nlibusters saw OF him was az
he kissed his finger tips To them after
he had distributed handouts OF fat
cigars among the policemen.
Subsequent history. gathered from
the brave and reckless heroes piecemesl
81 they struggled back 10 South street.
shows that the monitor was laid along
side Of the steamship that evening and
q az the indignant liberators had to
sweat the guncotton aboard. Then they
steamed To where glory awaited them.
But ut 81. Thomas. instead OF an adj
miral. an agent came aboard and paid
or all hands. The merchant had sue
ceedcd In making dollars do the work Of
bullets.
There was nothing surprising about
that. Filibusters become accustomed
to such happenings. But what none OF
them could understand was how Il hap
pened that the state OF New Jersey had
gone '-'o partnership with this par
ticuiar ilibustering expedition. That
was something that had never hap
pened before.
Because the ship stoker In Irish. the
mystery can be dispelled here. Jim
Murphy. though he does not 20 abroad
on the street like the ancient mariner.
unbosomIng himself 20 all whom he
may meet. still esteems the joke too
good To keep entirely To i..mseif.
IL was 80 simple" says he. II just
walked into the police station stiff and
dignifed. and said to the sergeant I'm
charge: Sergeant says I. I'm the
captain OF n United States monitor
down here that we're loading with gun
cotton. I've got n bad crew. crazy To
jump ship for drunk on shore. No
doubt you're aH willing tn get that gum
cotton loaded and away from your own
town az Ill he. so II you can spare me
"A few policemen to prevent any OF my
men from going ashore I'll he Obliged
Aud those Ave bully cops stood there
so cocky and proud To think that they
were guarding a Uni q States war
ship that ] had TO go away tn a quiet
place and laugh"