The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-24

with the ship TInie E starbuck. a fire.
quent visitor to this port, VIII be in
terested in the following yarn which
appeared IN the Tacoma Ledger:
4 see said the old sheuback. as
he settled himself comfortably against
| the sfringpiece Of the dock. that the
! lille E Starb8ck was reported over
/ due by good many days and that the
| insurance sharps thought she had gone
| 10 the bottom Well, she was a good
old barkie and she has showed a LOT
| OF salt water IN front Of her in her
! time. ! suppose. sonny and here the
| old sailor spat thoughtfulIy into the
| bay and narrowed his eyslids 10 look
at big British ship that was towing
1 IN, that you have heard OF what they
| called he'll ships a long time ago. be-
fore the mates took 10 coming for ard
IN the last dog watch and asking the
| men Il they was comforts bic and Il
| there was anything thar they thought
| they would Ike during their watch
| below AT night Well as was say
| ing, that was quite q while ago. and
/ II was then that I made a voyage
| in the old Title. and q hard ship she
was And she was hard, not so much
| on account Of the old man and the
mates as On account Of the Iongshore
! sailors who had just come 10 this coun-
try and. oyzin' TO the tender pleadin's
OF the boarding masters, would insist
| or gofn' 10 sea IN Yankee ships
I was IN q Cherry street house at
the time, Big .NIler's. and a precious
tough house il vas. If you had any
clothes, Miller would take them away
so you would be there when he wanted
you; then he would sell them 10 the
first outward oounder so you would not
forget 10 buy some more when you
sailed had a deep-warer payday
when I struck New York-about $50
and thought I would stay ashore
day or two but I didn't make proper
allowance for Miller when I laid that
course In three days he had me
charged up with half as much again
as / had left IN his safe, and il was
Get up, Jack. and let John sit down,
which Is sailor for sayin' Git 10 sea
SAILORS WERE SCARCE THEN
The Starbuck was Iayin' over al
Hunters point takin in oil fer Maya
saki and most ready fer sea She
wanted sixteen men and men was
scarce; not, however, as I ever know
ed that fact TO make any difference
about geJtin' crew IN New York, OF
course ] LldGC cGl1lE LlAEE6LfCE u
what kind OF a crew yer got, but you
can bet those fellows on Cherry and
Water streets would get the number
Of human beings on board. sailors or
10 sailors.
the old man didn't want 70 bother
with waiting for a tide 10 get under
the Brooklyn bridge. SO We towed cut
through the Sound and by Block island
We got outside about four bells IN the
middle watch and il vas black as q
pocket and blowing fresh from the
northeast with z lump OF sea that wst
things down in no time OF course, re
had the topsails sheeted home and the
courses and ropgailant sails hanging IN
the gear, but that was 100 much 10
show 10 that breeze and II had 70 De
taken in It vas then A4lleras sailors
showed up for what they was worth
Not half Of them knew one end Of the
ship from the other and the rest could
Mt talk word O. English Then the
mates got busy Il was knock down
and drag CIT for AL hands except z few
of Us that vas aIoft doing what re
could To take the rags OF her we
could hear the I'm going on Oh deck
but didn't have any particular call 70
90 down just then.
The second mate was q proper
<bucko.P but for al that a good sailor
nan ard II amt often that the buczo
mate i a real good sailor
Eve got clear Of the land all rlght
ana IN few DAYS everything had set
tied down for the long run around the ]
Cape Of Good Hope Among the crew
was q German who could hardly talk
2 word Of English. though Il seemed 70
ne thar he could talk almost every
other language On earth There vas 10
doubt IN the world that he had been
shznvbafe id, and that he was a NAP Of
more than ordinary education lis
name was August something and he
second mate promptly chrlsfsEed hin
.Julx-. and I think that that hurt him
a. much as any Of the hard Lexis ns
got for not knowing his duIy OF
course. vou know Oh 3 ship there are
lust so many men II do the work and I
+ any man fails 20 DO his share some .
BODY else must do i for him, and that
does not make him any friends
AUGUST WAS WILLING TO WORK .
IN spite OF that however, August
sid make friends. He vas as Wiling
as he could BE % work and AZ some
things srlzs q mighty handy man. olI i
The second mate could not see any Eoo1 &
in him No matter what hs GIG y vas
wrong and the result vas 1eAl1 Ter
.T7zIxs and work On deck IN his watch
below. and by the tine that ~ got
sround the cape he German was garry
mad with bitter hatred against t1e
second mate I was sure thai s0TZ1stnIras
world happen before long bat Insn
none Of rs had much use Tor M y IL
son-tha- was The second E1a1e-s7 Ne
4-,S+ waited 70 see the result Nnen
Va got r.zst the cape the nor EEs=st mon
soons vas blowing. 50 tie cd man cen
-luded 10 run down his casting where
be was and go around Australia instead
NJ trvius 70 beat up through the indian
ocean against TIE monsoon Al Lz-H
time Mr. wilson vas Tagging a l1T
-----,a7 although BY the tine We get
= - horse Iat1tudes' the man vas
z,,a 70 steer fairly well and could do