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

his work alofT, except at reef caring.
as well as the average able seaman
shipped by q New York boarding mas
ter
1t was plain TO al the men in our
watch that August was only waiting
for chance TO get even and thai
when he did Mr. Wilson was likely TO
lose -he number OF MS mess. On the
old Tile there was NC such thing as 3
watch below IN the afternoon in fine
weather when there was iron or paint
10 clean. SIX days shalt thou work
and do all you were able and on the
seventh day holy-stone decks and
seraPe the cable. AS seon. as We struck
the southeast trades the heavy weather
sails were shifted and the old fine
weather rags sent aIoft.
PLANS a DESPERATE REVENGE
We were shifting the main upper
topsaj and had unbent The ore that
was aloft and sent the old one Up on
gantHne which August was tending
with turn around q pin The second
mate was on the topsaI yard 10 make
fast the midsFsip rowing. and man al
each yardarm 70 haul out the head
earrings
Lower away your gantlinet' sung
on the second mate 20 August OF.
deck. and lower away he did, letting the
heavy sail go by the run for nearly
twenty feet
OF course. he had intended 10 catch
the second mate py the neck with the
full weight OF the sail. and II he had
the chances are that Mr.. Wilson's neck
would have been broken like a pipe-
stem as he laid over the yard. BUY
just as August let go the second mate
swung back 70 look down abaft the
yard ard the sail missed him. I think
ne knew what August was trying to
do. for without a word he swung OF on
TO the backstay and slid down 10 the
Ideck, where he picked up handspika
and laid the sailor out cold Then he
began 10 kick the unconscious man
around and letting loose some Of the
j 1aIIest deep-water swearing I ever
heard. and I have heard a lot IN my
time II the first mate hadn't stopped
him ne would have killed the man then
and there. and. as II was, 1t was days
{before the German seemed just right in
his head, which had been kicked and
rrleuled until there was not spot on ii
las big as half dollar that was nor
raw For al tFeat, not an hour was
NJ allowed 20 lay mp We took hin
for'ard and washed the blood OF him
the best We could and tied some rags
around his head, but he had hardly
got his senses hack when here comes
the second mate after him again with
the same handspike and chased him On
deck
NO FANCY YACHTING TRIP
Let sails 60 by the run, VIII you :,
yelled M Wilson. as he gave him a
welt across the back with the oak
stick On, III work UP your old iron
for y0u- ne bE1cko III show you what
fancy yacht1n' trip you're on.'-then
he put him over the side IN the hight OF
2 brace chippin' the iron chain plates.
There was little or no wind. as We
were nearing the northerly limit OF the
trade winds and II was as hot as a
furnace swinging alongside the ship
me reflection from the CLASSY water
making Il worse than On deck where
the pitch was bubhlfng IN The seams /
But there August had 10 swing. half
conscious, with his cu1-up head tester
ing and sizzling II the heat
Ter all that when we hauled him on
deck Al four bells in the dog watch
he could not get up himself-there was
z duh crazy fire in his eyes as he
looked AFT that showed that he was /
thinking about rte second mate and /
that he had not got through with him /
YET 50 We al waited and watched for /
TIE second round OF what was sure =
finish 6ghr.
TIE old ship waIIowed and tapped /
along through the Gains and light airs /
III rs crossed TIA line Now the old 4
man was great hand for shark fish i
ing and, as August was Of least gcsod !
or deck ne used 70 get him 70 bait 4
hooks and heave the line clear, and i
generally wait o. him 7 noticed that +
August seemed regular charmed by the i
sharks and would watch them like
hawk ard VIXEN he saw 3 big one would .
ga as excited as 2 boy On his first i
fishing trip
DADDY OF ALL THE SHARKS /
There was one old shark that sea-saz /
10 b ms daddy Of al fha resi- Aei
zous6 swim al around the bait a Ia i
nose = and smell Il but nary z bfta !
would he take Sometimes the sk5pner
would shoot a them. but unIess you
hi . shark good and fair the chances
are that The bullet VII Side OF his
hide Ike water OF ducks back
Ore day August was Al the whaeI /
when the old man hooked Z pretty
goo6-s1zed sha-z and al hands 6-0pp.az
work % geI hin aboard The mates
wanted some q his hide 70 CLAN iron
7ork vVlth and the skipper wanted his
teeth and re uae1 warn'r above curtz1-
oa- some pats % fry for SHARK neat
don 80 SO bad whsrl yoa have been
eating salvho-se for about ninety days
OF course, tae-s was zenera1 -Zzsa
for TIE rzl and there was Mr. shark
hooked good ard hard We r5eEed
whip 20 the main Ear6arD ard roT=
ga7tIzne e hoist him II wiki Tor On =
dead pun al Ehs men On -le ship
could not have got him over -he SIDE
a16 On deck The second mate vas On
-Ee rsl with . running bovine = The
sn6 q he. ready - Sip Il orez his
head and around his 81 xhaz ira Big
fish was ene-Cp IN Ile Azts- -ne SKIP !