The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22

can I'd lot o. yard tonight; can't
Il dnk he stove In your rips, VIM he yunp off
do fo'castle YOU He loose mine teet'
HE won't do 1t often Wonder II sheath-knivesH 80
y in this ship?'
in my last ship day dako en- away by her dock"
'Dry ur--you an yer last ship; It's the likes o YOU
that ruins American ships. What dye let go the tga-
Z liant sheet for?'
~ dnk i, vas der bowline 1t vas der bowlnc- pin on
'yvhere's that boy? Did he 90 for some oi?'
'Herc he is Got somo oil p
Steward says to light up slush bucket tonight He
uin got oil to butll break some out In the
Hope itll break his neck doi, IT,,
"Thc mate says to rout out the dead man an send
where is he? Get an iron slush- bucket the
bosun's locker an ask Chips for some oakun-nevcr
mind, here's a bunch. Where's that feler Can he
"I1ere he is. Hey, matey, heave out. Gentleman
the poop wants to shake hands Out o that wi you'
"That'l do, thatll do. Am the corpse that is
& wanted2"
ve listened to the conversaton but can understand
b nothing Of 1t beyond the profanity. Can inform
me in the darkness where am? Am at sea?'
You are-at sea, day out, in the hottest bloodies
packet that floats The mate wants you. Get out or
III he'll be here. Come on. now we've had trouble enough
this day.
Illuminated the forecaste and the dsngured faces of
NJ seven who We're clustered near lower bunk From
this bunk scrambled sad wreck A well-bult young
man. 1t was with shock of long thick hair overhangr
ing a clean-cut face which the lickerng light showed
10 be MS bronzed by wind those Of the sailors
about him; but this bloodshot
and ell-tale lines that should not have been there
the lower part. and 1t further embellished by the
CRIME the gutter The rasgedest rags That could
body; sockess showed through holes in the shoes
and from shoulders under the coat hung by piece
of cord an empty tomato can with brilliant label
Tramp, the powers" said one Isn't thot the
"s"Right You are Dennis, said the one addressed
tall, American he who had been called Vim by
Tie syfipathizins swede with the "loosed" teeth
eYcs" said the wreck. "rhnp; that's my latest role
How'd I get here? ] was in a saloon drinking, but
don't remember any more. might nave been drusgeo
MY head feels light.
,t be heavier with few bumps on IT, t said Den Dem
more of Gwan aft an git bumped; weev had our
share"
"Shp Indiana, o. New York Yell know her peter
fore We see the next pint o beer
"Indana?" repeated the wreck And do you happen
to know any of YOU who owns .her?'
western Packet Line said Jim; u L. Greenhearts
"Thank you: but don't particularly to see the
mate The captain will answer well for me- Allow
me to Introduce myself L. Greenhar owner Of this
shin and employer of every on board
Stricken those men with sore spots ana acnhs
bones they uproarious laughter at this FLIP
pant declaration during which the ragged ono moved
toward the door and passed out at,
Lord help him. said Jim If he goes aft with that
bluff The horses. but the shippers whole
team"
Ten minutes later tho ragged reurned--feet first
unconstiousiN the arms OF two OF the watch on
deck who bundled him Into the bunk he had lately
Quilted and said the nquiring men,
1--WE don't know what happened They had lively
muss on the poop, an the skipper an mates must ha
jumjed him; then they called us aft to get him
The two passed out and the men, with no time
for sympathy nursing. chose, with much pickering,
the bunk they to occupy for the passage at least
patched up their hurts with what appliances they pos
sessed turned in But they had no sooner stretchea
the raspng voice of the second mate was heard
at the door.
"Heye in there" he called who's that dock rat
yc've got with your
Don't know Mr. Barker" answered Jim from his
bunk HE didn't sign when -shnnghaed in place
Of good man, ekybut says he's the owner ln. ~, .,
ibid he know the owners name without being tod'
mo slr-nor the name OF the snip, we tod nm.
Where Is he?'
The second officer stepped in-the still burning sush-
bucket showing him to be red whiskered, red-eyed
gant-and closely the grimy features OF this
latest pupil in nautical etiquette AS though there was
hypnotic in the red eyes, the Injured man opened
his own and tho at tho time feeling
with fingers discolored swelling on his forehead
that bore plainly the stamp Of q boot-heel
IAN all-round hobo; get him out at eight bells, III he
can move' the officer asS he left the forecastle
At four bells the helmsman was relieved and re-
..Ie marches up the poop steps an tells the mate
suhin pretty sharp. an then, fore the mate could stop
him. he was down below routn' out the skipper They
had ,un-in down therc--I heard em plain--he was
orderln the skipper to put back 10 New York an land
him. an the skipper BLOCK eye out OF It, Then
the second mate out an the first mate down.
between EN- all three they boosts him up the copan.
onway mn kicks the poop TIL he can't wiggle"
And when the lookout down and told of his ap
pearing the forecase deck shortly after the second
mates visit sitting the port anchor
muttering himself and answering no questions, the
watch deck unanimously agreed that he was de-
nen,ed At eight bells he in his bunk. and responded
10 the vigorous shaking received by planting his
In the stomach Dennis the shaker and sending him
yaspng into the opposite bunk.
"aowly Mother" groansa the sailor. when W could
breathe Say, scrapins Newaste, try. yer heels
on sam one ilse-the second mate fr inshtance, Ale
sutiele won't hold moro shpots,
Dennis had been disciplined the day before. mainly
chile PROSTATE,
kicking 70 be the vogue here" said Tho man
Is he rolled out "and I've been Princeton half
10 I'm In It, I've been kicked out of the cabin
The quarterback of own shpponnded into nsensi-
biity with boot heels Why Is this2'
SNOW look-a here" said a sturdy, thoughtful-eyed
Ensl!shman--he who had yociferated for oil when the
watch vent below-"take my advice turn to civil,
an MS yer told You can't run the after-end Of her
ye'ye tried It; you can't the fo-castlctere's
many against you STOW that gun bout oHnn' this ship
ar yen DO killed. There amt Duchman aboard hut
YLata a better man than you, and every Of has