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


abdicaton and submission This brought the captain.
said. II cannot eat the swll you without tho
appetite coming from exercise In tho open air. am
recognizes the name give you. Will answer to any"
'Will you smut UP about that owner racket7
'And do as you're told and try to learn work.
that you, can DO worth your grub?
"'Yess Say, yes sir, when you speak to or tho
officers. Learn that first
"Al right and mind you. any monkey worlll get you
into more trouble You're on the articles us Hans
teen dollars month and Il months advnncc-remenocr
that when you're paid off. And You're down in my
aboard my ship, you'll be shot and your character and
record will excuse It. Understand"
y do accept the warming, the name, the nationality
and the conditionsevcnNt the llnncy. Only captain,
am oiicidlly insane cannot be punished Il kill all
'Oh. that's your game Is it? Want to got out to kill
somebody? Down you go In my log as threatening my
doube-irons on bread and water"
So he was logged again, and another pair Of man
Meeting the centre links to the stanchion This him
to lift from the deck to his mouth one biscuit
which had been saved for him. But 1t the diet
that broke him down. The water was good; the bis
on shore. the ccanest and sweetest food on the
forecaste menu, and day much he could
ment and double irons After three weeks. pale and
enaciacd he sent another plea liberty. in which
tain Milen. when he appeared. promised a line OF
good behavior while on board which debarrcd him tho
honor which, he said, MI they had left him. AS the
ship was short handed the captain accepted his promise
and his services Then, with his tomatocan in his nnnd
able seaman Hans Johanna Dagcrnnn, as we must
know him, went forward, a member OF the starboard
ncapacity and dsrated ordinary seaman. ut
eleven dollars month This did not trouble him. until
which captains lay In to sell to sailors seahc learned
that he could not purchase until OF debt chip
the timo required to work OF the fourteen dollars adj
vance charged against him brought ship bound to
Good Hope before he could draw slop- chest
and then he bought, clothing, but water soap
rags contributed by his plying shipmates and took a
chilly bath over the bows with He was
feared him, forcbaring all the petty prosecutions which
ABLE seamen may nct on green hand IN the watch
sots and looking glass and kept his growing beard
trimmed to pont-an outandsh. lubberly style In
spired, no doubt by his unacy. manufactured from
the inner brstes of condemned paint brush fairly
seryceabe tootlr brush with which, piece bath
Drlck coaXed from the his tcethre-
markably white and wel-set-after each meal Every
morning no matter what the weather his doche-
pnth using up valuable time his below for the
performance When he had earned more money. he
bought clothing. and paid his debts to his mates IN
for himself He refused talk his past but frankly
confessed to the others that he crazy All these
idiosyncrsies counted against him, and and drifting NIT
through the medium Of the cook and steward
mental arrangement.
11e seemed TO know something Of sailors work when
ne ne pesan-lhat Is. he knew starboard from port
the names OF the sails, but ropes and he could
steer well enough TO take his trick In hno weather Flo
r f utored by Tom and Jim and though
oite making mistakes that brought him abuse and some-
times knockdowns, he resented only showing by
nt sparkng Of his eyes that appre-
elleu ana remembered. The big second mate however
trough prolific in prolaney expressions OF dsap
AVOIDED ,s personal contact with him. canddy
m.tting 70 Mr. Pratt that was enough for ono
lifetime and that he no stock in tic promises Of
Shanghai n
NE to 60 ashore which denied him; for he
w a a patH ms Wages ns up 70 date in socothng
AS consequence, he slipped overheard in the night
swan ashore ma until morning and entered the ONCE
shed reading to that official from the oIcial log m
account aec. Of his msdong. The Consul listened 10 the
truthfulness and so inccnscd by his violent demands
that ne depose Captain Mien from command that he
IN the half-decl until the ship sailed for Now York
Of good conduct. - 5000 ''
On the homeward passage no kept his place and his
promise prom becoming under tho influence Of watch
man--auick and Intelligent In Judgment active and
strong gin IN the execution Of orders The ozone Of tho
TO- had cleared the boodshot eye. smoothcd the pren,a
t tre lines IN hs sunburned face and transformed him
TO as handsome and manly looking a sailor as ever
pulled rope, ~ I'VE oN't
Tho ship reached New York, and Captain MIllon ae-
corllng 10 Instructions brought to him at Quarantine
yaoatng OF her dock by another ship. AS this would
not be for fortnight, the men sent ashore on a
tug, and three days later paid off at the shipping
Office. Then they disappeared from tho ken and con-
Germ Of Captain Mlen and his officers, who, with the
steward remained by tho ship. killing time as hest
they could. Smoking lazy under tie uqarer- deck
awning one day. they became Interested in a large
steam yacht approaching the starloard quart er z
dainty piece of cabinet work was glistening with
yaynish. paint and polished brass. with tho American
yacht ensign at the stern and the burgee OF the New
York Yacht Club at the fore-truch yet showing, by
her square and gaffs peaked from the deck her
TNpo u,OrtVt
white deck two uniformed officers conned her the
bridge; and aft. the fanta, seated In wckerworl
deck chair was white-haired old gentleman Captain
Mlen. viewing her through his glasses, suddenly ex-
claimed I