The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-29

OF 1t. It would be a brighter and a
'appier place for everybody"
He broke OF to open q small brass tobacco box
and place little quid Of tobacco tenderly into a
pouch in his left cheek, critically observing at the
same time the efforts OF a somewhat large steamer
TO get alongside the next wharf without blocking
up more than three parts OF the river. He watched
II as though the entire operation depended upon
his attention, and the steamer fast he turned his
eyes back again and resumed his theme.
"Of course It's the being short that sharpens
people," he admitted thoughtfully; "the sharpest
man ever knew never 'ad q ha'penny in Is
pocket and the ways q had o. getting other chaps
to pay for IL beer would ha made is fortin at the
law II ed only 'ad the eddication. Playful little
cnap 9 was. I've seen men wot didn't know i'm
stand I'm pot O beer and then foller I'm up the
road to see i'm knock down policeman as ED
promised They'd foller i'm to the fust policeman
@ met, an then ed point them out and say they
We're goin' to half kill i'm, an the policeman 'ud
just stroll up an ask em wot they were angling
They used to go away struck all of cap. He
died In the accident ward Of the London Horse
pittle, poor chap"
He shook his head thoughtfully, and ignoring
the statement Of Waterman at the next wharf
that It was a fine evening, shifted his quid and
laughed rumblingly.
"The funniest way o. raising the wind ever
card OF" he said In explanation, was one that
'appened about fifteen years ago. I'd just taken
my discharge as A. b. from the North Star, trad
Ing between here and the Australian ports, and
the men wot the thing 'appened to was shipmates
mine, although on'y fremen.
Il knows It's true story, becos / was In It a
little bit myself and the other part ad from all
Of 'em, and besides. they didn't see anything fun.
ny in 1t at all, or anything out of the way. It
seemed to them quite easy way O. making money,
and dessay II 1t 'ad come of all right should
have thought 80 too
I'm about week arter we was paid of at the
Albert Docks these chaps was all cleaned out, and
they was all In despair, with thirst wot wasn't
half QuenChed and spree w0t was ony In man.
ner o speaking just begun, and at the end Of that
time they came round to q room wot adj to see
wot could be done. There was four OF 'em In all;
old Sam Small, Ginger Dick, Peter Russell, and q
orphan nevy OF Sans whose father and mother
was dead. The mother 'ad been alf niger an
ALI Malay when she was living, and Sam was al
ways pertckler careful to point out that mis- nevy
took arter err It was enough to make the pore
woman turn IN er grave to say 80, but Sam used
to say that o owed 1t to Ia brother to explain.
"'Wots to be doneT SEES Peter Russell, arter
they'd all said wot miserable chaps they was. an
'ow badly sail0r-men was paid. We're all going
to sign on In the Lands End, but she doesn't sail
for fortnight; wot's to be done in the meantime
for to live?
There's your watch, Peter SEES old Sam,
dreamylike, and there's Ginger's ring. It's
good Job you KEEP that ring, Ginger. We're all In
the same boat mates, an on'y wish as I'd got
something for the general good. It's 'aving an
orphan nevy wot's KEEP me pore.
0soW ttp oOn euo hoVyp ouoICuho.
'Everything's agin u.s. ses old Sam. There's
them four green parrots brought from Brazil.
all dead
$50 are my two monkeys ses Peter Russet,
shaking Is 'ead; they used to sleep with me- too
They all shook their 'eads then, and Russet
tooA Sam up very sharp for saying that p'r'aps II
he 'adn't slep' with the monkeys they wouldn't ha'
died. He said II Sam knew more about monkeys
than wot e did, why didn't Q put Is money in
them instead o. green parrots wot pulled their
feathers out and died of cold
Talking about Monkeys ses Ginger Dick In.
terruptin old Sam suddenly, 'wot about young
Beauty hereT
swell. wot about himr ses the nevy in a
nasty sort o. way. -
"W'y, e's worth forty monkeys an millions O.
green parrots ses Ginger, starting up; an here
@ is a-wasting Of Is opportunities, going about
dressed like Christian. Open your mouth,
Beauty, and stick your tongue out and roll your
eyes Bit t
why not leave well alone, Gingerr SEES Rus.
set; and thought so too. Young Beauty was
quite enough for me without that
- Ter 'blige me- ses Ginger, anxiously. 'iust