Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-17
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"English-Dunlock Castle. !"

Kee--at least, an a meTlCan III
kinder proud o. my country; but Pm
not proud o. some o. the products,
an I'd rather be In hell without
claws than aboard OF Yankee ship
wi the mates down on me. Don't
talk to me bout goin' aft less yer
ready to murder the after guard an
take the ship. What then? Can We
navigate? Is there a man here that
can even cook the grub? Not one.
S'pose ye could. Only matter o
time when ye'd hang. That always
gets We. But We couldn't get that
far. Think OF It; here's the skipper
with his shot gun and pistols, the
big second mate-mate now-stew-
ard with gun in his flst. Chips with
his broad-axe, an the cook with a
knife. An the cooks a whole team
by himself. Made knife play on me
cause kicked. What did Chips do,
Billson?"
Made a row over the woodpile
soaring the deck. and ill-treated the
cooks assistant
There ye are. Unless ye'rc ready
any one here like to try that?---
kill Chips. an kill the skipper. ye
might as we'll shut up bout goin' aft
with kick"
Il know dat cook" said Peter, the
West Indian. Ike don member me,
but I member him. SEQ um in
haysna; take um three policemens
Pm; hir1 in Jail"
Yer bad tcnncr. 2at cook" said
Frank; "zis morning get ze coffee,
ara he Say get OFT or he scald me-
what for? I do rot know
Tell him 10 sosk his head"
NO what for? I take re coffee
y Eat out 1t is not PLEASANT to
be scal6."
81 was IN bark out o Balti-
more" said Swanson. the Swede.
land der cook was a Niger like dis,
aud he give us all der goot things he
steal from der steward and den he
take care and shake out der weevils
from der bread fore he soak, and he
/ boil der beef in fresh water, and he
steal dat water"
] ana what q We 40 lot lIle CoVh
demanded Sawyer, with a grin.
ooh. we bring his coal from der
fore peak, and shop his wood, and
wash his shirts"
Like slave" Interrupted the
disguised Dick. Dye call Yourself
man? Gay, Sawyer. admitting that
the after-guard runs the watch on
deck, does the cook run the watch
below in these ships? Does the cook
do as he likes? Hasn't ne a boss"
Steward"
And Is the steward Responsible
for the way our grub is served Ire
sponsible for this?" He pointed to
the pan of pea soup.
Partly. But reckon our stew
ard don't dictat" much to this cook.
Notice him? He amt bigger'n pint
o cider
"Ya-as. It was der steward" said
Wagner. He tell der doctor to give
say nothing"
well, Hiil tell yer wot HIM
goin' TO do said the rejuvenated
Smith. "Fi'm goin' to bryke his
bloomin' fvce in first time HI catch
i'm forrard O. the galley door"
II yump on him mineself," added
Swanson, approvingly
And I'll 'yump' on you II you
do said Sawyer. Steward isn't to
blame"
yes, 1t woss re steward" said the
Frenchman. He weigh out ze beef
daire. We mug punish ze steward
for zis."
Pedro. the Spaniard, and Winskel,
the Russian. understood English bet
ter than they spoke IT. and their
mods and gestures added to the
stewards indictment. But before
they had formulated q plan OF pun
ishment one bell (half past twelve
sounded on deck. and they went out
TO relieve the other watch. Dick con-
s.ateutly carried back to the galley
the dinner he had brought-the pork
dumped Into the pea soup and the
full pan fitted into the empty.
AS he passed the carpenter shop
Chips, who stood in the door with a
sober countenance, halted him by g
gesture.
Eye war a weetness, young man
war ye not" he said 20 that cooks
nngoverDable temper and unwar
rsnted assault upon mep Leesten
bark ye TO that. Heard We ever the
Ike of IT? Hos been a-grindin' an
a-sharpenin' of his knife gone If
teen meenutes; an l vara much feal
that It's for me-" Chipss bilious face
took on serio-comic expression o
terror which brought = grin to Dick
but he listened, and heard thu
"wheese, weech" Of a grating knit
grating on a butchers steel In TIT
galley.
Hes after you, Chips." he said
as he passed on. You're done for.
The knife grinding ceased as h
stopped at the galley door. and tn
cook appeared-withe empty hands.
You take that stuff back" h
snarled, as he looked at the content
of the pan. What you t'ink wan
WI dat? Dump 1t overload"
Dump It youself." answered Dick
forgetting the ensign's Injunction ;
, avoid friction in his resentment O
the cooks manner and tone.
, "Wha' you say? Hey? You tall