The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-09

proved by no means a bad sort of
man when he had once net his
match
is it true asked the admiral,
what they say about Captain Baker
giving any one the mates Job If he
can thrash him?"
II used TO be the custom in the
Western ocean,, said Knight, land
Blaker was brought up there. He's a
real sport. for all his bein' sort of re-
lieious Yes. III bet it's true" He
turned TO the admiral suddenly. Say.
you wasn't thinkin' Of takin' Simpson
on. was YOU
3" If what's you says true. | was"
said the admiral. 1t don't suit me
being here.
Say now partner" put in knight,
what's this cuff about your being an
admiral? What put it into your
head"
And Sir Richard Dunn laughed. AS
he began to feel his feet and find that
he was as good man in new sur
roundngs as in the old ones, he re-
covered his courage and his command
of himself
After all this will be the deuce of
q joke when its over" he thought,
anu | don't see why shouldn't get
discharge out of her as mate Talk
about advertisement
He knew how much it meant.
Look here, Knight" he said aloud,
Il am an admiral. | cant prove 1t,
but my ship vas the Triumphant
don't want TO force il down your
throat, but if you'd say you believe it,
! should be yliged 10 YOU.
Knight put ont his hand
Il believes it. sonny. he said, for
| own freely that there's suthin' about
you different from us; way of talk.
and look in the eye that amt fami-
liar in no foc'sle as | ever sailed in
And if you was lyin', how come you
to lie so ready bein 40 drunk when
Simpson hauled you out o yer bunk?
No, l believe you're speaking the
trewth."
And Sir Richard Dunn, K. c. B,
shook hands with Charles Knight.
a. B.
Il won't forget this he said hus-
llily, He felt like MaLomet with his
first disciple. And now, in conf
dence," said the admiral, 81 tell you
mean to have Simpsons job by the
time we're off the Horn
Good for YOU cried Knight "Oh,
he kicked me somethin cruel the
time him and me had a turn-up. Give
ii him, old man. And here's a tip for
you. If you get him down, keep him
down. Don't forget he kicked you
too"
4 don't forget" said Sir Richard
Il don't forget, by any means
Yet he did his duty like a man.
Though many things were strange to
him. he tumbled to them rapidly.
One of his fads had been doing orna-
mental work even when he was an
admiral. and he put fresh pointing"
on the poop ladder rails for Blaker in
way that brought every one to look
at it. There was no one on board
who could come within sight Of him
at any fancy work, and this so pleased
Simpson that the admiral never had
a cross word till they were south OF
the Horn. Then by chance the mate
and the captain had a few words
which ended in Simpson getting much
the worst of the talk. AS luck would
have it, the admiral was the handiest
to vent his spite on, and Simpson
caught him a smack on the side OF the
head that m, ,,e him see stars.
Don't stand listenin there to what
don't concern you, you damned lazy
hound" he said And when the ad-
miral picked himself off the deck,
Simpsons made a rush for him. The
admiral lodged him and shot up the
poop ladder He took off his cap to
the captain. while Simpson foamed
on the main deck and called him In
vain. At any other time Baker would
have gone for the seaman who dared
to escape a thrashing for the moment
by desecrating the poop, but now he
was willing to annoy Simpson.
We'll, what do you want?" he
roared.
The admiral made a really elegant
bow
We'll, sir, wanted to know wheth-
Ell Western f'2ean custs l goes here.
I've been told that il | can thrash your
mate, shall have his job. They say
forward that that's your rule, and II
so, sis, shcald like your permission