The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-19
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 our bodies on the sea to sail their 1 ships. Talk about the right of search, lmprcssing British seamen and all that: they're stronger on the water than We. ana it's here they continue to show their scrpents' fangS. Oh, for a Paul Jones to come down on this ship and treat 1t as be treated the Serapis,
 "I suppose it would have been more sensible for me to go to work instead Of resisting. Then I wouldn't be in this cubby hole, q man with q cutlass to watch me. Methinks he's getting sleepy. Drop your head again. old fellow and catch it Spasmodically. A few more mods and you'll not count for much as q guard. But what if l could leave this hole? I cant get out of the ship. One, two, three, four, five, slx-six bells. wish the fellow would go to sleep. I'd just take a turn about the ship to stretch my legs.
 Now Tor it. He doesn't stir. Good by. my hearty. I'm going to sec what one of his majeSty's ships looks like at 8 in the morning. Everybody asleep. That's a duc suifr of air even if it does come through a porthole. Whats in ! here? \ canvas bag on bunk, with shot tied to one end. Wonder when they're going to toss him over. wish ] they'd toss me over instead. I'd rather make a dinner for sharks than work for British tyrants. Wonder if the watch on deck are all awake. Reckon they are. These Britishers are good at ! discipline. No, cant go up there.
 .Supposc-suppose l could get tossed overheard in place of this dead man Where would I go to: To the bottom, | yf course. I couldn't get out of the bag, ' md tls shot would sink me. might ..fa .s...e to take with me. But l .:.lunt swim ashore. We must be of
 .. Massachusetts coast Wonder if le.r lf..ayats are fitted with cork side
 ...rs. # can get enough cork to
 . a.. and a knife I'll try it. It3
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 .-... fellow nearly got me. If 1t
 .. ...- for him I'd have been over ....v .lor A another second. But ! . -.t .lg cork. l wish I could have dip urd .u,o lac boat. I might have Se- cured cork jacket instead. Now, I'll ! steal back and try to summon nerve to l get uIO ,hr bag.
 There any man. or, rather my de,d man. yyG stay under that bunk while | ! take vuv~ sleeping place. I'll have a hard ,.ac vola,.u- the has. All right; 1 I reclau r.at'u do. though they may notice Lad lacilg Now cones the worst ot ll. he waiting
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 "Sevy. bells. must have dropped 1 asleep strange that ,v,uld sleep ia a dead mans bag. hur. nuw think of it, I've u1- slept Errorr for two days, not since tlcs, rascal, JnnE me from lAc Molly Hoyd
 "Tlryrr rpmiu= Here they are. 1 The leaving uT of that shot came bret ty urtr hrrraymg me. They've got it tight enough 'hiS time Never mind l the nur.al -r~yi"r Dh GoI. lp listen tD onr'< "va burial Srr,fr@, That's what i, k. my nwm ~rry'rr I'll never get pvt %. ,l.S alive. What fool, l ,ou.d anrr snHmit,rd agd lived "Tm. Lard have mr,ry uu my soul 1 NTH ! ury,r -r, ,l.s rn".l cul: Down, i lp,u. What au awful down. If ,ou't Gr it in another momrur the Wa cr above will lpld lue under Besides. { { cant hold my breath ~o bong. Aha. i,oodny old shot; you may - to the bottom Tm @'.u< up Whcw, that i waS d lon@ reJjh stop. oh. blessed l lir. Let me got r,I of this hH- and I'll breathe easier. Thank heaven it Isn't | tight.
 "OGr; fish, | didn't think 'hr Shjn ! vas .o near. got under rh" water ] fuSt in time tn miss heiu" Sreu. Il;
 you.dn', uayr mattrrcd. TEry'd' have
 hougl, the shot had Sljpped off ani
 hc dead had arisen.
 This is tircSomr aud I'm getting Iuu-ny. IT could only have come up- ,n 8 few herring in th" galley before
 eaviug the ship. Let me see judging l rom the position of the sun it must pe au hour or two past meridian. Noy ship vet si@hred I'm near the
 .Oast ami ShoGll at least see the sails | # G-hrr:. What's that ou the hori- i ,oa: IT. q sail sure enough.
 "I,.. u's gerc.a@ larger all the while. . it's coming straight ror mo.
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 "Tr'v bear mr. They're WiHng to .ae ~.al That's th. plelSantest ,ga.I that boat coming down from Lo- day.1s-l've heari in long while I'm h luck. This wAy You lubberS What are col steering or two ur three a4.~-, f)r: Can't see me for the -..-.s Well, I am bobbiug up and down -rpI Jnal, but I've got used to
 t. rl"' y1u are. Now keep that s.... r1. v,u reach mc.
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