The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-03-06
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pair walked briskIy across the city to
! the elevated railway station Then
| they rode uptown. had six course
dinner in marvellous restaurant.
where an orchestra played while you
| ate. and then went to the theater to
see a play called 1.-THE Great Metrop-
/ oils 1t was all real to Bradley, and
he thrilled, wept and laughed alter
nately
On the Sly down in the elevated he
said. with a whimsical smile, BRAD.
] carlate if the old maids knew / took
| you to the theater they'd think You
was slidin' a creased pole to perdition.
wouldn't they
Bradley smiled also as he answered.
mo. sir. | guess they'd think if you
/ did it twas all right"
/ Captain Titcomb grinned. but he
made no comment on the reply. All
! he said was: "Well, Orham's Orham
and New York's New York, and the
way things looks depends considerable
on which end Of the spyglass you
squint through Anyhow, p'r'aps you'd
better not put this cruise down in the
/ log"
| But Bradley did put it down in the
| log-that is to say, he wrote full ac-
count of this the greatest evening of
his life, III his next letter to the sis
ters His habit Of scrupulous honesty
still chung to him, and he did not evade
or cover up. If he did thing it was
done because he thought it right and
other considerations counted for little.
Occasions like the theater trip We're
/ few and far apart. For the most part
| Captain Titcomb was skipper and
Bradley was tie "hand." With every
voyage. sometimes to Portland, to
Portsmouth, to Boston, and, of course.
to New York the boy learned new
/ things about his chief officer and to
understand him better
| He learned why it was that the cap
tain received so many presents and
| was considered such ''slick article"
His acquaintance among seafaring
men and shipowners was large, and
he was always ready to do little ia
vors.' Sometimes Il captain just in
from a foreign cruise had hidden away
two or three pieces of silk or jewelTy
or even, in one case, a piano, that We're
| intended for gifts to the folks at home
and to the cost of which the custom
house duty would be an uncomfortable
addition. Then Captain Titcomb visit
ed that ship. purely as a social func
ton, and when he came away the
jewelry or silk came with him. In the
piano affair it was bribery pure and
simple, with the addition of little bull
lying of an inspector who had made a
few slips before that the captain knew
of. Petty smuggling like this Captain
Titcomb did not consider sin worth
worrying about. There was smack
of adventure in it and the fun of 'tak-
| ing chances"
Then, as a bargainer and a driver OF
sharp trades with shipping merchants
and others the captain was an expert
He liked, as he said, to ''dicker'' and.
besides, he was always OH the lookout
to further the interests Of his owners
Looking out for the owners was his
hobby and explained in a measure why
Williams Bros. We're willing to nav
him more than they paid their other
shippers.
He was driver with his crews
and every particle that was in the
her He was easy so long as man
obeyed orders, but at the slightest hint
of mutiny things happened.
The Thomas Doane passed and re
passed Cape Cod on her short voyages.
and Bradley. with every trip. learned
more of the sea and the seaman's fife
At the end of his three months he went
home for weeks stay, but he had al
ready made up his mind to return to
the schooner again. Captain Titcomb
had said that he was pleased with. him
and limited at Il steady rise in wages
and promotion later on He was earn
ing his living now-it cost little to live
and he sent home few dollars to
the old maids every now and then.
His first home coming was a great
event. The supper that first night was
almost equal in the amount of food on
the table to his dinner with the caDfain
at the New York restaurant. In fact. /
Bradley, released from salt Junk and
fo'castle grub. ate SO much that he sui
fered with the nightmare and groanea
SO dismally that the alarmed sisters
pounded on his chamber door, and Miss
Tempy insisted that what he needel |
was dose of sOld DR.. Thomas Dis.
coyery''-her newest patent medicine
and nice hot cup Of pepper tea,
There was no music during the meal,
but the old maids talked continuously. |
The hemming and the shawl Industry
We're bringing in some money, though
not yet what Miss Tempy anticipated.
and they had had windfall in tho
shape OF contribution from the Samp-
son fund.
Were all the children father had. /
said the older sister. "The letter said +
that there was money due IS from the
fund and that we was entitled to 50
nI1aI avnly war most a Il