Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-02-01
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Nil - ''v-as r1 RIGHT"
C~r'aln T'tcnmh crirned. hut hs
ui1'o up comment on ~" rrr'y. Al
hr sail ,-as. We'll Orhau's O-ham
ar' N"-~ Ypr''S Now Work. ru1 he
vav t'.'ras iar'-S dep.ndS rnrs''er'hla
an witch cr1 ~ fhe Sn-g'rsS vou
Soriuf flf-au.l. Anvhnv. r'r'anS vnu'd
rn''"- not mt this cruise down I'm the
bog"
Hut EruGley did put il down in the
lug tIgf = ~ say. b." write a fun gc-
uIul IF th.~ tie greatest cvcAlng Of
his Ike. ia AiS next letter 10 the IS
ter, Ills Ea',it OF scrupuipuS hone -ty
>tii! chm. 10 Inn. ami ne did not evade
or caNrr m. II he did u thing it was
lone be au,e hc thought il right. aud
other con .iieratiouS counted for little.
Occasions like the tleater trip We're
few and fur apart. For tn most part
captain 1itromh was skipper and
Bradley was the hand" With every
voyage. sometimes 10 Portland. to
Portsmouth, 10 Boston. and uf course
to New York. the hoy learned new
things about his chief officer and to
understand him better.
lie learned why il was that the cap
tain received SO many presents and
was considered such "Sli,k article"
His acquaintance among se1faring
men and shipOwners was large. and
he was always ready to do little ia
vors." Sometimes captain just in
from foreign cruise had hidden away
two or three pieces Of silk or jewelry
or even. in one case, piano. that were
intended for gifts to the folks ut home
and to the cost of which tie custom
addition. Then Captain TitcOmb visit
ed that ship. purely as social func-
ton, and when lie came away the
jewelry or silk came with him. In the
piano affair it was bribery pure and
simple, with the addition of little bul.
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 q sin worth
worrying about There was smack
Ing chances
Then. rs Il bargainer and n driver Of
sharp trades with shipping merchants
and others the captain was nm expert
He liked, as he said. to "dicker." and
besides, he was always on the lookout
TO further the interests Of his owners
Looking out for the owners was his
hobby and explained in Il measure why
Williams Bros. We're willing 10 pay
him more than they paid their other
shippers.
He WAS n driver" with his crews.
and every particle that was in the
fickcty Thomas Doane lie got out Of
her, He was easy so long as a man
oheyed orders, hut at the slightest hint
of mutny things happened.
The Thomas DOane passed and re-
passed Cape Cod on her short voyages.
aud Bradley, with every trip, learned
more of the sea and the seaman's life
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 Titcomh
had said that lie was pleased with him
and limited at steady rise in wages
and promotion later on. He was earn.
ing his living now-it cost little to live
AND he sent home Il 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 Oh
the table to his dinner with the captain
at the New York restaurant. In fact,
Bradley, released from salt Junk and
o'castie grub, ate so much that he suf
feretl with the nightmare and groaned
50 diSmally that the alarmed sisters :
pounded on his chamber door, and Miss :
Tempy insisted that what he needed
was dose of odd DR.. Thomas Dis. |
covery her newest patent medicine
ana mice hot cup Of pepper tea"
There was no music during the meal, |
but the old maids talked continuously. 1
The hemniug and the shawl industry /
were bringing i'll some money, though
not yet what Miss Tempy anticipated,
and they had had Il windfall III the
sbdpe of a contribution from the Samp.
son fund,
Were all the children father had"
said the older sister. The letter said
that there was money due us from the
fund and that we was entitled 70 so
much every year, most hundred dol
lars. Now, | knew about the Sampson
thing, but | thought twas charity for
poor people, and Teinpy and me have
got to livin' on charity-not yet, | hope.
But it seems, 'c0rtin' to the letters |
lad from EN-, that the money blonged
o us, So
70 we get a check every once in
while" cried Miss Tenpy. And how
hey knew and wrote jest at this time!
rs miraculous, that's what it is-mi-
aculousr'
Bradley thought Of his conversation
With Captain Titcomb and the affair
lid not seem so miraculous, but he
new the captain would not wish him
explain and so said nothing.
CHAPTER VII.