Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-14


IN fact Is 1 amt so over an above pieJu
dice in favor o. em as pets as wot useu 70
be. You see tn trouble is they're tn least
little bit too human fer comfort Now. I've
seen some purity smart animals in my
time" continued the old man as he spat
renectively at a sand dragon. Fer in
stance, there was tn Missn' Link, wot
used TO be the ships monkey on tn old
Rovin' Bee. That crltter was n sure Won
der when it come to downright hard sense, |
an besides swearin' an chewln' t'backey |
like tn rest o. us, he worked his way up
from cabin boy to But then, might
as we'll sail in an spin tn yarn from tn
beginnin'.
"we'd put out o. San Francisco, I recko-
leck, on a tradln' vlge, an was short hand
ed. as usual. Old Cap Barnacle made a
great fuss about bein' dlsaplnted at tn
last mint by tn other hands he'd hired
and so fourth, but me and Sam was used
10 that dodge an knowed well enough it
was only because he was too stlngy to
man tn ship, an the same bein' agin tn
law, we made so bold as to menshun the
TACK. The skipper could put up a purity
strong argument, howsomever, IL they was
marlinspike layin' handy, and arter
few words we decided Z let tn matter
drop fer tn time bein', specially arter
he'd promised us extra pay If we was
brisk an willin'.
"That night tn crew CHATS t say, me
an SAM got t'gether in tn fo'c'se { talk
tn thing over an finally, at my sugges-
ton, we decided I give tn Missn'
gI, Ba do Of
You see, I nggered tn scamp, bein' purity
fair sailor TO begin with, an natural
born climber, could save us a lot o. trips
Hloft, an besides that, he had extry
pair O. sea legs wot he could use in a
pinch an ort to have no trouble qualifyin'
II he looked sharp an obeyed orders.
9TH old man was down on the scheme
at FIRST, but when l drawed his attenshun
30 tn savin' in wages It would be II Mssln
got 20 be an ~ b., no frightened up an
fell In heartier than any Of us. You
might have thort he'd give me some
credit fer tn suggestion, but not him. no,
Birl
Why ses he, 'thngle my shrouds, but
It's funny l never thort o. that Idly afore.
Here been worrin' along fer years with
there, wot calls yourself seamen, wen I
might just as we'll been workln' tn old
Bee with a crew O. monkeys wot would
ship fer nothin. Blister my sidesT he sed,
but that's a gran scheme o. mlner an
with that tn old hypercrlt went off
chucklin' an Ief' me kickin' myself like
tn blockhend wot he'd called me.
From then on tn old man used t spend
hours at a time settln out on deck teaChin'
tn Missin' Link how TO make sailor knots
an things, an in tn meantime me an
Sam instructed tn critter alort. You'd be
Sprlzed wot Roadway he made, an it was
no time most afore he could furl a sail as
close an quick as we could, besides bein'
much more nlmbler in tn rlggln,' an by
tn time we crossed tn line he was standn'
his trick at tn wheel right along with tn
rest O. us.
WED got striCk orders from Barnacle 4
humor tn critter, no matter wot happened,
but one night sam caught tn Mlssin' Link
Cheatin' in friendly game O. penochle an
90 far forgot hisself as L correct him with
a bIayin' pin, an wot does that upstart
do but run an bab Z old BarnaCle. That
started tn trouble in good earnest, fer
tn old man didn't only rake Sam fore an
aft, but wound up by maxim the Mssin
Link first mate then an thar.
Sam weren't wot you might call proud
haven been knocked about a good bit. but
when IL come 4 A-dressin' that hombIy
monk as MT. Link, sir IT kind o. went
Rgin his grain. l could see he'd took tn
matter L heart, IN Critter bein sans own
property q begin with, you understand, an
IN skipper'd hardly gone blow an turned
IN afore sam challenged IN new nrst mate
20 a fair hst night.
"Now. wot do you s'pose that se-gacious
brute done? Well, T he didn't up an
threaten Z have Sam throwed In irons In
a beachcomber. Yes, sir; fer ralsin' his
hand agin a s'perior ossifer. wot amt al