Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-29
CHAPTER VI-CONTINUED)


swab up that mess on the deck Live
ly. D'you hear?" The cook was
little Portuguese. and he delighted to
haze his new assistant, so when, at 0
o'clock or so, Bradley tumbled into his
bunk in the smoke reeking fo'castle
he was tired enough to drop asleep
even in the midst of yarns and pro-
family.
The lumber, in the hold and on the
decks, was ut last on board, and one
morning the schooner, with all sail
set, passed Minot's light, bound for
New York. The afternoon of that day
was dismal experience for Bradley.
The Thomas Doane was heavily lead.
ed, and she swashed and wallowed
through the good sized waves with a
motion so entirely different from that
OF the catboats which the boy had been
used to that he was most heartily and
miserably seasick.
But seasickDess and inconsistencies
We're forgotten on the day of the Won
derful sail through Long Island sound.
They passed schooners of all shapes
and sizes, loaded till the decks were
scarcely above water or running light
and high in ballast. Sharp nosed
schooners, with lines like those of Il
yacht, and clumsy old tubs, with dirty
sails, with patches varying from new
white to a dingy gray plastered all
over them.
Night, and they We're fast to Il big
wharf, with lights all about them
lights piled, row after row, up to meet
the stars; lights fringing the river or
moving up and down and across it,;
lights in the arching curve of the
bridge that Bradley had seen 50 often
in pictures; whistles sounding, bells
ringing. distant shoutings and the new
er ceasing undercurrent of hum and
roar that is New York, breathing stead
lily and regularly.
On the following morning Captain
Titcomb left the schooner and after an
hour or two returned with a sharp
eyed man, who smoked continuously,
although the wharf signs shouted in
six inch letters that no smoking was
allowed, and who said little, but look
ed Il great deal Bradley learned from
the cook, who had been along the wa
ter front and, having fallen in with
some friends. was mellow and inclin-
eyed man was Mr.. Williams, the
Junior member of the firm that owned
the Thomas Doane and half dozen
other coasters.
Mr.. Williams and the captain had Il
long conversation IN the cabin, and
after it was over the skipper was bit
out of temper, and his orders were I'M
usually crisp and sharp.
| On one memorable evening the cap
| tain. having previously whispered to
Bradley to put on his Sunday toys"
sent the boy on ali GRAND to Il cigar
| store near the wharf and told him to
wait there "for further orders" In n
little while he himself came into the
store, commanded Bradley to 'lay
alongside and say nothin'," and the
| pair walked brisllly across the city to
the elevated railway station Then
! they rode uptown. had a 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 went and laughed alter
nately.
On the way down in the elevated he
/ said with whimsical smile, BRAD.
I caflate if the old maids knew | took
| YOU to the theater they'd think you
was slidin' creased pole to perdtion.
wouldn't they?'
Bradley smiled also as he answered:
mo. sir | guess they'd think if YOU
did it twas all right"
Captain Titcomb grinncd, but he
made no comment on the reply All
he said was: "NVell, Orham's O"ham,
way things looks depends considerable
on which end of the spyglass you
squnt through. Anyhow. p'raps 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. in his next letter to the sis
tiers. His habit of scrupulous honesty
still chung to him. and he did not evade
! or cover up. If he did Il thing it was
| done because he thought it right, and
other considerations counted for little.
Occasions like the thcatcr trip were
/ few and far apart. For the most part
Captain Titcomb was skipper and
Bradley was the hand" With every
voyage, sometimes to Portland, to
Portsmouth, to Boston, and, of course,
10 New York, the boy learned new
/ things about his chief officer and to
/ understand him better.
lie learned why it was that the cap
! tain received 50 many presents and
was considered such Il "slick article
/ Ills acquaintance among scafarlng
men and shlpoWner3 was large, and
no was always ready u do little ia
I yms' Sometimes a captain Just IN
from forelm cruise had hidden away
two on three pieces OF sllk or icNaEy
/ on even, la one ease, piano thai We're
intended for gifts 10 the folks at home
| aud 10 the ears 81. w4ieA the en3iuW