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II, u.v first mate care IN hoard
that e,ruin.. IIc was a thick set.
heavy man, who talked q great deal.
.uogp 10 ,iu>cly aHI laisaci loadi! ~
Lis own loheS. lie ;,T.iir'i iu ha5w his
business ANA. az tie captain w',..d
have said caught hold al o.cr
They sailed the next morning. ANA,
by tie iiHc the tug left them, BRADLEY /,
f.airieh tat lie noticed ut.-'rrHce IN I
the state of affairs aboard tie >''ao 'ner.
The Il ,ual ri4id discipline >eeErd Ia he ,
lacking. I here VA, nn rebellion OF |
sign Of mutiny. but merely a general |
shiftlpssucSS that Mr.. k,rke ia mol |
seem t, notice Strange to say. captain !
Titcomb did not notice ii either. or, II
he did said nothing. Bradley I'D not
interfere He had not forgotten the
advice TO obey orders and ask Nc
questions
There was good wind ANA smooth
sea. and the captain drove the Thomas
Doane for all she was worth. by the
afternoon of the fullowin. day they
were in Vineyard sound. Rradleys
suspicious had by this time come TO he
almost certaintieS. For two or three
sailors to show signs of drunkenness
OH the first morning out of port was
nothing strange. but to have those
symptoms more pronounced the even
ing of the second day was proof that
there were bottles in the focastle. Hut
Captain Titcomb, usually the first to
scent the presence of these ahomina-
tons and to punish their owners, now,
apparently. was unaware of their pres
ence. And the first mate, too, either
did not see or did not care.
Bradley was standing by the fo'castlc
Just ut dusk that evening when sailor
bumped violently into him in passing.
The second mate spoke sharply to the
offender, ana the answer lie received
was itnpudent and surly.
Here you." exclaimed Bradley, seiz-
ing the man by the shoulder and whirl-
Ing him violently around, do you know
who you're talking to? Speak to me
again Ike that, and III break you in
two
The man-he was new hand-mum.
bled reply to the effect that he
hadn't meant to say nothin'."
We'll, don't say it again. Stand up
You're drunk. Now, where did You ge
your liquor:'
Amt got none, sir
You're liar Stand up or you'll liz
down for Il good while. Anybody will
a nose could smell rum if you passed !
mile to wind'ard. Where did you ge
IT."
The sailor began further protesta
ton, but Bradley choked it off an'
shook him savagely. The first mate
hearing the scutile, came hurrying up.
What's the row, Mr.. NickerSonT IN
asked.
This mans drunk, and | want t
know where the rum came from
Mr.. Burke scowled tiercely. Loci
here" he shouted, lis that so! Are yol
drunk"
mo, sir"
you're mighty sclose to it. Why
and here the first mate swore steadil
for full minute DO you know villa
I'd do II Il man that brought rur
aboard vessel Of mine? I'd use hi
blankety .blanked hide for spar
tops' and feed the rest OF his carcas
TO the dogtish. Git out of here, and r.
member I'm watchin' you sharp
He gave The fellow kick that ser
him fly ng, and, turning TO Bradle.
said in Il confidential whisper: Amt
queer how a shore drunk'll stick to
man? I've seen EN- come aboard 5
full that they stayed so for wee
aftcrward"
Il think they've got the liquor dow
for'ard here"
Il guess not. If thought so, I'd Ii
the whoie"-half dozen descriptive IA
jectives-"lot. They can't play wit
me, blank. blank en-
But in spite of MIR. Burke's tierc
ness Bradley wasn't satisfied. He ID
h4ved that if the first mate had Il
him alone he would have found Il
Iiluor However, he thought if nt
ther the skipper nor MIR. Burke care
it was none of his business. But
was uneasy nevertheless
BY . O'Clock the signs OF drunke
ness were SO plain that even the tir
mate had to admit the fact. only
very few OF the men were strictly 5
Der. One of these was the big SWed
Swensen. Oddly enough, this man h
every voyage since one trip on whit
the skipper had knocked the fight o,
of him. The novelty OF Il good solll
thrashing was, apparently, just VIII
the giant had lee led. aud for the III;
who had licked him be entertain,
Tremendous respect and almost love
"Cup'n Ez. he knock the tar out
me-" said Swensen. He stand
fooln', He's Il man. Hey
He like. Bradley. too. and had pl
scented the latter with Il miniature mo
Ell Of IL three masted schooner in
bottle, beautifully done and such "p,
tering' work that il was wonder nc
his big. clumsy fingers could ba
made IT,
But though Swensen and the Port
guese COOK and one or two more We
sober. the rest of tue crew were ~
Mr. Burke confessed us much to Bra
ley.
''They'Ye got rum with EN-.
right he whispered. But we'll be
Boston t0morrer, and there amt
use st0rtin' a row till daylight. Til
some of these smart Alecs II find c
who's who in hurry or my fist do
weigh what it used to. Better not s
nothin to the skipper" he added. ''
use TO worry him."
1t was odd advice from Il mate, b