The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11

Nemagosenda became interesting.
The mate and the port watch devel-
oped long-threatened Emergencies, and
Captain Prowse came to the assist
ance of his chief officer with a brass
belaying-pin. AS the result of this
the pathologist indulgeI In little
practical surgery. and a division arose
in the scientific ranks The political
economist argued with the statistician
Statistics prove that the common
sailor must be treated with sternness,"
said the authority in figures, ''and it
is our duty to support authority"
1.-THE captain is brute,' said the
political economist, land for two pins
| would tell him so. You cannot neg:
lect the human factor
Says political economy" sneered
the statistician
And then the geologist, who was a
man of sense, said they We're both
talking rot. The discussion on the
poop was broken up by the captain,
who came on deck with q face like
the northwest moon in fog. Having
demanded the presence of the crew
aft, he gave them an address on their
duties to their snperiors
you think yourselves a fine lot of
chaps" said the captain fiercely, "but
my opinion Of you is that you are a
scaly crowd of wharf rats, and all
your relations of both sexes are no
better than they should be. So look
here. you swine. I'll have you know
I'm Captain Joseph Prowse, and the
man that gives any slack jaw to any
officer of mine gives it to me. And
the man that gives it to me will wish
he was dead before he sees Liverpool
That's me. I'm Captain Joseph
Prowse so | am. and any crew under
me has got to know it. I'm king here.
and I'll wade in blood before l get off
my throne Mr.. Watts, put this crawl
ing lot to holy stoning the deck!"
And Captain Joseph Prowse re-
Joined his scientific passengers.
All crews is the same. gentlemen,
he said thickly; there's something
deep and dark in the nature of things
as makes EN- so. Those that do the
rough work on board ships are just so
necessarily, and if | was to ship
crew of angels, though they might be
handy for going aloft they'd turn dew
lis by the time they'd ate pound OF
beef and biscuit
Have you ever tried kindness and
persuasion" asked the meteorological.
The captain looked him up and
down.
A,... "a 1, N4n 1ntn
fully; ave Lever tried anything else?
It's kindness to sailormen to let 'em
know who's boss Spare the belayin'-
pin and the andspike and you'll spoil
the sailor. Oh Solomon know'd his
business when he used them words.
He didn't sail to Ophir for nothin.
But. Captain Prowse," said the
meek gentleman. whose great subject
was cannibalism, isn't it very un.
pleasant work rubbing the decks with
stones this cold weather."
Unpleasant said the skipper,
and what do you think? Was | pro-
posin to reward 'em?"
Il suppose not" said the ethnolo'
glst but I'm sure it's awful work.
4 could never do II"
Captain Prowse snorted.
.uh. yes, you coulu, If you was In
my crew, he remarked. III one OF
you gents was captain, you'd find this
,rowd couldn't do nothing but sit In
the foc'sle and drink 'ot coffee. It's
all accordin' where you are. and what
Kind OF mans on top"
In other words. circumstances Gre
Ates character" said the statlstician.
That's a ridiculous exaggeration.-
ITO be coatinuedl.