Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-05
DAILY STOR Y
THE BROTHERLY LOVE.
copyright, 1907, by E. C. ParceIls.l

son sent Il nephew out on one of Harris
ships. When the boy returned, he was
IL sight To behold from i'll treatment.
When Simpson had heard his story |
and corroborated it, he sat down 10 |
plan. He saw a man, and that man |
saw the other men, and the result was |
that the captain of the Brotherly Love |
was taken sick just as she was about |
to sail. and another had to be substi- |
tuted. The crimps We're also put TO |
work and q reward held out. One |
morning as the ship left the wharf she |
carried a victim who was entered on |
the articles as Joe IIaineS. He had |
come aboard filed up with knockout |
drops and with neither bag nor chest, |
and the mate who received him asked |
no questions. After half day out
Joe came to life. ably assisted by three
or four buckets of cold water and sun
dry kicks. He at once claimed to be
Mr.. John Hart, owner of the ship. The
mate had no humor in his composition.
When he looked upon the ragged,
bruised and blOated man before him
and heard his declaration, he didn't
laugh at the absurdity of the thing. He
simply hauled off and knocked him
down and left him lying underfoot for
the next hour. Then he incidentally
| mentioned~the matter to the captain.
| The captain wasn't feeling very gay
and wanted something to liven him
up. He therefore had Joe HaineS be
| fore him. 1t was with painful efforts,
| owing TO swollen lips, that Joe de-
| clared he had been drugged and
| Shanghaied and brought aboard one of
| his own ships. He insisted that he
was Mr.. John Hart, the man who shed
tears when talking To sailors ut bethel
| meetings-the man who sent sailors To
| sea with tracts and Bibles in their
| chests and let his heart yearn for their
| welfare.
| His story was secuted.
Joe Haincs was kicked out of the
cabin for an impostor and rated on
the articles as ships boy. His duties
We're TO help the cook and be the dog
OF the men. The cook was a negro,
and when he found white man work
! ing for him he took it out on him. 1t
| got around among the crew that Joe
Haines had claimed to he John Hart.
| While the crew jeered at the idea, they
set out to practice on him. They owed
the Shipowner one, and as long as they
| could not get at him it was some com
fort to get at the man claiming the
| iInptttv ThnC I-i.l-n1 him fTlnN plff-
ed him. They knocked him about
They made him eat of the worst faint
ed pork and gorged him on the bread
holding the most WecvilS. Joe HaincS
had never come in close contact with
q colored man before. In Il dim way
he had always considered the race
humble hearted and dOwntrodden and
long suffering. For the first day or
two he was surprised when kicked by
the cook. but in time he came TO take
il as matter of course.
There was one man among the crew
who really knew that Joe HaineS was
John Hart. He had sailed on one of
his other ships and seen the great
man abroad. He had also been in
ducCd to attend Il bethel meeting one
night and saw him there and heard him
speak with tears in his eyes. This man
led in making life miserable for the
; victim. He did more. After Il couple
; of weeks the captain got TO thinking
things over. 1t was barely possible
! that Il mistake had been made. He
sent for the cooks assistant, and the
: cook gave the man a kick aft. Joe
t UaineS retold his story. When he men
= toned what the cargo consisted of and
. the names of the cOnSigncCS ut Val
paraiso, with other information that
t could only be known in the shipping
! office. the captains hair began to stand
up. He was about to acknowledge tC
a mistake when word came aft that
one of the sailors wanted to be heard
in the case. He was sent for, and he
lied like a good liar. He identified
Haines as the porter around the ware
house
From thence on until port was
reached Mr.. John Hart led surpris
ing life. That is. he was surprised Il
| awake in the morning and find him
self still alive; he was surprised to fine
| that he had life enough at night to turn
/ In; he was surprised that others cOul(
/ be knocked about as they We're ana
fed as they were and still not mutiny
and murder the officers. He was Al
object of pity. He was starved ant
worked and maltreated until he he
| came woman in spirit and only th'
shadow of a man. And in the mids
of it all he had to remember that tht
Brotherly Love was his best ship. th'
one Of the trio least complained Of il
regard to food and treatment.
1t got about at home that the sud
den and mysterious disappearance o
Mr. John Hart was owing to the fac
that he had been shanghaied on on
Of his own vessels. She was to toucl
ut Bahia, and when the Brotherl,
Love reached that port men cam
aboard anu identified the owner ant
took him ashore. Captain and mate
We're fired instanter, three or four o
the crew arrested for assault and bat
terry on the high secs and the ship dc