The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-14

HE was a nasty, low-looking little
chap, was Dodgy, very fly-looking and
very conceited. l didn't like the look
of i'm at all, and unbearable as Joe
was, it didn't seem to be quite the
sort o. thing to get a chap aboard to
'ammer shipmate you couldn't am
mer yourself
"'An' what's that in that bunk over
there?' SEES Dodgy, pointing with is
cigar at Joe.
flush. be careful ses Tom. with
a wink; that's a prize fighter
"'Oh,' ses Dodgy, grinning, I thought
1t was monkey
"'Bill, who is that 'andsome, gentle
manipulating young Teller over there
smoking half-crown cigar? ses Joe.
That's q young gent wot's come
down to ave look round ses Tom,
as Dodgy takes is cigar out Of is
mouth and looks round. puzzled.
"'Take that lovely little gentleman
and kick i'm up the fo'c's'le ladder
ses Joe to Bill, taking up Is jacket
agin; and don't make too much noise
over 1t. cos I've got a bit OF 'eadache.
else I'd do it myself
"'Wot's the gamer ses Dodgy,
staring.
I'm obeying ORDERS SEES Bill. Last
time l was in London, Joe ere half
killed me one time, and e made me
promise to do as e told me for sir
months. I'm very sorry, mate, but
I've got to kick you up that ladder
"'You kick me up?' ses Dodgy. with
a nasty little laugh.
az can try. mate, can't II ses Bill.
folding is things up very neat and put
ting EN- on locker.
"The fust blow Bill missed. and the
next moment e got tap on the jaw
that nearly broke 1t, and that was fol-
lowed up by one in the eye that sent
i'm staggering up agin the side, and
when e was there Dodgy's fists were
rafting all round i'm.
II believe it was that that brought
Bill round, and the next moment
Dodgy' was on is back with blow
that nearly knocked his cad OF.
Charlie grabbed at Toms watch and
began to count, and after a little bit
called out Time 1t was a silly thing
to do, as 1t would ave stopped the
fight then and there IL 1t 'adn't been
for Toms presence Of mind, saying
II was two minutes slow. That gave
Dodgy a chance, and he got up again
and walked round Bill very careful.
swearing ard at the small size Of the
fo'c's'le.
HE got in three or four at Bill afore
you could wink Almost, and when Bill
1t back e wasn't there.
"Cahrlie called Time again, and we
let 'em ave five minutes.
'In five minutes more, though, 1t
was all over, Dodgy not being able to
way--and hitting Wild. He seemed to
think the whole fo'c's'le was full o
Bills sitting on locker and waiting ia
be punched, and the end of 1t was a
knockout blow from the real Bill
which left i'm on the floor without a
soul Offering to pick i'm up.
bill 'elped i'm up at last and shook
hands with i'm, and they rinsed their
faces in the same bucket, and began to
praise each other up. They sat there
purring like couple o. cats. until al
last we card smothered voice com.
ing from Joe Simmins' bunk.
"Ts 1t all over?' he asks.
Eyes ses somebody.
"'How is Bill? ses Joe's voice again
look for yourself. ses Tom.
"Joe sat up in is bunk then and
looked out, and he no sooner saw
Bills face than he gave loud cry and
fell back agin, and. as true as I'm sit
ting here. tainted clean away. We
was struck all of q cap, and then Bill
picked up the bucket and threw some
water over I'm, and by and By he
comes round agin and in a dazed sort
o. way puts his arm round Bills mech
and begins to cry.
mighty Moses!' SEES Dodgy Pete
jumping up; it's woman!'
Its my wife!' SEES Bill.
I'VE understood It all then, least
ways the married ones among us did
Shed shipped aboard partly to Be
with Bill and partly to keep an eye
on i'm, and Tom Bakers mistake
about a prize fighter had Just suited
her book better than anything. How
Bill was to get 'er home q couldn't
think, but It 'appened the second Of
fcer had been peeping down the
fo'c's'le. waiting for ever SO long for
suitable opportunity to stop the
fight, and the old man was so tickled
about the way we'd all been done Z
gave er a passage back as stewnrdsss
70 lcck arier the slips eai."