Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-11-17
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sissy Floss was, atCmcagv. His
father bad left him 81. 000Ooog and he
had been through college and traveled.
He was called Sissy because he was
short and slight and effeminafe.
( The young man had accompanied a
| friend to New York to see him off for
Europe The steamer sailed in the
afternoon. and soon after her depar-
ture Sissy" fell in with a. couple Of
college chums. A dinner and trip to
Chinatown were planned and came off
| The effeminate was only five feet tall,
and his weight was. only 110 pounds,
and his voice was like that of a girl;
but when he cut loose to have a good
time he was all there. The trio were
Summing the slums in the most ap-
proved fashion when row took place.
and Sissy" was separated from his
companions. He had imbibed too much
to know whether he was in Baltimore
or Boston or to make much of a de-
fense. and at the end of five minutes
he. was very much in the hands of. the
Phflistines The gang doored him and
went through him up to his collar but
ton. They dragged him into a cellar,
stripped off his clothes and gave him
an old Bowery suit in exchange and
left him to come to- or pass In his,
checks He was in an undecided state
when the keeper Of Cherry street.
boarding house came along and took
in the situation. He also took Sissy
in. He wanted one more hand to make.
up a crew for bark sailing for Bris-
tol next day, and it made very little
difference whether he got live or a
dead man. -
When SISSY" Floss awoke next
morning he was lying in a bunk in the
deck house of the Write Wings, which
craft was" at anchor of Liberty island
and making ready to begin her voyage.
He didn't awake until he was being
pulled out Of his bunk by the second
mate. who was also damning his eyes,
his ears. his nose and other portions of
his anatomy In the language of the
deep blue sea. After being landed on
the floor with a bump the young man
was kicked out on deck and then up.
arouse his enthusiasm. for life ON the
ocean wave. SISSY" realized almost
at once that he, was being booted, but,
1t took him some time to figure out
why he wasn't in his room at the Wal
dorf. While he was puzzling over it he
was booted some more and the bark
got under way, She was off Fire is :
land before the victim got it through
his head that he had been shanghaied
test was in order, and Sissy went
aft to the captain to make it. s,o
'FWhat are you doing. here?" .roared
that officer Hts
81 want to state my case" ~
"Case?t You miserable little skulker,
what have you got to say for yourself?
Out with ft!'' -
! The story was told. The captain lis i
tened to it, with grin and a sneer on
his face. and then exclal,ued:, T
'You are blankety-biank liar! You
signed articles of your own free will.
You are pickpocket or green goods
man that wants to get away from the
police for awhile. Turn to and don't 1
let me hear another word. If you keep
this thing up there won't be as much
IS an eyebrow left of you by the time
we reach the other side.'' @.s'&
a. SISSY" started to protest and was
Kicked off the poop. In going forward |
he was cuffed by the chief mate and |
more fit for the hospital than the
1ecks Of ship, he was turned to and |
vet to work. From that time on his |
lays were anything but joyous. He j
was protesting sailor. In the eyes of |
captain and mates he could not be a |
worse villain. He was made ships !
boy. Nothing was too dirty to set him !
1t. The cook stood in with the after |
guard and gave him many a kick and |
,uff. and the nearer the bark got to /
1ngland's shores the worse the mates |
lazed him. s.t.. 4i al
After the first interview with the
.aptain SISSY" made no more pro-
ests. He began to rise to the occa-
lion. He recorded the kicks and cuffs
n a diary. The last entry was made
When three days from port. He neg
ected to add "sir" when answering
he second mate and was knocked /
[own and given a pair of black eyes. i
Then as soon as the bark had made
asst to wharf he was kicked ashore
nd told not to return under penalty Of
Leath.
Two hours after the last kick the
'oung man had satisfied the American !
onsul of his identity. A cablegram to
chicago brought him severai thousand
ollars within the next twenty-four
lours. Two days later, when he had
'roperly clothed himself, he brought
bout another emergency. This time it
vas for the captain. mates and cook
t the bark to rise to it. Warrants
voro aQryod IN fho fOur uou-wor |