Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
SISSY" Of Chicago.


He was called Sissy because he wa
short and slight and effeminate.
The young man had ACCOMPANIED
friend to New York to see him off fo
Europe. The steamer sailed in tn,
afternoon, and soon after her depar
fure Sissy fell in with a couple OF
college chums. A dinner and trip tt
Chinatown were planned and came off
The effeminate was only FIVE feet tall
and his weight was only 10 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
stunning 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
Philistines. The gang .doored him and
went through him up to his collar but
ton. They dragged him into n 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 al undecided state
when the keeper of Il Cherry street
boarding house came along and took
In the situation. He also took Sissy"
in. He wanted one more hand to make
up crew for bark sailing for Bris-
tol next day, and it made very little
difference whether he got live or
dead man.
When SISSY" Floss awoke next
morning he was lying in bunk in the
deck house of the White Wings, which
craft was at anchor off 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 bump the young man
was kicked out on deck and then up
and down the decks. This was to
arouse his enthusiasm for life on the
ocean wave. "Sissy" realized almost
at once that he was being booted, but
it took him some time to figure out
why he wasn't IN his room atsthe Wal
dorf. While he was puzzling over 1t 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
and was being carried to sea. A pro.
test was in ORDER and SISSY" went
aft to the captain to make 1t.
"What are you doing here" roared
that officer.
II want to state my case"
cease? You miserable little skulker,
what have you got to say for yourself?
Out with itv'
The story was told. The captain lis
tened to 1t, with a grin and sneer on
his face. and then exclaimed:
''You are blankety- blank liar! You
signed articles of your own free will.
You are plckpocket or green goods
man that wants to get away from the
police for awhile. Turn to and don't
let me hear another word. If you keep
this thing up there won't be as much
as an eyebrow left Of you by the time
we reach the other SIDE"
SISSY" started to protest and was
kicked off the poop. In going forward
he was cuffed by the chief mate and
kicked by the second, and, although
more fit for the hospital than the
decks Of a ship, he was turned to and
set to work. From that time on his
days were anything but joyous. He
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
at. The cook stood in with the after
guard and gave him many kick and
cuff, and the nearer the bark got to
shores the worse the mates
hazed him.
D After the first interview with the
captain SISSY" made no more pro-
tests. He began to rise to the occa-
sion. He recorded the kicks and cuffs
in diary. The last entry was made
when three days from port. He neg
lected to add "sir" when answering
the second mate and was knocked
down and given pair Of black eyes.
Then as soon as the bark had made
fast to wharf he was kicked ashore
md told not to return under penalty Of
1eath.
Two hours after the last kick the
young man had satisfied the American
,onsul of his identity. A cablegram to
Chicago brought him several thousand
iollars within the next twenty-four
hours. Two days later, when he had