The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-29

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call il discipline but it's the same
thing under another name. Still, it's
fair in way. II gets passed on from
one TO another. Everybody aboard
Almost has got somebody to bully, ex-
cept, perhaps, the boy; he as the
worst of 1t, unless he can manage to
get the ships cat by itself occasion
ally.
Il remember, good many years
ago now, was lying at Calcutta one
time in the Peewit, as fine a bark as
you'd wish to see, an we 'ad a fust
mate there as was a disgrace to is
sects. nasty, bullying, violent man,
who used to call the hands names as
they didn't know the meanings of
and what was no use looking in the
dictionary for.
There was one chap aboard, Bill
Cousins, as he used to make a par
tikler mark of. Bill 'ad the misfortin
to ave red air, and the way the mate
used to throw that in is face was
disgraceful. Fortunately for us all.
the skipper was very decent sort of
man, so that the mate was only at
is worst when he wasn't by
I'VE was sitting In the fo'c's'le at
tea one AFTERNOON, when Bill Cousins
came down. an we see at once ed
'ad turn with the mate. He sat all
by hisself for some time simmering,
an then he broke out. One o. these
days I'll swing for i'm; mark my
words
Don't be fool, Bill ses Joe
Smith.
IF | could ony mark i'm, ses
Bill, catching his breath. Just mark
i'm fair an square. If | could on'y ave
i'm alone for ten minutes, with no
body standing by to see fair play. But
O cource, If 1t i'm it's mutiny
You couldn't do 1t If it wasn't
BILL SEES Joe Smith again.
He walks about the town as
though the place belongs to 'im,' said
Ted Hill. Most of us is satisfied
to shove the niggers out o. the way,
but he ups fist and Its 'em If they
comes within yard Of i'm
why don't they 1t i'm back? SEES
Bill. i would If ! was them
Joe Smith grunted. Well, why
don't your he asked.
Cos | amt a niger. SEES Bill
Well, but you might be- ses Joe,
very softly. Black your face an
'ands an legs, and dress up in them
cotton things, and go ashore and get
in is way
"If you will, | will, Bill SEES a
chap called Bob Pullin.
We'll, Bill was bit flattered. the
carpenter being very superior sort
of man, and quite an artist In is
way, an Bill sat down an let i'm
do i'm with some stuff out of a can
that made i'm look like. a Hindoo
what ad been polished Then Bob
Pullin was done too, an when they'd
got their turbins on. the change In
their appearance was wonderful.
We'll. the two of 'em went ashore
arter dark with the best wishes o.
all on board, an the rest of us sat
down in the fo'c's'le spekerlating as
to what sort o. time the mate was
goin' TO ave He went ashore all
right, because Ted Hill see i'm 60
an he noticed with partikler pleas
1t must ha' been near IL O'Clock
was sitting with Smith on the port
side o the galley, when we heard
'ubbub approaching the ship 1t was
the mate just coming aboard. He was
without is at; is necktie was twist
ed round is ear, and lis shirt and is
collar was all torn to shreds The sec.
ond and third officers ran up to him
TO see what was the matter. and
while he was telling them. up comes
the skipper.
You don't mean to tell me, Mr..
Fingall, SEES the skipper. in surprise,
that you've been knocked down like
that by them mild and meek Hin
doos?
'Hindoos. sir?' roared the mate.
'Cert'n'y not, sir, I've been assaulted
like this by five German sailor-men.
And | licked 'em all
Its the mates pride ses the car
penter, He didn't like being knocked
about by Hindoos.
I'VE thought It was that. but we
had to wait nearly another hour afore
the two came aboard. to make sure.
There was a difference in the way
they came aboard, too, from that of
the mate They didn't make no noise.
and the fust thing we knew of their
coming aboard was seeing a bare,
black foot waving feebly at the top
of the fo'c's'le ladder feelin' for the
step.
"Well, you done it, Bill SEES Joe,
after waiting a long time for them
TO speak. Tell us all about it,
"'Nothin' to tell SEES Bill, very
surly We knocked i'm about
"'And he knocked us about, ses
Bob, with a groan, I'm sore all over,
andas for my feet
'Wots The matter with them?' SEES
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