New-York tribune., 1909-06-06


w had forgotten. Among those that knew
hira. he was called Whisky Willie because Of his
liking for this form OF nourlshInent and st1IlulaHt
but he never subscribed to the compliment ana
never pave the prefix when asked his name He
signed his name Willie the articles and on his re-
ceipts for pay and once when a sarcastic Skipper
suggested that he the absence OF front name,
adopt the title OF Mister complimentary desgna-
ton he felled the skipper with d mighty stroke OF
his fist and closed the discussion
He was not OversensItlye beng thoroughly uStd
10 his name which he could not shake OFT, but he
did not wish the incubus increased. Willie was had
enough. Mister was too much Mister was the name
he as cor,71,eIled to apply TO the mates who buled
him when drunk ironed him when. sober, he resented
their manner, and Mister was the frst name OF the
boarding and shipping masters who robbed MN ana
sbanChaied him OF the rest OF humanity he knew
little and il teChnic beyond the spllclng OF rope,
the handling OF sail and the general craft OF an able
seaman he knew nothing
His appearance belied his name He was six feet
SIX over all with displacement OF two hundIed
pounds all lean meat. bone and Dy-I'roiuCl ne
had he face of prize fighter pair OF shoulders like
TWO sofa pillows the size OF an ordinary leg
and fist as big as a small woman mead lie was a
mn of iron iron OF heart. head. and body.-WIth
only one weakness bevond the weakness OF ignorance
his ingraned love Of children for IN childhood had
come the only happy moments OF ms lie
WTILLIE wakened one morning with the old ia
w 1nlliar headache that had attended 50 many
o-fe- first mornings al sea and with pOyglOt sym
-,osil,ro harnnaering on his eardrlns He was in
fore-astle bunk, and. rolling over he peered down
hash placed in the middle of the floor space between
the bj1nks Cracker hash the first morning out
bespoke the crafts nationality
Yankee ship dom the luck he gro"led
What's her name and where bound
The answer was uninteIgible, and Willie never
asked the question again; II was HnmateTlaI but
The sneaker added Turn oudtl 1t was your next
wheel u1ld all night you sleep
Dry up YOU Dutch washerwoman' said Willie.
hois-i-g his six feet of aching anatomy over the
bunk board you i sleep all night and all day
~Ob dots all right " answered the German pleas
.--1,- Won was yoost on bad terms nit yourself
Ge. your pan und your Pannlkin und have your
breakfast o.,
Willie found his clothes bag in his bunk, where 1t
had served for his pillow, and extracted from II
brand new tin pan, cup, and spoon; but ne louIld
nothing else that was new.
Shanghaied Of course. he snarled and get
these against my advance. He's good klnd man;
that boardIn master: he really sent my Dag . od
He helped himself to his share Of the hash and
coffee then squatted on the deck; for there were no
chests nor seats in the compartment
Is this all hands. he growled after fe" mouth
fuls OF watch.
AHA hands answered one Dis small brig
All hands eat-a one time -
You re a Dago. / take II, responded Willie III
uat,1redlv Who's here, anyhow:
Willie glared round on the crowd An lrlsh1nan on
bad terms with himself always commands attention.
sometimes respect ..or
have Tnonev-in PARIS Again l am boatswain in re
French navy ,. .,,-,
ard what" he demanded OF the fourth man, barely
dsting11ishable in the dim light from the flare lamp
Ei'se an American. is answered this man, 4
was born in Philadelphia, and mo dan dat Sc d
gem nun / 'spect myself / don take no dlcta-
fion from arlv man don't know, and you IS stranger
to me. sab and don't care .
Willie s1note the American with such force that