The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

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on board over the hyin' jibboom. which
was poundin' into 'em az every roll
sees a man lynn near the wheel an
suddenly from the cabin comes
womani She stoops down and starts
smoothin' the mans head. an I stands
there and stares at en- II was one
of those sleetin' nights, but light such
as you find down IN those southern
ATTITUDES sometimes
well. Mr. Connolly suddenly says
Cap'n Teasley in my ear. are you going
to stand there like a picked erawfisn
an let that woman DROWN
II didn't say anything. for I expects
to see the ship go down at every
plunge The old man looked az me
for an instant an then looks at the
woman Next minute he was out on
our Hbboom watchin' MS chance for
Jump on the wreck An he makes IL
and takes a line with him. He makes
this line fast round both the woman
and the man and motions for me 10
haul in when he jumps overheard with
the pair It was ticklish work get1ln
them on board with all that wreekage
poundin' round, but we finally makes II
and Teasley carries the woman 10 MS
cabin and gives the man. who was the
skipper of the other ship. the mates
cabin. It wasn't I'VE minutes later
before the other ship. which was the
Dundee Castle. so days out from
Iqueque. went down.
.Teasley came on deck an we starts
ciearin' up the wreckage- we nnaily
Axes up a Jury rig. Although our DOW
was stove in pretty bad We managed
TO patch IL up SOS 70 Keep the leak
pretty small. An then we had the
crew OF the other ship which made II
easier for us.
After that I got acquainted with the
girl. She was the shippers niece an
was maxim the trip for her health
An, by the way, the skipper himself
wasn't badly hurt, just knocked silly
when piece OF fallin' spar raped him
on the head But they both owed their
lives to Teasley. She was q sure
pretty girl, and kind Of frightened
UP the cabin. Why. even Teasley came
out IN a starehed collar TO dinner, an
gave orders that there was TO be no
cussin' when the young lady was on
deck. Teasley dug up an old guitar
and she'd play an sing TO Us. an We
finally got not to mind the sleet and
gales. But the bad weather continued
an 1t was another month before we
we made our way north. At first the
old man intended putin into Valpa-
raise. but KNOWN that the girl and
the skipper. her uncle. would leave,
he decides TO work the ship into Frisco
under jury rig. I was pretty well sat
isied, although I sure did feel hungry
for bit of something fresh and the
feel OF land under my feet But we
had good time when we reached the
tropics. The girl used TO give US en-
tertainments on deck. and later she and
the two captains would sit there and
talk with the big tropical moon max
in the sea like a mass OF liquid gold
One of these nights I came upon Teas
ley and the girl holdin' hands. an he
kind of blushin'-like explains to me
that they are goin' to be spliced as
soon as we reach Frisco. I was some
surprised. for Teasley wasn't the kind
OF a man that had taken to women.
But he was entirely changed. Why.
he ordered grog given out every night.
and duff three times a week.
We'll. finally we crawIs in through
the Golden gate. more than a year
after leavin' New York We had long
ago been given up for lost. and they
kind OF looked at US like people risen
from the grave Teasley an the girl
were married two weeks later. an I
was best man. Well, sir, from that
time he was entirely different. Before
that you couldn't get crew to ship
with him, but because his wife wanted
the sailors treated kindly. Teasley
fairly spoiled the men. 1t got so after
while that sailors were jumpin' over
barrels to ship with him. She went
with him on every voyage. an I guess
they were about the happiest pair I've
ever known. Their sons in command
VI Onc Oh the AlldnIlC liners today.
when he comes out here once a year,
he always makes me tell him how his
dad met his mother"
For some moments the four old men
sat in silence. their thoughts running
back to the long ago. Finally, with
preliminary clearing OF the throat.
Captain Hathaway began:
Cap'n Hathaway's Tale:
II knew old TeasIey well, and 1t was
he that got me the best job 1 ever had
in all my experience at sea- 1t was
hardly at sea. either. for most of the
time it was up the Nile This was in
80, or just after 1 lost the bark Laura
OFF the French coast and was back In
London stranded. 1 ran into Teaslev
in the street, and the first thing he did
was to take me up and Introduce me
to his wife. She was indeed a remark
ably beautiful woman, a woman sail
ors the world over revered and loved.