The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-30
THEY SHANGHATTUUNCHUTT,J
DISCOVERERS RAISE THE DICK-
EMS ~ SOUTH STREET.


COulsln't Find . WindJammeF 10 ESDeFI-
ment 0R and Made . staten Island
FerFyboat Do Which Reminds the
Judge Of the Hedges Family Prayers.
The sun lay warm upon south street
yesterday afternoon a. the seventeen
members 81 the DiEcoverers' Club elected
Wet arms by the new pugiist and waiter
from Bob Herring's Park row food house,
arrived at varying velocitics on the water
front. A. usual the DISCOVERIES had
insisted on asking for strawberries. a
dish foreign 20 Bob Herring's plain but
substantial Tepertory. The new waiter
had therefore projected them on their
way. Az they hurtled through the air
the DISCOVERIES discussed the weather
and what they should do the day. II
was resolved by all hands a. they scared
over Pearl street % undertake the first
item in Lieut.. Bull McCargy's programme
a shanghaiing on South street. But
who should he shanghAied. To call for
volunteers IN such a hOrrendou s cause
would assuredly be non-prOductive OF
travelled farthest on the impulse OF the
aeeting moment should no the sacrifice.
While the sixteen other memheR Of the
club landed a. various points between
Front and south streets judge Peter 7.
Trunchett Of Patohogue. l.. l.. struck
the waters Of the Fast River Fortunately
he struck az a proper angle. He did
not sink. lie bounded and rebounded
a. a skimming she'll fetching dp az the
foot Of Montague street. Brooklyn. whence
he ferried hack 20 the foot % Wall street
and cheerfully acknowledged that he
was L.
To shanghai man aboard ship ono
must put him there against HE will. He
must be drugged and slowed With the
cargo. The DISCOVERIES are not I'M
sophisticated They retired to a gloomy
and forbidding Gin mill on a nearby
South street corner There they or
dered drinks al round. They ordered
more drinks all round. After a while
Arthur Apostrophe. the well known
writer Of sea stories. in which the hero
is always splendid abysmal brute
with red blood and profound knowledge
Of Nietzsche. slipped the colOrless con- /
tents Of tiny vial into Judge Trunchett's
small beer while the Judge averted his /
countenance. which h. struggled 20 I
compose. Then the Judge drank his
beer with one gulp and wiping the froth |
from his lips passed peacefully away.
BY chance the .harkeep had surveyed .
this proceeding The DISCOVERIES sup |
posed IL would he all right. He must
he hardened 70 such sights. But whether |
he was or not or whether he saw a chance /
10 b. virtuous and took q mean advan-
tage Of il. he raised a row out Of all pro-
portion 70 his size The DISCOVERIES
must leave hrs gin mill az Once. Nor
winka nor o. asOned argument altered his
determination The RsoOverers, care
fully conveying the torpid Judge. Jared
forth 20 { he sidewalk.
The thing now TO ~ done was 10 place
the Judge in the dirty. dim lighted 10 oslo
of a WindiammeT. Arthur ApOstrophe,
who is simply great on detail, made
thorough survey Of the water front, but
was Obliged Co confess that no ship. bark, I
harkentine. brigantipe or brig was visible
wherein the Judge might tenderly he
y
steamers were all and they showed no
intention Of weighing anchor Al inter-
" Is the Judge would murmuT drowsily:
For the sake u Mrs. Trunchett and all
the littla Trunchetts, by the great horn
spoen Of Nebuchadnezzar. in the name
81 walpurgis and the Flying Dutchman's
mutinous crew. hurry up. Preternatural
DAM
sHush!- exhqrted Arthur ApoStrophs.
where il your innate sense 81 tho fitness
Of things? You mOrtify me, II
YOU ought 20 he mortified retorted
the Judge a. he labOred 70 preserve the
rigidity % hi body.
After three sea captains, who were
serving a. caryaftds on
corners near by COsnties alip had declined
% have ANYTHING 20 do with the judge +,
the Disaoversrs put him on a municipal
fsrryboat bound for staten leland A
deckhand was bribed 10 rock tho boat.
The Judge was deposited In one Of the !
cabins, where he would have thu freedom
Of tho floor. and the DISCOVERIES assembled
circle they lifted their voices In several
chantiea while the anchor chain theoret-
ically oIanksd on tho windlass and the
deckhands welded mops which should
have been hOlyatOnee. III
While the voyage 20 staten Island
AMI back might have seemed but ordinary
10 some the DISCOVERIES found it an en-
larginR experience. After a suitable
interval the Judge was hustled onto the
fore deck. where for several minutes he
could do nothing but mop hia forehead
and speak In accents profanely thankful.
GOSH he told his mEtes, Il am somo
do not mind. bot while it was on ! felt
ia er.nafar1f fvr5fafiCs, that IA Ial, US,dwaa