The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
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Speaking 90 swapping mules said
Capt EphPaim Topresf 90 he tamped
his pipe with q stubby thumb and apne
carefully over tho railing into The tulips.
Il knew . fellow onoS who swapp~d .
second hand pair Of trousers for baby
girl-and she was q good giri too.
Hero In New York; Huh. not quite;
trousers In too expansive here IN New
York unless you're laid up In Sailors
Snug HarhOr like myself here. o worth
less old hulk what gets . new rigging
once in . while and never haa TO move
out to take the trades and drop down
below the line 10 the little green Islands.
This here swap was made thirty years
ago and IL was made away down IN New
Ireland. where folks more trousers Tor
ornamenta and baby girls sometimea
went into the pat 20 feed the hungry
SannibAls
-CannibaIs? Sure. I've seen lots when
! was frsi mate on the old Mary Osborne.
New Bedford schooner that used 70
trade in the South Seas and aomettmes
did a little blaekbirdinR when business
was slack Old Cap'n Sam PococS. he
was captain and owner. and called under
him for Ave years straight until ws lost
the Mary Osborne IN the SOlomons and
had 10 live with q man eating chief until
the star Of Hope came along and-out
I've told you that one.
Sure. about trading a girl for q pair
Of trousers: I'm coming TO that. IL was
in the late 'TOs. the same year that Ne
met up with a hoary headed old sinner
from Melbourne who wanted to show
M where the pearl shell lay on the reefs
Kicker than reaches on a galley shelf.
We took BIN out frsm Melbourne
and were making up through all the little
seed islands when we got driven out
Of our course and brought zap in the group
thsy call New Ireland. We'd never been
in that part Of the South Pacific before
and Cap'n Pooock didn't like fooling
around those Islands beceused the mig
gers there had a bed name for being can
nibAla. However. We had TO make through
a certain little strait between atoIls In
order to clear for the nor 'weat. and IL
was in that strait where IL hsppened.
Bout three miles wide. that little
strait. an remember and when We were
Roing throuRh NO had nothing but a
light land breeze that took us laong just
about smart enough to give m steerp@e
way just about half way through the ,
strait old CaD'n Pocock and the rest Of Is |
not an awful start when we cav Ave biR |
canoes. fiIisd with kinky haired '
blacks come ripping out Of q cove in |
one of the Ieewsrd islands and ms he !
10 head M on. There was nothing to do: I
~ had hard enough time 90 keep from I
being caught in TIN current and st IN |
toward The reefs and ws couldn't mako |
half knot more speed, what with the
wind diving down on uN.
We'll sir. old Cap'n Pocock went down |
IN HE cabin and brought uD all his guns
he had. aboate one for ~verv third man In
the crow. He wanted HE wife 10 stay be-
low ,Cap'n Pocock ALWAYS took the wife
along on his South Sea trims because he
said ahe was all around q better akippeT
than he wasl but the Misaia wouldn't 10.
She said she would stav right on deck.
knives and q capsean bar. ready with the
rest 81 us 90 stave OF the rowdv cannibal~.
Those outriRGer canoes made awful
fast time Thew came up to about two
Fable lengths from us then Cam Pocock
fired OF rife over their heads to give
come anv further. Thew took the hint
and stopped just then the Cap'n's
Nfissis. who'd been spying at the cano@s
the binoculars. let ont n little
yeti and says.
Pooork. they've got a baby With EN-.
a naked. kicking baby
-Po~ock took a look and allowed that
the Miasls vas night. ~ she always was
BY that time the blacks were all standing
up and making signs for palaver. Their
canoes were drifting closer and closer.
and We could hear that baby yelling.
-Cap'n Pocock stood up on the rail and
made signs for the canoe with the baby
in 20 come nearer The blacks Who we're
understood. and they drew up
TO about a ships length away We could
go that fhRg UrRre fsaf FrrinR ehAiF anS.n
and clIibs: their faces were all streaked
with white paint. and they were about
the OFneriest Hot 81 unrsdeemed savages
! ever clapped eyes on.
When the paddlers backed water and
swung their canoe around broadside on a
big buck stood up IN the bow and waved
az W.. Funny thing about him was he
had a pair OF trousers on-an old pair Of
faded blue dungarees; just that pair Of
he was the only one in the whole kit and
passel 81 'em Who had any clothes to cover
their shameful nakedness
he stood up and he grabbed this squaIl- !
ing baby by the arm Just like a bunch OF
cOcoanuts and held q up. First he pointed
10 the baby and then he pointed 20 his |
trousers, all the while carrying ON a lot Of
xibberish
Guess he wants a pair or trousers for |
the younGster, says Cap'n Pocock. kind |
~ puzzled and scratching his head. which !
" ~ wv NNNAt NahN ~ tthu " - NfUtf Tue l
East.
Nothing Of the kind. Pocock. says the |
CAp'n Miasis. Can't you see he's decker
ng with youg He wants a pair Of trous- |
ira and-snd believe he wants to swap
that baby for en-
Well. by the great t0aGiasiFss7 gsiifshur |
bottom, u he don't says Cap'n Pocock. |
Mr.. Spindler. will you 20 down and get q
pair Of your extra trousers III make IL
lp 20 you II Ne make the trade.
soon m the captain said that 20 me
vent down in my chest and brought up my
second best pair of trousers-And they
weren't very good trousers. neither
pocock grabbed 'sm out 81 my hands and
Jumped up on the rail and waved EN-
The black. who was standing up hold
lng the baby. he grinncd and nodded
Pocock motioned for him to come along
vide. While the canoe was making alov19 !
our anchor chains one OF the sailors ran
q line through q blankets four corners
and lowered IL.
Tho black fellow put tho souaIlinR
baby into the pocket Of the blanket.
~ AZ A.