Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-18
MUTTERINGS OF MUTINY
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| terday was marine mirage. That
was after he had taken the govern
OrS place in the crows nest and had
| shouted down that he smeIled Bird
| island. A furious row ensued. the
| governor asserting that what the cap
tain smeIled was the crows nest and
the latter retorting he had been
known to detect the island by its odOr
long before it hove in sight
Finally, just as George Willett, the
ceman-Ornithologist from Los An
geles, had been called up on deck to
| decide the matter as expert author t
| ity, Commodore G. R. Salisbury shout !
ed.
The sun is over the fOreyard!
Just what this sailing phrase means
| your correspondent is at a loss to
| understand. looked at the sun and
| it seemed to me to be almost at the
zenith and not over any forward partI
of the ship at all When looked
around again I saw the entire COM
pany rushing pellmell downstairs, and
! on inquiring from Judge Lindsay, who
was in the rear, | was informed that
they were going to "bOX the compass"
Here again your humble correspond
ent must plead WOcful ignorance.
Locked out, but lingering near by, |
| pOndered deeply as | heard the mystic
! riOus sounds waited out from time to
/ time. Is this boxing the compass"
an athletic exercise, a milliOnaires'
pastime, or a game of authors? | have
I heard of rich spendthr1fts buying gold
watches and then going out and
| throwing them against brick walls to
! hear them smash. but | never heard !
of mariners carrying 4 stock of COM
| passes to sea. merely for the purpose
| of breaking them up in the privacy
of, their cabins.
Yet | distinctly heard at frequent
| intervals the musical tinkle of glass
and an occasional small crash, follow
/ cd by an order from some member of
the party to the cabin boy to bring
another" My bewideTment was still
further increased when | heard d,
voic" that positively would swear
was Lindsay'S. repeat:
Heres to the happiest hours of
my life
Spent in the arms Of another
| mans wife -
My mother"
When the two territorial officials
emerged an hour later wiping their
! lOreheads, and your CORES pOndent
| timidly venturCd another query, Lind
/ say replied non-committally:
'Tis a Draw NIGHT. the NIGHT"
There was stcely glitter in the
| governors eye that limited he would i
| brook no interference, so he was not
questioned concerning the phenOmc-
| non
The afternoon was uncventtuI, all
! hands remaining in their hunks. After
| dinner last evening. howe YER, the com
| pany again engaged in this mysterious
! game of boxing the compass, and
your correspondent retired early TOT
rest his shattered nerves and ponder
the subject.
1t must have been some time after
| commotion outside. listened a mo-
! ment. The boat was riding easily. It'll
couldn't be that We were in danger
| Then | distinctly heard cry of dis
tresS, right outside my door. Some
one, running rapidly down the deck,
was shrieking:
| For Heaven sake. somebody save
| me- Take it Off"
! | jumped up and rushed outside in
FStantly, to collide with d big black
| form that knocked me back breath
| less against the door OF my cabin then
| hurtled on toward the. shouting fugi-
| tive. When | had finally gathered
myself. together and reached the stern
found the crew gathered around
Judge Lindsay They were splashing
water in his face.
When he finally came to. he was too
weak to talk, and the members Of the
| crew prOfeSSed deep ignOranc" Of the
whole affair. | didn't sleep the rest
of the night, but the thing, made plain
| by the Judge himself this morning. is
| simple enough.
! Getting hungry in the middle of the
! night he had ventured into the kitchen
| hoping to steal light lunch. In the
| dark he had encountered the big.
| black. burly form. evidently on the
! same errand bent. and was chased in
| to the open. This fearsOme thing. IN
! the broad light Of day. proved to be-
| only Brutus. the Thetis mascot the
big black bear brought down from
Alaska some months ago. and who
| frequently breaks loose at night and
goes on fovaging expeditions 10 1N'I
ships Harder.
Capt Cochran says We will 10 we'll