The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-16

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m Rahamas, tlrcshed and waloWed in the
&rsrrcrnlH dancing blue OF the Gull Stream
lEfS1 IS CNM Though the booms were amdsups' the
Esc5.S%ISsK blocks brought up with crash at every
EkT ysSE sideways swing; hour after hour the rect
EGA u HTH points Slated and ratified against the
BfSAsJYE dirty brown sails Tweny-cgh days out
In ISSg4 a of Trinidad after touch at ~. Lucia
~ ~ and Guadeloupc, She stank OF varied
Ex.~SSx~ss% cargo The fumes OF asphalt mingled
with The odor Of over-ripc bananas and
the stencil OF hides from the aterhold
= Bound for the Capes o he Delaware She had fought
f,cad-winds after leaving the trades and mad been
BIASED to the eastward by blow that struck ncr TO
@he north Of St Thomas and now III the cuicn o. uie
Egreat current not a breath had come TO aid her,
#T They had name for the Sarah Benson ever since
ii John Crabbe as master and part owner had put ms
unsteady foot over her side The men %ho had served
#i IN her called her "Iht Hell at Sea. Navigation ana
Nhiskey were Crabhcs weak points. lie had more c%
Npcrience with the latter he rumor was that ms
meals for days at time when he was ashore con-
Sisted OF soft bread sopped IN strong liquors, ana
Iat at sea he varied the regime by substituting hard
Xtack lie had been summoned before more consuis IN
Shs Younger days as mate for belaying-pn and st
work than airy raan who atterwaTd had stuihpled
Nfhrough a mascr,s examination
# "lts coming to him some day, was the universal
&brophecy and the fact he got it with such unusual
81 circumstances is the reason of this chronicle
n The complement Of the Sarah Benson consisted OF
#he captain, a Halifax mate named turSon hVe ioFe-
mast hands and negro cook from the baip"qos
huge spider Of man whose haul on sheet ana H"iy"I9
Myhen he was called upon had the force OF three re
Weoiced in the erstocratic name OF Dgby Ormshy but
d. went by the name Of Dig he could "re hlS naihe
segbly, and had some little schooling mere was
n ascar in his blood aud way back OF that STRAIN OF
&Carb Indian Two OF the crew. Portuguese IN
&onio Sanchez, and nondescrpt Canary Islander,
#Diego could only make cross when they signeu
Nartices-the other mems names were Jonas Smlth'
ohm Forbes and Michael Gilligan
There was grumbng in the TO ocastle-that was noun
Ming unusual, but there was reason Tor 1t. OWING
8wcre on nehaf allowance, and that bg cut IN any
&clne let alone hot here was plenty alI LOT
She captain had four large breakers taken on at asse
&Terre stored in a locker just inside the cabin door;
Ebesdes there were wines in cases strong liquors
hin square refaced bottles, and rum IN Jugs nc mate
fthe Nova-Scotian got his share OF All ana Vei"eT"
She two i estimated by the men VINO STOOD lcHs
Nat the wheel and who could look down hfoueh 'he
Askyph that they took between them. thirty dI1ks
2day If you want get ioremast hand dSgruh'lGu'
8cut down his water allowance and let him know the
lcabn has plenty; but if YOU want TO eoad cooA %
desperation pursue the same policy -, .t
On this scorching day Dig had hardly enough
ldolcd out to him to make coffee for the toremast
hands After the usual cursing match The COOK sug-
|gested a plan--if they'd back him up he walk INTO
the cabin and take it. r,l
Then what you do :d
Digs yellow eyes cleaned NO you rear "O s"'"
|"Ill take my knife along ,a
Smith who was bit Of sea lawyer d%eInlfI % Iea' ca
We'll write letter. said he ana sign H. a., az
I'll give il to the old man during the noon watch
I'm risk that much and all YOU stand p>, -. =,
The negro said nothing more, but slouclcd up on
deck and made his way TO the calaDooSe
What had happened when Captain John lraone H. H.
ce;ved the round-robn note-thc crew assembled AT uc
lhreak Of the little poop-could not be recoIueu Nc
lbatim Bnt Iohn Crabbc had cursed them IN Such re-
dundant terms that the little weSt-coast IrlShhdh n@u
grinncd in admiration The cook had ausnea oG, tha
right and Smith distinctly remembeted aier"afu '''
peculiar sound Of that laugh - -
Later in the day he and GilIigan "ele 0T1ym TI we're
sbout six bells of the afternoon watch mere. WeIc Wef
distant clouds in the sky, with promise ~ p
wind and rain Upon the deck the maze lay efaT' inan
the awning, close To the s[}H9n'' l" d uiI o,f
Tic man al the wheel Forbes, had shipped SurItPu-
ous ashine over the king spoke, and, leaning on ms
elbows in a halfstandlng position was "sCop T th
Diego was browsing on the iorecasue. loH, wv
Portuguese and the cook were nowhere 20 W 90I" >,
Down IN his bunk the captain, dressed ohi9 III
dungaree trousers and an undershr lay spTa"ied OUT
breathing stertorousy ~ . ;o,res
cnerTed from, the after companionway Inc hrSl was
piebT carving on his shoulders heavy Shcrly '@sN ASH
abc second was the Poruguese-rn e@Nm n''' i1;gh,
under his arms he held square iaCeu u@''uo - h IAN
looked round--no one observed them not even ' ma"
suddenly there came. roar: You thieves 0''ne
''11 h s0p Por,rrcec falling forward grasped the edge
al the skvleht struggled to gc' loose IRON w l"1 -
that had caught his ankle Still hoa"s i3n! rt,, tD
Captain Crabbe bolted upon deck uIeN L M III HE
rprse on his back and began kicking hin "'t' 1t" 1 I
might The mate awoke from ms sIuinpe' az
rr1,yled TO his feet The man at ihc ""feL a"'N Nm,
now also leaned back holding neiiH 70 u'e 'inrt
watching Old Crabbe had o'eR n''hgu rbn+c
aid no man dared to interfere; hui now 'Ile'r IN
diversion The huge black stood there Po,se" WV,
the illcd breaker over his head. VIZ W. ed
been some time IN the cabi -oH0 "
''1.es T was a,,'J nr, t, what strnc; HIM but with
tbe for.e f tb,,, ,re4t .t,ulderS and long d'"' 5
hind it. the breascr aHeh iin ul' "', & t 80 ,be deck
body slipped down ,he c,np1n"r l"He N,tonio
81 laDu An The watchers stood a3haSl N"0e
lurcbed 10 a standing position and stood S"al my II ~
mate feeling for steayins l.e s',rned W.