The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-19
.gHAPTER XII.

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A dipsy-chany. you EpisAss, - -
Il sailormen N Jerseys anl .ALls ES..t'' AZ ~
Trolling gaits, strong topacco ana az
verse profanity; OF cutters. ana piunt-
4 nose schooners, ana tramps, canvao
and stean1 some OF ;Snen nonss., sp ~.
IsQf them shady, ana some O. stns eia PIT PIT
9tes OF the nrst water VINO 1.u n 1sst
And It necessary 10 MOIST at9tI tug
skull and bones. me seas sare ooIesq
with them. Eney remino you OF Tue
once prosperous mercnant, ru y 4o Os.l
lat the heel. who.sllnks along &, ING si :. =
i streets. ASHAMED to meet those ne
knew in the past You never hear
them toned In the marltlme news,
which is the society column OF the
ships; you know OF their exlsisnce
only by the sblsached bones OF them,
strewn along the coast.
You who crave adventures ION nlsh
1 seas, You purchase q ticket, p tsNsaInsr
chair, and couple OF popular .noysls'
! go on board TO the Piare OF g very m
different brass band. ana soelleRe you o..
are adyentrring; when, az e mayss ,,
OF fact, you are about TO spend uuii
week or fortnight: on q water hoesl,
where the most exciting thing Is the
bugies call to meals or the discovery
of q card sharp in the smoking room.
Take ra-real ship, go as supeTcaFgo, 70
the South seas; take the side streees
OF the ocean, and learn ~ nat ~ eau .Sp
with hurricanes. typn2ons, -. pilsseE .,.l15
Gains, and meHs sous. mere VIII "a
be adventure enough then. II you are
q weakiing, either you are macs
strong, or you die.
/ An honest ship. but run down at Ethe
4 heel, rode at anchor In the SOUND, q
fourth7rater OF the nopker pTeeo' fsnAI
is, her principal line or business was
hauling barges UP ana DOWN stne COAST,
When she could not PICK up enough
barges to make It pay, why, ssne,a 30
ga1avanting down TO cuba Tor patas
OF tobacco or over TO the Rernu9as
4 for the heaven smelling onion; ioqays
she was an onion ship; which pre-
Guides any idea OF adventure. sne was
about 4,000 tons, and her engines were
sternward and not am1dship. ne car,
ried two noasts and q hall dozen MOIST
boon1s, and the only visible sign OIL
anything new on her was her DOW
/ spirit. This was new doub tless because
she had poked her nose too Tar into
y her last slip.
4 Her crew was orderly and tractable
because they were sailors; but they
were q peaceful lot withal. At this
moment they we're at work. they
i moved about br1skly, Tor they were on
| the point of sailing for. the Bahamas az
| perhaps Tor more onions presently
the wind Lass creakea .aRd shrtlllsa..a ana
the snloboy ffeett sor ealis
paint, red as fish gtlls. clattered down
INTO the bow Someone's tney panied
the chain y It cane over; but paint
was costly, and this was done only
when the anchor threatened to stay on
| the bottom.
! There was sailor among the crew.
and he vent by the name OF Steve
Blossom and he was one of his kind.
a .grimy dime novel protruded rakish-
1y from his hip pocket, ana his right
cheek was swollen as with the tooth
ache, due, probaly, to a generous
q real tobacco cheWer, Tor ne rarely
spat He was as peaceful as back
water bay in summer; non-argumen-
tatiye and passive, he stood his watch
in fair weather and FOUL.
No one gave the ancnor any more at,
tention after 1t came to rest. The
great city over the way was fa1ry7like
IN Its hazinessi and transparlty II was
the poetry OF angles, OF shafts and
spars OF stone: and Steve Blossom,
having moment to himself, leaned
against the rail and stared respectfully.
He had been generously drunk the
night before, and It was q pleasant
recollection. Chance led his glance
to trail down the cutwater. His neck
stretched from his collar like turtles
from its shell.
Well, I'll be hornswoggled!" he
murmnred, shifting his cud from star
board to port
Caught on the fuke of the anchor
was the stran gest looking box he had
ever laid eyes on. There was leather
and steel bands and diamond shaped
ivory and mother OF pearl, and it hung
jalntily on the noint of the rusty
duke. Anybody would be hpnswoggled
To xlinpse such a dro1l lest of fate