The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-03-03
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By M QUAD
4 Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
By M. QUAD

uGmeu uer tue Jane DeUee sltel AA'S
wife, who had sailed with him for
many voyage and was almost as good
q sailor as lie was. The first voyage
OF the new brig was to q certain South
American country, ruled by Il dictator,
who curried things with II high hand
for five or six years and got away with
lump of money just in time to avoid
the revolution that his corrupt prlc-
tees had evoked. The craft arrived
after fine run and was waiting to
haul into the wharf when an otlicia
came aboard and demanded Il bonus OF
$1,000 for permission to land the cargo
This was in addition to customs dues
and port charges and WAS directly from
Don Castro. II was bluckmail pure
and simple, and Aunt Jane. as the cap
tains wife was generally called. said
to her husband:
"Jabez Bebee. we won't pay it. and
you tell him SO straight from the
shoulder. No. not Il blessed penny"
The captain braced up and became
defiant. and Don Castro's messenger
was sent away with Il tie:l i'll his ear
1t was the general opinion that the die
tator would wilt. But The brig was
held in the harbor for forty eight
hours on one pretense. or another and
was forbidden to haul into the wharf
or set sail for another port. Then
Jabez Bebee Went ashore prepared to
assert and maintain that the govern
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stand no tritling. with one of its rep
resentatives from Marblehead and i'll
command of Il new brig which had
logged off seven knots an hour with
her yards checked in. He had his
thunder duly prepared and his light
ming handy by, but he struck snay
almost ut once Don Castro was man
who would not stop to bluff the com
bined powers Of the world If there had
been $500 in sight for him. The willy
old rascal also thoroughly understood
statecraft and the number OF years
that would slip by while the offended
government was making an official in
yestgation into one of his acts. official
or private.
PAY me thousand dollars and you
can land your cargo" was his answer
to Captain Bebee
Captain Bebee came aboard with a
long face. and in reply to his wife's
query he explained what had taken
place ashore. The matter was talked
over for an hour. and it was finally
decided that the captain should so
ashore again and try to buy Don Cas-
tro off for smaller sum. II lie plead
ed poverty and INDUCED in no further
bluffs 1t was hoped that the dictator's
heart might be softened into accepting
about, 5000, 1t was about o'clock
when he was pulled ashore again, and
two hours later word was sent us by
Don Castro that Captain Bebee was in
Jail on the very serious charge Of try
ing to bride the very highest officials
Of the country. When Aunt Jane had
got the situation straight in her mind
she promenaded up and down with her
lips puckered up. At the end of about
ten minutes she walked up to the mate
with her face as hard as stone and
said:
Look here. Samuel Davis Smithers.
are you a man or a scarecrow?"
"1'll stand by you in any plan you've
got" replied the mate.
"And how about the rest Of 'em?"
They'll follow me to a man."
The crew was called aft. and Aunt
Jane detailed her plan, As a result
they lifted anchor and sailed out of
the harbor about an hour before sun
down. The brig ran down the coast
fourteen miles and came 10 anchor in
a bay resorted to by the dye craft, and
all that night every man of the crew
was kept hard at work. While the
carpenter cut gun ports in the bull
warks for four guns on side men
I went ashore and brought of, eight logs
to represent cannons. These We're
stripped OF their bark. painted black
and rudely mounted. and. though the
sailors were bunglers at the business.
they gave the Jane Bebee u man-of7
war look to make you thrill. Viewed
from n distance Of half mile the
Quaker guns looked ready TO spout
flame aud smoke and round shot as
big as beer kegs. and Aunt Jane rub
bed her hands and smiled and said.
s''Now for the rest Of it,
One of the crew had drum and an
other fife and third concertina.
and they were tOlled Off as the band.
From the slop chest and fo'castle they
got enough garments to rig up a dozen
dummies and make them fast to the
bulwarks here and there. and they set
sail ON their return to the port.
Straight up the harbor sailed the Jane
sBebee an hour after sunrise. but she
was barely broadside to the town and
her anchor down before boat pulled
O6 from the mob with a flag of truce
flying In that boat sat Captain Bebee,
who had been get at liberty with many
apologies.
Jane" said Captain Bebee as the
brig cleared the harbOr and the wood
en- guns were tumbled overheard, you
are Il mighty smart woman. but can't
just understand it. How in the name
efGoshen did you get the idea? talked
and threatened and clustered and bluff
ed, but
But a woman never bluffs" she in
terrupted. "No. Jabez Bebee. when a
woman starts out to do anything she
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