The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-30
MlDSEHIPMAN EASY
BY CAPTAIN MARRYATT
Condensation by James 3. Connolly

Mr.. Easy was for natural equality
and the rights of man, which Mrs. Easy
did not mind, she being allowed to
have her game Of patience Behold
then contented couple to whom, after
eleven years of married life, was born
our hero Jack. For nurse to the baby
The family doctor introduced a strong
healthy young woman. Mrs. Easy,
, catechising her, was Mortified. What
not married. And you had a child"
IF you please, ma am it was such
little one."
The young woman Joined the Easy
household, where she aided every
| other member there to spoil young
JACK; and SO we have at five years of
age complete specimen of the head
strong young male. To save him from
utter ruin, the family doctor urged
that he be sent to a school which he
could highly recommend. The parents
agreed, but with the proviso from Mr..
Easy that he must not be flogged
The beneyolent-looking master OF
this school was against flogging also.
Gaming, in his judgment, was more ef-
flcacious; so without troubling to tell
Mr.. Easy of it, he caned our hero
beautifully. Thus, when at fourteen
Jack came home to live, all the bully
/
was a great disposition to argue things,
with natural equality and the rights of
man as his favorite themes.
Two disputatious people under one
roof were too many. Jacks father
packed him off TO sea in H. NJ. sloop
Harpy, where he very soon learned
that the natural CAPABILITIES were not
in high favor. If he was not towed
ashore on granting by court-martial
order for some of his socially anar-
chistic opinions when his ship arrived
at Gibraltar, it was probably because
the captain of H. NJ. S. HAPPY was in
debted to Jacks father for the loan Of
1000 pounds
Jacks radical opinions did not lessen
his naval zeal. AS midshipman in
command Of the ships second cutter
in certain expedition he ignored the
recall signal and so lost sight of his
own ship; but losing sight of her led
to the capture of a fine big enemy
ship; and among this ships passengers
was lovely Italian girl, whom Jack
treated with great courtesy, even to
seeing her safely ashore in a nearby
port.
Being the only officer in his force. it
was Jacks duty to navigate the prize
back to Gibraltar Simple enough" he
said. The land was on our left hand
coming out, it should be on our right
hand going back; and he was doing
pretty we'll on that theory when a gale
Of wind came along and blew him out
of sight of land.
In the cargo of their prize the crew
had found some casks of wine, to
which they helped themselves, and,
coming to a group of islands where
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ton, they went ashore and got glori-
ously drunk. Their wine gave out.
They hailed the ship for more Jack
said no. They set out to swim to the
ship after it, but sharks caught three
of them; the others returned aboard on
!. Jacks terms.
Jack sailed his prize over pretty
much the whole Mediterranean, be-
fore he found his own ship again. He
had been gone two months. But such
story as he had to tell. and $4,000
he found in the cabin Of the prize
helped out the telling it. His captain
, commended him, but also advised him
to give a little time to the study OF
navigation.
AS Jack grew older he began to
have his doubts OF the natural eQuali
| ties. For one thing the ships boat
I swain, MI bISSS, was SetI1uS Ou LIS
nerves; likewise Easthupp, the pur
ser's steward. forever insisting that {
gentleman should be treated 3
gentleman. Having been a Londor
f pickpocket before entering His Ma
, jesty's Service, he was probably over
sensitive.
One day, after what Mr.. EasthupI
termed "hinvidious' remarks hac
been passed all around, Jack challeng
ed Easthupp and Biggs to a duel
adding that he would get them bott
or none, and at the same time. The
arrangements were entrusted to Mr.
Tallbays the gunner, a man Of most
exact mind. Both or none, and al
the same time-what did that meaI
,, exactly?"
t All, of course! Three combatants
three positions" Mr.. Tallboys got Oh
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