New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-01-30

! ply. "only you gotter do it, that's all.
: And he walked away.
! A sulky crew sailed the John Henri
!. out of Plymouth harbor. During thu
!, remainder of that day the cool wenl
about with an ugly look on his face
He avoided all friendly conversation
Speculation as to his future course rar
high. but nothing could be discovered
Tor when Joe Martin daringly inquired
what his plan of action might be. he
answered sharply:
ITO do my dooty an keep my mouth
shet, The same as you ought to be
doin'."
That night. a little past midnight.
the entire ship, from cabin to fore.
castle. was aroused by a sharp. pierre
ing whistle. The men leaped from their
hunks and started up the companion.
way. At the top they met the captain
and mate. clad in the garments of
sleep. and forming with them a Eau
tious procession, moved noiselessly
forward. In a moment they came in
a., 49, -, ni C".rNn
,ho - alu
tho doad uaa,s~s 49, =,
London.
w..
,nor;nn. m" 'ni', coo
face.
me nieah'' y "o'' BIZ
'ooN' i'nooeh'9.
"ots your iuee IN wakih up the
az 'nip III .he miuuie the ny
GUY" d uheouiy hoise! saiu the cap
''.n even reuuer.
In sorry IL ave disturbed you
.apn' saiu the COOK calmly put
pein ne" at this kihu o WORK. ave a
aru .inie olaih my eyes open An so
""e'' II Aeeps me a"ahe'
ave no doubt II does SAID the
ohipper sarcastlcaiiy ana theh start
ing III ehthuslasticaiiy' ne called the
COON all the names he knew. The list
exhausted he tried his hand at inven'
'ioh' WIN no httie success. flnished
at iast' ne turned ~sheepishly to the
crew. ior IL was PLAIN as the COOK in
timated, that hard names were not
the equivalent OF sticks and stones.
Al a loss lor a plan Tor further acton,
he ordered all below in a terrible voice.
NO one slept that night during the
K watch. What was worse. the
next night the same piercing whistle
reused crew and officers, and the re-
cordlng angels oath account must
have beer in a sad muddle by morn
ing. For some time the unaccustomed
nightly concerts continued.
The captain was roaring mad, and the
while naturally delighted to see
heir chief getting the worst of ONE
hing. had begun to regret the cost at
which this pleasure was bought.
1t was at this point that old Daniel.
of plots and plans, took the
,ase in hand. For several hours he
thinking in a corner of the fore
,astle, repelling / IN surly tones the ad.
'ances of the interested and anxious.
1t length he announced to the wait.
ng ones the perfection of his scheme,
md carried it to the skipper for ap-
"Anythink," said that harassed gen.
sourly, 'anythink at all fest
it shets i'm up"
Early that evening the entire crew. {
ogether with the cook, sat smoking In !
%forecastle, when Daniel suddenly
rose and going over to his chest. took c
ut an old newspaper d
Il was Jest thinkin'," he soliloquized. s
'as 'ow I forgot to look oyer
nat paper wot | bought when | was I
/ London" And sitting close to the v
moky lamp, he began to read.
"Wot's the news?" the others in.
uired, but with little show of inter II
st. Five years before Daniel had I,
ought that paper and all save the Il
)ok had read the date beneath the q
anne. D
"Nothin' much" responded Daniel, 81
an offhand manner, ''nothin' but q
murders an 'angin's an the like"
hen suddenly he sat up very straight. h
l excited look on his face. a
"Wot's this?" he said. so loudly they h
! started. low lucky" he went on,
'ow very lucky fer me to come acrost C;
is at sich a time d,
"Wot is 1t? Read It," they %chorused. o
ID Daniel began In a roaring voice:
Wot is a very strange case as CT
opened In the st. George horsepittle.
night policeman named John Davis 81
5 been took there sufferin' great h,
in from insanity. Them wot lives sa
is beat says as 'ow e was accus- de
med to whistle a well-known toone
durin' the night. an when them as OF