The diamond drill., 1921-01-08
XXTE WERE bound out Of Lon.
wv don with a general cargo.
Tho wind dt,fno, out Npa had

WYE WERE bound out OF Lon
wv don with n general cargo.
The wind dying out. we had
10 come TO anchor I'm the Downs The
crew had been grumbling about the
grub; and were now grumblIng yet
more. was second officer, land TO
me came the cook saying: "Mr. Royle,
would you mind testing thls? and
handed me hit OF a ships biscuit.
"Sugar. moIasses. tea and pork---lf
they call 'em that--they're all the
same rotten messS sir"
The biscuit was bad and though II
was not my place 20 do So | took II
20 Captain Coxon, but got nothing
from him except curses and the cold
advice to mind my own affairs. Mr..
Duckling, the first officer added n few
obsequlous remarks on his own ac-
count The result was that the crew.
getting no redress. refused TO make
sail op the ship, and were put ashore.
Next morning a crimp came down from
London with fresh crdw.
A fair wind sprang up. the ship was
got under way. but we were not clear
OF the channel whenl the new crew
were also complainiT1g OF the grub.
Hot words were passN I'd between them
and the captain. so |ld that the cap
tain had to take yotice4 He finally
promised to put into some handy port
In Spain or elsewh1 ERE alOng the route,
and lay in a fresh study OF ships
stores.
what Injustice i in the peanness of
owners and capt. Ialns I" Ithpught Here
were good sailo rs and orianrily harm.
less men who NJ tight be made into Grim
lnals, and all to the end that our
banking baian9 9ce might he Kept large
and our natio3 hal power srprfme. With
out the Bril- IIsh sailor hSre would
be no BriYish empire, and what
treatment 4 u meted out 10 him He
submits toI hardshIps and danger
and receIv4 IS low wages poor food and
mean living quarters; even should he
be grante2 a hearing for grievance
nineteen Iout of twenty persons ap'
polluted investigate the trouble are
qualified neither by experience nor
psympnthy1 TO render just verdict.
The GfI Iosvenor. OF which was sec
ond ofii9er, was fast-saIng, full
rigked u tie ship OF 500 tons. The cap
tain. uni yier owners orders TO make
what tinhe he could 10 Valparaiso was
out 10 drive her. We were rushing
along uSnder press OF canvas when
we ran YER small craft OF some kind
q GOT q Iclhnpse I'm the dark OF masl
aod q 6ail before they vanished un
mo Word came 10 bring her TO.
eoked .anfain Coxon. who was on
deck. X he was not going to try tc
save th4 posslble survivors.
''Snve No hangedi why didn't theS
keep pn OF the wayl'
Knew what / wanted to say; ou'
itis IN qbe mower OF a ships captain
"a lnjurel even 20 ruin. the future OF
a of'lcerI under him. held my tongue
We ran into A three days gale. we
h1o 2 ttrrlhle time. but managed te
<e <nros os,eh II. AS II was moderaunt
- HRhf "A n wreck, most mournfn
nro pif4ous sight. II was In my
~H<cn. Md I ordered the ship luneo
nave hetter look at her. Whai
~ va9 An arm projecting through
orc house window. at ones
w { ke captain and asked for 10
Il ..<<--.,s.
& ke>p her awayl" was his order.
c' "A him n murderer ana ap
the men. They cried Y
w lives on the wreck. The cap
'ne allowed me 70 thke boat
see what could do.
'F hard struggle our boat maa'