Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-14

them going for 70 years, to the delight
of an expectant public. An happened
ed In this series of one ksadrsd booscv,
instant sfccess came TO eng who had
found>a< eew field to interest the public.
@Br. MidshIpman Easy" ~Snarley-
yowr and all the rest Of the twos dozen
tales hold q thrill for whoever foyes
the sca. 81 M
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 D con-
tented couple to whom, after eleven
years Of married life, was born our
hero IRelsFor nurse to thBsb4by the
family doctor introduced strong.
healthy young womahs Mrs. Easy,
catechising her. was Mortified. "What
mot married. And you had q
chiidi"
"If you please, ma'am, it was such
A little onei's
The young woman Joined the Easy
: hosaehold, where she aided every 9th
er MEMBER there to spoil young Jack !;
and SO we havesata Aye years Of age a
complete specimen Of the headstrong
young male. To save him from utter
ruin, the fanny doctor urged that he
be sent to school which s,he could
highly recommend n . The parents
agreed. but with the proviso from Mr..
Easy that he must not be- logged.
The benevolent boxing master of
this school was against fiogging also
Gaming. In his Judgment. was more
cfscaclous; so without troubling to tell
Mr., Easy of II, he gained our hero
beautifully. Thus, when at fourteen
Jack came home to live, all the bully
was gone from him. In place thereof
was great disposition to argue
things, with natural equality and the
rights OF man as hfs sfavorite themes.
Two disputatious people under one
roof were too many. Jacks father
packed him Off to sea IN H. M. sloop
HAPPY. where he very soon learned
that the natural equalities- were not
in high favor. If he was not towed
ashore on grating by a court-martial
order for some of his socially an.
archIstic opinions. when. his ship ar
rived at Gibraltar, 1t was probably
because the captain of H. M. s. Har'
py was indebted to Jacks father fol-
the loan Of 1000 pounds. ~
Jacks radical opinions did not les
sen his naval zeal, AS midshipman II
command OF the ships second. cutter
In a certain expedition he ignored thu
recall signal and SO lost sight of his
own ship: but losing sight of her Lex
to the capture of d fine big enem,
ship: and among this ships passen
gers was a lovely italian GIRL whom
Jack treated with great courtesy. ever
to seeing her safely ashore In q near
by port.
Being the only officer In his force
It was jacks duty to navigate tn
prize back to Gibraltar. "Simpl
enough" he said. "The land was Of
our left hand coming out, 1t should b.
on our right hand gong DacK;;" an
he was doing pretty well on that the
DRY when gale of wind came alonl
and blew him out of sight Of land.
In the cargo Of their prize the GREY
had found some casks of wine, t
whichs they helperi4 thepselyess apd
coming to a gr6hp of islands wher
Jack put in to reconsider his navign
tlon, they went ashore and got slerl
ously drun,rr===Fheir wine gave ou'
They hailed the ship for more. Jac
said no.L 1hey set out to swim. to tn
ahip after 1t, but sharks caught thre
Of them: the others fefufhet Abbaf
on Jacks terms.
lack sailed his prize over prett
much tbs-Fhqs MefjkSssAe befOr
ne found Ills own ship again. He ha
been gone two months. But such
STORY az he had to tell and $14.00
he found In the cabin Of the priz
helped out the telling It His capital
cDmmended him but also advised ~