The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-02
IIE DISCUSSES GROUCIIEs AND
INgRATTS


lNGRhTES
There was nn irun.clad rule iu
all OF the corporations. both humber
ana shipping. owned and controlled
by Iappy Kicks. that the details u
any suit filed against such corpora
Tons must be laid hcforv him be-
fore any money should ho spent
defending them. Stature had blessed
Tho old gentleman with an extreme
~ wcll-halanocd sense on equity,
he could $50 the other fellows point
Of view as well AS his own and
make allowances for a tendency
toward what lbs attorneys would
term an Imposition upon good pa-
ture.
On a certain morning his son.in-
law. Capt Matt Peasley. entered
Cappy's office with the announce
mcnt that tho Hue Star Navigation
Co had just been sued BY ono
Amos Parsons. late mate Of the
harkentlno Retriever.
Commence al the beginning and
tell mo everything" Cappy com.
mandod.
Two weeks ago" Matt PcREcy
began, "the master OF tho Re-
trieyer went up TO Harbor 10.
Masters and Pilots Association ~
Tho Pacific Coast. 90 SEQ N he could
pick up "a good. uld.umr. bluo-waicr
mate. There was an old shellbacis
sitting playing solitaire IN tho smok.
Ing room: he showed a lot OF fno
discharges from sailing ships and
claimed never 10 have served on a
steamer 10 no got the sob. without
being asked 90 stand up and walk
around tho card table 20 prove he
wasn't bow-icEgcd and could stop
tho ships pig in case the animal
got out Of its crate.
well, the new mate reported
aboard after dark and tho next
morning the Retriever towed out
With tho tide. Tho old man no.
tleed his new mato had stlft Lex.
but u didn't aeom 90 hamper him
IN his Job ~ ehahng tho payagcs
around the deck. 20 be said nothing
until u was time 20 east OF tho
tow-llno and got clothes on tho old
girl. Then he couldn't flud tho new
mate. 50 be went below looking for
him and found him In Ills cabin
With cork les lying on his bunk
and him rubbing tho stump of hlH
leg with linimcnt. Tho old man let
out string Of cusswords and asked
him what In blue blRzes he. Grip
pie. mean, by passing himself on
as an ahle-bodied seaman. The new
mate replied that he hadn't paasoi
himself OF ~ anything except n
mighty good mate. and Informed the
old man that any skipper who had
him was IN luck. because hls stump
was better than any barometer Hc
claimed Il always itched and achod
him just before sou'west gale
blew M. nltho I imagine the real
reason was that II ach1d the Oh
chap after he'd Travelled n mile or
two around deck on his cork les.
and he just naturally Ind 20 bn-
strap Il FOR a few minutes and ave
u treatment
However that may be. the master
OF the Retriever considered ha had
been sNlndled. so he signailod the
tug 10 come alongside after the line
Ind been cast Off Then he dropped
anchor and dumped tbs cork-ieKRcd
mate and HIS bag and chest down
on 20 the deck Of the tug lie was
10 angry be wouldn't oven whit for
the mate 20 strap on his leg forced
the man 20 hop 20 the Jacobs lad
der and get down on the tux as
best he could. Then the skipper
threw the cork log after him-and
the leg dropped overheard"
"on a four.mile ebb tide" cappy
interrupted. Didn't the fool skipper
have seuse enough 10 tell the tug
master 10 pick II up7'
"Hc didn't Perhaps &, wasn't
missed for some time, and tho old
man was anxious TO send the tug
back with n request 20 me 20 ship
him out Il new mate did. Nov
we'ro sued by Amos for the loss Of
his cork ieg. the loss OF his job.
loss OF time. humiliation and viola
ton OF contract, He wants $4,000
damages"
Offer him n profound apology for
the unceremonius action OF the Re-
trieyer's captain. get him the best
timber leg money can buy and put
him on tho payroll as day watch
man or Entekennor or annnthlnr nh