The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-07

seemed 10 have entered into Capt,
stevens Hc ordered the mates 10
work the men al jobs and hours out
Of reason. The mates had % DO r.
Instead OF peace there was shoulder
fug diseoutent in the forecaStle. and
the men Bunting and Nick Coombs
both blamed Drake for IT, Even
Joe's friends ErumbIed thar be bad
brought this upon the men BY daF.
Ing TO put up a fight when the skip,
per hammered him
Drake took al their Erumbling
with q laugh lie was sorry for them,
but told them 10 blame the skipper
rather than him. II was the skipper
who started in to hammer him. not
ho the skipper. Blu, al told. there
was unrest In the forccastls whore
before had been peace,
'Erhcrt Oats asked 10 be shifted
over to the ether watch He was
afraid OF Tony. Tony was bound to
kin him. he said. Erb was laughed
at by tho mate. He took his tale TO
the skipper. who ran hLm out Of the
cabin BY his collar, and told the mate
70 tic rattie around hts neck. And
Tony grinued svilIy at the panic no
was starting Tony and the doctor
formed themselves into a gang Of
two. Tho doctor. dirty az first. dir
tier as tho voyage rolled on. was an
outcast, Not even the apprentices
stopped TO toady To him for priyi.
Ieges. Instead Of fatterinE him 70
that they might cook their Dogs
Body In the afternoons for supper,
they went boldly 10 tho mate and Sc
cured the privilege officially. That
made the doctor hate the mate. Soon
thero would be trouble with the crew.
100; for the food. good enough. was
spoiled by bad cooking. Tony was a
good man to swing IN with. He
handled a knife Ike man, did
Tony. Thus the doctor reasoned. And
old Bill GadGett, the bosun. after
settling down 20 a comfortable voy.
age with a. crew who knew their
work, found himself suddenly as be-
damned and outcast as the doctor.
and best because no was ordered by
tho mates 10 work up the men.
Drake had in turn done all the hui
initiating Jobs OF the ship. The APP
prentices were given the brasswork
70 clean, and he was given the morn.
ing job Of cleaning out the chicken
coops and sheep pen That was al
ways TO be done In the hours when
Mary Manning invariably took her
morning walk on deck. II was an
unpleasant job. Chickens kept in
narrow quarters become nasty. They
smeil. The smell has n bad habit Of
lingering in a fellows clothes.
But Drake whistled and sang at
his unpleasant tasks. He whistled
Anchored and when Mary was in
sight no sang 'Malmuna.
The breezes hardened into gales az
the ATTITUDES were crossed The
watches were hard worked all day
without any extra jobs having to be
invented. New running gear. pre-.
venter backstays, new sail or a
quick shift to an old one while a
rent was patched Sails sewed all
day on stout. heavy weather canvas
Chips oyerhauled tops and cross.
trees, mast fids and rigging screws;
saw to his tarpaullns and batten
wedges
Then came the night when the
doctor was washed out Of his galley
pornbarded By his pots. and smoth-
cred In O sticky mass Of dough which
Svould certainly have brought about
his end as n cook had it ever been
made into bread. The doctor never
knew that hia narrow escape from
drowning had saved his life for a lit
tic while longer. But the sea that
cleaned out his galley filled the deep
main deck. II held the ship down
perilougly. II was no time Tor crack.
ing on.
1.-TWO 'ands send down tn skys1
yard~ roared old Bill Gadgett.
Young Tubbs and Sims sprang In
10 tho main rigging. Strong young
sailormon they were, whatever faults
might have been theirs In other
ways. They rnced each other for pre-.
cedence AZ tho futtock rigging. each
striving to be first over the top.
They fought for first place In the
narrowing tor. mast rigging. The mp
prentice on tho royal yard heard
them cursing each o'ber above the
shrioklng OF the squat. Wondered
why they were coming mp. There