7 THE pARLY nRrTISH JG. THU RSD. AY, OCTOBER 24, 1012. mr em--e USE 0 T HE WOCK: Br HARVEY 5 Taw FRY ILLUSTRATED rT -- 1 << By J. Nomar Lm (COPYRIGHT, 2, BY THE NEW TORK HERALD CO.) All Rights Referved, as bad saved the chap from a righteous fate, an' allowed the fish for to perforate the ship, which begins to leakin'. "An' he says to me, 'S8ince you've been the son! o' this herolike sea. farin' you can go below when she starts to roll an' hold your hand in the gapin' hole till we gets the wessel to Diamond Shoal an' we does some small repairin'. Aw, furthermore, since you've been so strong. an" has saved this useless A 7 ( i Sat singing to a star; In the shadow of his baugalow He strommed his low guitar. And he sang of eycs Where the love Jight lies Like hazy night in the sum: mer skies; Where the bloo! runs red And hearts are free. Ah, woe is me! _ Ah, me! "A lover's lane is Mexico, '|comes effusive, an' Ah, woe is me? Ah, me?" the case--but my arms is some what scrawny." "W'ich song, : © was beautifal,|. ~S0 I looks bim o'er from top sad an' low, it starts m7 thoughts|'© 10¢, an' I sees as I can't deny to flowin'; an I sees at once weit; but I says te him, careful aw' 3 could gain the dough for to last| stright an' 'what you say is so, bur slow: --"70 doubty us = couple years or so, by Stiin' Says I, a woyage to Mexico--w'ich the] since you are willin' to check the same it was bright an' knowin'.| flow I'm eager {o let you try it.' When I tells my scheme to the Then te takes my seat an' up I Shanghaied Man he at once be-| sta', after three whole days o he drops his {settin'. An' I stretches my legs And bright eyes roam afar; {banjo an' grabs my han' an' an' I rubs my han an' remarks to myself 'twis a clever plan to al lew the detest-le Shanghaied Man to come in for a little wettin'. "So I leaves him there on the (cabin floor, where be tries for tu stop the leaking'. An' I starts aloft, but just afore I manage to get to the hatchway door I hears a Work Ant wT * a 3) sett A ' yo SESE Sh, + alta. x. Alen twist, in, an' a-few harpoons as we used for whales, with several bar rél o' iron nails, such as when they > Its in the tropic gales would s art any ship to listin' "For the hole as was made by {the fish's lip was righ: through the starboard plaster; an' I sayy tr myself, if we tilt the shipon b-: this uglr rip will clear the waves an' we'll make the trip protected from all disaster. port" beam: .unds, why, ("The same was a clever scheme as come to my mind, as was al. ways schemin'; Zur though I am sometimes morose apn' glum my thoughts bave a bLabit o some, au goin' T-wever allows 'em to steep in rum, like those o' the Shanghaied seaman.) "Well, I makes ber list like a remarkable howl an' roar an' a } --- a ye angi ke tion, 'V Strait, an' nearly wrecked in the) I» "An' he soon forgets as we three had come abaft fer some heavy schemin'." Of the leak in the vessci's starboard plate, which was | his 'storms'ls out like a tattered] ! by the woik of tlie clout, then he'd haul his wind an' would come about, an' suddenly! } Sip Woek to the Dinmond' jibe as his sheet runs out, with ock to the Diamon Shoals and a berth in dock. [Dis anchor slowly slippin'. i . "Then he straightens up like PPE Q WAS while we was|he'd took a brace, an' at once he Khe ridin' off Fryin' I'an, [stops his yawin'; an' the next we 54 In the Equinoctialixpows, with a stately grace, he is' = 4 id bluster, that the|p,pnnin' free with nary trace o' the gh Captain an' me an', choot hanls as had just took | the Skanghaied Man as was sittin' 00 op with all his canvas| around like a seaman can, thinksf, oo. 4, Cr the starboard) up this bright av' original plan| tips, WIth & ieavy an' oor for a Mexican filibuster. For| motion: #5" he tries Jo wan} funds was low on the good shipl, =... 1. sitips os huog) Wock, an' whales they was out of, davits; aw' down bo slips season; an' all 0' us sees as isl ihe whol o* his Sanghuied time to stock the hold with some eareass dips self in the rollin' sort o' a payin' rock, or the first} we knows we will be in hock-- w'ich statement is simple reason. down, an' a-vellin® undelightfal, 4 "The Captain says, an' he says Hisisas would Weigh: two Suadecd it straight, 'It's a terrible thing we're facin'. An' unless you fel lers originate some sort © scheme to increase our freight} we stan"s a chance that we'll vege tate for a year in the Erie Basin! Wich doesn't appeal to a royin' mate as has sailed in Pach direc: For after fetchin' Macassar| Ton ful Mate, and whose cleverness brought the good "An' just as 1 sees him a.goin'| poun' come dashin' up an' a-lashin'| roun', somethin' frightful. For beast, as was tryin' hard to grab him. An' lie waves his tail an' he! never ceased to churn the waves| {to a frothy yeast with his sword, Riste Plate, there's nothin: sap with which he tries to stab him. to humiliate as to end in) the | ! Brooklyn section. "Now, lest there is some as in cline to doubt the truth o' this simple statement, I'll tell you the| facts as they come about, how the! two o' us figgers this whole thing |, t--for I am a well as the truth)' im gpout, most constant, with [spec Aptain' A sabia; ¥hen | | out abatement. im aleard he was drippin' vt, "We was standin' aft by the tafl: id a-headin' close to sober. So, in' our bands aff modest bows like I thought I'd! ron Pei Cap'n allows as Et three hearty rhe a for td tle might be o' some use| ¢ $itie go% w'ich often ep |" °@ L will not. forget if [ii | velops an old sea dog, an' * soon] tM next Octoller. , We was gently drinkin'. Now The | as was four feet long, at least, an' | "So I lowers myself from the jafter deck, an' at once begins a [gravbin'; an' T managed 1) res 3 at nghaied speck from the like 'ives his sword an' a! sh, as comes a railroad, wrecs, ap' | fot 0' neck through the walls ol When | got Jk I'd wet, Bal the Cap's re "For the Skipper's face, wich] Shanghaied Man had a great con at firs: was red, gets purple an youn hear somethin' more trol, though sometinies actin' | congested, hn' he stamped an' gpgin 2 - drastic; an' everything as he took; roared, ay wagged his head, an' whol he "docs with a vim ap' a swore in a manner that's most Mh wich the *ind un' sin a-stingin'| Fa bearty soul, whether workin the! bred; an' if I related one Ball bel py. three whole dass in the wet abet or the flowin' bowl--se he|stid I conld easy become arrested. ay' dig; while that Shaughaicd] Ah. woe : "Now, there ain't a seaman r feller stood by an' told his hota] \n' he soon forgets as we tecollee but cab take a joke an' rales of the brave an' bold, Wichje bree had come abalt for some snicker, but in svite o° that, WHY. the same Howas ervel singin'. But an' the way nel yo: .Inight expe a a skippers! te third night out be emits this And lovers pay in cruel way drinks enthusiastic. | » while he grinds his teeth person, ™ with a craghin' soun' that scares) him along for to fill you up with 1 his high class song, an' mind that [sees as the fish was a swordfish be musicates good an' strong, or "go ihere I sits in the after hold, i. "That Shanghaied feller stood by an' told his tuneful tales o' the brave an' bold." {most unhuman shriekin'. "An' there was the Shanghaied chap sprawled ont, arith his arm through the leaky gratin', wile 'around him I sees the water spout, an' fill his mouth when he tries to shout, as his arm was too lean by a foot about for to fill up the broken platin'. "1 has te turn back to express regret, an' assure him as seas ain't harmin', though sometim .; annoy in' an' often wet, an' if he desire] to preserve the set 0 his collar an' hat he could do it yet by stickin' I'll seud his banjo an'|And the nights are filled with! moon and maids. And many maids there are. But gorrows sleep + managed to than! Where (ove runs dedp In tropic hearts cheap. : Where hearts grow red Through jealousy. is me! AN die! 'The dagger's keen in Mexico And Blood is quick to flow; a Ev dy len A tune in a woice as was {hick 2 The beavy debt they owe, chu, Sang ied chip with a scraw UY throbbin® like the wailin' waice o ot a an' be! bit veers 10 ie, Why, kos 1 was; er speakin' Sve wipin' my eyes an' sobbin i | ome, he wate. iy "iting sian in Mexica ! Aud noype is slow To aim the blow ihe and life is [Cap since he'd stole bis drink), felose about i. : rescue that Shanghaied speck." swears.l'd hit on the wery plan efi other arm in. Wich the same bed formed himself wile the{be does with a doleful moan, 18 'musie ran, an' it made the thing r2ises my ow. compassion; an' to {eon Insive, see him a-soakin' himself alone "Then we gefs together an' tried |" ar breaks v « heart (wich was 6 think how to tell thie Captain of| {ever stone), so 1 starts a scheme it, for the Shangbaied feller he 14 was all my own an' was planned [seetis 10 shrink from facin® the '8 master fashion. "An' while he struggled an' shiv an' if 1 pulls out, why, the ship'ered an' shook, an' shouted in 'would sink an' the waves would [fugue an' largo (Wich words I read 'I regrets says in a music book), I gets to work vant. 1 fear to face the Cap, an' 1 calls the cook, as was loved When love is wronged=-and who is big anv' brawny, but I'm for the carefol pains he took; an' ' who's to know Where love is king { : { And law is free" Wile you goes aloft an' perfectly willin' tomak your place we starts for to shift the cargo. anapiug the leak for a little space, | {There was several ton o these / drunken wreck with the aid o the able steward. An' the rose free, as 1 did expec', an' the water it stops its flow direc', while the floor an' the booms an' the after deck slants ten degrees to loo-ard. "Then I hears a yell such as turned me blue, an' a terrible loud commotion; an' up through the af- ter hatch I flew an' sees that the Captain an' all the 'crew had slipped from the deck when she listed to, an' were flounderin' in the ocean. An' the Shanghaied Man an' the cook an' me we makes a noble sally, an' for half o' a mor- tal hour we three we struggles an' fights with the mighty sea, till the lc ap'n an' crew were as safe as we an' a-dryin' em in the galley, "Then we mans the ship, does we clever three--since she had no chance o sinkin'--with the main. §'l up an' the boom a-lee an' the sheet run out, as the wind was free; aw' we sidewars bounds toward the «o iet sea, where the Diamond, light was wiokin'. An' by seven bells, « hy, we hauls the light, where the waves was gently rockin'. An' we brings her abont an' we trims ker right, an' she an. swers her rudder so sharp an' bright that a good full hour "fore the fall o' night the injured ship was dockin', 'As we sets abaft in the moon- light gleam aun' watches the | Pleiads cluster, we notes as the Cap'n did peaceful seem, so we musters oar eourage an' gets up steam for to break the news o' our latest scheme, w'ick the same was {the filibuster. An' just as sure as | these words is true, an' as truth is the Captain, in- lstead o' a-cussin' blgp, remarks Jas i the plan wis a good one, toe, (: hich attitude, due to my excellent elocution. "But first says Be, 'we must fix the boat where ths fish has busted through it, for it certain is that she'll never float with a hole like this Shanghaied feller's throat: but I have no cash for ta pay the note--so I'll let you fellers do it? z "An" just as sure as my word is good (an' I can't express it strong- er), the Bhanghaied feller an' ma we stood ashore as no honest sea- man should an' dropped to the practice o' sawin' wood for seven. teen days or longer. "Till we'd earned the cash for te fix the rail as was the bull adorn. in', but the manner in which we hoisted sail an' clearé r the Roath through the tropic gale is 4 diffgrent sort o' a truthful tale ag lan institootion, I may sar, was as loins beavy #:7a as bad an ungainly I'll tell 4 some other mornin'"