Show pretty hard task senator perkins of california who spent years of his early life at sea tells ells of a stowaway being found in the hold of the vessel the lad was made cabin boy to the captain who took quite a fancy to him when the ship made her first stop the captain gave the lad 20 and sent him ashore for tor some vegetables the boy told a oat he had come for and the storekeeper pointing to a babrel of dried peas them a vegetables the boy invested the 20 and on rowing out to the ship which was anchored in the bay was hailed balled by the captain have you brought the vegetables 9 yes sir air said the jad ad not very confidently look alive live then and hand them up one at a time |