Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-18 | Page 20 | Was Crew and Owner

JAS CREW AND OWNER i 1 II I I i JTob Could Mutiny as One but the I Captain Couldnt Get His ns the Other fl I I Job Potts he was powerful onlucky ii be an Capt Zeke Hodgklns us the old timers of Tenants Harbor down in Maine gathered at Uncle Ebens place the other night Uncle J ben Sweasey he used to say t U IhattiTob was t good second fiddle to the f I Job of Scripture said all he needed Was 1j holsto make him a regMur Bible figger t Vhon Job bought thc Sally Ann he 4 swapped a piece of hind his uncle left him for her I should say he made 4 II about two trips as Capn Once he got I I 4ii j her aground an I cost all he could I 1 raise to jiuich her up Next time he got i r caught out in u blow Had plenty of tlma to get In somewheres but said he j I thought twaint goln to mount to 1t i much Revenue cutler picked him up J I Bofh masts was snappedr outun her an l that seemed to take all tile heart outen 1 ¼ I I Job when as luck would have It who Fr should he meet but Capn Sol llltch i F cock i 1 coclrJob he Was feiin blue an he says 4 I to Sol that If Sol l would take charge of 1 I f the Sally Ann he would go aa crew an I they would get aboy to cook Sol was I I wjllin an they signed articles Sol i said twuint nowise necessary but obi l1li ob-i he Raid he wanted u wrltln an in It he ri put words to the effect that Sol was to j I be Capn but was not to do anything tj thoit the consent of the owner which I l I I was him Well they went tip to Bangor i I on1 got a load of slubwood for Bostn They got along bully till the second night out when they was off Monhegan an It come on to blow some an Sol hollered to Job to get the foresl oftn her i t The two of em was tryin to V straighten thing out Twas dark an 1 fl i I J I blowln hard an Job got in Sols way R i f Sol beln an oldfashioned skipper took 4 Job by the hair of the head and banged I 1 1 him agin the mast an said t few things q to him Sol finally got things fixed an It when hp got her on her course agin he 4 j 1 looked for Job but there want no Job 1 In sight Sol was scart to death think tIll I II In Job had fell overboard but the boy I t Enid Jobd gone below an pulled the I I I companion slide over after him Then I I I Sol he used some more Scrlpter Here r I > was n mutiny an the mutineer had q l locked hissclf inter the Capns cabin i which was also the focsle Sol he I I 1 banged on the companionway with his 1 flbt an hollered batnotasouudcould r ji I he raise from Job Ill fix him says i I I Sol unwlth that he got a capstan bar I I I I I an banged it doWif on the elide but the slide was made of good stun and he J I couldnt bust It Then he looked In the j I I Blarn winder of the cabin an there t I stood Job with a pistol In his hand II I II Look licre you Icllt yelled Sol I I I I I I I dont you know I thats mutiny an I I 1 q p I I youre lible under the law 1 You git r 1 forrads now an go to work or Ill J 1 I Ii j smash your head for you you hen I 1 I I j farmer 1 The luslon to hens touched Job in a II i I r t j sore spot Boys of Round Poud had al IU ii IJ I I lers had a good deal to say bout them U I f I hens Called him Job Hennery Potts I varls other Job mod I II Ii I I I an names was flI j rate spoken When he could get In a I i ill Ii t I I I word edgeways he eaja Guess I maybe I i I f c may-be amutlnln as crew but Ive got D i t It wrltln as nays how I beln owner of Ei i 1 I t I a this here hooker ye cant batter down I no companion slides thout my consent I I I r I Boys witness that while I was a re I I fusln dooty I didnt raise no finger agin I I w I ye as Capn but when ye try to damage J flIq fl dam-age my property 1 fall back on that I I f 1 I 111 II it wrltln tm Im gIn to defend whats I I i mine by force or arms 1C necessary if I l them arms will shoot Sol he cncluded 1 I I that Job meant It and let the slide Ii I I I alone takln It out injawln the boy I Thl was In November an Sol an 4 I I I the boy nearly froze fore rnornin with j J I i Job takln1 It warm and easy In the 1 I t I t II lb cabin Next day the wind was fair BO t i i that twas no work keepin her on her I j ii I i II course but Sol an the boy was gettln I V 1 t hungry an Sol was gettln maddcrn f h f I madder jaI the time specially when he H 1 i pee smoke com In outen the stove funnel f 1 r t r that o too much Sol got a piece of ti I f I canvas and stuffed it Inter the stovepipe 11 I I ii i stove-pipe an then he looked real cheerful I 1 like so the boy said Twaa flom the I 11 II i boy I got this yarn Well sir they 1 i l I I JIJ i could hear Job coUghln an aHneez 1 5n an then he come to the winder with I J I the gun In his hand an says he solemn I 4 ti I sol-emn like says he Capn Hitchcock I I II N t I calls your attention to the terms or the I 9 Ib t I I wrltln atween you an me as party of I P 1 7 the first part an party of the second I I i I i i part an so onJob he was strong on I i wrltln rost men that has lost as much j t h I I K property as he had Is uiied to lawyer 1 1 I lingo Capn Hitchcock he drawels I 1 I H I I J QUIDS the owner of the good schooner j ti i j Sal Ann I calls to your notice the L t t t damftgc you are adoln to the decora j i r r i f tlns of the cabin an I shall be obliged Fi1 I to protect my property Sol he cussed 1 1 an swore an Jumped onto the top of ti I t t I I the house to get out of range of Jobs 1 j n1 guni Then Job he handed out a lot of t I vlttlo to the boy and Sol beln most 1 i I starved he ycllb to the boy Here glm 1 i r xne tome of that an made a Jump for I 4i i 1 him A a I t J t himThen Job he calls out drawlln like 4 1 t 4 i > Sol durn ye bIt back to your roost or r f nj 1 f Ill plug ye If this old gunll shoot I r J I j f J beja hen farmer I reckon ycll have to 1 1 rooctr onless ye take the stufiln out of t 1 If thatthere BtoVeplpe When ye do theres L eomethin acomin to yet In the shape itl of tiles Well Sol he got hack ta t hit I I roost an stayed there walchln the boy i 3 eatln pork an hardbear Stood it liii J T dark an then klntler mecchln like he t i lit f l pulled the canvas outen the stovepipe i r IMInbte later r got somc thin to cat I 1 P Tc > make a long story short Sol and r I the boy they worked the Sally Ann to j I I Bosin an when they gets In the first t thing1 Sol does Is to send the boy fort 1 for-t 1 the police Soons the police boats I I I lonjfclde the head nian he hops aboard I t follered by len more an he says says i t I i he Wheres yor crew 3 I 1 Down below says Sol an with I t I that the police piles for the companion r t j il vny Just as Jab pushes back the slide 1 I I Aforj2 Job could say scat two oC them I h I grab him an the ret jumps below The I boy hlad told em the hull crow had I I mutinied but he didnt say nolhln bout the size 1 of the crew When the head I cop he see how things was he looked at Sol who stood nix foot one to Jobs 1 t i five foot four an lie Buys ViI Ill be I dd I J f If I Sol Kouln twas on him to explain I i I Bworc a few minutes ant then nald si i 1 llir I low hod bin shut out of tho cabin by 1 i III < li 9 j 1 f I the crew Then the boss cop he auked Sol why he hadnt broke In I Agin owners orders cayo Sol I Howf ownes the owner know anything about ItT says the cop U Well hes the own f says Sol pintln to Job Thought he was the crew saya the cop I Is Sol So he says 11 Be you two crazy1 says the cop and then Job he takes a hand In It an pulls out his wrltln There it wan in black and white The cop was puzzled 4 What the devil Im to do I dont know he says J you are the crew I arrest ye If I you are the owner I dont ho says to Job Which Is It U Im owner nays Tob Hts crew says Sol an moreu that he said lies shoot me tmt Now you holt onyou hold on says Job What I says was an I calls the boy to witness what I says was ho help me I says Ill plug ye If this old gunll shoot an I knew when I said It gunl she wouldnt shoot cause first place she wasnt loaded an then agin the lock was broke 4 Gimme that gun says the cop nn two of his menraccd down into the cabIn cab-In and fetched it out Job told them theyd find it In the oven of the stove where hed put It to warm sos he could use It in his bunk nights not bavin no bricks aboard an eufferin from cold feel I Say you jay says the cop to Sol this halnt no dangerous weopln What Is all this row about anyway Im a good mind to run you In for Interferln with me In the formance of my duty with your cock an bull story about 0 mutiny an your owner What la this mutn anywaya Jloafin lunatic syhlm I I catch you In any more of this business Ill grab the whole lot of you With that the cops tumbled Into their boat an off they went while Job stood tn grinnin at Sol Just as soon as that police boat was out of hall Job he stopped beln owner and became crew again and he was ac meek an sorrowful sorrow-ful as the first Job Sol he read the riot act an then give him the best lam baslin a man ever got an wont ashore Job an the boy they took the schooner an stare homo with her next week an of course Job piled her up high and dry an that viis the last of the Sally AnnBnng0 Me Cor New York Press