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J _ . miles without a stop , desti destI- destInatIon destination destination - - nation , republic of Haiti , the tsi'lntl IS- IS ts- ts IShnd is-hnd is hnd - hnd i'lntl ilntl ' that produced ToussaIIlt Toussaint ToussaIIltL'Ouverture ToussaintL'Ouverture ToussaintL'Ouverture ToussaintLOuverture L'Ouverture LOuverture ' , most constructIVe constructIVeblack constructiveblack constructiveblack black blackman man ofall of all time ; Chnstophe Christophe Chnstopheking , kmg king , the slave who enslaved and andclled anddied anddied clled died by his own han hand ; Descnllnes DesCallnes Des : nllnesEmperor , , Dmperor Emperor , assassinated nss'1sslnated nss1sslnated assasslnated ' and buried burled In Ina 1 ' coffee corree sack s'1cl s1cl ' , to be aftef\\ aftef afterward aftefard \ \ ard reIn reInterr reinterred reinterrod terred terr ( ' 1 < and acclaimed as the founder founderof founderof of Haiti s independenceJust independenceJust Independence IndependenceJust Just now Wiili'imVa11 William Wllll1m Wiili'im Wiiliim ' \ Wall \Va11 Va11 , chief officer officerof officerof officerof of this ship , Is regaling me with t tales talesthat talt taltthat lr'3 lr3 lr'3tlmt ' that tlmt but for men such as he \ would ould be beforgotten beforgotten heforgotten heforgotten"And forgotten forgotten"And "And And " now that my mind Is 18 freshen freshen- fre freshening freshening hen- hen henlng - - ing lng , " said Wall , a born tale cplnner spinner ; spinner"I spinnerI , "I I " am thlnUn thinking of : Mock Shaugness\ Shaugness ShaugnessLIverpool ShaugnessvLiverpool , \ , LIverpool dock walloper along long the theBooties theRootles Booties ootles section When 'IoclW'lS ' Mock 'Iocl\ 'Iocl Iocl \ was W'lS WlS ' In Inllftuor inliquor Inliquor llftuor liquor It took tool { from five to eight cops copsto copsto copsto to quell him . , not that th\t th t th-at at ' \ - one qulcl quick quickwitted quickwitted witted peeler could not have h'1ve h1ve hive ' p I iste istedhim ted tedhim 1 1him him with a buckthoin buchthOl buckthorn nand and ( ' railed 1Iled called ' It ItQuits Itquits Itquits Quits , but In those tho'5e tho5e ' days , 20 years ye'lr yelr ' ' ) ago agonaked agonaked agonaked naked hands were considered sufficIent sufficIentfor sufficientfor sufficientfor for the quelling quellmg of one offenderFollowed offender olTcnder offenderFollowed Followed Jack Johnson , . "He He " could handle freight 1I1 like e no nobod nobody's nobody's nobodys bod body's bodys ' 's s ' business busmes ' ) After Tack Jack Tohnson Johnson s sstar sstar sstar star began to set et he turned up In InCngland inEngland InEngland Cngland England and put on a series of one oneround oneround oneround round t1 fights hts wherever he be could get a ' \ adate adate date When he hit bIt Li\ Li Lis Liverpool Lierpool \ erpool 'Ioc1 Ioc1 Mock MockShaugnessy ' "MockShaugnessy MockShaugnessy " . Shaugnessy was W'1S W1S ' puslicd pushed fOI foiward ward b ; } the thedocl thedock thedock docl dock \ wallopers 111opers ' The negro a agreed reed to tohand tohand tohand hand 0\ 0 over 0er \ er fi\ fi five fie \ e pounds to am anybody anshody body Whl wit witwould winwould would \ ould stay st'1Y st1Y ' In the ring rmg one round PIe PIefor Piefor Piefor for forIocl Mock \Iocl Iocl Hoch : \ , , who ho " walked "all.ed all.ed alled . out ' at 'lt lt the soun noun souniof 1 ( 1of of the gon gong . , grabbed hold of Johnson's Johnsons Tohnson's Tohnsons Johnson'snrms Tohnson'sarms Tohnson'sarms Tohnsonsarms ' nrms arms and began beg'1n beg1n ' to roll him 111m around as aslie ashe < : ) he lie would a 1 g ' hale b'1le b1le b-ale b ale ' - of cotton never for 1 't t ' 1second 'tsecond ' asecond second al1owln allowing the black b1'1ck b11ck ' man In'1n In1n ' to get gethis gethis his balance ha1'1nce ha11nce hnllnce ' Finally rmally , when the bell bellstruck bellstruck bellstruck struck announcing announl'mg announlmg ' the thc end of the found foundMock , roundMock ound oundIocl \Iocl Iocl Mock : \ threw his arms around the ex es exchampIon eschampion eschampion champIon and nnd held on I1I like e grim f1m de'1th de1th deatli de'1thHe deatliHe deathHe ' He wasn't wasnt ' taking t'lldng tlldng tlhing ' any chances ch'mces chmces ' thcn then thcnJohn thenJohnson thenJohnson John Johnson on began to lau laugh h , , what whit \ \ h ' el else elsecould elsecould < ; e ecould could he do ? " ' ' 'Ah Ah 'Ali Ali ' ' guess gness youHn you \Hn Hn win \ win.mister winmister . , IDlster lister . , ' h he said sald 'Nobody Nobody ' ain't aint ' e\eh e eh eveh evehdone eehdone evehdone \ done dat flat to me befo ' You sure Is Ishandy ishandy Ishandy handy " ' at "It It 'it ir.ovln irovln tLovin novin . ' ' freight frelght . . ' Earlv I'lrlv Ilrlv Early ; ' th'1t th1t that th'1te thatevening thatevening ' eenlDg evening e\ e \ enlDg enlDgIoc1 : Mock \Ioc1 Ioc1 : \ had spent all his wIn wInnlngs winnings winnings nlngs nings celebrating celebf3t1ng , and by : midnight l1ldnlght had hadman hadman hadmanhandled man handled every e\ery e ery \ cop along the wa wa- wa water wa-tei wa tei - . tel ter front " I suggested sugge.ted suggeted : . the Inadvlsability Inadvisability of any anyman anyman anyman man changing ch'1ngmg ch1ngmg ' Ms h1s his style \ without Ithout a re- re rehe1rS'11 rehe'irs'tl re rehearsal - - hearsal he1rS'11 he1rS11 he'irs'tl heirstl ' ' ' hearsal"Sure he1rS'11"Sure he'irs'tl"Sure "Sure Sure " A As I was as saying , there was wasanother wasanother wasanother another tough lad who tipped the beam beamat beamat beamat at 200 260 and nnr ] stood well ell over 0er 0\ 0 \ er Sl six feet feetsn't feetwasn't feetwasnt , wasn't wasnt \sn't sn't snt , \ ' aveisp avelS averse ( ' to looking 1001.lng 1001lng . for It at times tunes timesWeH tunesWell timesWell WeH Well , all right , along comes Big Joe Joeof Joeof Joeof of Waterford , Ireland Irehnd , skipper shipper of the theI thetops'111 thetopsail thetopsail I tops'111 tops111 topsail ' ; schooner cchooner K'lte-you K'lte Klte you rite-you rite Kate ' - you might call callher callher callher her a brig- brig brigmd brig-and brig and brig - < and md si signs ns him up to h'lndle hlndle handle h'lndlesome handlesome handlesome ' some cargo 'They They ' tell me you're youre you'repretty you'repretty you'repretty yourepretty ' pretty tough , ' ' says S'tys Stys Big Toe , giving glvmg hiving the theh'lrd theherd thehard h'lrd hlrd herd ' one the once over Ye 'Ye * ' h'1ren't h1rent haven't havent h'1ren'theard haven'theard haven'theard haventheard ' ' heard the half balf of it ' ' says the bold Celt Cell Celthitching , hitching his dungarees dung'1rees dung1rees ' And nothing nothingmore nothingmore nothingmore more moreas \ was \\as as said on the subject until the thene thenext thenext ne next t day d'1Y d1Y ' when he steps up to Joe and andbegIns andbegins andbegins begIns to brag br'1g br1g brig ' about how stiff stIt ! a punch punchhe punchhe punchhe he had-and had and had - and would Joe like l1ke to samplj sample sampleIt ! It . , ' Tm 'I'm Im ' ' not of ot a mind to fight for fornothing fornothing fornothing nothing , me friend , so sowhat'll -what'll what'll whatll - ' It be fors for for'asked ? ' 'asked asked ' asked sl\ed sl ed \ JoeI'1ke Joe ' 'Make Make \I'1ke I'1ke I1ke .like like ' : \ . ' yer on own n terms terms'savs termssavs . , ' sa says sMock Mock Nock MockDouble NockDouble Double or Nothing Nothing"With Nothing"With Nothing"With NothingWith "With With " that Joe offers otTers the proposl proposi proposlUon proposithou propositlon Uon thou that th'lt thlt ' If the stevedore loses ho he hedoesn't hodoesn't hodoesn't hodoesnt doesn't doesnt ' get bet a cent for handling the thecarJo thecargo thecargo carJo cargo : If he wins he Is to be he pair paid paiddouble paiddouble ! double rates Done . Both men menstripped menstripped menstripped stripped to the waist and went behmd behind behmdone behindone behindone one of the dock docl houses , accomp'1nied accomp1nied accompanied accompaniedby accomp'1niedby ' by four neutral witnesses , of \ which blch T i iwas TW'1S Iwas W'1S W1S was ' one A fi fight ht to look lool upon ; nothln nothing nothingscientific nothingscientific scientific , but bare b'1re b1re ' l knuckle nuchle , with n nquarter h ) hquarter > quarter B\ B Everything Berythlng \ erythlng n went ent Blood Blood'Umph BloodUmph ? ' ' ' Umph IImph , It ' lasted 1'lstcd 1lstcd about ten minutes n with withno withno Ith Ithno no intermission Intermtcslon : Oh , bov boy I ! The steve steve- stevedore stevedore stevedore - - dore got second moncv mone money , which me'1ns me1ns means meansthat me'1nsth'1t meansthat ' th'1t th1t that ' he finished the tbe cargo job without withoutpav withoutpay withoutpav pav pay , that's thats ' untI all " all un tI " That Th'lt Thlt 'That ' ' nil n11 all you\ you you've youve youe ' \ e got to tell ten me about aboutmen aboutmen aboutmen men of the seas sea se'1 se1 ' ? " " ' " I ' 'Not Not INot Not necessarily necess'Ully necessUlly ' . , " said the Chief ChiefOfficer ChiefOfficer ChiefOflicer Officer Officer'In 'In In ' In the English ngl1sh channel ch'1nnel ch1nnel ' a n . sUff stiff sUffblow stiffblow stiffblow blow hit Iut us out of the time nor nor'east noreast ' east 1nd gad gadtonhped 1nd10mped ' andlomped 10mped tonhped Into a squall squltll squill foi f01 which we wewerrn't weweren't weweren't wewerent werrn't werrnt weren't werent ' quite prcpaied prep'ued prepued prep'u prepu ' ' ed The sheet sheetof sheetof sheetof of the gaff g'1ft g1ft gafr ' ' topsail tops'111 tops111 ' became fouled In the thepeale thepeals thepeak peale peals hnh halvard hnlvard Ilrd of the mainsail mnlnsail It was wastmpoC1 wasImpossible wasImpossible tmpoC1 Impossible < ; lble to t'11 t11 take ' e down cither either of ofthem ofthem ofthem them and something had h'ld hld hid ' to be done Immedl'ltely Immedlltely immediately doneimmediately doneImmedl'ltely ' . 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UNothlng "Nothing Nothing " I had h'1d h1d ' e\ e es ever eer \ er seen on tht the thehigh ' hIgh thehigh seas se'1S se1S ' equaled equ'lled equlled ' the dextcriti dexterity de"Ctcrlt deCtcrlt " ami grid andfearlessness amifearlessness gridfearlessness fearlessness of this \ volunteer oluntecr 'lime lime ' 1 he higher 'thehigher thehigher hehigher 'limehigher heent he \ went \\ent ent \ the more at home hOUie borne he hesemed heseemed heseemed semed seemed : I From rrom rom the deck decll ecI looking looldng up upw"ird upw-ird upw ird w"ird wird \ \ " - lr I could follohis follow follo\\ follo \ \ his mo\ mo moelllent movements movementsdespite \ elllent despite movementsdespite hawingin In6in b'minbin tlie the spindrift and 1nd Ind mist hll\\ hll hllIn6 b'minb bminb ) ' \ \ In6 in tho the time gale g'11e g11e ' I couldn't couldnt ' see how be beI becould becould bocould andI I could mal make e the pe'11but peak pe'11\ pe'11 pe11 ' \ but he did 1n11 and andwhile ' andwhile while \ hlle \ holding on by his Ius legs and'll andll and al- al almost ' al almost . - most by Ins Ills his teeth he fl ft fieed e'd ed eed ( ' the en entanglcmeut entanglemcnt entanglement tanglemcnt tanglement so that we wereable \ were fe ( , able 1ble -able ' - te teIe U trlee ' Ie reef f the mainsail nMnsal1 mainsali [ and nue ] tlie the tops " Some "Some " Somesalloi S'1I101 S1I101 sailor ' ; , " ' I 1 ! e exclaimed clalmed clalmeduWouldn't uWouldn't uWouldnt "Wouldn't Wouldnt "Wouldn'tiou Wouldntiou " ' 5 ou say S-lY S lY - : so bO ? ' circusperformer .Inusperformer "No No uNo " sailor sallot ' at all an no lIe He \ was ns a .Inus Inus circus < . performer foundlater founlllat : ; an nn aerial aerl'll aerlll ' aciobat aClobat actobat , " I founll found lat later r , replied WallQ Wall Q 0 ! ) Western Sycstern Ncwqpapor Now'epapor Nowepapor New ' papor Unlo UalonI Union Ualon I . - |