| Show 1 discipline at sea necessity na for weight 0 of force behind an order issued ki A ship at sea Is an isolated corli kut not only does the tittle floating village depend on the stoutness ol 01 the planks beneath it but the safety and comfort of those on oard ivard depend on an obedience to intelligent orders tho the man who rulea must ruie often as does a chief talu of a half danage sa age tribe by physical force mr frank T bullen bulion author of the men of the merchant service Is no advocate of violence on the part of officers hut but as he explains if it ther thero Is no weight of force behind an order men sill III always at be found who will disobey one of mr bullens earliest recollections of sailor life 1 Is an incident on board the east lothian the men have b be in demoralized by a cowardly second mate ahu was aln ally disc diec arged at bombay his successor was a w us a r bui t too fine I 1 proportioned and of a very pleasant face the farst morning he was on board we were washing ashing decks docks mr nir eaton caton the new second mate wa was having a look around the hip and i ward where two en on were passing water out of the wa sudeck deck tub As mr eaton pass one of them carelessly care lenly slinging a bucket toward the other dropped dro ped it anil and cut the deck badly with its edge with a glance at the new officer he burst out into furious cur at tho the other man tor for not catching it mr eaton turned quietly to him anil and said if you dont out that foul bead up ill shut it for you the man a huge new york nondescript deceived by mr batons pleasant look strode up to him swearing horribly and threatening to kill him for answer tho the second mate leaped at him and seized him by the throat and waistband and the next minute he waa was flying over the rail luto tuto the eca sea mr baton eaton turned swiftly and was just in time to catch the other man in at him with a squarely planted blow on th tha chin thih landed him a clucking heal heap in the me scup pers p ar i ija uma the other men had seen the fray and rushed forward shouting kill hill him I 1 presently eaton was the center of a howling gang threat ing his 4 life nut but he armed himself with a norman norm nn a handy iron bar from the and none of 1 biln brills t it kipper and tho the first mate came rushing forward and ranged themselves by the eile bide of the second mate matlo in two minutes tho whole tone of the ship waa was altered it was never again necessary to resort to Ni violence olence |
