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Show H Shanghaied at H 1 Seventeen "T" ' . "T" B Sergeant Arthur Guy B Empcy , Author of "Over the Top." , "First Call," Etc. f O-O-O J Mr. Empey'a Expert-enccsDuringHisSeven-teen Months in theFirst Line Trenches of the British Army in France B (Copright, 1917, 1'T Ttin MrClaro Newipapor In New York 1'ubllc School No. '78 I hnd thrco chums, "Bill" Meek, "Jim" Fleming, and "Charlie" Ungcr. . B . Hill wns full of wild ldcna and schemes. Ho had tho "get-rlch-qulck" mnnln. About- every two weeks ho would cnll us nsldo and In n myste-rlous myste-rlous nnd .Important mnnncr carefully unfold somo daring scheme to get rich quick, giving his personal guarnntco thnt It could not fnll. At first wo wcro very enthusiastic over Ms schema nnd wanted to go In "with both feet," nnd would cnrcfully work out tho details of how to proceed, when, hang I 11111 would Introduce nn-other nn-other project absolutely dtlTcrcnt from tho preceding one. When wo n sited him whnt beenmo of his wonderful proposition of two weeks ngo, ho un-blushlngly un-blushlngly told us that unforeseen clr-cumHtanccs clr-cumHtanccs which no ono could pre vent hnd Interfered. Then ho would unroll another wild drenm of fortune. And so It went on; ono schemo nftcr another vanishing In smoke, until wo beenmo very skeptical. Personally, I hnd no f tilth In nny of Hill's 'day dreams, but I admired, nnd perhaps envied, his spirit of ndventuro; so nt last I decided thnt I would tnko n chnncc, success or no success. Ono night Hill emtio around to tho liouso with four tickets for a blond nnd thunder war play entitled "Cuba's Vow," Ills brother wns plnylng tho fl vlllnln. Thin play grcntly Impressed mo; In fact, from tho first act to tho Inst tho footlights wcro gushing blood, lova nnd ndventurc a'nd rotten net-Ing. net-Ing. Hill's brother wns awful. DIM wns a pretty good Judgo of bmnnn nature. Ho hnd taken us to this play to get us 'worked up to n ( pitch of enthusiasm, and thus getting v vUSrfln 1,10 Proper trnmo of mind, ho could unroll bis In test scheme. Thnt night, nfter tho show, ho pro posed n trip to South America, which tool; our breaths nwny. Vo wcro to run' nwny nnd ship on n trump steam cr, for n pnssngo. of nbout nlno months. With tho money thus earned wo wcro to equip ourselves and start nut' for Port LImon, Costu Itlcn, nnd go Into tho coffoo plnntntlon business. Wo nil fell for this nnd took n solemn ,vow to stlclc. Thu schemo especially nppenled to mo becnuso hero was my chnnco to- follow Dnnn In his "Two Yonrs IJeforo tho Must." .Tho next day, after sleeping It over, Chnrllonnd Jim decided thnt there, was moro money In Now York, and refused to go; I admit I had n sinking rciw.x-B rciw.x-B tlon In the pit of my stomach when B I viewed tho proposition In tho sun- B light, but I stuck. Then Hill and I B inndo n tour of tho docks In New B York, trying to find tho ship wo, B wnnlod. Wo fell In with several 1 B "bonrdlrig innstcrs." Thcso men In? B ' fest tho wnter fronts of largo cities B nnd nro nothing but bloodsuckers B preying on sailors. Ono of theso B parasites took us on honrd an old tramp steamer, lying In Krlo basin, B i . called tho Cushko. Horo wo met B ,tho steynrd, n "llmo Juicer," John B Itoynl-Ml'nns, with tho cmphnsls on B , tho hyphen. Tho wonderful tnlo of rnse, luxury nnd "getting paid for sec-Ing sec-Ing tho world" stun1 thnt tho steward B md tho boarding master unrolled bo- B firo our cnger eyes carried us Into B , tho seventh heaven of expectation. ' This wns flvo o'clock In tho nfternonn, i Tho ship wns to sail nt threo-ten tho following morning, hut they did not . i tell us this. Tho steward snld that 1 wo ,wcro Just tha two that ho wnnteil, I thero being vncnnelcs on tho ship for I second stnwnrd nnd second cool;. Ho ! suggested thnt wo sleep on tho. ship H . thnt night, and then In tho morning. i nfter seeing what It wns like, wo could ' po homo nnd dccldo whether wo want- t ed to ship or not. I demurred nt fl this, becnuso I had to go homo first, , so ho gnvo Hill nnd mo permission to 1 go, but snld wo had to get bncl; nt fi midnight. Wc hurried homo nnd on g tho sly I packed my grip with ray be- longings. 1 Thnt night I exploded a Jinmbfdicll S in Iho fuinlly; After dessert hnd been servod,1 puffed up with Importance, I 4 declnved: "Well, Vm gqlng to South America." A bnrrngo of lnughter c ilpnled around the tables This got ino'soro, nnd I shut up like n clam. 1 It was Kchrunry, nnd very cold. 1 About seven o'clock that night n greirt 1 storm camo up nnd tho streets wcro Wj Fion covered with sleety Ice. I turned Inta bed. with my clothes on. Bill was, Hi to notify mo nt ten o'clock by throw- Ing pebbles against tho window pnno Hj . In' my room, 12 very tlmo I looked nut Into tho street iind saw thnt howl- Ing lillzzard, a plcturo of it ship wnl- lowing In a trough ot tho sea con-. stnntly camo lieforo my mind and I shivered, nnd my enthusiasm dropped , , to zero. I could not tako my eyes I ' liway from tho clock. It was nn ngonr,, of Irtteiiso wnltlng, slmilnr to B tli.it wi" n, Inter la tho trenches, I 1 kept looking nt my wrist watch wnltlng wnlt-lng for four o'clock In tho morning when wo wcro to go "over tho top" In n charge. Oh, how I wished that Hill would chango his mind I About flvo minutes to ten, crock I crock! enmo n couplo of pebbles ngalnst tho Window pnqe, sounding llko tho crack of bullets on tho western west-ern front. With my shoes In ono hnnd nnd my grip In tho other, I softly soft-ly tiptoed downstnlrs, put on my shoes nnd heavy overcoat, nnd opened tho front door. I wns greeted by n rush of wind, snow nnd sleet. Hill looked llko n snowmnn. Wo plowed through tho bllzznrd, got on n trolley cur, nnd leached Urlo basin nt n quarter to 12, went up tho gangplank and reported to tho stow-nrd. stow-nrd. Tho nl ip looked llko nn Ico palace. You could hear tho creaking of Winches nnd tho strnlnlng of cnblcs, and could seo dark forms sliding nnd cursing on tho slippery decks under tho glow of tho cargo lights. Tho steward greeted us very cor-dlnlly cor-dlnlly nnd I thought him tho .finest man I hnd ever met. Hill was shipped ns second steward, nnd I got thobll-let thobll-let of second cook. My "glory holo" was aft on tho main deck, whllo Hill slept amidships. I piled Into tho little two-by-four bunk and was soon fast nsleep. I hnd u horrlblo dream; a glhnt had mo by tho heels nnd was swinging mo n round his head, trying to dnsh my brains out ngalnst tho sldo of tho ship. I nwoko In terror. Tho "glory holo" seemed l to bo looping tho loop, and I could hear heavy thuds ns Immenso waves broko against tho sldo of tho ship, tho wnter hissing nnd rushing nrouud (ho port holo. Ilenchlng for tho electric elec-tric button I turned on tho switch. An nwf.ul mess met my eyes. Tho deck of my room wns nwnsli. Tho grip and all my belongings, which I hnd unpacked beforo turning In, wcro swishing nnd swashing on tho deck, now in this corner, now In that. ' Arthur Ooy Empey. Tho ship wns rolling llko n log In tho trough of tho sen. I held on to tho sides of my bunk In terror. A wnvo would swnsh ngnlnst my door nnd wnter would pour In through tho crocks. I felt deathly sick nnd I thought I was going to dlo. I wns experiencing my first touch of son-sickness. son-sickness. About sir bells In tho morning (throo o'clock) tho door opened, nnd thero standing In tho opening wns n hugo Swede, encased In oilskins. Tho Icy .blast sent n cold shiver through me. I wondered what ho wanted, but did not wonder long. "You bnno get ten nnd tonst on brldgo for matu, damn quick." I wns bewildered. Tho door slammed und ouco nguhr I was nlouo. Fifteen in-utes in-utes must hnvo passed when tho door opened ngnlu nnd In rushed tho toughest-looking sennmn I havo ever seen. Ho hnd only ono eyo. Litter on I found thnt ho was out first mate, "One-eyed Gibson." n "Htue-Noser" from Nova Scotln, nnd a, man whom It was not snfo.to trlflo 1th. Without n word ho stepped Into tho glory holo. grubbed my shoulder In n grip of steel, und ynnked mo out of my bunk Into tho Icy water which was nwash on tho dock. This wns my first Introduction In-troduction to him. "Got out o' that, you landlubber. Thero's no flro In tho galley, nnd I wnnt my ten on tho bridge, and I want It now, or I'll put out your dead lights." I meekly answered, "Yes, sir," nnd 'stnrted to put. on my wet socks. Seo-Ing Seo-Ing this action, ho shouted, "Never mind thnt damned rigging. Oct Into tho galley nnd get thnt Uro alight." My feet wcro bluo with tho cold nnd my teeth wcro chattering. I timidly tim-idly asked, "Where nro wo, sir?" With ; a look of contempt ho answered. "Wo'ro outslda o' Sandy Hook, bound south for tho Horn, nnd sho's blowing big guns." Then ho left. I stepped out of my glory holo onto tho deck. Wo were dipping our scuppers, scup-pers, nnd hugo sens Avero breaking over tho weather side. Ono mlnuto tho after deck would nppenr llko a steep hill In front of me, nnd n horrlblo hor-rlblo churning sound would como from tho rnclng propeller. Then tho deck Would slant nwny front mo nnd a loud chug I nnd a "shiver through tho ship as tho propeller Bank ugaln Into tho water. Benumbed nnd wet from tho icy sprny, I managed to steer n courso to tho compnnlonwny, nnd dragged myself to tho upper deck. A sailor wui In tho gnlloy nnd had started a fire. Tho ship was rolling, pitching nnd lurching. In thnt galley It sounded sound-ed llko n bombardment. Pots nnd puns wcro rattling In their rncks; n few of them hnd fallen out, nnd wcro clnlslng each other around tho deck. Cold nnd miserable, I crouclwd In tho corner, keeping myself from fulling full-ing by holdiug on to tho rnll In front of tha stove. Tho snllor took compassion on me, nnd inndo the toast nnd ten. IIow he did it Wns n marvel to mo, hut Inter on I became very expert myself. my-self. Following tho "ilfo lines" on tlio upper deck, I nt lasfmnnngcd to rench tho brldgo with my pot of tea and two slices of toasted brend. Thero wera two men nt tho wheel. In the dnrkness I went up to them nnd nskeil for tho mntc. They did not- nnswer. Just then I received n resounding smnck on tho bnck which mnda my teeth rnttle, nnd thnt dreaded, irruff volco of tho mnto reached my enrs through tho wind! "Dntnn you, you hcllVrspnwn, keep nwny from tho inch nt tho wheel or I'll throw you over tho side." . I mumbled my npologles,- nnd followed fol-lowed the male Into tho chart chouse. Jlo greedily drank tho ten, nnd In nbout four bites disposed of tho pieces of tonst. Tho tonst wns sonked in snlt wnter and I Inwnrdly wished thnt It would poison hint; In fnct I prriyed thnt tho ship would sink with nil on honrd. Such Is senslckness. : I mnnnged, somehow or other,' to mnko my wny bnck to the gnlloy, nnd I met my "superlor'ofllccr" for tho trip, tho "cookie."' Ho wiuj nbout flvo feet nothing In height; n shrlvclcd-up Wclshmnn nbout forty-flvo yenrs old. Ho reminded mo of n mummy In, the Museum of Nnlurnl History In Central Cen-tral park. If ho hnd over smiled, I am sure thnt his face would hnvo crocked. It seemed frozen Into ono perpetual scowl. Ho gnvo ono look nt mo nnd let out a howl. "Hlnwst my dendllghts, an' this 'ore (pointing to me) Is whnt I'm to work with on this bloomln' pnssngc. I'm lucky, I am, not 'nrf, I nin't." no looked llko somo gorilla. Tho rolling of tho ship nfTcctcd him not In the least. Ho seemed to nwny nnd bend with every movement of tho ship. Tho next two or thrpo days wcro n horrlblo ulghtmnro to mo. How I lived through them I do not know, I hnd n deadly fear ot tbo cook. As r.oou ns ho found out thnt I could, not even boll wutor without burning Jl lin, started In to ninlco my Ilfo a misery no had u liablt of carrying a luijo butcher knlfo In hli belt Between meals ho. would sit down on a bench nnd constantly feci tho edge, nt tho snmo tlmo telling mo what an expert lib wns nt cnrvlng. Lntcr on I found thnt thero wns a renson for his carrying this knife. Ho nnd tho crew wcro nt dagger dag-ger points, ho never daring to go forward for-ward except In coso of necessity, and then ho wns enrcful nlwnys to enrry his. butcher knife. Down In my heart I realized thnt If tho occasion should nrlso ho would not bo bnckwnrd In demonstrating his nrt of cnrvlng on his opponent. Thnt Welslunnn wns no better cook than I wns, nnd tho crew soon beenmo uwnro of this fnct ; henco their hostility. Tho Cushko wns n "llmo Juicer," rnlllng under the Kngllsh flng. Tho skipper wns n "llmo Juicer," tho first ninlo n "bluo noser," tho first engineer n Scotsmnn, while tho crow wns composed com-posed of Spaniards, Italians, Squnre-hends, Squnre-hends, Finns, Swedes nnd Itusslnm. Tho bos'n wns Irish, nnd n firm' bo-Hover bo-Hover In Homo Hulc. A worse gang of cutthroats could hnrdly lio conceived; con-ceived; n nlco, pollto bunch thoy were. Ilcllcvo me, Hilt nnd I hnd our troubles. mil nnd I wero tho only two Americans Ameri-cans on board. Tho engineer's mess-mnn mess-mnn was n Prussian, Knrl Tntzner by nnme. I nlcknnmcd him "Krltz." no wns only twenty yenrs old, but wns clumsy, strong ns un or nnd nbout six feet tnll. After wenthcrlng tho gale wo at last tamo Into the fluff stream, nnd off tto const of Florida it wns -wnrro nhd plMtsnnt. I found that my duties wcro to peel spuds, wnsh pots nnd pnns nnd be n rj'gulnr "fetch nnd enrry" for the cook. My ofllco hours wero from six bells In tho morning (three o'clock) until four ' bells nt night (ten o'clock). I wns grrnsy nnd lllthy nt nil times, having i nothing but salt water to wash In, nnd this would not cut the grease. Hill hnd It much cnslcr than I. I bad murder mur-der In my heart nnd vowed to "Jump ship" nt tho first port wo put Into. After nlno or ten days wo enmo nlongsldo nt Castries, St. Lucia. British Brit-ish West Indies, to coal fchlp. ,t this port tho men believed In woman suffrage. suf-frage. Long lines of hnlf-nnked blnck women, with hugo bnskets of conl on their bends, passed up tho forward gang plank, dumped their load of coal Into tho open bunkers, and left tho ship by tho after gangwny. Beforo lenvlng tho ship tho fourth engineer gnvo ench ono n Httlo brnss check, which later on sho would turn In to' tjto coaling company for tin Kngllsh penny. Whllo tho women wcro working work-ing tho men would sit nrouud the dock' smoking clgnrcttes. Tho natives nt St. Lucia hnd a great lippetlta for enlt pork. I soon got wlsa to this fact and traded about a half n barrel of pork for limes, guuya Jelly, bay rum nnd nlllgator pears. It iho steward or cook had caught mo I would never bo writing this story, Tho women threw tho pork Into their dirty conl bnskets, nnd upon reaching tho dock gnvo It to their husbnnds or sweollienrts, who would Immediately, without wnslilng It, devour It, They spoko In a Jlbbcrlng patots which I could not understand. Somo of them could speak pretty good Kngllsh. The kids, averaging from seven to fifteen yenrs, wcro running around naked, or diving off the dock for pennies which wo threw ovcrbourd. About two hours before sailing from St. Lucia, n Httlo fqllow about fifteen years of ngo enmo to tho cnlriinco of tho gnlloy nnd In fnlr English told Hill nnd mo n pathetic story bt In" human trenttnent which would hnvo melted hearts of stone. Ho wanted us to stow him nwny on the ship, r wns ngreonble, but BUI wnrnnd mo that this wns a very grnvo orrenso ngninst tho Kngllsh board of trndo laws, tho maximum penalty being fourteen yenrs' Imprisonment. I did not wish to Incur this risk, thercforo would not listen to the entreaties of the young negro, explaining to him the penalty of tbo honrd of trade laws. Upon hearing tills, n cunning look, which nt tho tlmo did not nppenr significant sig-nificant to me, enmo Into his eyes, nnd ho told mo thnt If I would stow him nwny, "seo how ensy It will bo for ynu." Ho would do nil of my work, nnd nil I would hnvo to do would bo to sit on tho superstructure nnd let my feet hang. I thought this was worth risking fourteen years for, so fell In with tho plan, Bill objecting. Tho vcntllntors hnd been unshipped whllo tho coaling wns going on, nnd wcro lying uft on tho poop deck. Wntchlng our chnnce, we snenfced nft nnd hid the little fellow In ono of tho vcntllntors, warning him, upon pain of death, not to mnkc n sound until tho ship wns well under wny. To say thnt I wns nervous Is putting It mildly. Wo elenred St. Lucln nnd wero soon nt sen. The Islands of Mnrtlnlque, St. Lucln nnd Barbados wcro tiny gray dots on tho horlzou' when on Italian snllor, Louis Mnranto, went nft to ship tho vcntllntors. In a few minutes bo enmo rushing forwnrd with terror In his eyes. As he passed the galley I stopped him nnd nsked whnt vn tho mntter. All ho could gasp out was "Mary of God, n devil ccs on da ship." 'One-eyed Gibson," seeing his terror, went nft with him nnd soon wo could see hi in coming forward, lending our Httlo stownwny by the enr. Tho little negro wns howling bluo murder, nnd tho curses of thu mnto snapped llko n wireless message Luckily for mo tho hinto stopped nt tho galley nnd snld, "Keep your eyo on this blnck skunk until I can tnko him before tho 'old man.'" For flvo minutes I put ull my power of cntrenty Into my voice nnd prayed tho stownwny to stick by mo; to swenr thnt ho. enmo ubonrd of his own volition. Ho promised to-do so. Then tho mnto enmo nftcr him nnd took him beforo tho cnptnln. During this fifteen minutes of Interview I lived In nn ngony of torment and suspense. sus-pense. Tho Httlo fellow enmo bnck with n smllo on his faco nnd I know things wero nil right. Ho told mo that tho cnptnln hnd shipped him nt n shilling shill-ing a month for tho pnssngo. For two days ho was detailed to help mo In tho galley, nnd I lived tho life of n prince. Wo nicknamed him "Monday," tho day thnt ho enmo on board. Ills real nnmo was Charles Taslmn Bcnn. . On tho fourth dny, Monday,, nftcr peeling n bucket of spuds, whllo I wns rending nnd smoking, throw down his knlfo nnd, with a cunning leer, In n commnndlng tono told mo to got busy nnd complete tho task; that ho wished to rest. I stnrted In to "bull-ttozo" "bull-ttozo" him, but he simply held his hand In my direction, fingers extended, und In n majestic volco Informed mo: "From now on, work for tho American Ameri-can I will not. I tell Mecster Cnptnln American Monday stowed away. Mecster Mecs-ter Atrierlcnn to prceson go fourteen yenrs British government." I nenrly fainted. From thnt tlmo Bill ami I wcro Mondny's nbject slnves. Wo even wnlted on ilm perscinnlly. -Any nrtlclo In my possession thnt Monday desired wns his for tho nsklng. Tho stewnrd wormed tbo .secret out of Mondny, nnd I wns nlso his slnve. Bill nnd I spent n Ilfo of hell on board. After getting Into tho tropics llmo Julco was Issued dally to tho crew to keep nwny scurvy. Tho food wns lior- "Qet Out o' That, You Landlubber." rlble. Tho pork was rotten; In fnct, on tho head of ono of tho snlt pork casks wns stnmped "Inspected I8S3." Tho crow wcro on tho vergo of mutiny. Then wo reached tho eastern entrance en-trance of tho Straits and It was blustery blus-tery and cold. Tho cnptnln nttcmpted (o negotlnto tho Straits ono bright moonlight night. After -about three hours tho moon dlsnppenred nnd wo went on tho rocks, knocking n big holo In the sldo of tho ship, nnd only quick and efficient work by tho carpenter and crew saved us from sinking, Tliey t - 1 - "f - - dropped n httgo snll over tho sldtf, toy crlng tho hole.. Tho boats wero jnt over tho side nnd wo expected the ship every mlnuto to founder. Next dny wo wero towed Into I'untn Arcnns, nnd nftcr two weeks the ship wns again mndo seaworthy. At Talcahuana wo shipped 28'Spnn-Inrds, 28'Spnn-Inrds, or "hombres," ns wo called them, to work tho cargo. This doubled my work, nnd I prayed thnt I would die.. It wns nothing but misery to me. I, must hnvo peeled eleven million barrels bar-rels of spjids ; In fact, t never turned In before six bells nt night, nnd hnd to turn out nt six bells In the morning. After touching nt 13 ports on tho west const, dlschnrglng our enrgo, wo left for n Httlo Islund cnllcd Lobns, whero wo wero to tako on n cargo of guano. Whllo working this enrgo It wns misery for cvoryono on board; tho strong nmtnonln from tho gunno mndo our eyes red ttnd wntcry, nnd wo could only brentho by wrapping big hnndker-chiefs hnndker-chiefs nround our noses nnd mouths. Tho wind wns constuntly blowing, nnd guano wns even In our food. Then, coming bnck, wo touched nt Valparaiso, Chile. To mo death seemed enslcr thnn the homownrd-bound voy-ngc, voy-ngc, so one night BUI njid I slid down tho nnchor chuln and swam to n "bum-bont" "bum-bont" lying nenr us. Wo gnvo tbo Chllcno $-1 to row jts ashore. Ho did bo. Dripping wet wo crawled up onto tho stono quny nnd made tracks for tho town. Wo found that tho dock wns enclosed by a tnll Iron fence. At the goto were two customs officers, who Immediately put ns under nrrcst. Bill nnd I hnd $20 In gold between us. und, ns Is usual In South America, It was n slmplo matter to bribe tho customs cus-toms officials to let us through. Tills cost us half of our fortune, but wc'dld not cure. Freedom wns worth nil of It. Wo wcro well Into tho town nnd feeling feel-ing sccuro when wo wcro held up by n Chllcnn gendarme, who looked llko a walking nrsennl. This cost us $2 more for our freedom. Ho left us In a hurry and went nround tho block. Wo had walked nbout flvo minutes when, bnngt another gendarme. This cost us $1. After lenvlng him wc wcro moro cautious, hiding our remaining money In my shoe. Agnln wo wero arrested. Wo snld wo had no money nnd were haled Into tho presenco of tho "commnndnnto of police." He had ono hundred nnd seventy-eight ;tnednls on his chest nnd four thousand thou-sand ynrds of gold braid on his collnr nod cuffs. IIo hnd us searched, bnt did not find tho money. Very much disappointed, In broken English ho Informed In-formed us thnt our ship wns to snll at four o'clock tho next morning, nnd thnt If ho found us In Vnjpnralso wo would bo sent to tho mines. Shivering and trembling wo wended our way back to tho dock and hunted nround for n bontmnn. Bribing him with our remn'.nlnR money he nt Inst brought us alongside, Just before tho gn'.igplnnk wns lifted. Tho blnck Bmoko wns pouring from tho slnglo funnel of tho Cushko. Then wo went beforo the cnptuln, nnd ho "logged" us ten pounds ($30) ench. On our homewnrd-bonnd pnssngo wo went nround tho Horn nnd ran Into a grde. Tho bos'n mutinied. Old "One-eyed Gibson" enmo behind him nnd Inld him low with n marllusplke. Then, cnrrylng him nmldshlps, ho chained him to tho Iron stops lending to tho bridge. Ho remained this wny for n dny nnd n half, exposed to cold nnd Icy .wind. Strict orders wero pnsscd through thu ship thnt no ono was to approach him. Thnt night, tinder cover of dnrkness, Bill nnd I snenked him n stenmlng pot of stow, nnd some hot coffee. If ho hnd lived, -wo would, through this ono action, hnvo gained n true friend for Hfq. From exposure ho contracted pneumonia pneu-monia nnd n!Icd.. IIo vns hurlcdnt sen. Tho rnrijcntor sowed him In a snck. nnd tying nn old Iron wheel to his feet, placed him "on n plank, nnd while the cnptnln. rend n rough burlnl sorvlco tho plank wns tilted, nnd tho bod.v of tbo bos'n went down to rest In Davy Jones' locker. Tho first port wu touched . nt, tho consul's flag wns hoisted nt tho fore-mnst. fore-mnst. nnd n blcnry-cycd, hnlf-drunken Httlo old mnn enmo on board nnd was closeted with tho cnptnln for nbout nn hour. When ho cumo out ho was staggering, and his eyes, It possible, wero moro blenry. Thq cnptnln lined tho crow up, nnd tho consul, In a thick and stuttering voire, nsked tho crew If tho bos'n hnd died from nntu-rnl nntu-rnl cnuses. Ninety per cent of tho men could not understnnd whnt bo snld, nnd n sllcnco prevailed. At sea silence menns consent. I butted In and snld "No." I wns stnndlng next to tho mnto. I felt thnt gor)lln-Hl:o hand of his pinching tho back of my1 neck, nnd I nearly fainted. Then tho consul went over tho sldo Into his boat, and wns soon pulling for tho shore. Wo lifted anchor nnd tho port, was left behind. Hnlf wny up tho const wo ran out of fresh wnter, nnd had to drink con-deut'cd con-deut'cd wnter from nn old squenky condensing engine. It wns brackish nnd sickening. I would hnvo sold my soul for ono drink of clenr, cold wnter. Mondny becanio tyrannical nnd unbearable, un-bearable, nnd It wns, up to Bill nnd mo to dcvlso soind schemo to keep him In check. Through listening to Monday's stories, I knew that ho was very superstitious su-perstitious nnd believed In magic, or "zobl," as ho called It. BUI told him that my father In America wns n grent medlclno man nnd that Iwns gifted with mnglc. Whllo loading guano nt Lobas, tho fourth engineer had gono on n shooting shoot-ing trip nnd killed several huge pelicans. peli-cans. IIo skinned these nnd gavo mo ono of the skns. B(ll nnd I worked n scheme. Thnt morning a llttlo blnck bird fell on tho deck, nnd I picked It , UP nnd took it tn mv dory hole. It Was In a dying condition' 1 told.Clll thtj thnt night, about ten tfclock, I would go aft on tho poop deck with the pelican's skin down .my bnck, nnd, with my face smeared with black, would do n mystic dnnco. Ho was to take Monday nnd hide behind tho von-tllntor, von-tllntor, nnd whllo I wns doing my wnr dnnco, ho would cxplnln to Mondny that I wns In communication with ray fnthcr, tho grent American medlclno mnn. IIo did this and It mndo qulto n hit. Tho next morning Monday camo to me, nnd, bowing low; requested request-ed n token, ns ho called It; n mossago trom my fnthcr. I promised to glvo htm one, hut wo wcro sure up ngalnst It. Then I thought of tho llttlo black bird In my glory holo, nnd tho solution wns nt hand. I very solemnly Informed Inform-ed Mondny thnt nt eight o'clock that night my father would send ti message to mo In tho form of a llttlo land bird. All dny Monday kept nwny from mc, adoration nnd nwo In his eyes. Bill nnd I Immedlntoly repaired to tho gtory hole, and certainly took tender t coro ot that bird, praying thnt It would Hvo until eight o'clock. About ten minutes to eight I put on my fenthers nnd snenked nft with tho- Httlo Ht-tlo bird, placed It on tho steering near, nnd commenced my mystic dnttcc. I chanted n llttlo song: "Oh, father, greatest of medlclno men, n token ,1 . desired for tho esteemed friend of There Was Reason for His Carrying This Knife. your Bon. Oh, father, send mo this token." Then, with a fow mystic grunts, I besecched BUI and Monday to como nnd rccrtro tho token, Mondny Mon-dny cume trembling nft nnd I pointed to tho Httlo blnck bird which wns . ' , weakly gnsplng Its last, but.lt saved . . tho day for jis, How wo honored' and- i respected that 'little bunch of black feathers. Curious to seo what Mori- t . -day .would do, wo left him. Ho sat by . "' tho bird for over on hour, chanting In thnt weird, sing-song phtols of tho British West Indies. From thnt tlmo on Mondny wns our slnve. Two dnys beforo rcnchlng St. Lucln, tho cnptnln sent for us, nnd sold that ho knew thnt Hill nnd I had stowed nwny Mondny. Wc, llko n couplo of fish, fell for this nnd admitted It, whereupon tho captain coolly lnJ formed us thnt wo hnd forfeited nil pay and nllownncea duo us for tho en-tiro en-tiro voyngo. Tho Joko of It wns thnt under tho bonrd of trndo laws, tho Cushko had to go two hundred miles out of her way to get to St. Lucia and put Monday nt bore. Wo dressed him In n long pnlr of whlto pants; tho carpenter gavo him it red vest;' Bill placed n derby hat on his bond nnd hp went nshoro In a smnll bont. When tho bont returned wo lifted nnchor, and as St, Lucln again faded Into tho dlstnnco wo could seo n solitary llttlo. figure on tho dock wnvlng his whlto pnnts nrouud his bend IIo had removed them upon rcnchlng port. Wo felt a pnng-of regret re-gret ns ho faded out of sight. After nn uneventful trip wo went Into qunrantlno In New York harbor. At tho first sight ot tho stattio of . liberty n rush ot independent nnd patriotism surged through monnd I fiat down on tho hatchway and absolutely abso-lutely refused to work. Tho captain threatened to put mo In double Irons. I told him to go to hell, nnd do It; thnt I was a freo American In n freo American port,(nnd I claimed tho protection pro-tection of tho Stars nnd Stripes, nnd In nccordnnco with my rights ns a snll. or; I demanded tho consul's flag to bo hoisted nt tho foremnst. Tho captain gavo mo a had look but wilted. Tho next a tcrnoon at eight bells I landed In Ncv York, freo again. I was dressed 1 1 n pair of bluo overalls barefooted, a Panama hat on ray head, black as a negro from sunburn, a red handkerchief nround ray jicck, and wearing n whlto negllgoo shirt. On my left shoulder I ind a small, monkey, mon-key, nnd In ray right hnnd a wooden cngq with a parrot In It. In my pocket was $8.40 in silver, but I did not enro. I wns again on, terra firnia with tho Stars and Stripes floating nbove me. I received a wonderful welcomo nt home, npd wns of tho opinion that the hardships of my crulso wero well , worth enduring, in vlpw of tho reception recep-tion I wns receiving. But of courso nil Wonders dlo out In nlno dnys, and mlno sizzled out llko a wet firecracker on tho Fourth of July, and It wns up to mo to get busy nnd find something to do. Thus ended piy first rent ndventuiw, |