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Show SCHLEY'S CLEVEIl STRATEOY, The following nnecdotc, sujs tho Ualtlinote News, Is told of Admiral W Infield Stott "hchlcj by a former messmate of his ln the da) a when richlcj was a midshipman 111 the navy ' befo de w all," Schley's vessel had mule a cruise to the tropics and while there the officers had enptured two small rlng-tnllcd tnonke)s, nnd hod taken them uboard the ship ns mascots When the niajicots had acquired their "sea legs' and a working knowledge of the ship the) set nbout to make tho lives of the officers und men ns mliei-able mliei-able as the) could and. being mon-ke)s, mon-ke)s, the) pucceeded vei) well Dtlly their victims would be Incensed to find that the Blmlnns had paid them a most unappreciated visit, nnd had clthei hidden or throw ip overboard some of their belongings AI length the nfltcers determined thnt they would stand It no longei A council coun-cil of war was held during which tho monko)s threw tever hlngi lo Davj Jones nnd wujs and meuna of ridding tho ship nf the little peels weio ells-cussed ells-cussed Although the meitltig wis 1 unit that the monkejs should be disposed dis-posed of nore of tin gentlemen wanted to be constituted execution 1 and the council was udjourned without arriving arriv-ing nt a decision When Midshipman Hchlej went on deck next morning after having been visited the preceding night by tin itinnke)s his eye Ml upon i bucket of meuse He Immediately bi,au to asso-ilate asso-ilate the urease with the monkeys-, nnd Iho upHhot of his pondeilngs was told by the ofllcer as follows Vhlej Itirnl the monke)B to him with something tu cut, and when lie got Ids hands uu them greased thill tails with the niish in the huiket 'lhe munkr)s seemed lather lo enjoy the thing and when Schley got through with his task thty began to chi. each other about the duck as they hud a hiblt of doing Tlnall) the) ran up n lope and got out un a spar, wheie tiny proceeded to Indulge In g)mnastks which ultimately pioved fatal foi as thej wrarpsd their talis about the spar and swung fre of the rope the) prnmptl) slipped. ocibonrd mil w ic lost ' |
