OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Al'Iill, 14, 1007.
7 J i h i 7i r i-- i vj ai rx n rx v- ttuvi v x vi n v vj i v zs i i i vv y x v x i V in
th' fart to I ain't so over an' above PrcJu
sUce In favor ' cm as pets its wot I used to
be. You see th" trouble Is they're th' least
little bit too human for comfort. Now, I've
seen some purty nmnrt animals In my
time" continued the old man ns lie spat
reflectively at a Band dragon. "Fcr In
stance, there was th" Mlssin' Link, wot
used to be the ship's monkey on th' old
Rovin" lice. That orlttor was a sure won
der when It come to downright hard sense,
an' besides swearln' nn' chew-In" t'bnckey
like th" rest o' us, he worked his way up
from cabin boy to Hut then, I might
as well sail In an' spin th' yarn from th"
bpglnuln'.
"We'd put out o Ban Francisco, I recko-
leck, onatradln' vlge, an' was short hand
ed. as usual. Old Cap Hurnnele made i
great fuss about beln' disnplnted at th'
last mln'lt by th' other hands he'd hired,
and bo fourth, but me and Ham was used
to that dodgo an' knowed well enough It
vu only because ho was too stingy to
man th' ship, an' the same beln' agin th'
law, we made, so tiold as to menshun the
fack. The skipper could put up a purty.
itrong argument, howsomever, IC they was
a marllnspike layln' handy, nnd arter ft
few words we decided t' let th' matter
drop fer th' tine bpln', 'specially arter
he'd promised us extra pay If we was
brisk an' wllliu'.
"That night th' crew (that's t' say, m
an' Ham) got t'gether In th' fo'c'sle f talk
th' thing over, an' finally, at my sugges
tion, we decided t' give th' Mlssin' a
"WIQGLED THE, BDfiE AND MADE A NOISE LIKE A BOA CON?)TIICTOI,-
You sp. I flggered th" scamp, beln' a purty n" h" parrot wot had got Jeallus at th'
fair sailor to begin with, nn' a natural Mtsstii' Link's rise In th' world kep' eggln'
born climber, could save us a lot o' trips him on t' do vllence.
aloft, an' besides that, he had a extry j "Th' Joke seemed to be on tis, all light,
pair o' sea legs wot he could use In a from then on, fer th' Mlssin' took ndvan
plnch an' ort to have no trouble qunlifyln' j take o' fiis p'sitlon t' make life a burden
if be looked sharp an' obi-yed orders. jfer me an' Ham; goin' around, aa be did,
"Th' old man was down on the hchemp
lowed on shipboard. Thnt monk knowed iwas among us who was perparln' to es-ldldn't come th first mate rowln' alongside
with auch another chattprln' crpw of g'rll-
lers an' apes aa t' make your hair stand!
on end. I
"I'd like t' ferglt that day abord ship,"
water or perweslons, but first th' captlng ! sighed the old seaman, "but I s'pose It was
th' rules, all right, an' his bluff went too. jenpe.
"1 finally got Ham cammed down enough! "We couldn't make It out no way, 'spe-
rhance to show wot he was made out of. . t' listen to reason, but his dander was upiclally as th' group seemed uninhabited by
humans an' th' ship stood In no need o'
an' then the Mlssin' 'd take a squint
through th' glass, till finally th' ship was
ordered hove to an' th' parrot directed t'
fly ashore an reconnoitre th' place.
All this time they didn't pay no more
with a niarlinsp.ke In his hand half th' j attenshun f me an' Hill than If we waa
time nn" ready t' let fly at any mln'lt an' j stowed away, an' arter th' parrot come
without notice. That tickled th'old man fit back they went b'low fer a long p'laver.
t' kill, aa you might b'lleve, fer wot be "Finally up comes all three o' 'em lookln'
couldn't think of th' Mlssin' could, an', mighty mysterious, an' arter lowerln' th'
no more nor less than a spechal act o'
Providence t' punish old man Barnacle fer
try In' t' Interfere with th' laws o' naterj
by adwancln' animals beyond their proper i
standln. J
"Yes, It oil came out arter I'd cleared th'
ship an' we'd put to sea off 'In, that wheni
th" skipper set Mlssin' ashore t' Bhanghl !
that crew o' monks he'd plotted t' do away
with me an' Sam, as I'll always b'lleve, I
b'tweeii th' two we was kep a-Jumpln' ; small boat th' Mlssin' shook hands goodby i wnlcn accllnted fer th' presentiments o
this way on' a-dodgln' that. t' th' old man, an', plckln' up a bag o' tin
"Talk about addin insult f injury,! lookln'-glasses, climbed over th' side an'
though; you'd a thort that was about th'1 rowed ashore.
limit, but it was only Just b'ginnin,' fer! ..j hnd to pinch Sam t
evil wot I'd had. Fcr my part I'll always
think th" scheme would ha' worked all'
shipshape if th' first mate hadn't laid It!
see If I was, on too thick to them ancestors o' owrn,
but you see he'd spread th' story over th'
at first, but when 1 drawed his attenshun
to th' savin' In wages It would be If Mlssin
got to lie an A. I)., ho brightened up an'
fell In heartier than any of us. Y'ou
might havo thort he'd a give me some
credit fer th' suggestion, but not him, no,
irl
" 'Why,' bps he, 'tangle my shroud, but
It's funny I never thort o' that lily afore.
Here I been worrln' along fer years with
a couple o' Nock heads like you an' Ham
there, wot calls yourself seaniPn, w'en I
might Just as well been workln' th' old
llee with a crew o' monkeys wot would
hip fer nothlu'. mister my sides!' he sed,
'but that's
with that
chucklln an ler mo kickin myseir llke;goia oraae. jworst come to th' worst. I heard Sam's; hundred, I should say.) Jumped in an'
th' blockhead wot he'd called me. 'in i toij pam, th' whole persedlns was , voice whlsperln' down th' companion lad-jswam out t' board us whore we lay.
"From then on th' old man used f spend onnatural, an' f mark my word, they'd bejder, an' from th' way It shook I knowed I "As soon as th' old man saw In what
hoursatatlniesettin'out on deck teai hln'jno good come o' It all; but In th' mean-! they was breakers ahead. I stowed th'lquarter th' wind was he shouted orders t'
th' Mlssin I. Ink how to make sailor knots lime ed. they was only two things grub, you'd better think, an was on deck jKet under way, but by that time It waa
an' things, an' In th' meantime rap anyrr a self-respectln' seaman t" do; first, ; In a Jiffy , perpared fer most anythln' elsa too late, an' th' best we could do was t'
ffam Instructed th' critter aloft. You'd be , nd a way 0 'estape an' then d'sart th' j but th' sight wot met my eyes. "I'm surely I race for our lives f th" cabin and bar our-
Tnwi woi neatiwn) ne mane, an n warship. From then on we kep a bright look-Idreamln' this time.' 1 sed to Sam as I, selves in. I'd allers been a friend f th'!
I naa to pincn fram
when, next day, th' parrot was appointed i awake or only dreamln'.
spesnai tooKout nn a snug Derm n'gea, -Between trvln' f fbreer out wot was un , ti,.f th- .Mn i,tH -nh t
up In th' . row's nest, do you s'pose she'd a. Ustenln' to th'old man pacln' th' deck'an' good things f eat 'til th' whole tribe!
'soclate with me an' Ham no more? No. .overhead, you can bet we didn't sleepiwa8 crttzy t' go aboard. Th' consequence j
slr-ee! Not by a sea mile would she, but much that night. We hadn't long to wait was th' soreheads wot was left behind:
It was her takln" of her meals at th' cap-!aX(er daylight, howsomever. an' while I held a meetln' an' decided f take th' shiD.
a gran' sch.ine n' mine!' un' , ling'a table erloi.g o' the first matean';wa9 b.,ow xln. up ime perweslons wot Yes. sir; Mlssin' had scarcely landed bis
th' old hypercrit went off struttln' aroand like a real osslfler 'llh VA ,ald by unbPknownlsh. In case th' crew ofors th' whole troop (about five
bo time most afore be could furl a sail as out fer Islands, but when one day a little 1 looked over th' side, but he edged away
tlose an quick as we could, besides bein group was sighted on our lee quarter, lm-Uoo quick.
much more nimbler In th" rlggln," an" by jaglne our s'prize t' notice a lot more ex.l "I might as well out with it, though, an'
th' time we crossed th' line he was standln' citement amujig th' oasifers than there you can shiver my deadlights if thar
his trick at th' wheel right along with th' '
lower animals up t" that time, but I halnt
been wot you might call ficlnated with no
fur beurln' v'rlety till ice them twenty-four
hours o' bedlam wot followed, an' frum
rest o us.
I
HINDOO IMiMIGPATlCN TO THr. UM TfcD STAIES.
"We'd got strU k orders from Ilarnacle t'
humor th' critter, no matter wot happened.
but one night Sam caught th' Mlssin' I.lnk j I 11 E R K Is a growing sentiment amongi with the pjrpose of earning more money,
theatln'ln a friendly game o' penin-hle an' I -n:!, of India to go out Into the' and when they had suffk-lent to Justify the
so far forgot h itself us f correct him with j Occidental world for the purpose ofj venture they would go to the 'great coun-
b'layin' pin. an' wot does that i.psturt j earning higher wages. They have been try,' wmcn ti.y called the fnitod Slates,
do but run an' blab f old llamucle. That arrlvl"s ln larse uni"''s 'n British Co-j "Ther.' is a g.Hxi deal of discontent in
started th' trouble ln good earnest, f er ' lumhlj. lhug'a the Canadlani object t0 India among the laboring clasl's. eape
th'old man didn't only rake Sam fore an', ,n,'lr Pr' Mr. Michael writes from .iiU!y th,, rapaDie and more Intelligent la-
aft, but wound up by mal.iii' the MlsWu'CaIout,li a,,(l ': borers. A good many Indians have gone
Mnk first mate then an' thar. I "Ten Bturdy looking Punjab Mohamme-tJ NalaJ wnpre th(,y ,Hrn from to $35
"Sam weren't wot you might call proud. dins- 8""-' ot 'hjm co"'J English 0;pe, munth, whereas thev would not be able
have'n been kno, ked about a good bit. but to w understood. cal!e-i on me recently to earn lm(re ,hBn or r p(,r montn a.
when It come t" a-dressln' that hombly;''1 ascertain whether they wojui be ad-
nionk as 'Mr. Link, sir,' It
agin bis prain. 1 couid Fee
home. Indeed, ln most localities the aver-
Wind Went,"eu" in 1 nitea states ir tney snouiu a5e Kagr p(ip mnnih , not more than
be d took th go mere to una nipioyment on xarms
to St. It la little wonder that there are
.... .. . 'fV.t..-.l.l,V. W..J t,,-u-. .'. .
maiieri neari. in crmer win rain s own 1 "- " u .-n i.s, ru,- jd.scontent and a growing desire on the
properly 1 oein wn n, you unuersianu, an 1 mi niLa 10 pdj
th' skipper'd hardly gone b'low an' turned 1 txpenses. I to
ln afore Hum challenged th' new llrst mate
to a fair Oat fight.
"Now, wot do you s'pose that se-gacloua
brute done? Well, 'f he didn't up an'
iy their passage and otherpart of ,ndUn ,aboreri to ga y from
li them tli.it with that, .., , . ,. ,
,,iv-t un ,1 ivuuu J 111 Hll liuiir ,r ,11,111.19
amount of money they would better not
dertake the Jjurney. They said that tome
of their friends were in America working
on dairy farms and that they thought they
legree of alarm. An Investigation com
mittee was appointed to discover the
auses and to provide a remedy. Some
lave ascribed the cause to the penal con
tract rystem, which authorizes a contract
.'or the period of four years and gives t )
ihe employer the right of private arrest.
I'ncier the oreratlun of the law, which
prescribes four years and confers the right
of private arrest, the laborers are bound
up tight and placed almost wholly at the
mercy of tneir employers. To be sure, the
new law of Kil limits contracts to four
year and presc ribes the following mini
mum monthly wage gched jle: For the first
je.tr, l tf lor a man an 1 1.:15 for a
woman: for the second and third years,
II. Si and $1.51; for the foirth Jear. U.!
and ll.lij, respectively."
Too True.
better wages and better opportunities.
"The question of labor supply for the
:ea gar lens In Assam ha become so scrl-
it u .,.l, th. ,,..... ,.,Tliat e pile on the In early days
threaten f have Sam throwed In Irons I'm could do well In America, as they under-1,. VArnnint ,lf Inrt, .h,h h,. ,., iThs less to warm ourselves than ee
a beachcomber. Yes. sir; fer ralsl.,' his j stood tne care of cow. and the work of a , laok upon the scarcity of labor in Assam ! blase.
tand agin a s perlor oasifer. wot alu t al-jdarry. But they returned to Lh Punjaband its necessary consequences with some
Ah, In these asht of the fires of youth
I firx". the pathos of a cold, sad truth;
THEEIATELNED TO HAVE "BILL THPOWED DT IKON3
th' wuy ol Barnacle played football with
th' first mate whenever he'd git his breath
back I concluded he'd made up his mind
t' worry along with common, everyday two
legged seamen for a while yet."
"It was merely a question o' time afore
they reached us, an' th' captlng an' Sam
was beglnnln' t' feel mighty sorry thery'd
ever run awny t' sea, when I happened t'
think o' a scheme fer our d'llveranco.
It was an old trick wot I'd learned In Ingy,
but It comeMn mighty handy on that pa'
tlcklar occasion, an' it was like this:
"You see th' captlng had laid In a twenty
foot section o' five Inch rubber hose, t'
be used In pumpln' out th' hold or In case
o' fire, wot he was terrible afeard on, an'
It was a mighty forchlnlt thing It was In
th' cabin locker there. Well, there was
no time t' spare, an' afore th' rest o 'em
knowed wot I was up to I grabbed that
hose an throwed th' whole coll out on th"
deck, and glttlu' ahold o' one end, begin I'
thrash nn' wrlgglo It around at th' snmo
time makln' a noise like a boy constructor.
"That done the business, fcr you know
they hain't nothln' a monkey's so afenrd
of as a reptile, an' them lads didn't stop
to reason It out, but set up n yelp 'at I
found out from the MIsMn' meant 'snake'
ln their lanqultch, an" begun to scatter ln
all directions.
"Arter the last one bad Jumped over
board, though, an' I see wot 1 done, do you
know 1 felt kind 9' sorry not so much fer
the monkeys, you understand, but It Just
so happened 'at a school o' sharks hnd ooms
swlmmln' up Jlst then, an' I detest sharks
on general principles. I axually begrudged
'em every mouthful."
PREPARED FOE, ANYTHING RUT THE SIGHT WOT MET MV EYES
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