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' fiCopyright,""ioo4. by.(J:J."HTrU ,P „ I~ ~ : ; 1 r r- -^ — =~ -7— : -m --_- - I •-• _ „. ( EASY BiLl/\ * •-: ■ i[')T •■•tOOK.s ,^r~>^'- |:4 ■ '• ~~ /if rou please V ' |S3 J/thiTCIST •...• /Tit cooks A__ . ~.jM) \^\ss^l " [THIS'S.WUS ) « I LIKE SMALL) X .'- f\ "SiRJiM HERE'S] |V VF»X IM-)- '' ' i> F^- J ' I like: ROM] jj^Ny f flW'' I < sian brirthat had smallpox aboard, an'yo* oughtir s'e/o? Wal- ■■ ; •...;*• f^Arter I'd BeettaU pimp ed up I flopps down af taaßs ! . .Joli^.K^ffi^f-^f^^R?^* 1/; **""^—™"* '. ———^ .li -■■ K-J- ■ ' * ■■■ • --■■• :-- ■ -.-■■■• j- ■- ■ :■ _;_ . ■■■. - ; ■!■■■.. , • : . . , _ , ... . .r ■ • -1« — mini i -—,■ -- ii.ii i '' ■ m . . ■. ■ - , - ■ . - -^^^^^^^^^^ i . -. ■.. -. —^^—^^mm^^m^^ ' ■■■ — - ■■ - - nn .... lL .._. 4- ""np capt»in» 'lowed as how my case rust wust he'd V : ' ifcft-5«!2J5?^ muc^on strong drink, hut I want t» state ; V "You see that dlmmyjohn 'us full o» some or?ultrucr raT seen, an' as a' extra heavy dose 'ud be necessary he'd fetch a fun- V "g"J?" tnl. w ff. n * c. ha P>s fixed his fa« f«r good rum an' gits th» cap' »ad bought o» a heathen doctor som'ers, an"ad laid by fer nel an' ordered Bill t' lay to an' lend a hand: This is addin' in- $ , 2«; n . Z : * *? i? g "mf poured into bim tnrougfr a funnel **'■ jest sich an im'argency, but th' wust o' th' whole mess wus he suit t f inj'ry t» poor Bill, but I couldn't hardly keep a straight face . fj all spile. 1S appetite fer liquid refreshments in gin'ral, an' still thought I 'us a' invalid, an' kept up the treatment till th' stuff i I thin]un_pUliaJLffim J r - * | | : |{ JS^c^i^ m Pa-tlck^ar. an> ©P J»°> here didn't try t' conceal, 'us all gone. Wot's more, when BiU saw wot 'us up he refused t' Ifl_ tact either. take down with th , disease fln , j. mc Qu% „ 1 — ** . _J L- _ ,___ w lCoj^right. igo^Tbi C J. Hk»^ "V ~ I ' .' • " ' ■ i> m - •—• ._...'_._„ „«.!; *— L* ..1,,,t..... ,'- ■-- *-■■- i.w ™^ J t*.-'.'■,--.'-, ',.., '- ' ...'.. .---'■ - i»%m»wcaV-.-- . •- . -_ __ I~_____- "■ ' t. "I remember once th' 'Dancin' Sal* 'at spoke by a Rus sian brig that had smallpox aboard, an' yo' oughter seen ol 1 Wal ms crowd on sail an' stand away t' wind'ard. Seem' how nervous th' ol' man got I had Bill git out his tattooin' set an' prick my face full o' red spots jist t' give him a scare; knowin' as how I'd be sent below fer th' rest o' th' vi'aeet 4- capt'in* Mowed as how my case rus ffi* wust hVd seen, an* as a' extra heavy dose 'ud be necessary he'd fetch a fun nel an' ordered Bill t' lay to an' lend a hand. This is addin' in sult t f inj'ry t» poor Bill, but I couldn't hardly keep a straight face thi£kin_o!_tfeat_lSim, BiyilMY BOWEIjS RISES TO THE OCCASION HOW BINNACLE JIM WAS CURED BY A DOSE 2. :Arter I'd Been all pimp ed up I flopps down an* makes Deheve V faint on deck an* Bill sings out t' th» skipper as how I us ill. When th». ol» feller cocked his eye on them pink spots he knowed I 'us took bad, an* arter speakin* 'is mind on that Russian brig he got a notion all o' a sudden an* skoots below. $• '* never *us much/on strong drink, but I want t* state right here that when a chap's fixed his face fer good rum an' gits a quart o' red hot ligh nin f poured into him through a funnel it's a gom t' spile his appetite fer liquid refreshments in gin'ral. an' smallpox cure in pa-tick-'lar. an' ol' Jim here didn't try t' conceal, thL fact either. v . X soon up comes tP' skipper fowln 1 J Elg~<fimmy john wot Bill an* me had seen frequent settin' in' th' cabin, an reckoned more'n likely t' be rum, an' we plucked up so much heart at th f sight 'at it 'us all I could do t' look ill an' not spile th' game, but when Bill recollected 'at he didn't have no symp- Joms, however, he took wus than me. 6. "You see that dlmmyjohn 'us full o» some or?ultrucfc~ ra? th' cap' »ad bought o' a heathen doctor som'ers, an' 'ad laid by fer jest sich an im'argency, but th» wust o» th' whole mess wus he still thought I 'us a' invalid, an' kept up the treatment till th' stuff 'us all gone. Wot's more, when Bill saw wot 'us up he refused t' take down with th' disease an' help me out."