Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1904 — Page 31

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IND1ANAP01JS SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1904.

JIM APRIL FOOLED THE SKIPPERBUT

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! "It'd take a purty smart chap t fool old Jim here, bein' around as I hev an riggin up jokes m'self, more or less, but th' first o' April alius recalls th' time old Cap Walrus knocked me ov' pard 'ith abelayin' pin fer sumthin' or uther, an I 'us lost r a. .

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2. " i es. sir! When he av me that whack I wnf

over'f h' bow like a bale o ship's biscuit an' th Dancin Sal 1 ran me down like I wus keel-hauled, but it wusn't my time, as th' feller says, an' I catched a line at th' starn an' laid low. Arter they'd give me up, I climbed into th' dory an when Bill took th' dog watch I made signs t' be hauled aboard.

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3. "You see, Vd thought of a good joke tf playon" (Er skipper, an' when me an Bill went below I took a bunch o angory wool 'at Vd been.savin' in my chest, an made Bill a set o' whiskers jest like they do in th' the-aters ashore, an' arter Vd spliced his nose 'ith a bit o deugh from th' cook's galley you couldnH tell us apart..

4- " Cap Walrus wus a rough man, but knowin' he'd played me foul, wus more or less on-easy in his mind, as Bill said. So th' next mornin' when I surprised 'im on deck him thinkin' o' course I'd gone t' th' bottom you never saw a fellsr so taken abaft, not you. I couldn't hardly keep my face t' th' wind fer laughin' at th' way he cut fer th' cabin.

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11 Th' captain never helieved in suocrstitions. but

when Bill steps out at th' uther end o' the deck house, he wus plum stove in, thinkin o' course that Bill wus another spook. I never see old 7alrus skecred afore, but what he wanted 'us sea room, an' when he come down th? deck 'ith Bill follerin' in his wake, I jined in pursuit.

6. Davy Jones an' th parrut took up THr cTiaserftnf you'd ha' laughed t' see th' way that old skipper navigated that deck 'ith th' pack o' us at his heels; figgerin' all th' time on jumpin' overboard, but knowin' as how that wouldn't be no protection from spooks, especially as they wus a high,, sea runnin' f

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7 "Th old man give us a good chase fore an aft, an' - back again, an' Bill an' me didn't have enough wind left V fill a handkerchief, when all o' a sudden down flops th' skipper in th' starn sayin' as how it wus all a accident on his part an' wantin' V make terms.. . . ,

S. ,c That's jest where Bill an' me made our big mistake. Instead o' goin' t' th' fo'csle an' keepin' mum ve stood there conspicuous it broad daylight, till Bill's whiskers came unfast, 'an? his nose, which had become warm by exercise, slipped off an then th' jig wus up.

9. TIT capt'in 'us a uncommon smart feller, an scared as he wus when Bill's, disguise went by th' board he saw through th whole game, an' overhauled us afore we could make th' fo'csle. I tried t' explain as how it wus jest a harmless April fool joke, but I want t' state they's a time an place fer April fool, but that ain't on shipboard."

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