An Able Sea Yarner BY WINFIELD HOGABOOM There is usually something in the manner and speech of a seafaring man to distinguish him from the common run of people. But in the case of Jim Brunson, who claimed to have spent most of his life at sea, this peculiar something was lacking. Still, it is only fair to him to say that he had command of some very good nautical terms and words, and it is not altogether unlikely that he may have been, at some time or other, a deck hand on a ferry boat, or something of that sort. He had a very-I had better make it extremely quick wit. If any one ever cornered him, I have not been permitted to hear the particulars of the affair, which I should much like to do. But there was one instance when he came very near to being caught, and that is what I am going to tell about. Jim was once second mate of a three-master engaged in trade between San Francisco and some Australian port. At least, so he said. During one voyage a storm that raged for three days with terrific violence, drove the vessel way off her course, and mixed things up so that even the captain could not tell exactly where they were. On the fourth day the wind abated some, and they managed to get things straightened out a little, but still they didn't know where they were, nor which way they were sailing. This is Jim's story-not mine. On the fourth day the captain piped all hands on deck, forward, and told them the situation. They were lost! Just at this instant, however, one of the sailors yelled "Land, ho, Captain!" "Where away?" cried the captain, scanning the horizon. "Just there, sir, two points off'n th' weather bow," replied the sailor. The captain looked, and so did the rest, and, sure enough, there did seem to be something over that way. The vessel's course was changed slightly, and she was steered straight for the land, for such it proved to be. Coming closer, they observed that they were nearing a small island, rather low and flat, and as they came closer yet to it a peculiarity about the color of the island was noted. by all. The whole thing was of a light reddish color. Not one of the sailors, all of whom were very salty salts, had ever seen an island of just that particular color before. The vessel was put as close as possible to the island, and then her anchor was lowered, and a boat, manned by Jim and some of the seamen, put off for the shore. When the boat neared the shore they learned what made the island so red. It was literally covered with lobsters-wiggling, crawling and squirming around. "Blow we, if I ever saw so many livin' things together in all my life," said Jim. "There wasn't another thing on the whole island." "But lobsters ain't red till after they're boiled, you blithering idiot," exclaimed one of the listeners, just ahead of several others who were about to make much the same remark. 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