Cappy Ricks Retires: But That Doesn't Keep Him from Coming Back Stronger Than Ever

down to a nitrate port and loaded nitrate for New York, and about the time she passed through the Panama Canal

rket, and Cappy Ricks and Matt Peasley knew the rates would increase from day to day, and that in consequence their New York agen

rginia, to Manila, or Batavia. The charterers were undecided which of these two cities would be the port of discharge, and stipulated that the vessel was to call at Pernambuco, Brazil, for orders. The New York agents marvelled at this for-to them-very obvious reasons; but inasmuch as the charterers had offered a whopping freight

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f 4" x 6'-20' No. 1 clear. And there were mighty few c

accept. Why, man, she'll make forty thousand dollars on the voyage, and

ng in particular by that. He was a model of efficiency, and that was his little way of placing the responsibility for the decision in the event tha

never have been written. He was down at Hunter's Point drydock, superintending the repairs to the steam schooner Amelia Ricks, which recently on a voyage to S

Norfolk to Batavia or Manila with coal. Got a glorious price-ten doll

n condition again, and he remarked as much to Cappy. Thus it happened that they entered into a discussion of other matters, and the good ship Narcissus, having finished discharging he

er. To this Mr. Reardon had replied passionately that if such a thing were possible he would have done it long ago without waiting to be told. He desired to inform Captain Murphy that he knew his business; whereupon Murphy had replied that he never would have guessed Mr. Reardon was that intelligent, judging by the face of him. In disgust Mr. Reardon had replied: "Aw, go to-" and then tr

f engineer speechless with fury, and before he could call the skipper a