JIM THE MILKER.

NZ Truth, Issue 92, 23 March 1907, Page 6

JIM THE MILKER.

I must let yer know that the bosses wife, Madam Sharkey, has a great sympathy for all sailor men that go down to the sea m ships.. It croped up the other night when we were having a Tew drinks m our home. We talked about the way sailor blokes were used at sea, the horrible tucker that they had to eat, the .. filthy abuse they had to stand from ftfulmouthed mates and 'skippers, ami me and Madam aggread that it was a wonder that there was not more mutiny on the high seas. What s the good remarked the bosses wife of the man before the mast bringing a case before a magistrate ? let me tell yer Jim that as a rule the beak is oh th,e' side of the fat shipping company 'dont tell me. Yer no "that I knew this myself but Madam was fair wild over 'line abuse of the law courts to oppress the unfortunate workers, at sea. Yes little woman, what you say is true and yer dont know half of the case. Look the way that fat shipping rings send out them coffin ships loaded down to the gunile away down below the safety mark. Yer wonder how they are al~ ToAVid to go to sea, but sensible coves dont wonder a 'bit knowing that the inspectors port admirals shipping, masters .and the hole push of them are m the pay of the fat man. What show has a sailor man agin such a 'crowd of thieves? He has none. The world proclaims the voice of the world., and that is that the fat man is a scurvy thief. I must inform yer '. that the rich^ company s send ships to sea after having a large insurance effected, and as the bulk of sailors are forsed by famine to enter this accursed, service yer can believe -they' get it hot-^Further. . if an honest skipper gets into trouble at sea and wants to save the lives of his crew and passengers from a coffin ship and survives yer no that they at once bring him before a tribunal of fat company agents, and take ■ away his certificate— for the reason they don't want survivers. Dead 1 men tell 'no tales. Here the bosses wife says dear Jim wot do yer say if I raise Davy Jones? Well do it but don't loose yer head as yer did larst week when Judas apeared after calling on Judas aforsaid yer axed him what rit he had here keep yer nerve.. With this the. went into a short, trance and called on Davy Jones. There was a curious stillness m the air, and I d rank a big glass of whisky while Ma'.lamc cried oh Davy Jones kirn hero and tell us about coffin ships. Davy came up at once and I can tell yer he looked a tough case he was stark naked except that he was covered with barnicles and had hanging to his nose a groat sea shell. The bosses wife went into a lit and kickup her heals but I looked Davy Jones m the eye, good,Gord they were like the eyes of a biled cod /ish. Then Davy said I was one time a man before the mast and was drowned m a coffin ship, what can yer expect when their god is big dividends ? Anyhow me and millions that have been murdered for the sake of gglf ace. all right now* we are

having a high "old time at ;the bottom of the sea. * " Sometimes bur spooks plays skittles with our own skulls when we get a good level place. Yer, would larf to see us playing hell with our own bones. But wait till Michael sounds his trumpet, the sea will give up its dead, and the hole push of us will go up to the great white thrown to denounce the fat ship owner.' Yes the whole of us, little children women and men passengers who have been ..slaughtered through greed, also all sailormen who have cried m vain for justice. If we dont get it then there is no Gord or if there is one he is the agent of the fat man. I see that I have frightened the bosses wife she is a good woman, tell her to keep her nerve when she meets honest coves like me it was excusable ' that . she was fr ghtencd by Judas but me, I am or was once a gallant sailorman before the mastnone of yer gilt edged coves that strut about on yer ' new invented steamships. So lona; Jim. if yer come our way yer will be welcombe also the bosses wife (Madame Sharkey) when I looked up he was gon. . JIM THE MILKER. - P.S.— I forgot to say that Davy Jones said just before he went away Jiine "there is other darned rogues besides the dairy farmer lay on to them through "Truth" if yer can get the editor to do it as that, is the v only paper that stands up for : the poor and oppressed. Now after the bosses wife recovered we had' a long consultation and she informed me 'that she has had a vision, some spirit came to her, appeared unto her crying well done yer good and faithful servant, I hereby give yer power not onley to raise the spooks of dead coves and covesses but. yer can demand the soles 61 all living persons to appear before Jim and you and they must" speak' the truth. Great Cezar here is a wide field I tremble at me responsibility yer will here more on the subject soon. . , „. . ',' •.'•■••. .J.M.