At Sea And in Port Or Life And Experience of William S Fletcher for Thirty Y
At Sea And in Port Or Life And Experience of William S Fletcher for Thirty Y
H K Harvey Kimball Hines
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox. CHAPTER XIV. SHIT WORK. "Ah! ruy jolly tar. Hero you are in port again. God bless you. See to your helm and you will see a fairer port by and by. Hark! don't you hear the bells of Heaven over the sea?' 1 Father Taylor. A MONG the important services rendered by -* *- Mr. Fletcher to the seamen visiting Port- land was the procuring the passage of a law by the legislature of Oregon to guard them from that sys- tem of land-piracy known as "sailor snatching, " or the enticing of... the sailors from vessels and harbor- ing them, and then, in any way possible, making merchandise of them for the profit of the pirate. Its provisions were stringent, and the penalty of its violation was both fine and imprisonment. This was a law greatly needed, as many seamen fell under the wiles of these most infamous wretches, and were led to become faithless to their 178 WILLIAM S. FLETCHER. own honor and to the interests of those in whose service they were. While he was laboring for the spiritual and social uplift of these men of the sea, there was no danger that so observant and thoughtful a friend would fail to note the advant- age of having a shield of law spread between the sailor and his enemy and destroyer.
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