They were the soldiers and civilian stevedores, alarmed by the aspect of this man who was running like a lunatic.

You know when these Southern armies went along they carried colored stevedores to do the work for them.

No officer of the Noa-Noa said a word to stop them, evidently fearing a general strike of the crew, and when the missiles cut open the head of a native stevedore and fell even among the laughing girls, the courtesies began to be returned.

On Monday the "plain sailor" bade the mayor, who had once been a plain stevedore, remove the city's women and children within forty-eight hours.