Jim, said the colored deckhand, doubtfully.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
With steam, the sailor has become a mere deckhand; the captain a man of business and a disciplinarian, who may not know the names of the ropes on a real ship; the owner a corporation; the voyages mere trips to and fro between designated ports made with the regularity and the monotony of a sleeping-car's trips between Chicago and San Francisco.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
"Grundy, Phil Riggs, Peters and a deckhand named Storm," Napier said.
"Let'em Breathe Space"
Lester del Rey