Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-27
OLD COOL IN TIE ARMY.

lie wasn't old at all not a day over
20 when lac joined the regiment; a
great, tall. hulking fellow, with n big
honest face like a boys, weighed l75
pounds If he weighed an ounce. aud
answered 10 the name Of Joseph Cool
ey. We all called him Joe, to begin
with, and this yarn is to tell how he
got his other name
We shipped aboard a ryer steamer
at New York for Ship Island, 1900 of
us, maybe you boys don't know what
that means aboard Of Il river Steamerl
Ii means thai every berth had two
men III il. layin heads aud p'intS, and
glad to get one at thai; the unlucky
ones lying side by side on the floor,
like herring III a box, thick as they
could he.
When we'd got about abreast of
llatterIsthcre came lp about . O'Clock
one Of the high cid regulation kind of
StrruS,'a buster. J can't begin To tell
how the wind blowyd, II come solid,
rs If you was strack with something
steady that pre- Sod you down; we
couldn't stan up against it. They
talk about Wav,p rullin up mountain
high. that's pu .ry. but III be wil!in'
10 make my lidavit in court that
they did run al Of sixty feet each side
Of us.
The steamer couldn't make a might
Of Roadway, lor wouldn't answer TO
her heliuu. and there we lay, side on,
in the trough of the sea. like Il fly in
aAammock. swingin' to and fro, side.
ways. Every now aud then Il big sea'd
come slap down. like close To thunder,
on To The deck and sweep everything
OF her. There was a hundred barrels
~ h"rf went tn feed tho fishes tlsst
night
| lay IN nv berth a-loo5in' out of
the winGg.-hye Of us bad that state
room. four in tie bertls. onc ON the
floor. Joe Cooley had the loor; right
outside there WAS a liic5oat lying
geascd on TO the deck. aud I'll. around
Il was . thick row Of men hUlain' ON
10 her gunnel with both hands, 50 as
10 eel the first chance,
"Welly' says l. kind Of disguised.
What's up:' said Joe. loOkin' up
at me. So | lold him.
Him says lac, Il guess I'd Jest
as lives he drowned in bed as out
doors" soft he didn't draw up his
blanket and go 10 snorin' ag'm!
You see, just a minute before the
capeu of the boat Ind Gems through
lie .ecR cabin where we was, aud one
of the fellers sung out 10 him. Call
this considerable Of a storm. don't We,
cap'eni'
He ripped out some biz words, | tell
ye, the scnse Of EN- being that we was
going 10 the bottom inside of an hour.
aud Joe hecrpd him.
Sure enough there was no chance
for the men hangin' on 10 that boat.
their faces white as death. and their
fingers gripped into that guuncl ill
they bled: for if the ship had gone To
the bottom, that boat would have
cracked like an cggsheil the first wave
that Gin it a blow 1t was a scary time
for all Of us.
Some u the fallcrs took il one way
and some took IL another; people amt
jest alike. Some prayed aud some
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