The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-12
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AfaSnkSI>>ED>H life Bless my SOUL
iRNSg Sys2SssS>Nf II if I've given my Hip
EN~% ET l;Sa per to any one was
NsA -Sas gK y 80 glad TO see IN many
WWA HA\ a long, weary day.
N NJ "A " "How long have you
III E IA been ashore? o.; just
~ VA -smss&@~T landed ! aupp2sYeii tho
10, only one trip after we douoi t'a OF Of
Horn together. and that cured me ~ "
sea-going. Dry land IS good eno"In hava
me from now on, especially slloJ ha,, that
the sweetest little wife ana BOY th@'
ever walked. . &c +bo
Sail horse and duff are things OF Inc
past and / can sleep in bed tilae S St'nt 10
as firmly as a rock. ! used TO pietcHu ~
enjoy sleeping in Il bunk when INC 'e'oe ,,
was standing on her beam ENDS, put HOW
7 don't mind admitting that 1t was most
unwholesome, and, though no one NIL"
it, ! was nearly always SeaS-cN' o,,,a
.sP,u fell me how was it YOU happened
to t;.fe 10 dry land? | would imagine
that -n old shcll-back like you would be
as ionch out of place on land as Il luoo'r
would at sea.
I first landed with q. resolution
TO SOP ashore, but it wore off pretty soon,
and | am as much at home here as amy
landsman. You have been on the sea
until you think Ike the little glrl thaI
was walking on the beach with ner
mOCDpT, ant! ilitR ttih' dNi''' -
on the rocks in Il dying condition- ine
high tide had drftcd the poor lrIloW Urn, ~
and. receding, left him high and dry. ne
little child exclaimed: ON, mamma
who is that? The mother answered.
Some Door sailor man, | think, Where
upon the l.ttie girl commenced 10 pun
at IFS legs and cry TO her mother Tome
mamma, let's drag him back in the water,
be might die out here on land.
Yes / am through with salt water
and for this reason: lou may lhIlih 1t
long-winded yarn of suffering Tor one man
to undergo in one voyage, but 1t rs as
true rs gospel. Come III mere ana We
will have a pot of porter or halt-ahd-haiI
while make your halr stahu on emu
like quills upon the fretiul porcuphle.
After we landed IN New York on eil!t'
eventful Mary Powell. ana mad blown III
al onr money, L Snlpped on poaiu 'ho
Grover Cleveland. She was huge tour
master, owned by a DIG delnoII".: We
was so ciaJed over the receh. elec.i'n ~
democratic pfesldent-the HIai al w
q score Of years-that ne named tllS 'esHee
just If the stocks after TINS leaaef Oh
tnfa.~ ......-..,ea-
we left New TOTE ti'e ui9: Wy e
smooth ana Pheasant FoEase. ~ oi'n"
new SUP WIN bfahu-ile" rlSShis' 90 -
ana running gear Sooa oincefS ana az ni,'
a set or sealn'h "S ~, ever Ia.
ued down the ShFouos me sh!pp'l
was nne o!d man, ana mace
il his SPECIAL business TO see tnat we sot
1ui, ana piSntH 10 cav 81 ,ne "tH. se' l"nc
TO ne nay, put ne c',i' d'Hls i,',e Us VIII
ana "oHiI CRACK Oh t'cIa ''; NHr 'p" ~,
curry w HTh any 1'l''i N.>S'Nl N''I'i ~
"IiIPl SHIT IerItu 1oPn"nS' wy WAN ',;,
sun pr oilqer roF"lS' ~ was MS Ni'pi''ioh
10 make the ,SAlfteS' UP on recorl pc
tween New YORK ana Frisco ana the
result was mat ne kept her heGled over
ana throwing tue spray over her DO"
Tx" IL monitor ,'SIoe tile ncauS
everything went nicely enough until we
sTuch iidltcIae 1t was genuine JOY 70
Watcn hGr olNe mo lhe seas SUCKING hef
nose uhdef III every plunge and come up
ana snake herself Ike a dog coming out OF
the water. rise on the next wave and plunge
AGAIN. 10 stand forward ana look ait at
the spread of white canvas it looked like Il
magnificent queen skimmni2 over the water
ana boW'ng lGIracelully greeting each pas
s!n& wave. we struck very lively blow
Oil 1ialteraS however, and lost the ji&ger-
mast, Tor not a san would the old man
take IN until the hrst and second mate
pleaded with him on Bonded knees al
most TO consider the llVeS OF the crew and
NOT uh'h thc mast was oEerD"ard would be
let go even one staYSall After that the
passage to Monteyldeo was smooth enough
with tht uSuaI amount OF pulling and haul
ing on the braces trying TO get through the
d d. about the equator. AZ Monte
vldlo t4e llGSeriIaIt was festepped and we
were OH Tor the lofh;
IT was then about the LIST OF July and
the winter was getting a good start. Inc
blows we're OF terrific force and the Old
man stood well down toward the south ward
to get all the sea way possible. Day az
ter day the wind blew and ragged and
the heaviest sea was running | ever saw. AT
best close-reeted topSalls were all she car
Tled ana most Oh the TIME we were under
pare poles. FOR two weeks we lay wal
loving around with one sea after another
washing the decks fore and aft. What Il
miserable time we had with extreme cold
and continued watching no one but sail :
or can appreciate. The rigging WAS all
covered with ice and my poor old hands
We're torn to pieces with reehng the canvas
frozen still We We're getting wei! along
when one night in the midwatch dead ahead
ohly lew cable lengths an immense zee
berg was sighted. The darkness was 50
intense that we were right on top of 1t
almost before 1t was seen. Ihe mate
rushed aft to the wheel yelling like mad
man Let her go off! let her 90 Off. for your
life let her 90 off,