Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
FOREIGN TRAVEL.
Observations Made by the Poet
Traveller in His Journeys.
wASEMAN'S wANOeRlaGs,
There Is Pathetic Side 10 gfayel--ntafl-
Sobs from Erin Brutal Celebrity Of
Spanish MILITARY Vengeance.
Nhal the pilol Coos.
tcopydsht 1875, by Edgar L wake

Copyright 1898, by Edgar Il Wake
MANI
For the Sunday Gazette.
London March O. 1901
There IL always e deeply pathetic side
SO travel, frco o. ones heart may bN
FROM sirhs and shadows MANY times ns
you mas have Witnessed h. There ~
little drama always performed as Che
rtcut ocean steamers icaVc the port of
New York which brings thc mist to your
lanIward looking eyes
IT you are d "hrst trimmer it win
thrill you deeper stll You have perhaps
wondered what that bronzcd faced man
IN citizens clothing WINS dOiug up uhcfo
Nnong the hcspanelcd officers upon the
hudge. Tie sccms the Quictcst fellow ou
board His eyes are siuslme 1ut tho roy
oi channel huoyf, or, with b GLASS rapidly
scanning the lower dorsey shorcs nna ,l,r
glcamng lines of uic long island sands,
or again glahCug at tlns point ur that
along Che sea horizon. His is nu anxious
Mcc Tho limos in 10 uncOuE ciOuely pie.
iurc Che human look thnt tells OF souo-
thing lost, or of great danger that there
may be- 7 have seen men like him stand
whore hc rs with thut same look. und tho
Precipitation dropping from thoir faces IN
STRAINS iu che coldcst Ot weather
This man ls not The ships captain. but
while he stands there. now and then giv-
ing a low toned order he is absolutely
the commander Of the ship. lie O. u New
York pilot. detailed from tho lower Wall
street pilot office 90 take your ship 90 sea.
In Ordinary cases his fec would be- based
upOn the ships Tonnage With the larger
occnu steamships '1umpcd" price H.
undo. lie must remain uhoarl until
Randy Hook is passed. aud ns much
further out aS the steamer captain dc.
sircs.
u Il boz pleasant weather when yon are
Ohrcast of Sandy Hook. YOU will notice.
fuw.hoBt yuwl.hullt manned by two
men, putting ont from tho lirhtship nu-
chorrd hctween your steamer and che
Hook l1ds luhtanp is ainmy New
York harhor plot-hoat hy pilot rosl0-
lions made tO du her "iYrn' of
months stand iu thls unsuyAy, thouch
often exciting hith Her crrw'arc pilots
'pUuticea gcttlng their first lessons aud
/ experience M pilots duties and hard.
ships The boat being rpwed hriskv in-
NnrlB your steamer in the channel is
| ullcd pilots punt aud the two oars.
men nrc knotulv built priutico lads ~
| rs or ~ years of age A thr same mu-
mcut the punt heads for the steamer the
! luttoi's engines slow down. The punt
aud the steamer meet at the point of an
/ punt mndc iust 10 float alongside the
lhip's port side aud che rup~lRdder iu
! lowered
/ Meantime tho plot has resigned hls post
| on thc hrilgr The chief officer im-
| mcdatcly takes his plucr stepping TO
| tho chart room the pilot rertihcs lu The
logloos that thr thip has duly cleared
| the port uf New York: thr liips com,
! mundpr cCrihHs to Che pilots tpr. witch
! pilutngp is pnid hy Che Ncw York agents
/ 0t the lHr, and iu u moment morn the
| pilot is dropped into the whiting punt
aN YH.. .f..
| the nnil-stuwurd. A thousand nddcndu
| guud-hyps have been hastily written
! scaled and stamped, and hundreds oi
| kilograms indited, between the docks and
the Hook. These, the last slender thread
between laud nud homo and the unnlteru.
hy line ~ the pilot Who takes them ns
with Inconsistencies tenderness Ia his
arms.
ln another instant tho ships engines
are again laundering Tho pilots punt
shoots straight Tor the lightship. The of
iicrr 0u fhp bridge uodH Co The houtHWnia
Whose Hhrlll whistle "sirikpH tho Huge.
The uuauermnstorH bring down The
shlpH three fain thu "hluc pcCoF' ui
| snIliugdny ilag from the foremost o.,
| ownor'H or house dag from he main
mast, and the ensign from the rnn ns u
dead hot hunter Will bring some gas
bird of passage from ita night qulyoring
ly 90 hia feet. a farewell cheer rings
ont over tho pOU side nitrr the dcnartni
pilot Your voyage is now iuoy0Cuby
begun.
'El dosrrtar" Oh dcsonnrw wcr,
tho lrWtonCd CALCULATIONS / heard al
nh0ii mr one April morning in 1886 b.
the cabin OF The ferry boat. 'iduunrt
F,aser" us Il left The l,ogla side for %,
tNO-mllp trip ACROSS Havana bay To "a,
city. Tho cabin was well filled, aud 10
moment there came fuHsing and fun
ing through the narrow passage 20 Oh
forward cabin a Spanish sergeant and
guard, having n charge q man Of mos
pilmble appearance. | made room quick
ly go that two npnts were vacant nrn
me, 10 which Tie Funrd uud his priEono
fnt. The latter IeNt 10 me, while the cor
reAnt bearing i, paper With dandlni
sOnl, strobe folv ard d BIT pOmpnus win
tlio importance Of his mis9lpn an'
charge
These ferries carry the gayogt o
crowds between Havana aud the boanu
inl suburbs ~ ihc e8rt. bat tie cutun0
pleasant Fnllies of men aud women No
atantly All present seemed painful.
oxortng ihomneiycs 20 ignore ihN pre-.
cncc of the little group, bar cgcry onl
from time % time stole secret el1ucO
IA thr da3ortor. and, well f0r humanity
o.
priests near seemed to pc moving ihu
iips az NJ in prayer for hlu, mud boliln'
many r. Inn ] could Hpr Tie face Of Sous
: bsautifll Usnora or fonOi1tn lu icniN
knew wei enough what Il nll mrnnl
1 | having once hrrn a soldier bnt ] di'
{ not nt once catch The fuH import Of On
brutal cclenlv OF fpnniD military 81
gougc Shortly the guard closed tir
INIT recital 20 70 passenger ucar nm, Q
3 ibe rifect tlnt thr man hHd deHcrie
from the forces 900 Moro castle som
J wenks before, aftr @ ireucndouA boH
( ring for some slight ihfmcliyn Of az
2 cplne. had got g0 far ~ the Iprir
2 n0nntains where be baified pursuit io
Z some time. but finally had been ru
Z down by blood hounds
g "Ah, yes" be airily concluded 'hc wi
? really not oven need br'HhiaHt nRut
Z Tho o0ntcio de guerra icVlri. martial
9 already awaiting bis arriyal!'
. The desorier WAS but q boy 10 ha
/. fair lace, too. round, almost bcglsl
4 oven through lhe hunted look thpt la
\ made him an 0ld man in terror 90
Desperate effort during those few week
N Tho chaparnl lbs clothihg was
raas aud his bare hegh, STARRED ana
hlnoly. allowed through Ills feel wef
~. I....tnH viii faua mud buFf ntI