The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

called the attention Of my fellow passengers 10
IL they did not think It remarkable.
At IL o'clock sharp, tho hour Of sailing. the
Captain mounted the bridge. He was Q slender.
swarthy little fellow with straight black hair
and thin moustache. His name was II. ".
Chwaites. and afterward learned that he had
reached . rank corresponding to the Yankee
grade Of commander In sixteen years. Lighting
cigarette he showed his hands into his pockets
and ordered tho lines cast OF. Nobody seemed
70 think It an unusual circumstance that naval
Captain on the bridge should smoke cigarettes
or put his hands In his pockets.
As We rounded the turn In the bend Of the
channel below the docks the pilot u member of
tho ships staff ordered the quarter1naster to
right the wheel Immediately after the Captain
had ordered It hard over. and the result was
that we had TO anchor to avoid grounding.
Later still In the long channel leading to the
roadstead the pilot did tho same thing again.
We were steaming along with stin breeze over
the starboard bow, while the steamers nose was
high out Of water. In two minutes moro we
were skating along over River Plato mud out
side the channel. and the upshot was that We
had TO call two tugs. which eventually lowed Us
stern FIRST into tho channel once more.
That afternoon the stiff breeze became gale,
and some Of the passengers looked with nervous
apprehension ut the spars of three different
wrecked ships that We rassed. but It appeared
from the behavior Of our steamer that she was .
remark bls sea boat ALTHOUGH but Ieo feat
long and about as broad shs rolled .o l,,ls
In tba .aa tia, M r.cLs ,v.ra na.5.d on ~.
t.hl. xh.n d,nnar ,v.. ..rxad Tn %, ,ha e..
of us not sea.Iok had a very nles .ant time M thu
meal Tor -. had nl.n,v ~ ,oom
NIGH, hronoht nay ,,.,,ar. =, ,,.o,.., Tn
spIte Of thu storm q vas a VAIN onnrsss,v.
niaht and the air Of the cabin vould bays hssn
aiding Nth The comn. nionwav vids Omen Th.
s.a.,ck ones wanted the door. oIosad and 40
thsx vera c,o..d worsa Va, Ib.d chosan on.
Of the altar stat.rooms b,csu,a IL h.d only too
bunhs. IL had neithsr mort hol, nor Az vl,ob, nor
window OF any Hind. The door wa. ANAL and !,
f,ttad The doorv.v thougbt clossr than am,
other two mart. on the cabin a,,ad sach o,har
WHEN .hpt o,r ,oom Wa. hsrm.,I.aII,r .aaI.,
NV room mats was verv saa.IcL and IN . chm
Would 7 ha a Lind "a 10 kaan ,ha doo. cIo..d
Thara va. INIT ons .nsws, had 10 CO.. :,
would AFFORD mo great Measure 20 do 40 RsaL-
ing with n.r.niration 7 affirmed 90, int nigh,
clothes and turned down the hadding and ,onnd
both sbeet. and blanket moi,tsr from The bu-
midItv ~ thu air thar the air, 7 baa a,.c.raa,
Although not wishing 10 anticIpats NV s,uv
7 m ay .av never saw the bsdding a whi, az,
during the nine long weeks 1 was on boa,d.
However, IL a traveller can learn 10 eat garlic,
the matter of wet bedding soon seems triaina
Morning came with surprises also Iwas ant |
CARLY hut I had scarceIv comnls,ad nv ,o,la,
when one OF the four gentlemen in the room for |
ward OF mine appeared and said,
"Wiu YOU make 10 me the favor NJ n p.rmt, |
me myself 10 wash in your room7 Ths ua.h-
bowl thsre I'm ours "a broked"
1 said With pleasure" He washed. Anotbsr
and another one followed him. Mona Of us |
thought about the sloo nail under IN. howl. and |
when IL had been filled the slops ran over and |
hooded the floor, whereAt my ssasick roommate
xroaned IN anguish and swore feebly in French.
In the after stateroom opposite mine was
,uArtered an Argentine Lieutenant hound 10
Ushuaia TO take command OF a small Govern.
nent steamer. While the rest of us considered
he slops we heard him calling for the steward.
rho had not yet appeared. and asked him n we |
,ould be OF assistance. He said we could. His