The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-30
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high position IN the largest shtpouliding
yards on the Sound saw MS chance OF
fame and fortune in the lovely craft he
talked Il over with a friend The friend
was enthusiastically Of MS opinion. Both
are natives OF the Land OF the Midnight
sun They had two drinks over the
grand enterprise. and joining hands sang:
The hardy Norseman's home Of yore.
Was On the rolling sea;
When boldly forth our fathers rode.
And conquered NoTmandie.
They they had one more drink, and
bought the aforesaid yacnt Of scow-Lke
design with good money.
I'VE arc sailors by nature" they sad
one 20 the other "and ne know the iron
business from boiling point 10 zero. We al
SO kE0w something Of bottles"
Last week nc vessel OF which her Or
cas- island builder was so proud. vas ac-
cOrdng3y degraded into d mere money
maker. and in the bower rank of money
makers al that. Sne was called a trad
ins vessel, bat the rusty COW bells that
t.Lkled from her b5bstays degraded even
this appeilat-Ou- sac was simply junk
boat
The two young millionaires Of the future
put tAe-r traps aboard and prepared 10
SGT sail. FIRST laying carefully alongside the
compass on the pinnacle a We.l-devcloped
foshorn There was never thought
that this might be useful In case 81 dan
ger There was not going 10 he any dan
geF. How could there De with two hardy
Norsemen. who knew all about iron, IN
charge Of her? No. the foghorn was in
tended 10 DO the work OF a full page
'sd' IN the Post-fnteligencer Through
u they purposcd chanting to the villages
as they passed:
Ia-rd-rahi Ta-ra-rah!
Any TINS or rags,
Or bones or bags,
Old iron or brass
We PAYS you cash.
Ia-ra-rahi Ta-ra-rahi Ta-ra-rah,
They sailed away on "a lovely day. with
bnstiing wind from the south Their
first port was Ballard bat they dd not
pat in there. THIS mettlesome Young
craft took the bit in her teeth and refused
10 pun up there May be- that Is a strange
expression, and not al all seafaring but
yachts built on scOw tines always did do
strange and unexpected things. This one
did. She not only refused TO put in at
Ballard, bat with a good wind behind
hey she scudded past every other st1pp.ng
place the young traders IN junk had
marked on their way chart There was no
use for the toghorn unt!l The yacht hove
IN sight of Port Townsend. when her
captain "ta-ra-rahed' for assistance But
just then. the wind shifted and fell. or the
music OF the fOghorn quoted the Wild
ness of the young yacht and she submit
ted 10 being propelled by the oars into
port
As soon As the captain touched terra
trma he sad some unnecessarily hard
things 20 his mate about the vessel and
about things generally. He had TWO ab-
soraing thoughts. one 10 get rid of his
bargain, and the other 20 get back his po-
sitou With the famous saiphul1.ng firm
tie boarded the first steamer for Seattle.
and when he arrived here at once sought
the commodore
" The - boat won't answer her helm,"
he cried
she hasn't got accustomed n her new
name hazardcd the commodore.
Meanwhile the mate is waiting at Port
Townsend for a nortAcTly breeze He IS
said - 5e fixing air-brakes on the beau
TIM new yacht OF scow design. so that he
Will De able to stop her when he gets of
failart once more. and as ne is a skiilIul
mechanic. this Is possibly true