The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-18
ON THE ELEANOR
Pretty Tale Concerning a
Yachts Visit Here.
The Owners wife HELPS in an Emer-
gency-Assisted Captain Of
Baltim ore.
washington Starr.

AhCO tue ndFDOF Oh honolulu, TWO years
age iast January, on her way from the
China station to San Francisco, she
was a pretty tough-Iooking man-o'-
war as she had a license TO be. for she
had been about twenty-five days out
of Yokohama. and had been hove 10,
in one of the worst typhOOns ever
known in the China seas, for eleven
solid days-right in the trough Of it,
and often enough in danger of COM
pletely turning turtle. She had lost
a couple of Seamen, who were swept
overheard by the green seas that wash
ed the tOp-gallant fo'c'sle, and her
ships carpenter had been killed by
being damned about while making
some repairs. The Baltimore wasn't
structurally damaged, but she was bad
ly bunged up, and everything wash
able on all decks had been carried
adrift by the terrific seas. Her fighting
tops rested on the spar deck-they had
to be lowered, TO give the ship better
fighting qualities in the blOw-and, in
general, when she crawled into Homo
lulu harbor at the rate Of about two
knots an hour, the BaltimOre-a beau
tiful cruiser, when right-Was a seedy
enough looking fighting packet.
She anchored alongside the yacht
like Bennington. Anchored about a
hundred yards on the starbOard side
of the Bennington was one of the most
beautiful steam pleasure yachts in the
world-the Eleanor of Providence, r. l.
The name of her multimillionaire
owner-the son of a famous philan
thropist-need not be given here, for
he figures largely in the story; but
people who know about wonderfully
beautiful yachts known about the
Eleanor. She had been in Honolulu
harbor about a week, and she was pro-
ceeding leisurely to San Francisco
Her owner the multi-millionaire, a
man of about forty, was aboard of her,
with his beautiful young wife and their
two-year-old baby. The multi million
aires wife was a tall, slender and very
beautiful young woman of twenty
three They had been making a tour
Of the world on the Eleanor and had
been away from the United States for
more than a year. The officers Of the
Bennington had been charmingly en-
tertained aboard the yacht, and the
multi-milliOnaire often went Oft from
his yacht in his steam cutter to the
Bennington. The social relations be-
tween the gunboat and the yacht were
very pleasant.
When the Baltimore dropped her
mud hook alongside the Bennington a
number of the officers of the latter
ship went aboard of her. They were
accompanied by the lti-millionaire
owner OF the Eleanor, who had been
dining in the ward room with the Ben
nington's officers. The Bennington
party went aft aboard the Baltimore
to see the commanding officer, who
was, and is. one of the genuinely gent
al officers of the American navy. The
captain told the Bennington's officers
of the severe time he had had of il
with his ship.
I'm rather worried about getting in
my report of the blow said the cap
tain. The Australia is going up from
here tomorrow morning to San Fran
cisco with the mails. and I'd like TO
send my report to the Navy Depart
ment up in her. But l haven't even
begun to write il yet, and the yeoman
who has been doing all OF my type
writing on the Asiatic station was
hurled out of his hammock during the
blow and badly bruised. He's now in
the sick bay. He's the only man
aboard who knows how to manipulate
a typewriter, and | want TO send a
typewriter report. l fear I'll have &c
defer making the report until the next
steamer goes up.
Perhaps not, captain, SAID the
multi-millionaire, stepping forward
Il fancy / can undertake to get yOu~f
typewriter. She's on board my craft
and acts as my secretary, and thInt
can guarantee that she'll take YOU
report on the typewriter II you care
TO dictate it TO her"
The captain Of the Baltimore was de
lighted and he thanked the mulu-mil
lionaire cordially. The latter stepped
into steam cutter, went over to hi
yacht, and in ten minutes returneI
with his charming young wife. TIL
Bennington's officers understood, an
smiled. The captain of the BaltimOr
did not understand but he was pleased
nevertheless.
Captain, permit me to present yo
to my secretary" said the muIti-mil
lionaire. stepping aft on the quarter
deck of the Baltimore with his blushin
wife. Her services are yours unit
YOU have finished debating your repOl
Of the typhoon."
The captain escorted the young VIC
man aft to his cabin and immediatel
plunged into the dictation OF the r.
port. The young woman's fingers f1e'
over the keys. She more than keI
pace with the debating commandin
officer, and when he came to a paus
she was always looking up from th
machine, waiting for more words !
get down.
Surely, you handle that machir
with marvellous rapidity," said til
commanding officer, smiHngly, 10 h
typewriter pro TEN.
He dictated for some hours, and tt