Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-03

The Sick and Hungry Sailor Refused
to FuInlI the Surgeons Dire
Prediction.

]. need not necessarily be yellow to CIV
: 'em hard tussle for their lives" sal
! an ex-sailor of the United States nav
now living in Washington. There
plain old fever dows there that ha'
,, lot of the men aboard my ship guess
! ing when we spent a couple Of week
In Havana harboryabout six weeks ago
had good chance TO size up the bas
breaks I'd made through life myself
for was one of the first of the crew
10 he carried into the sick bay with
the fever. | had put in both of my
previous enlistments on the Mediter
ranean station, and consequently
was not used to feverish climates. ]
had never been in the genuinely low
ATTITUDES and hot waters before we
put into Havana harbor on this cruise
on our way TO the South Atlantic sta
tion. We hadn't been swinging to our
mudhook in Havana's filthy harbor for
~ hours before began to feel lottery
around the knees. and in the middle
Of the same night the two men who
swung their hammocks next 10 mine
pounded me awake. They told me
had been raving in my sleep. l was
too weak TO fall out of my hammock.
and one of the men went aft and got
the surgeon. | was carried aft 10 the
sick bay, pretty Eighty in the head.
and the surgeon told me / had the
fever
Yellow ] asked him.
No. said he. you've got a plain.
everyday case of fever, and your tenn
perature's LOG in the shade. You're in
for dose all right. and you want TO |
mind the apothecary and do every. |
thing he tells you to do
There were three or four more fel. |
lows alongside me that had also been
taken to the sick bay with the fever.
and one of 'em was delirious. During
the next couple of days about two doz-
en- Of the crew crowded the sick BAY
and the alleyways. all down with the
plain fever. II was about as hot feel
ing as ever experienced, but after the
fourth day ! went out of my head. /
iidn't come to for two weeks, and then
The apothecary told me that four OF
The men had died alongside OF me, and
hat my squeak was of the narrowest.
went down from $50 to 1875 pounds. ]
,egan TO convalesce as soon as | got
ny head back, and was as hungry as
wolf. But they wouldn't feed me
INVITING but beef tea. mutton broth !,
nd that sort of stuff. got so hated
he thought OF these things. l wanted a
olids, and | wanted 'em bad. But ?
he apothecary told me they would kill I
lie II ate 'em. II
!" All right. my boy / thought. after Q
e told me this one day. I'm not going o
die hungry, anyhow, not by \
famed sight and watched fox q
nance to sneak something to eat "
" opportunity came one evening y
hen all hands, including the apothe- M
Try, were on the main deck at even. a.
e quarters. The sick bay wasn't far IL
ON the mess table of the chief peft,
licers. and the supper was smoking ne
u ON the table. awaiting the return nl
low OF the men from quarters. OF
ppled out of my cot and crawled TO eli
e mess table on my hands and knees. w
zen dragged myself to mess stool. Gil
the center of the table was fine an
mound of canned salmon swim wi
ng in platter of nicely-prepared &c
cam gravy. Well, I jabbed spoon me
o that. and | guess l must have De
ten about four pounds of it before MI
ere was Gathering on the lad ha
IS. and the chief petty officers col. IT
e''' me. The apothecary looked NJ chi
and then at the dish. and he went ces
lite. He rushed aft and told the sur ed
IN what | had done. l was toted TO OF
sick bay, and the surgeon came ON
ngside my cot. cha
MY boy said he, have you got to
messages you want TO leave?' pat
Nothing in particular said. pick ana
my teeth comfortably. | felt i'm and
use. 'Whyr ont
because you're dead man. said The
surgeon. pre-
On. | guess not said I. I've rot bac
KICK a-coming, anyhow. I've had a SUR
/. rec,
foull be dead in an hour said the was
thecary after the surgeon went as q
opel
'eil' felt out of sight from tina: But
on, and | began to mend so rand. say
lat the surgeon was nonplused. char
There's no precedent for IT. said -.
Canned salmon-man with a tenn. I'D
'ure OF l02 eating half a platter
OF canned salmonl What the -
e Is he made of wonder?'
was smoking my pipe at the rany.
ten DAYS after I ate that salmon
Dfsproved.
hat Ionsensei" exclaimed fbs
young futher. as be flung the
aside. A
what do you refer?" asked the on n
who welcomed any topic that vou
OF lead to description Of phe. ensro
Is statemer, 49, For
equal. It's an utter faracv ara P
my baby weighed ten pound.
1t was born and Tackley's
eu only seven and n balfs