Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-20

~ us TO his unsophisticated manners an
.. inadaptability to his duties for as tin
~ progressed it became evident that Wa
loah would never make IA brilliant SUE
~ cess as mess striker. His tastes, M
- unnaturally for Samoan, were mol
T., in harmony with the strictly nautlcn
- features of life OH shipboaId than wit
:, the mental requirements of his rating
:. and he would have accustomed himsel
% with vastly greater facility to the Us
:, of a marline spike or serving mallot thai
to the accOuterments of galley an(
- messroom.
! Our stay at Apia on this occasion WA
9 brief and less than fortnight found
US agaip under way, bound for the Ha
! waiian Islands, away to tho northeast
ward. 1t was while at Honolulu that a
change became manifest in Wailoah's
: character, whether the outcome Of his
association with the unruly element Of
our crew or of an Unborn thirst 80 preva-
lent among his race is problematic, but
at all events when at the expiration of
a month We were again headed for the
Samoan group our messman had dovel-
oped al Unsuitable appetite for intoxi
Gating liquor. In the absence of ordinary
etimulants, which it was impossible for
him to procure at sea, he would seek to
alleviate his thirst with anything, from
the contents of the cooks yeast breaker
to undiluted worcestershire sauce, and
when these substitutes were placed be-
You'd his reach his craving was as i'll
tense as that of confirmed topper. | |
pitied. the poor fellow in his lamentablo
af1liction and frequently took occasion
to reason with him, in which instances
he would invariably be seized with re-
morse, bemoaning his inability to over
come his failing and insisting upon his
unftness to live.
One afternoon entered the stoerage
unexpectedly and found him standing
beside one of the headlights in the YES
sels side, abstractedly gazing at a pho
tograph held in his hand Upon per-
ceiving me he hastily thrust it into the
bosom of'his shirt, but my interest was
aroused, and l insisted upon its being
shown me. l was obliged to repeat my |
demand, however, before he would pro-
duce it, and then in shanlcfacod way i
he handed over to me the picture of S
beautiful Samoan girl, whose features a
bore in softCned curves striking re- i
semblanco to his own. On the lower |
margin OF the card, in characters evil n
IDENTIFY formed by an unframed hand, a
was the brief legend, "Iolani," but up h
III my appealing to him for an explana. E,
lion he answered never a word, COM
hands and entreaties alike being of no 81
wall in drawing him out. h,
Ordinarily the incident would have q
eemed trivial enough, and had it not Of
een for the sequel which transpired CO
hortly after our return to Apia it prob h,
lily would never have required to NV No
h;
1t came about in the carly morning in
ours OF the 10th day Of February. Our in
mp was not alone in the litto reef eirt f.,
arbor. Besides multitude of smaller ro
raft which had been driven to seek its str
can't protection from the storms that st,
al been sweeping the surface of the nh
grounding ocean for q week past. a tic
'Werful fleet of war vessels, represent. TN
g the navies of three great nations on
as assembled therein. From the 18th
the 4th the weather had been soual. ho
and the barometers indicated an i'm. va
ndlng gale, but by the morning of in
o 10th the conditions had modified. sh,
a IN the afternoon perfect calm pre- hi.
lied. No leave Of absence from the bic
ssel was extended to the crew, but a ido
" OF the caterers and messmen. in. h,,
ldlng Walloah, had been allowed tn on,
ashore for the night in the interest tho
their duties, with instructions to ro. sl;
It at the landing should a signal of M
zee guns be fired. .,
Until the hour of midnight was struck do,,
rcely breath Of air had Disturbed h;s
tranquility of the waters, but tho n.e.
luitaneous changing of the ship bells ;n
med to awaken the storm god from on,,
nt1ul sleep, the dying vibrations fan,
'glng into shivering sigh which "n
SO from the deep to be hurled back " =
stllled moan from the fast lowering c;o,
IS. So rapidly did the change trans. on u'
mat the barometers were all bnt H.,
3ht mapping, their indicators shift. faaa
from one to another extreme with IaaD
Ting suddenness. ' -, poso
'lthout moments delay the recall 0'-
were fired and boats dispatchcd to
shore for the absentees, while on TT
81, .i" "nonofs We're got out and with
y'hlhg made snug to meet the i'm. tic Il
'ht tempest. BY the time the boats INNS,
returned fierce gale was raging pots
the island, the sea dasbinp in nlan,
pello"lng breakers over the coral weot
+ho oA"'ns w 10 protection patel
,,.,' " Wy e'oilh, were con- coed
inel'ace to the ships lying near ment
/. Never Shall l forget that awful and {
ience ana the dire calamities which cyclo
'he beginning were portended noste
Veloped alike in darkness and and n
Ing waves, not knowing what mo. data
our vessel might be dashed to centn
upon some treacherous rock or fresco
: tho :" COLLISION with tectu1
a., or5"aJ o'.oi sllps IN the bay, windC
an ordeal to inspire the stontest wind
WIN dread. All too late it was ed lad
'ered that our anchors were drap. Acr
Tbo o,,,.:.. A'1ns toward the ern WI
inc j., tl,a "eio heG TO work stream
lime wa on uppos1'o direction, and rocky
omont h,1 r.ou W noia our own, painte
Il in y;oIoua no.nenI inc gale in with a
,alo hnt s,. un'1, ~ was no Ion coed o.
the grou nsuponoous hurricane doorw;
.no gray dawn crept in around tions +
were enabled to distinguish tho tered
nd ouarter ''0 length OF our Pitt p
etbino nrs+ l., of Vel
le co,,ld ha oo ~ uono INSTANTLY well Dc
he saved. suo W .ho shore, we discr in
|. But bo,,, "i'o we We're unreal