Evening journal., 1898-09-17
YER AND CANNED SALMON.
sick and Hungry Sailor Refused
to Fulhil the Surgeons Dire
T. Prediction.

he fever that lot of the boys will
4 over in Cuba, il they are not
'hty careful in their way of living.
4 not necessarily be yellow to give
hard tussle for their lives" said
!. x-sailor of the United States navy
= living in Washington. There's
ain old fever dowN there that had
ri of the men aboard my ship guess
when we spent a couple of weeks
a.avana harbor about six weeks ago.
d a good chance to size up the bad
ks I'd made through life myself,
III was one of the first Of the crew
,)e carried into the sick bay with
fever. 1 had put in both of my
ious enlistments on the Mediter-
yam station, and consequently l
not used to feverish climates. I
I. never been in the genuinely low
,'udes and hot waters before we
Unto Havana harbor on this cruise.
y ur way to the South Atlantic sta
D We hadn't been swinging to our
Shook in Havana's filthy harbor for
rours before began to feel lottery
Hind the knees, and in the middle
ii he same night the two men who
lag their hammocks next to mine
Shded me awake. They told me I
been raving in my sleep. 1 was
weak to fall out of my hammock,
one of the men went aft and got
surgeon. I was carried aft to the
bay, pretty Eighty in the head,
+ the surgeon told me I had the
~.
4 Yellow@ / asked him.
q NO. said he, you've got 4 plain,
q lyday case of fever, and your tenn
tture's LOG in the shade. You're in
dose all right, and you want to
! the apothecary and do every
3 X he tells you to do
}here were three or four more fell
W alongside me that had also been
in to the sick bay with the fever,
sone of 'em was delirious. During
ri rext couple of days about two doz-
the crew crowded the sick bay
1.-THE alleyways, all down with the
& fever. 1t was about as hot feel
is ever experienced, but after the
VI h day went out of my head.
come to for two weeks, and then
al lpothecary told me that four of
g inen had died alongside of me, and
81 my squeak was of the narrowest.
|sx 'lt down from $50 to 1875 pounds.
IN to convalesce as soon as l got
lead back, and I was as hungry as
blf. But they wouldn't feed me
i hing but beef tea, mutton broth
Z hat sort OF stuff. got so hated
5 bought of these things. I wanted
Is, and I wanted 'em bad. But
pothecary told me they would kill
= ate 'em.
All right, my boy 1 thought, after
Id me this one day, I'm not going
Ae hungry, anyhow, not by a
ed sight and / watched for q
ce to sneak something to eat
opportunity came one evening
all hands, including the apothe
were on the main deck at even
luarters. The sick bay wasn't fan
[4il the mess table of the chief petty
FRS, and the supper was smoking
Nm the table, awaiting the return
N of the men from quarters.
ed out of my cot and crawled tC
hess table on my hands and knees
I dragged myself to a mess stool
center of the table was a fine
mound of canned salmon, swim
in a platter of nicely-prepareC
a gravy. Well, jabbed a spooI
that, and I guess 1 must have
about four pounds OF it before
was a gathering on the lad
and the chief petty officers col
me. The apothecary looked 4
nd then at the dish. and he wen
!. He rushed aft and told the sur
what 1 had done. was toted t.
ick hay, and the surgeon cam
side my cot.
iy boy said he, have you go
messages you want TO leave?'
othing in particular said, pick
ny teeth comfortably. / felt i'm
e. 'Why?'
ecause you're a dead man. SAT-
lrgeon.
III, I guess not said I. I've go
elk a-coming, anyhow. I've had
QUILL be dead in an hour, said tn
lecary after the surgeon wen
I'll, 1 felt out of sight from tina
on, and began so mend so rapid
lt the surgeon was nonplused.
here's no precedent for it, sal
canned salmon-man with ten
ure of 1O2 eating half a platte
of canned salmonl What tn
is he made of, / wonder%
vas smoking my pipe at the gang
en- days after l ate that salmon.
sAington Star.
Potato OmeIet.
love all the inside from : large
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