Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-09-08
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Whoever may haypsu to be 10 south
street when war weasel Is passing oct.
down the EaSt river from the navy
yard j. sure 60 he made aware ~ is
coming. though he MAY not yet hass
caught sight Of he vessel by the 81 "a
ing % IN. whistle. TO salute hrr-
90 o-uo, Oo---u---oa 90 -
s-oo. sounded in whatever pitch
the salu'ing boat may possrss. In the
hoar~e. low pitched roar of the ocra an
tug. the shriil whistle OF the smaller
vessels, and all he var 'ring tones of all
the steam crafts "a the river. for ;lry
all salute.
Then one would see Tncn comiac
tr"m various places AID 81, s.iug the
street To stand together along the
bulkhsad TO see the war vessel 20 hy
Some Of the people GO oaf 20 the sad
of the piers 70 watch her there. and
there - a broken fringe Of people Ike
this al the way down to The Battery.
and there the sea NALL - lined.
II one is standing say With those
who are lined mp hy the stringpicce
along hulkhead. waiting. he sees pres
entity the warship's noxs coming 81
leutly into view pas, th- eud - the
shed upon the long. projecting pier
and she passes on andhy. Sotns be, q
SAYS n she comes into view: Thar.
the So-and 81" and he names the shin
lie knows her from the descriptions h-
has read % her aud the time set for
her sailing. jus; ~ many another ma n
does among those who stand there
And there mas be some comment on
her here and there. but the CREATES,
number simply stand silent as the .hir
goes by.
But IL is not silent on the river: ii Il
oO-o-oo' Oo-o--oo, Oo-n-oo'
aud
90 -oo' oo-o- oo' 90 oo'
from every throat afoat. blowing
greeting and -cdSperd from ever,
craft to their proud sister. the war
ship. coming down ,h- river. rot sui
len. but sedate md smooth. W hai'
speed and conveying 10 the sense oI
all the greater power. a. % tiger
NFNhStiuE 10 ~prtrg-
md 50 she passes on. whistles blow
ing FOR her all he time. the fringe oi
people along the bulkhead melting
away a. she passes. except iha, herr
and there one goes oct sfill TO the end
~ the pier 10 get better aud Longer
view of her there. Somebody from
here SAYS % iaunty steam yachf
coming swiftly up th- river. and thaN
has just passed the warship close At
hard.
-She didn't salute
He = jealous 81 the warship's rights
Yes. she did. says another. aiil
seeHer or mor~ Satehfal ewes. ans
equal thought tor the warship. "sh.
dipped her colors-"
Humph. Then they're all satisfied
She keeps en- til she comes to IN.
Battery. is sea wall lined with pru
pie. Here she swings aud heads sautt
and the people stand aud watch hei
till she grows dim. Then shev drift
away and back - the seats in the park
or back wherever they came from. an,
the granite posts ard the chains thai
swing between them along the Batter-
ssawaii that have seen "a many peopl,
looking seawarl for 80 many ship
stand by themselves again.
hat the people who have jus; turue,
away don't forget the warship. 81,
goes south and pretty soon we rra,
Of her in the papers. bombarding Span
ish forts or covering the landing o
United States troops up-and-ap A.
Yankee ship ought to be Then ever,
man who saw ter 60 out. who stoos
along s. nth street and saw her 20 bv
and turned away. perhaps. without I
word saws 10 somebody he says IL II
himself IL to nobody else:
Il saw the so-7nd- So when she passe,
out. " Y. sun.