The San Francisco call., 1899-08-24

I.--- INSIDE TLl- oar
i-y on th= long swe.-s ~ IL=
OCEAN. She seems resting after.
her long ru-. bur rer decks ar=
quick u-l lie a-d every eye Is
strained 9- -rs grim nd cliffs of home
ard every heart IS here ashore The
z-- had ST before she came % an
-r-- rl- -ra-e was sI.I light enough
o. let tbs boys sac land. and as the
haze settled down with The evening the
IE-- N Point Bonita 1--c6=d is wal
coma -=-y
--= transport IS not more than three
IN rs -u- T-e haze was thick when
she came within sighting distance ot
--= coast. SD she ran in close enough
- b. sighted and then dropped her
The =-s- news ~ her coming came in
- --= CAN T. vas flashed through the
air +---- -le --htshIp by wireless teIez-
-a-I-- and was caught a. the Cliff
E--~=
She viii ROT BE- in until tomorrow"
vas passing from mouth 90 mouth
a---- --= streets when th= bark II q
E-- a-t @ wreath Il smoke curling
around The lantern 0f The dome on the
C-a-- SE-=1kels building told the peo-
p --= ship was in L r=4ded 10 sec
c-t Elc. i needed no other signal
every --- jumped % 3 realization of
-Es -.aI news and the cry she's in
shes ran Up ard down the streets
-E.. -- =-E=i in a cheer that shook tha
buildings Every one rushed c1 th=
newspaper corners. Every one crowded
around the bulletin boards. and then
-. p rss 20
come -Ie crowds could restrain them .
selves NO longer
Where IS she2 Where = she2 How
soon VIII she be IN When VII the boys
Is1d1~ we're heard N every side and
those who had already asked spent
their tine II shouting TR=re had never
been such shouting There had never
risen from th= heart 1f the city such
G cheer. The weary weeks u waiting
-h= I0nEics for q sight OF those who
had gone The realization that IL was al
over and the boys were actually home
vas TOO much. and men. women and
children rushed about the streets cry
-EE- laughing shouting, lending them .
selves without restraint - the w-Id
vhir. of enthusiasm thar took posses
sion Il everything ard raised its voice
10 The skies
Then while the steam Whistles added
their Eoarse note 90 the general turmoil
th= people headed Tor the hills. Il was
supposed the transport might c-me in
a. once and every one wanted o. be in
--ace Il vantage 10 Sc IT, Lights
flashed from every window -lat had
view " The sea and the windows Of The
Cu- House cleaned OUT over the water
and through the haze even ID tho boys
WAC knew the place 50 we'll And as
far out as The heads the roar OF the city
could b. heard as sUbdued uuru1ur
struggling out against the wind. Il was
partly cheer and partly steam whistle .
but there was welcome n every one q .
its vibrations. and even the vest wind
could not drive II back over The city
-hs roar rose like g pand-nouiuu and F
everything seemed 10 shake with its
power surely every man in the city
p 40: had sound lungs vas shouting az
least haIs Of the time for IL was hard
% imagine how the racket could other .
wise ba made. and when the Whistles
finally let 20 1t was not from lack of
viii. Il was from q shortage OF steam /
ard from the sheer exhaustion the en- +
thusiasm had caused
The first gun mad hardly doomed from f
the SDreckeIs tower when The Call men +
were on. their way % the wharf. The 4
tug Alert had been ordered and was IN .
readiness, and in the growing dusk It +
slipped out toward the heads, tuning 4
rs whistle and driving its engines to I
their best. There was nothing in sight +
when The tug reached the heads. but F
she spe6 on into the ocean. the foam +
.eapi-g aside from her bows and the .
spray Aging over her. What If there
had oaeu a mistake, What Z after all .
sGUs vaErant collier. passing in ths
mist over the harbor entrance, had been +
mistaken for the sOIdier-laden vessel
toward which al thoughts were turned
= lOsF-lyfng schooner showed dirniy Tor
minute through the gathering gloom,
and every heart Ieaped; but as the tug
drew nearer the outlines OF her sails
became apparent and the watching eyes
sought elsewhere for the transport
Another schooner played the same trick
and sttu no transport, but the tug kept
on % the westward
A blur in the mist; smUdge against
sky almost as dark as itself; what
-l-SLkL o1 q mast C4Ll4LlS Int y ~ D70A
ground against which it swayed and
spark like a giowworm grew out OF the
sea, and as the tug bounded toward il
IL took shape and the transport hove
nto view.
Il was Just inside the bar by the
buoy. riding head toward
home and in sight 0f the harbor en-
rance II must have been q glorious
sight FOR the home-comers- The Cliff
House was abIaze with light. but the
laze -softened the glare until it reached
the boys Ike a glow in the sky. Fires
S-AZed hish On the hills behind Across