The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
might as we'll be dlseraced with full stomachs.

might as we'll be diseraced with full stomachs.
The promoter was firm at first. but hnalIy
STRENGTHENING fluid we we're ordered 70 stretch
out on the, %fo'cest!e and rest. We Did. hut as
e az man hSten tne osnGr SS I'm .has st trMe eHe and gU
conversation languished. SympathiZinR ship,
mates tried to help. but got only Hrunts and
The two hours passed. The promoter an
peaTed and ordered, us into the gig We
the Jacobs ladder like lambs led to the slaugh:-
ter. Only tie lambs were led on smooth
ground, aud we had 70 CLIMB. Also. Elijah OF
Biblical fame had the better of us. The
ravens fed him bread and meat and the pro,
meter had given US only soup The great 9pd
fairly danced OIL on the tor of the waves, her
stroke. seemed so easy, The crew smiled an
irritating and pitying smile at, US. \ sturdy
cheer from the port watch. folio we'd them to
the starting line, We numbered after them,
but the cheer that followed us was Ike the wall
d. icsi bedd''9 oDr racing dhs e stSrts ep t P%' s SSiHsnrriI
watch. The cheer. however. DIDN'T make gs
feel any worse, We couldn't. Two Admira!s
bridge 10 watch our Efforts. Tie ieonidas
was anchored up towHld, the village while, tho
Dor. The Iowa. Indiana aud M4ssachusetts
c,heered az we iassed them. SLOWLY following
before the United states NAVY.
We finally reached the L.eontdas. and as the
whaleboat got there first she secured the best
Wind ti,'i no S We tSeT and the ' sea had ads gone Se' down ov;le
Tho disadvantage In position called forth an
exchange, o. commitments between our cox
swain and his gallant crew. l shall not repeat
them. While these courtesies were in prog
r rs the whaleboat snsaked q little ahead.
oack. We thanked him With our eyes. An en-
SLIP liIad who had ONE II, IN a w cutter Ter, to start us
Yes" His pistol popped and we dug In with
the energy born Of Desperation and soup.
We took four short stroke, in a shower OF
hung onto his oar and we swung into "A longer
l believe, the rule is to keep your eyes in the
cred us. for we all looked at the other boat he
fore we pulled a dnzen strokes. We were
We. thrashed along past the Massachusetts,
and the cheer from her f~o'castle made us feel
like the old charger who hears the, cavalry
and told us to Come up We did and an
other look showed us ahead. On We went.
s sast IN ii into onr an 1Ired Z frames TGSe IRON eo nHf e pes
some -men In her fighting top. waving their
cap. watched them through a dim mist. and
OF the oncoming whaleboat. Could we hold the
pace Anyhow; we could row till we dropped.
f ins.. that aks w9al L a be 9Bs ots,s sC Ssije tTq T.b my felt ;sIt
like the oldest living era luate of Yale ,yhiver-
sltv. but kept, it up automatically. We
be far away. Only Anew more" said Bob.
crouching to our stroke. | began to hear
queer n noises In my ears; which gradually grew
We tried. and. over my shoulder, l saw the
high. friendly bow uf the'Yar kes. Bob seemed
TO be pulling us along by the rudder lines.
Only ten more strokes! he yelled. We pulled
them through. but before the tenth we shot
under, the Yankees bow. and the second
whalehoat was beaten.
The once meek starboard watch went sud
denly. crazy. They followed us on deck as we
rowed. to the companion ladder and there tlley
picked us bodily out OF the gig and bore us to
the fo'castle. Some one in the wardroom
blew us each TO a bottle Of warm beer and we
buried our animos!ties In the sea and our
noses in the beer. The port warch paid their
debts and lost their naughty air. The star
board watch crew had a real dinner when they
got back to New York.