The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-25
A PACIFIC COAST TRIP,
THE IDEAS BROUGHT TO A FOR
MER NEW HAVENER.

Now u Resident of the Pacific Coast
Pursuit by Chinese Jt NIX and the
Result-nIore Bait Was Not Needed.
The following interesting account OF
a trip from Pasadena, Cal, is written
by a gentleman who formerly lived In
New Haven, and was well known here,
but who now resides In Pasadena. lie
dubs his account 1.-THE Record of
Journey Towards One of the Islands OF
the Pacific Ocean, with Some Account
Of Other Matters and Things Censored,
Censured and Delayed In Transmits
sion" His account Is as follows:
The fever of unrest which in the sum-
mer season of the year causes the very
best of people to change their spots,
having us in possession, we concluded
(some time ago. to set out for the sea-
shore and take shipping for distant
perhaps unknown-lands, though we
hoped with favoring gales, to arrive at
the island of Santa Catalina, there to
mix with the madding crowd, behold,
enjoy and suffer we knew not what.
Being therefore charged with enthusi-
asm, loaded with impedimenta and fur
nished with divers articles both useful
and detrimental behold us then in the
first stage of our journey.
On the railroad:
Away, away along the track
The fiery steam car bounds,
With rattle, rattle, crickety crack
And various other sounds
AS for instance:
Tickets! Tickets!!!"
''Bow WOW, bow WOW wow"
Pop corn crisps-s-s-s,"
Morning pay-pers!'
Etc, etc, ETC., etc, etc.
From Pasadena all railroads lead to
the ocean, and soon we found ourselves
at the seaport of San Pedro. But alas,
and because of our own dilatoriness too
late to take the steamboat.
Two courses We're open to us. We
might return to dizzy Terminal Island,
with it's hotels, dancing pavilion and ne
plus ultra fashionables, or, better yet,
we could land did) hire steamer to
continue the voyage. Casting our
weather eye to windward, we saw in
the roadstead a brave ship-to all ap-
pearance-
Properly rigged and rudderd too"
And Were assured that this good craft
would (for coin of the realm) convey us
to any place we might wish to go, pur-
suing at all time proper rhumb line.
Therefore, having bargained with the
skipper of the noble bark, and having
paid the fare thereof, we set our goods
"On it's well pitched deck"
which afterwards nearly pitched us
overheard, and with "a wet sheet and
following sea" we left the docks, sa-
looms and Dead Mems Islands of San
Pedro on the lea, and though we were
we'll warned of what woodland did
happen, we cast care to the winds, be-
cause
Care will kill cat,''
and believed the tales that were told
us to be but
ISLANDER, that worst of poison, that
eer finds an easy entrance to ignoble
minds
Behold us then in the second stage of
our journey, our gallant craft blowing
the main like thing of life.
But again, alas! Before proceeding
far misfortune marked us for her very
own, for
while we gazed upon the deep,
Watched the spouting whale"
anu IOuHu THAI tIe poet. was perfectly /
right when he said:
"As swallows skim the rivers watery |
face,
&c. the flying fish the ocean,
we heard shout (stentoran) of "Ship |
ahoy," and beheld bearing down upon |
us
IAN ill-omened shape"
the shape, in fact of Chinese junk! |
bent no doubt upon reprisal. with men
armed men-it seemed crowdng her |
deck
All in vain we sought safety in flight
in vain we cast overheard the painter, |
threw the ships cook into the forecas-
tie and sunk fathoms deep the great
signal book (Which afterwards turned
out to be the ships dictionary
Gin vain we sobbed, and furious with
despair,
We rent our garments and we tore our
hair"
The enemy gained upon us like a
democratic victory, and though as a
last expedient we hauled our wind he
soon had us,
''Cribbed cabined and confined"
In fact, he almost had us keel hauled.
But doing the best we could, we nailed
the colors of Pasadena to the mizzen
top and breathlessly awaited the out
come.
Nor had we long to watt
In voice of thunder one of our bold
pursuers demanded:
ANY bait?"
and that was all.
We kindly said him nay; we thanked !
him for his interest in our welfare, and ,
assuring him that we had bait, but not /
the kind for him, poured an extra tin
Of gasoline into the engine, babe him a t
fond farewell and escaped for the time $
What followed, and how he followed, ,
Is another tale. J. F. B.
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