Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-27

waters, under the FIRE of broadsides, in
fever.laden airs. and in the wild winds
varied with the gentle breezes Of fresh
water lakes.
Captain Trip would interest the student
Of heredity from the fact that his veins
carry the same blood as that which coursed
in the famous Lord Nelson, who, as admiral
of the British navy, made Great Britain mis-
tress of the seas. Tripps mother was an
own cousin Of the famous Englishman,
whose death on the flagship Victory in the
battle of Trafalgar, was lamented by the
monarchs of England and by all lovers of
the brave.
The spirit which gave Nelson the power
TO conquer navies is traceable throughout
the whole career of Trip. A sailor at ten,
a captain at seventeen, a naval officer, super
intendent of construction of ships, "a trav-
eler of cosmopolitan tastes, a visitor 70
nearly every iuhabitable land, am explorer
of the frozen north, captain of lake vessels
are a few of the different phases of his life.
Captain Trip was born in Canada, his
mother being a resident Of the dominion.
while from his father he inherited American
blood School houses had no part i'm his
life From his mother. who was well
educated, he learned the rudimeuts, and
never attended regular session Of school
for a single day Later in life an aunt gave
the finishing touches TO the work of educa.
uon, which came to an abrupt ending when
Trip was ten years Of age. He shipped as
boy on trading vessel and remained at
sea for several years.
His ship touched at Calcutta when England
began to have her troubles in India, and
with others he volunteered and was assigned
to the commissary department in the Eng
lish army He was with Sir Collin Camp.
bell when that distinguished officer made
the campaign at Delhi, Cawnpore and Luck
now
When the civil war broke out Trip hur-
ried home to serve his country and entered
the navy For three years he assisted in
blockading and being bockaded in the
southern ports His service in this branch
was noted by the officers for. It's strict adj
herence 10 duty,
After the war the attractions Of the sea
still held Tripp and he embarked upon a
vessel which sailed to the Baltic His
wandering life took him to the Mediter
rauean. the Black Sea- the East and West
Indies, China. Japan, the Canaries and the
southern coasts of Africa One point In
his career which makes him remarkable. is
that from the age of seventeen, when he
was first given a command. he has always
sailed as am officer One of his most ad-
vgnturous expeditions was a trip up Hudson
Bay for purposes of exploration. His ves-
sci was frozen in the ice and, the provisions
giving ont, it was necessary 90 make am
overland trip iu the dead of winter or
starve The trip was made and the captain
of the vessel became a driver of a dog sled
on which me succeeded in getting back TO
civilization
Tripp has not always followed the sea and
at times relinquished the vocation for one
of "a less hazardous nature When tile
Canadian Pacific was bsng constructed he
was manager for a firm which had the con-
tract for furnishing supplies 20 the workers
His training at sea and readiness in getting
out of undesirable situations came In good
stead, and with the same success he fed the
men who were working IN the Canadian
wilds
His knowledge of vessels his inherited
love for the sea, always impelled MIN TO
return Several ships were constructed
under bis direction and afterwards sailed
by him OF late years he has sailed the
lakes exclusively and will probably never
again try salt water He knows the coasts
of Canada and America as well as his own
apartments. and will probably never be
satisfied unless where De can hear the roar
of winds and the iashing of the waves
This season he was left marooned as it
were, in his quarters by reason Of illness in
the spring
Simple iu tastes of life, his ideas are of
the same order His cards contain on the
back his creed Of life, learned in the world
of experience, among many peoples and
races, the results of contact with humanity
at every point, from poverty to afluence,
from the fur clad residents Of the north to
the clotheslcss native Of the South Sea is
lands, And out of this rich experience with
men in peace and war the captain places
these words as his compass and sextant to
guide him over the shoals of life
"Do not keep the alabaster boxes Of your
love and tenderness sealed up until your
friends are dead, but FIJI their lives with
sweetness now--speak approving and cheer
ing words while their ears can hear them,
and while their hearts can be thrilled and
made happier by them The kind things
! you will say after they are gone, say before
| they go. The flowers you mean TO send for
/ their cofins bestow now, and so brighten
and sweeten their earthly homes before
/ they leave them.
IF my friends have alabaster boxes laid
away, full of fragrant perfumes Of SYM
| pathy and affection, which they intend to
/ break over my dead body I would rather
| they would bring them out in my weary
and troubled hours and open them, that
may be refreshed and cheered by them
while need them ! would rather have a
/ plain coffin without a flower, and q funeral
without an eulogy, than life without the
sweetness of love and sympathy Let us
learn to ano.nt our friends beforehand for
their burial. postmortem kindness does not
cheer the burdgugd spirit Flowers upon
the coffin shed no fragrance backward over
the weary way by which loved ones have
] travelled"