Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-10-25
When the SCHOOL,
ma'amS Sailed.
BY HARRY
A. ARMSTRONG.
A ARMSTRONG.



drydock whiting and spinning yarns
as he was always doing. Not that he
was q Judge or ever had been, but 1t
shows how u name will stick TO a sea
faring man through life. for the judges
baptismal name was William. Some
one called him judge in the days when
he sailed before the mast, and It stuck
to him always, like his white hat.
Here the Judge sat with the calklng
hammers Gathering away around him
like spring frogs and the keel Of the
Mary Ann OF Charlevoix as dry MS It
was before the launch day. Men were
at work on n plank slung over the side
splitting green paint into the seams
with the recklessness rightfully belong
ing to drunken sailors.
A woman passed along the opposite
side of the street. She was listening
to the clatter OF the mallets and did
not see the Judge as he stood erect, hat
in hand and bowling like Beau Brum-
mel. The other men giggled n bit, not
because n woman was q rare thing on
Goose Island, but wholly at the judge.
'"rhat Is the bravest woman who
ever stepped over the side of any craft
afioat or on the bottom OF the lake."
said the Judge as he slipped back to
his place on the edge OF the drydock
and began to stroke his beard, which
had more gray hair than black In II.
"She-that IL to say, that lady--doesn't
look afraid of anything, not even tho
water out of the river" But the Judge
paid no attention to the remark of the
first mate.
"The Mary Ann Of CharlevOlx was
not 80 pretty then as she was Mt first"
said the Judge hnlf to himself. "but she
was just M senworthy as any Of the
bigger vessels going up and down the
lake Cnder their own steam. When
the June vacations came. the Mary Ann
lay here In the river without n thing
to do. Along came Il schoolteacher
and asked me what we would charge
to TAKE half dozen or 80 young ladies'
sailing up the lake to the Thousand
Islands and bring them safely back
to Chicago.
"Now, that was new kind of a
cargo. and ! had - scratch my head
quite bit before making price. All
IiBh'' s'r' sue s"iu' we WIN coine
uo"" 'o"iorro"' hnu So 'h'y o"n'c'
h'ery ho'her soh vi US WIS c"il ing
provisions and getting stock Of fresh
meats and things when there broke
loose regular babel at the gangplnnk.
and there they came tripping aboard
WIN Vailses hhu punupoAes anu UNI
Drehas anu packages uhu no lciiiis
what. just nine chihe' anu we h"u no
'roupio s'o"'he 'hei, """s !" 'i'
cap'il' my room ana inc iii"tc roonl'
pu' TWO more C"ine' "n' t"eu' Ju'' IN
u was ge'llhB uhrR' TWO more c"'i'c'
nat rhhde tIIrteeh'
Al result l Ilhu 10 20 OUT uhu pich
up new crew III the nope OF gc''ihg
uhder way Dciore the hl'u Oh curbo
ehrrled was known, put ! iorR"t '"'S
day wns frldhy. something got tau
gied WIN the iihes' OF the hncHor cH"'i'
was rusled. or the Wheei hao !" ne
liked. The Mary Ann hugged the
wharf TIL after midnight Wheh we run
up light ana tug came hIohgslde
and towed us out INTO the NIKE me
young women were all up as we gllded
along past the big elevator ana the
shadows OF the mast swept across lhe
fields OF salt barrels ana on INTO lhe
broader basin beyond the Ire Swing
station.
ave threw on the lines OF the tug
and there was such shouting the
lookout at the life saving sutton "oulp
have been excused If he hhd thought
female lunatlc asylum hnd broken out
on the Mary Ann
"Ent2 They could eat anything l
believe they would have faticncd on
fricassee Of rope ends. Oh 1t was n
Jolly lot that drew up to the FIRST
breakfast, and the cabin boys had to
make several trips to the scrlllery be-
fore the meal was done. Before noon
they had mlnutcly examined every
thing from the rock pallast VI the hoiu
TO the little hags whipping Ut 'he mast,
heads. Ihey even wnh'ed 10 steer "ni
sometimes the quarternlas'cr "oula
let them. The snip would hlh, ana
the outht wouih hugh "nn graz 1t.
masts ana cons OF rope u" WV "'"'
rolled back to tue course
when inc nrSt hisnt CAN'T Wv ","n
dollns ana guitars came Oh u'ch' "nu
for hours lhe voices VI "oii'n W.
mingled with the trembling melody 0,
the strings mat 700 CANE ~ al e"u
along ABOUT l'iunisn'' "'u Wv ""o
10 puheu co'S ou' upo" NV w" '"'
slept there. ,-..u.
But might go on ana on npout tna.