The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-11-14

/ nunureQ years,
+ en- aims an
ideal a m n
fleet commanders. One trait distin-
guished him as a boy and made his sue
cess as a man. That was boldness; not
reckless daring by any means, but dar-
| ing allied to a shrewdness which detect
ed the very moment when caution
should be thrown to the winds.
| Two incidents of Nelson's life, one Of
his boyhood and the other of his man
| hood show that with him boldness was
based on a high motive and never in
| dulged in a spirit Of daredeyiltry.
| When at school, his mates planned
raid upon pear tree which belonged to
one Of the faculty and stood just be-
yond the inclosure. At the last moment
| the leaders all backed out, and little
Horatio volunteered to be slung in
rope from a high window into the pear
| tree and hauled back with his plumber.
He carried through the difficult feat
and handed all the pears over to his
comrades. He wouldn't eat any and
said that he only got them because the
coveted so greedily. 1t was the deed
which told with him and not the per-
sonal gain nor the risk. And SO, after
| telling his ship commanders his plan
| for the great battle of the Nile one Of
them cried in glee, ''1f we succeed,
what will the world sayY
"There is no if about it," said Mel
tCVUo cIoo1I e,,,ooooI b,1+ xxzbo xr1i1I
| live to tell the story is another ques-
| ton"
Nelson battled with adversely very
young. He was a frail lad and always
sufferer. At twelve years of age mis-
| father, no longer able to care for him,
sent him to an uncle who was captain
| Of one of the kings ships.
"What has little Horatio DONE" said
| the old sea dog, chat he, being so
weak, should be sent to rough it at
sea? But let him come, and if a con-
non ball takes off his head he VAL at
least be provided for"
The ball came along in time, but not
until the name of Nelson and the name
Of England were interchangeable as
symbols Of glory. 10
Nelson sailed into New York harbor
as captain of his first ship when he
was twenty-tw years old. A descrip-
| ton of him then recalls Napoleon Be-
naparte in his salad days. Says an
annalist of the time, Prince William
Henry, afterward William ". of Eng
land: 'I was then a midshipman on
1 1xyiY IN No1
| rows off Staten Island, and had the
watch on deck when Captain Nelson
| of the Albemarle came in his barge
alongside, the merest boy captain [
| ever beheld and his dress was worthy
of attention. He had on a full laced
uniform; his lank, unpOwdered hair
was in a stiff Hessian tail of extraor-
binary length; the old fashioned flaps
of his waistcoat added to the general
quaintness of his figure and produced
an appearance which particularly at
tracted my notice, for have never seen
anything like it before, nor could i'm
agine who he was or what he came
about. My doubts were, however, re-
moved when Lord Hood introduced me
to him. There was something irresist-
| IDLY pleasing in his address and CONVEX
sation, an enthusiasm when speaking
on professional subjects that showed
he was no common being" Other ac-
counts of the time sum up Nelson's
general appearance as that Of Brit
| ish seaman, with a ''shock head" di-
minutive figure and delicate health,
negligent in dress, but having charm
| that was irresistible when he wished to
please.
Nelson saw that Hood was fighting
admiral and joined his fleet, making
his first great stroke at the battle Of
Cape ST. Vincent, where, with his ship,
the Captain, he d1sobeyed orders and
alone attacked q division Of the Span
| ish feet in the flank. The admiral saw
that this was bold move and ordered
other captains to do the same, Mel
sons ship was shot to pieces, but he
boarded and captured a Spaniard and
kept on fighting. Hood said to him
after the victory, "You formed the
plan of attack, and the rest of us were
only accessories in the ruin of the
dons." Four years later Nelson again
| disobeyed orders, and after that there
were no orders but Nelson's own, for
he became the master sailor of Eng
] land and the world. The second occa-
sion of disobedience was at Copenha-
gen, and Nelson said of it on the spot:
''Well, / have fought contrary to or
ders, and l shall perhaps be hanged.
Never mind, let them"
When Nelson disobeyed the admiral
at Copenhagen, his division of the feet
was getting the worst of it under the
Danish guns. A signal was hoisted on
the flagship to leave off action and re-
treat Leave off action" said Nelson
hittnrIu snnu d-r me if dor, Turn