Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-31

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/ unwind slowly and starts all over
again In a chair when things are In
formal he likes TO slide down and pit
his foot up on q velanda rail or some
thing Of the sort. He gestures freely
when he talks and has shoulder shrug
that would drive Frenchman Wild
with envy.
All in all he has the appearance OF
a man OF 50 more than that OF sailor
who has been IN the navy since 1850
and who is about TO be retired because
he will soon each the age limit OF a.
Life at Great Neck agrees with him.
and he says himself that he only goes
10 New York when he cannot possibly
avoid the trip.
At that there are some things 70
keep him busy Living In the house
with him are his son-in-law. Mr.. Wort
ley, and his daughter and his son. DR..
Winfield Scott schlev Just recovering
from the attack Of illness that brought
the admiral home post haste from Lon
don time ago, as he was completing
his last tour OF sea duty. The son is a
broad-shouldered alert, tanned young
man. with taste for bicycle riding
and Workmanship. The family each
morning and afternoon receives itself
into a band OF private So aries for
the admiral. He gets letters from all
sorts Of people everywhere In the coun-
try by the bushel Yesterday morniur
his son. who went for the mail on his
bicycle. had 10 hire n carriage 10 carry
the bag the postmaster handed out 10
him There were 300 letters In one
mail day or two ago, and seventy-slx
In another Each member Of the family
opens a norton Of the mail and CLASH
fes It, Then the letters are answered,
II answers are required.
Meantime. the postmaster has taken
a bushel-basket and marked It "W s.
schley.' ThatEis the Wortley cottage
box
There are three things one can do at
Great Neck: Go bathing. 90 fishing and
go boating. OF course there are riding
and walking 70 be enjoyed also n one
has the notion. but bathing, fishing and
boating are the principal recreations.
Now, classified in the order OF their
merit, the boating comes first. the bath
ing second and the fishing third.
DO you fish rnuch?" the admiral was
asked.
'Oh yes. fish some; but he added
plaintively, what's the use of fishing
where there aren't any fish? | have
tried that water industriously and con-
scientlously, but there's nothing to
catch"
Go sailing?"
Lord. no; I've had enough OF that
have got a rowboat out there, and
prefer the propelling power OF white
ash agitated by myself TO any other
form IT'S great exercise too. and keeps
me In trim"
About II o'clock In the morning the
Schleys Join their neighbors on the
bathing beach in front Of the next cot
tage There il no surf, Of course. but
they splash around near q float. and
the admiral and his son, the doctor,
take long swims out toward Oriental
Point, which Is q mile or so away across
the bend in the sound that makes the
little bay on which the cottages stand.
That, with an occasional drive and
with chats with visitors, Is all there is
TO the admiral's list Of occupations He
is resting, and making good job Of IL.
A BRILLIANT TALKER.
Schley is a most interesting and well.
equipped talkeF Ever since 1860. when
he graduated from the naval academy
and went TO sea, taking part In all the
engagements that led up to the capture
OF Port Hudson and In other fights. he
has been active In all parts of the
world. In 1866, just after the civil
war was over, he saw service In the
coolie insurrection In the Middle Chin
cha Islands In 1871 he helped capture
the Korean forts on the Sulee river.
He saw perilous service when on an
expedition to the South Shetland ISL
ands after the crew OF a shipwrecked
vessel He commanded the relief ex-
petition that rescued Lieutenant Greedy
ana hts half dozen companions al Cane
Sabine, Grinnell Land, getting there
when they could not have held out
more than day or two longer and had
already been reduced 10 cannihallsm.
He was on the Baltimore during the
Chilean difficulties in 1889. and was ~
the fight al Santiago when Ceryera's
feet was destroyed.
His voice Is musical and well modu-
lated. II has none Of the harshness OF
the seafaring mans. His Maryland
birth gave him a trick OF rolling hts
RS and dropping his "G's" that all
his foreign service has not eradicated.
He spins a yarn admirably. Imagine
a st0ry-teller with such a fund Of ma
terlal to draw upon All the neighbors
come over in the evening to hear him
talk.
During the afternoon the name OF
General Agnus. the Baltimore editor
who is so fervent q Schley partisan,
came up Il remember the first time |
met the general" said the admiral. II
was down on the Florida coast on one
OF the frigates and we saw a lot Of
soldiers on shore We were rather
short Of food on board ship. but we
were very long on duck trousers I
thought would go OF 10 the camp OF
the soldiers and see II there was any
thing we could exchange for fresh food
A young Lieutenant who was in tatters
received me.
I'm Lieutenant Agnus Of Balu-
more he said
I'm Ensign schley Of Maryland,
said
I'VE looked each other over. had
on an immaculate duck suit. lie had
large quantity OF vegetables and some
fresh meat.
Needing anything ! asked.
Needing clothes Agnus replied.
Are YOU needing anything?
Needing grub | said.
Wen swap we both shouted al
the same time. and for divers and sun
dry pairs Of duck trousers got sundry
ana divers parcaie OF food Agnue wore