The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-01

A young man who holds down desk
in a downtown department had quite an
exciting sea voyage short time ago and
il was only through the indiscretion CT
friend 20 whom the story was confded
that il became known. This young man
halls from the boundless pTairies of the
West where it Is hard TO find a stream
Of sufficient volume to turn mill wheel
and with the instructive dread Of water
held by those who have always dwelled
far inland he has a disinclination 10
travel on the briny deep.
Now 60 happens that this young man
had formed quite an attachment for
certain young lady formerly employed in
the Census Bureau but who returned to
her home in North Carolina some months
ago. Loves flame had been famed to
perfect confagration by certain sweet
scented missivcs that travelled daily be-
tween the Tar Heel State" and the Capt.
tai. and late one Saturday afternoon
''ROmeO's" cup OF JOY was filled 10 over
flowing BY the receipt Of a telegram from
Old Point reading thus:
Il An visiting Aunt Margaret at Hy-
geia- Come arS spend Sunday with US
You can return on night beat. arriving in
time Tor work Monday. JULIET"
What a chance for a whole day OF
billing and cooling by the SAD sea waves
unused the young man, yet IS the thought
flashed through his mind il brought
with IL the horrible realization that in
order to reach his best girl he must brave
the perils Of the Chesapeake's stormy
waves. However &c he must and would.
So be lit cut from the Office and proceed
ed TO tank Up AT the nearest booze dis
pensary in order TO get his nerves in
shape 70 bear the strain OF the voyage.
About o'clock he hailed cab and was
driven down TO the Wharve5. where he at
once went aboard the steamer. secured
a berth. and, being very tired as well as
somewhat eXhuberant he was soon asleep
How long he slept, he never knew, but
he awoke with tho unmistakaole symp-
toms Of the dreaded nal de mere arising
in his department OF the interior He
could feel the boat rising and falling on
mountainous waves. and TO add TO his
anxiety a most deafening clang arose
from somewhere below in the hull Of the
craft. Shouts. the tramping Of heavy
feet, and what he took Tor the captains
orders 10 launch the lifebOats could be
heard from the deck above lie also
imagined he could hear the roar Of the
breakers as they dashed upon the shore
Trembling he lay. debating in his mind
whether IL was best 10 put on a life-Dre-
server aud make a struggle TO reach the
shore, or wait Tor the summons TO take
his place in the lifeboat and cast his lot
with the others For hours this strain
and nerve Tacking suspense continued
an ID the noise OF the storm. when as if BY
II agic the tempest was stilied- Thor
Ighly worn out the young man fell into
a profound slumber. to be awakened BY
ray OF sunshine falling athwart his
face.
FoaIfrv M motion In ~, r1ot .-,a -
Guiding Old Point had been reached. with
joyful heart at the thought OF being so
near his loved one he bounded out OF bed
Hastily DRESSING no grabbed his suit case
and made quick time to the wharf See
ing no one around he concluded the other
passengers had landed before him. 50 he
walked up 10 fhe gate with the expecta-
ton OF nnding The Hygeia- What he saw
was a paved street with several lines OF
steel rails in the centre. and coming down
ono Of the tracks yellow motor car and
trailer bearing the legend:
Steamboat wharves TO BIOLOGICAL Park
via Seventh Street"
Then he said. I'll be dinged." only Il
was something worse. He rousted out the
Watchm8n at the wharf. and from him
learned that BY reason OF q break in the
machinery the steamer he had boarded
mad at the last moment been laid OF for
mat trip another one substituted, and in
the hurry incident TO the transfer he had
been overlooked.
There he had lain half the night con-
5urinE visions Of shipwrcck and suffering
sgonies Of mind on account Of the storm
when the boat was idly humping AGAINST
the wharf with gang OF noisy wUrkmen
ABOARD putting in new shat
81 Among the army OF clerks who compose
the working force in the Pension one
are found all professions. notably among
which Is that Of Journalism. bmoaz those
who have at one time been engaged in
newspaper work may be menIoned the
following.
Mr. A. B. Bennett. chief Of tie ccrttf-
cate division. was al one time the editor
ana proprietor Of an enterprisilg weekly
IN one OF the towns OF western Nc,;
York
W. A L. Leonard. assistant chief OF
the same division. was formerly a CON
tributor and dramatic critic for one Of the
metropolitan papers. and served on the
reportorial stan Of a local paper before
entering the employ OF Uncle Sam.
Mr. Lindsay r. Perkins. OF IN. eastern
division. has had quite an experience IN
the newspaper world and was at one
time one OF the editors OF the Macon
CGa-j Telegraph"
Mr. Sterling ". Roberts OF the record
division. has been a newspaper man near
~ all his life. Al one tine he was editor
and part owner OF the Sparta tGa.D Ish-
maelite." a journal well known throughout
the South for its sparkling Wit and fear
lessness.
Capt Joseph Z. Hart. assistant chief Of
the western division during many yea.s,