The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05
SAMMY SIGHTS THE LAND

The next morning Sammy saw land TO the west
when he came on deck, and he awakened George
with loud shout of gee. The ocean current seemed
to be carrying them very slowly toward this land,
and he got out the telescope to if there any
weIl-known landmark by which he could identify
the country. AS soon as he got the glass adjusted
he spied the big wooden elephant the Ferris wheel
and the loop-the-loop at Coney Island, and so no
knew that it was America. Now he was m a great
hurry to get ashore, and whstling to the two Hip
pocampuses, he ordered them to haul the Skyrocket
into the water instantly. When that was accom-
plished he told them to hitch their tails around
some projections of the iceberg, and then follow the
ship very carefully, that the iceberg would not
90 aground 1t was wonderful to how sagaciously
these intelligent and well-.rained seahorses obeyed
their master, and it only shows what can be dons
by kindness, for the Hippocampus, everybody
knows has always been said to be untamable. Sam
my sailed the ship into New York Bay by the cap
tains chart. and when he had anchored hurried on
shore 10 the Office of the Knickerhattan Ice Com
pany, where he sold the iceberg for fifty thousand
dollars
He had arrived just at the period of an awful
ice famine, and the ice company SO glad to get
the berg that they never stopped to have it meas
ured in order TO ascertain its weight, but just
bought it at once and had it cut up and carried
away in their ice wagons before evening. III bet,
too, that they made an awful lot of money on the
transaction. cut Sammy was satisfied. He gave half
of the money to George at once. Then they went
to the ships owners Overhaul & CO.. and told them
that they HAD saved the Skyrocket Overhaul & Co.
we're amazed at the fact, and they told Sammy that
he should have twenty-five thousand dollars. But
Sammy had been reading the captains books, and
knew that be ought to have half the value of ship
and cargo, so he laughed and hired good sea'law-
yer. one of the best of his kind. In the end Over
haul & Co. had TO pay him one hundred end ninety
six thousand dollars and seventy-rwo cents, which
he divided with George and then they each went TO
his own home very well pleased with the results Of
their frs: sea voyage. l never heard of George
again. but suppose be is stil spending his share.
SAVED HIS MOTHER FROM EVICTION :
When Sammy arrived home he found that the
landlord was Just putting his mothers furniture
into the street. because she could not pay the rent
and he had the great pleasure of instantly buying
splendid house and moving right in while the land
lord was looking on. Soon after his Uncle Henry
came hurrying over full of curiosity, and when he
heard now Sammy had sold the ear-tabs and nit
tens I guess it made him crazy with envy, for ne
Immediately sailed away on another ship with an
immense bundle of ear-tabs and mittens in hopes
of being wrecked on iceberg also.
But it would indeed be strange if such thing
happened twice. Instead. such was Uncle Henry's
luck the Inflated ship stranded on the Red-hot
Coast. part of Central Africa where the cannibal
natives wear only smiles and nose rings, and have
no use for ear-tabs He eaten, with the rest of
the passengers and as of course, he returned
Sammy fell heir to all Of his wealth, which was i'm
mense. and so became millionaire Which shows
US that if We always try to do our very best, even
with ear-tabs in summertime, we may accomplish
wonders as Sammy Smedley did
WALT McDoUGALL