The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14
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Advantages NJ q s~h~ewee IN Ws6~~fW
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They ~, on The sub iec, ~ June weddihss
"whero'd YOU rather strnd honey.
moon'" asked ono ~ the iva mon
we'll. answered the other, "all things
considered. I think the ideal place for
I honeymoon IL on u schooner At q Hobokeh
dry dock
Then. ~ course. no had 10 tell the story
The schooner vas Just up from the Carib =
bean and had gone 10 dry dock in Hoboken
TO In ref,,ted The dry dock people were
Ia wing their b,isy season Just at that par
tic,Ilar time and the schooner had To walt
q week or two before the sorkmen had
chance to lift her from tho water. So tho
craft lay free at the piles and the crew was
discharged.
The skipper was In love. In fact, he had
for some time been engaged TO marry.
and being an energetic son OF Maine. he
sent this telegram to his betrothed. New
Orleans girl:
out Of commission for q month or so. but
| FOR splicing Cut ali loose and come at once.
Never mind new toys. BOB.
She came on. they were married forth
with and then began to spend their honey
moon. And. If you will believe people
who know all about 1t, that honeymoon
was the greatest ever devised and executed
anywhere. Harry, the younger brother
OF the head d. auRhtsman Of the yard, was
probably the first to find out much about it,
From here on it's Harrys story.
| The first time i ever saw Capt, Bob,
with big bundle of stun under his arm
Cooking? We'll, I should imagine! Light
hair, sunburned face. square jaws. sharp
eyes, the walk Of a man who knows his
business, Well. he was all right;
Il probably shouldn't have paid much
attention to him II it hadn't been for ono
! incident. The ladder that was hanging
over the side Of the schooner didn't reach
the float by several feet. There was
rope over the side again INST the ladder.
Il was wondering what good the rope,
would ever do anybody but professional
| acrobat when he grabbed the end Of II
! with his right hand and with the greatest
case in the world raised himself UP the
ladder. Then with peculiar little twist
he swung himself over the ladder and
climbed up to the deck as cool as a cucumber
| -She was waiting for him, of course,
The way in which she was got up would
| have struck any eye. Black hair. red
pretty face and all the other things that go
"She kissed him as he came over the
rail and then they walked aft. He threw
his bundle to the negro cook, twirled his
straw hat into the cabin and lounged into
| the hammock that he had rugged up under
/ an awning As he sat there she sank down
on deck stool in front Of him and held her
hands on her knees as she gazed at him.
st was as pretty picture as you'd ever
and there that they had just been married
| and 80 1t turned out. The ceremony had
been performed on the deck Of the Schooner
! by minister from some sleepy little New
Jersey hamlet and the first mate and the
| cook had been the only witnesses.
1T isn't hard to imagine that there was
no better place in New York and its vi
entity to spend a honeymoon than on that
! schooner. You see, there was nothing
but exclusiyenees. especially after we
there had been warned that we'd have to
be careful not to calculate too much, Be-
sides that, there was heap OF comfort
| aboard.
Every other evening or 80 Capt. Bob
and Mrs. Captain Bob went over to New
! York, saw the electric glitter Of the Tender
| loin, ate a table d'hote dinner and viewed
| a roof-garden show or something OF the
| sort. Some evenings they sat alone on
deck and watched each other and the
/ twinkling lights.
Elm the DAYTIME there was great chance
| for sightseeing in the one city where one
| can find all the big sights one wants. Capt.
Bob could steer horse as we'll az ne could
| send his vessel along ana seNeIai tunes ne
! hired a runahout and took his wife over
| all the country nearby.
! son some evenings they entertained
| aboard and those entertainments were
simply great. Capt. Bob bought a piano
! the first day for his wife to play and sing
by, and she had guitar, and voice as
sweet as her face.
He was no SLOUGH Of singer himself.
He had one of those BARITONE voices that
no fog on the sea could ever spoil
and what the two couldn't do in the way
! Of musical entertainment wasn't worth
doing.
! Jim, the negro cook, mustn't be for
gotten. He was perfect sharp on fixing
! IN iccs and dainties and that sort Of thing:
| Well, Just think what fun party could
have n such a place, with such people
and with such cool hreezes, myriads of
/ sparkling lights, swishing waves and all
! those things.
yes, sir, honevmoon on a schooner in
Hoboken is all right II you have the real
artistic sense"