The gold leaf., 1905-10-05

Miners Transportation Company,
and the Heavy Coal Laden Schooner
Howard Palmer Out From Boston
on the Night of September 10th
One aWaking in the Essex Hotel,
Boston, Mass. on the morning OF
Sept. 10th, %, found the city wrap
| ped in a dense fog During the early
| hours of morning it was with uncer-
tain outlines that you could distin-
guish the great South (railway)
Station directly across the street.
The vast network of tracks which
| led into the black mouth of the sta
ton, over which SOB passenger trains
daily pass burdened with their hu-
| man freight, which had entertained
| US on previous mornings could not
be seen at all. With such weather
| conditions and the Ominous fact OF
the time of the year, within 3G hours
OF the equinox, suggesting to the
mind the cquinoctial storms feared
| by every sailor along our coast, it
was with Il spirit of doubt that we
had our tickets stamped and decided
| to sail at ) p. H., on the steamship
Juniata of the Merchants & Miners
| Transportation Company, bound
| from Boston to Baltimore.
| However, long before the appointed
hour of sailing, the sun had dispelled
the gloomy fog and shone forth in its
effulgent glory-revcaling the beauti-
full harbOr with the many ships afiOat
| tnI for n fri n(r rnn
trast to the dismal morning, in the
searching rays OF whose divine light
one feels ashamed of the fears that
enthrall and make towards OF us in
the darkness; and though the pas
senger list was small numbering only
about 40, men, women and children,
it was q merry, talkative crowd as
they leaned over the railing OF the
upper deck and bid goodbye to their
friends on the wharf.
At 3:45 p. m, the great ropes that
held the vessel were lOosened and with
our venerable captain giving orders
from the bridge she glided gracefully
out into the harbOr and turned her
nose towards the sea.
| The afternoon on deck was perfect
| ly delightful with Il fine breeze blow
| ing in from the sea, an overcoat was
very comfortable Most of the pas
sengerS spent the afternoon on the
forward deck where they soon with
the usual etiquette observed among
passengers on our coast steamers fell
| into talking one to another.
| The Juniata was handsome ves-
| sci about go feet long, with it's
decks, ratings. staterOOms and all
about we'll kept and polished over
each mOrning-free from grease and
| dirt in every particular. TO travel
on such IL vessel is Il pleasant luxury
when compared with the heat and
dirt found on our best trains in the
summer time. 1t was soon Whisper
ed about that we had four bridal
couples on board. and it was not
necessary to have enjoyed that
blessed state OF Joy triumphant tO
have spotted them. For the very
consciousness of their Overlooking
Joy betrayed the secret that no man
or woman has ever yet been able to
hide even though they go among
strangers. The Boston harbor is /,
beautiful one seen from the deck of q
boat as it winds it's way in Il tOrtu
Gus course through many islands,
some OF which are fortified and from
frowning cannon the greenest lawns
slope down to the waters edge 1t
was at that most impressive and
beautiful hour of the day, just before
the sun sinks and is lost from voul
sight into the waters of Massachu
setts Bay we passed the great rocks
rising from the water known as the
Graves. And as the waves dashed
themselves into foam at their feet
one would find himself uncOnsciOusl,
repeating
| Break break break
On thy gray stones, . Sea!
And | would that my tongue could ute
, The thoughts that arise in me-
Twas about this hour that two
officers passing on deck were hearC
to say: 1--WE are going to run into
a fog bank off of Cape Cod tonight
and we will put to sea-" whicl
meant they would not try and picl
: their way through the channels b.,
Martha's Vineyard but would go out
side, which course is from 4 to {
hours longer but far safer in baC
| weather.
At 6 p. m. the dinner bell rang anC
the merry crowd scampered from
; deck to the dining room below Will
the eagerness of school children tt
; trv and satisfy an appetite born ONLY
of sea air. OF course there was tn,
usual fun during dinner on shil
board of seeing people ordering a bis
meal and after it is placed befor,
them growing suddenly pale anC
leaving the dining room in run fO
the deck-while every one mercilessl,
laughs-notwithstanding the lac
you yourself may be the next victim
After an elegant dinner served il
? courses we returned to the deck t(
: find the picture very different. Th'
wind was positively cold. in tn,
t approaching night could he seen low
t clouds gathering on the water sur
face in front of us. Yet as our state
5 ly vessel quietly rode the swells O
| the sea and passed away from al
sight of land, it gave one feeling o
, confidence to see how gracefully sh,
$ glided through the water out int
the darkness.
, About s o'clock the Jog horn o
1 our vessel began blowing at regula
&. intervals. 1t is IL grewsome sound t
hear every minute for hours the dul
4 alarm of the horn as its sonorou
t sounds go forth through the fog an,
s black night to warn other vessels O
our whereabouts. BY 9 O'Clock W
; were in a deuse Jog, so dense an,
e black that it was no longer possibl
e to See light few feet from YOU. L
!. now became necessary to perceptibl,
e reduce our speed.
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