Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-23

oist Il! Il Minnie. Here She is How
! Miss i'#i5e!e." Davis ,r;iS Is pHia.p
! AZ l!"t 'H"lh"r WAS iiill She impressed
one ~ camfurtai, NE sort Of rcr.uii
Captain Fri lid llo Eor"r> and every
nit" shook hands linen th..y went iuto
l.e' tNhl2 luttt4 If tuc >1atI ion.
What particularly struck Ai.>. SHOW
"-,~ lhe H":ttil">S II eto3$taiu2 ihe
HtsisN eii the Iiul4fn ia The sink >hulle
i'A" i'r" IS 1hr sunlight rom IhC u 4,
q f'ttrk il. H." htor WI white
;fam @sej ring There Hrre shelves on
'l' wills, ana on til,.so. arranged IN
orderly ls..'-. W"Gr cal.i5eA t1d~ OF ait
'ieStl',lsi hll> 1he i;,hIe NaS Covered
with u figured Ole, ,lh.
Two ui lirrr lI.l4. ,i..uihel> Of The
rev, @tre ~r,;tel In the woodrn
''iialr> al"n" Ihe Wall. b'lj rose as he
parry 'ali!r H. Captain !1;f.S intro.
t.t.'"u =tiirAl y .:ti"i .lr other Fer
maps he most >t:'ik az. th:rHcttl.iS, il. o.
these men VA. l!.e Quiet. almost bash
iiil MY ia VIII ~ they spoke Fhcy
NC'ff''i ilhe '!r w.. - IL Hitt' IL dS any
III =, All N"t ,le o,ieS, WAS nesil'ly
E.tH.
Ever been in Il lie saving station
ifoH: asked taliain Fri
Elsie had not. l;aiph had. and SO haa
Mrs. :noW, but not for years
"illiS is Were we keep the boat and
the resi- of the gclr" said Capt in Ia
Wis, opening a door and leading the
WAY into a large. low studded room
''Then,s the spare OARS Oh the wall.
Tie reg lar ones are in the haat.'
The boat itself was on it's carriage in
the middle Of the pom. Along the walls
Oh hooks hung the mems suits of oil
skins and their sou 'westers. The cap
tain pointed out one thing after an
other the cork jackets and life pre-
servers tue gun for shooting the life
line acro>s stranded vessel, the life
car hanging from the roof and the
"breeches buoy
Il don't b'lieve you'd ever Git me into
that thing" said the Nantucket lady
decidedly, referring to the buoy. II
don't know but I'd bout as liefs be
drOWnded as make Sech a show Of my
self"
Took off a bigger woman than YOU
one time" said Captain Davis. Wife
of a Portland skipper, she was. and he
was OH his fust wage in brand new
schooner jest off the stocks Struck Oh
the Hogs Back off here and thel, drift
ed close in and struck again. We got
EN- all, The woman fust. That was the
only time we've used the buoy scii,.c
I've been at the station. Most OF tie
wrecks are too fur off shore, and we
have to git out the boat"
lie took them upstairs to the mems
sleeping rooms and then up to the little
cupola Oh the roof
With the telescope in the cupola they
could see for miles up and down the
bea"i! and out 10 sea. An ocean tug
bound toward Boston was passing ANA
Elsie, looking through, The glass. saw
the cook come out of the gallery, emp
ty Il pan over the side and 80 back
again
Let me look through that minute
said Captain Fri when the rest had had
their turn He swung the glass around
until it pointed toward their home
away up the shore.
"Perez.' he called anxiously. look
here quick"
Captain Perez hastily put his eye to
the glass, and his friend Went on:
You So" our houseY" he said. YES
Well. Nol See the .linin room door?
Motto" that chair by the side Of it,
Yes. what Of it,
Well that's the rocker that Elsie
made the velvet cushion for want
yOu I" took a, the upper southeast cor
Der of that cushion and see if there
aint eats hair there. l.orenzo's pos
sessed 10 sleep IN tina, chair, and
oh You git out" indignantly eX
claimed Captain Perez, Strengthening
up.
We'll ii was n pretty important
thing. and / wanted 10 make sure I
left that chair out there. and knew
wba, Id catch il any eats hairs got on
tina, cushion while | WAS gone Am,
,ha, so. Mrs. Snow"
The hUHSekeeper expressed her opin.
ion that Captain Eri was a case,
whatever that NAV be