The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-24

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Mra Rivers, y lttlc Woman. In u dark
suit and u Yachting cap, pushed h-t head
out ~ tho cnbin dpur
Come hcfe. dear called tho captain,
" You tell about nur trip
We'll" aid Mira Rivers. vs. got here,
hut W. had u time ~ u What else cuuld
We eNtrct with u Jury rig ard an Indifferent
crow such ~ W. could get ont there In Japan
after tho MD crow had tonne home by ateamY
Look up forward there mcstly jars Little
fellows. not much better than boys when
" came 10 eerng the fo%retOIenil
wont forget the night the typhoon took
the sticks out ~ W. was IN the cabin,
whirl the men were on the foretop~ail
yard shortening sail Capt Rivers ordered
them down. Just as they got dow tho
forptopmast went by the board, olrrying
with II the bowSprit and the main and niz-
zen topmasts. We were all a wreck and
the seas came aboard like n Niagara.
In kohe the captain got the best sticks
he could and We called, When we got TO
the Straits II SiInda II took ta seventeen
days to make thirty"tve miles There were
calms, head winds. currents and ] don't
know what. but even at that we got away
that was near ua.'
Tell him about the second mate" said
Capt. Rivers. Mrs. Rivers hesitated,
We'll said the captain, "hc was about
the lest thing in the way Of n sailor
man that | ever came across. Got him
out of a steamer, though he was a good
sailing m and he took as much inter-
est in the old hooker as ] did myself; in
fact. mis- ideas of what she was capable Of
exceeded mine. Time was when the A G.
Ropes could sail away from the best Of
them, and there weren't many things float
ing except transatlantic liners and P. & o.
boats that could show her their heels.
But under Jury rig, of course, she couldn't
do 40 well. However, Bill Moore-that
was the seconds name-hadn't known her
then. Most anything could overhaul us.
but one afternoon along about four bells
we had a bark a point abaft our starboard
beam.
Says Bill, Captain, shall I set the stur
sails% Guess you might just as we'll
says !, she can carry all she can Then
| turned in.
Next morning. when they routed me
out, there was a sail, way of on our star
board ,quarter-hull down. Bill was strut
ting about the quarter deck like q Niger
doing a cakewalk.
Captain says he, when i stepped on
deck, them stun sails was what did it,
and he pointed to the vessel astern of us.
Il got the ships glass and took a good
long look. 1t wasn't a bark atall, but a full
rugged ship and she CIV was C. oomins up 90 fast
The bark that was keeping us company the
night before had gone on ahead. But Bill
wouldn't believe it and he always swore
that fellow changed his rig during the
night.
Blu we did the best we could. l had TO
get six of the crew out of a Japanese jail.
They let them out on condition they would
leave the country,
"She used to be a pretty good ship
there weren't any better. But it would take
about 10000 to put her in shape again, and
then the underwriters wouldn't give decent
insurance rates. / guess this was the last
voyage she will ever make. except at the
end Of a towline. And it is a pity, too"