The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14


would De caImer late in the afternoon
The French ship we hoped to reach
was lying at anchor, waiting. and there
seemed to be hope. At noon, a num-
Der Of tourists arrived from Jersusa-
lem, and added their denominations TO
ours. Beggars sWarned in front OF the
MOTEL and aided the postal card ana
curl0 sellers in botheT1ng US.
At p m. a message came up from
the beach, and told Us to get ready;
that an attempt would be made to go
on board the French ship. There was
great scampering to pack baggage,
and bring 1t down stairs. But after we
were ia carriages, ready to drive TO
the landing. another messenger came
up hurriedly saying the Turkish Off
cials had decided not TO permit the
boats to GO out in the dangerous surf
Then we carried our baggage back to
our rooms, and took walk In haI1
an hour. a messenger came running af-
ter US; attempt was TO be made 10
reach the ship. This time we left the
hotel in carriages, and went to the Ia-1Q-
ing. where we waited for more than an
hour. TWO boats had gone out to the
ship. and presently we saw one Of them
returning. The waves ran SO high that
the little row boat entirely disappeared
a times. and when II passed through
the great breakers near shore, the scene
was a frightful one. The boat finally
reached the landing with lot OF
drenehed and sea sex passengers, ai'd
some of US had fale mind not to risk
u But presertl r. another boat came III
from the shi safely, and then lot OF
boats l0a9 e with oranges, began go
Ing out they bobbcd and leape'7
about n a frightful way, but they got
al34lg pretty well after passing
Trough the great rollers near shore
50 we all decided to try It. me boat
in which we embarked was big row
boat, with sixteen rowers; all skilled
men, and very strong. There is fringe
of ragged rock a. Jaffa, forming a sort
Of harbor for row boats. The big row
boat rolled and pitched badly at me
dock. but finally about five o'clock, the
twenty passengers were aboard, with
their baggage, and the boatmen start
ed for the ship It was really a serious
experience. for a man from the prairie,
although I suppose there was no ted4
danger. or the boatman would not nave
gone out The little harbor is not
hundred yards square; and the haroof
consists Of ragged rocks just showing
themselves above the surface, nut II
enabled US TO get fairly into the SUI =
a boat could not nave posi-
bly, got away from the Shore- steoa
up. facing the sea, ana watched tile
There were three Or FOUR
i,fe rollers near the shore that were
really as high as two-sloTy l'ot'1s;
We shot up on the crest OF these, @ilo
then plunged down into the trough OF
the sea The girl from AtchiS0n became
deathly sick soon after we Starred aIs4
We held her over the side. An EneIsn
woman sat at my feet, and WAS very
sick. 1t was an intensely 0lsa gFeeeLSlS
experience. saved TnyseiA oy post14'1s
on one of the oars, and crying OUT 70
The messengers hudd1ed IN behind me;
IT COX out Here comes a big one!
And thew were big ones: / never wan
another experience like II. Inc poae
,9ar Gang a sort of song dis they WORKED
a JCEfSEEiIt-
ally one of them became exnaust ,s an
lav down in the bottom Of the BOAT 70
rest Their song, a man told me- was
. sort of prayer to the LORD 70 pIoe'el
them. ~ shore
+4,e 47l77nginer was a little less terrible
hut Il was very bad all the way 70 lIle
sFfn And when we arrived there
we rolled in the sea ten minutes pc
lore we could get to the stair way
49, - over the ships side. Finally
q Idf 81 the boatuen took positions OF /
tbe stairway. and as the little poap
came heaving up to them theiI On 5 /
nan4ons threw them a passenger anu
the passenger was pusned anu ~ ~ ~
i'm the ships side. After considerable
de1av. all the passengers we're on deck
and then the baggage was passed up
the same way. All the women We're
sick and being led into the dining
room OF the ship lay down Wherever
So could. and there is nothing much 4
worse to look at than q seaslck Wo-
man.
managed to keep on my feet, and
see that all my baggage came up the
shtD's side. Then I went to the pur- +
ser's Office and was assigned rooms /
The ship was pitching and ro4nng /
badly. At its anchor chains and when /
[ found the Atchison girl, lying nat on /
a bench. I almost carried her 70 he5
room. There the stewardess assisted /
her to bed, and I heard no more or /
her until next morning.
Among the passengers were Don I
Carlos, pretender to the throne OF /
spatD and Sir John Forrest, who T
made q good record as premier or I
governor general OF Australia Both I
ire very large men, but the big boat I
men threw them about like children
The wife of Don Carlos became hys-
.ertcal, and refused to attempt to go
~ the side OF the ship, Whereupon the
ooatmen grabbed her and carried her
bodily. I was watching the perform
ance from the deck Of the ship, and
after the woman, the last passenger
had been started up the ships side, +
TWO of the boatmen engaged in a VIC +
lent fight. A representative of the /
crew Of the roWboat passed the hat, /
and [ never contributed more cheer
fully to any fund.
After the excitement was all over, I
[ found it wise to tumble into bed, /
with my clothes on, and did not eat /
any dinner. After dark. went UP on +
deck and remained several hours, T
watching the process of loading or
anRes from little boats in the open /
sea. Jaffa is noted for its oranges,
and ever since have been in Pales-
tine, I have eaten great numbers of
them. Wherever we went, we carried
q big basket of the fruit; you can buy
a half bushe1 for sixty cents. At 10 /
O. clock at night the ship got away.
two hours late.
" ednesday, February IA.
When I awoke this morning. the sea
had Quieted down. and we were in
lia-ot of pnrt said Ezla ere uEa ran q IL. ID