The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-12
ND TANNING DAYS
~ OLD TINE, MAalNER's TALES OF
BRAVERY IN WRECKS

Sailor-PnfhetIc Fate OF Prince. q
Noble Newfoundland Doc.
..Bahr' said the old and crippled
mariner OF the days of long ago to the
! Souns man who knew all about mod
ern slips of steel and steam. You
have lot 10 learn, young man. You
have as mllcil sentiment in your con-
struction as si1is stick carry.
THE IDEA OF youth like you trying
to tell Iac that there IS as much bray-
| cry and patl,os attached to-seafaring
| now as there was when was master
of a wind iu1nmer: You probably be-
lieve that you are correct in your state
ment; but. man alive, you are making
a fool OF yourself. Here in these days
! you have ufeboats big aud stout
enough to carry an army OF men. You
have steam to manipulate the falls,
patent davits to swing clear No low
ering away by hands and not getting
them back over the side with every
pound OF flesh a-pullinE. New tangled
guns for throwing life line. RATS that
won't go to pieces In the first chop of
u sea, cork Jackets that need no in
structlon cnr,is, but which go on like
u mans vest; pumps that are rusty for
want OF use, seamless plates and doz-
ems OF otlier inventions In these days
Where were they in the old times?
Let me tell you something. l don't
say but that there are many brave and
gallant mariners in the business now
Eat the old shipwrecIS meant more In
tie matter of life taking than the ship
wreck OF today does. Did you ever
A,Tf r. sp4l lbs fNT lnca Fnin
trying to get into IL boat before the
passengers were out of danger? You
needn't say you have. because you
have not Why. the only ones who
ever attempt anything Of that kind are
sto,lers and 'Iremen and rowdies who
have the fmpuGeree to caI1 themselves
sailors
I resnenliIer The case of n shore loaf
or named Holmes who tried a trick like
that. he was afterward tried in the
United Stntas circuit court ut Philadel-
pllia and was convicted Of 'Inanslaugh-
Ter. TIC was one OF thirty shipwrecked
ncrsons who took to the long boat,
which was greatly oVerloaded and con-
stantIy In danger of sinking Well, this
beach rat Holmes and some more OF
Abrahnm's men. threw overheard six
teen passengers, two OF whom were
women, TO tighten the boat. The court
held that a sailor is bound by law IL
necessary to sacrifice his life to save
the life OF passengers. Furthermore,
the court held that while two sailors
might struggle with each other for the
possession sof the same plank which
could save hut one, II n passenger
were. on the plank even the law of me-
cessity would not justify the sailors in
taking II from him. You do not think
much OF that law? Wen. it Is the law
Of God It Ia also the law of duty.
''Did you ever hear of the case of
Captain huffman OF the ship Aidar?
he was u good sailor and a gallant
muster, aud, no matter what many
may think, 1t is possible to be both.
His ship foundered but he refused to
be taken or. Do you know why he re-
fused to be taken on? There was an In
jured man on board, and while the old
tinbers were going to pieces under his
very feet he sneIt down and said to the
man:
".I WON'T leave you, lrrd on my
honor as sslilor won't
"On his honor as a sailor he would
not Leave him Have you ever heard
of anything more touchtnSly honest?
Captain huffman went down with his
ship, but managed to hold on to his
man and to get to the bottom OF an up
turned boat, from which they were
afterward rescued. It was month or
SO after that when a townsnan asked
Captain Eutmau what the name OF the
rescued man was.
''WiiS. l never inquired lac said.
HE just signed articles In the regular
way. may have heard 1t then. but I
do not knew It now He was Swede,
that's al know of him
'''Thc friend shook his head In aston
Ishment as lie inquired:
what! a Swcde2 Take all that
chance FOR ii Sweder
'''Why. yes. even tor II Swede. /
clidn't,care whether he was a Swede or
a Lapiander lie WINS IL good sailor
and would have done the snme for me
aad things been reversed
''Nor IS that all. young man. There
was another shipwreck know about
but tho nnme OF the craft has escaped
my memory The crew took to one
boat, which was overcrOwded. A mo-
BILE Newfoundland, the pet Of the ship,
SWAN alongside the boat All the men
turned their eyes sadly upon him, but |
they knew there was no room for him
In that boat The captain loved the
dog better than he loved his life, and
he stood up in the boat a. he took on I
his coat ana said:
I" Il cannot nee bin die like thls
Give him flss mace IA the boat. ran