The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-03
CABIN BOY DOCTOR
Of BARK NUUANU
Captain JOsseIyn Tells a New
York Reporter of His Lat
est Voyage.

able attraction of endless blue ski,
and rolling seas, that caught DAM
Wylie the Milwaukee physician, an
caused him, as so many others hav
done before, to secure employment tha
would keep him in the Sandwich Is
lands. Less than a, year ago Wylit
$ about IS years old, shipped out of thi
4 port for Honolulu as cabin boy
aboard the American bark Nuuanu
Captain Josselyn. Now he is purser o
an island steamer plying between Ho
nolulu, Maui, Hawaii and other is
lands.
The Nuuanu has come back. She ar
rived today from Philadelphia, wher,
she discharged cargo. after a passage
from Diamond Head to the Breakwatel
in 100 days, which is fast work. Capt
Josselyn, an elderly skipper, who lives
at Duxbury, Mass. told this morning
how he lost his physician-cabin boy.
at the same time voicing the opinion
that Wylie had probably been indef-
nitely claimed by the islands.
He made a good cabin boy" said
the captain with reminiscent
chuckle, never saw a better one to
clean brasses than Wylie. He was a
good doctor, too, by all accounts. A
man about So years old. should mag
inc. He got $40 a month as cabin boy
and said he left practice of $4,000
a year out West to make the sea trip.
He was shattered in health, you see,
nerves gone-worked too hard Well,
naturally, you can see what it led to.
His health gave way and he was adj
vised to go East and take a long sea
trip.
We were loading at a South street
wharf when Wylie came along one day
and we got acquainted. He told me
what he wanted to do, and after see
ing our agents he signed on as cabin
boy. Well, he was in poor health
didn't look good out of the eyes and
seemed nervous. He had courage,
however. and the day we sailed was
working about the ship as smart as
anybody. He told me about himself
Seems his wife was dead and he had
left two children out West there
Wylie stood the test Well When we
were out a few days he was very bad
and couldNhardly get about. After that
he braced up, however, and steadily
recovered his health"
Capt. Josselyn spoke retrospectively
of the outward-bound voyage; of the
long time the Nuuanu lay in the dol
drums on this side; of the unprece-
dented quantities of ice encountered off |
the Falklands, and of the quick run to |
after the fleet bark got |
around the Horn.
1T was my tenth trip around in this |
one" he said; she's a fine goer to |
In that kind of work she's
never been beaten.
After getting into the Pacific we ran
up to Honolulu quickly enough, making
good weather of it most of the way.
Well. the folks at Honolulu have
character of their own. It's a fine
place and they are fine people, both
natives and whites: but they want to
know all about man before they will
have anything to do with him. They
don't feel satisfied with themselves
until they find out all about the new
Corners. Would you believe it, have
20 tell all about each member of nv
crew, from mate to cabin boy. I have
been trading there so long that most
everybody knows me.
Naturally they were curious about
Wylie. Where had he come from and
what was his story. OF course we had
10 satisfy their curiosity to some ex-
-ent, and Wylie himself volunteered a
recital of his troubles and his
reasons for coming out in the bark
He was much recovered then and few Il
would have thought that he had been
completely shattered so short a time
before. He became acquainted with
several American business men at Ho-
nolulu. They evidently approved of
alfn' for While we were discharging
largo numerous men who had lived in
he States came aboard to see him.
'Wylie quickly came to have an at
tachment for the islands Before we
had been in harbor very long he was Il
taking trips around by himself and ex-
oloring the place. He never seemed to
Ire of the sea beach, the palm groves
mate He grew fond of the islands and &
ne Pacific in a short time. We were I
oadlng sugar. A few days before we
sailed Wylie came to me and said that
ne had decided to stay in the islands. ;
-il'I ne mad met many kind people and
vas already so much attached to the
place that he did not want to leave {
He said that he knew Of a berth he
could get as purser of an island steam
n and thought he would like to take
ne position. 1 told him to go ahead
ana ship in the island boat.
Inc day that we towed ont mast
diamond Head Wylie's steamship came
ranking along and he waved to mo :
rom the rail. He was bronzed and
rigorous and looked fine. From all
appearances WyIie was satisfied with
ne perth and will remain out there
capt Josselyn's story of his lost
abln boy had sequel for almost at i
ne same time he gained a seaman, an 5
III and valued saiIorman whom he a
ad known in Civil War days. The
Nuuanu had been rather short-handed
n Honolulu and by some odd chance {
MS old shipmate of the captain was c
ne of those who Joined the crew. Both
aen Of course were infinitely pleased T