The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-29

gers, like The Grace. they're more use-
iu g ornaments.
So lher. Wee M.s with thD wind
BLOWN hurricanes. SNOWY am sIost come
In. down in punches aHt hid the uow-
lights from the HuHr.rdeek. "a deck
load of Oregon pine ...aI with the rail-
So it left mo- guard between The men
am the sea- 'cepuu. a little Temporary
affair of boards we rugged up; am mind
you with all this, crew of green boys
To send ON TO the yards. As The wind
increased we had to take in saL and
hnally we got down to the two tupsls,
anu 10y Jimmy, but She did hum under
en-. a good l5 knots We reeled off most
OF the time am the Ice rail was white
with foam.
when we We're right south of the
cape, the snow iiurries increased am it
was waist high ON the decks. The old
man ordered ltelines stretched, am 1
tel you, we needed EN-. How on earth
some of those greenhorns didn't go
overheard is one of those dispensations
OF Providence that air above the level
OF poor sailormen. There was one
night in partikler that remember. The
gale was a-roarih' behind us, driyin' the
old hooker's nose into smothers of foam
eV'ry mint an pilin' the water I'm heaps
like the collar ON glass Of lager all
over the lee side. What of her that
wasn't covered with foam was buried
IN snow an sleet. We was just drivin
blindly into the snow wall ahead of us.
We couldn't have seen another vessel
if she'd been within a half-length Of
us.
There wasn't nothin about us but
snow, an evry now an then particles
of hail WHIPPED out of it an stung in
to our faces. Suddenly l heard a whir-
rim right above me in the air. 1 looked
up, but l couldn't see nothin' at first
then l made out a dark shadow,
shadow that was movin somewhere up
in the riggin.' The whirrin got nearer
an, fust thing 1 knew a big albatross
that must have measured IA feet from
wing to wing, flashed out of the white
ness r, Utmost INTO lhe sleefsmah's face
- ui'. you 'Hous-1 ne seen
sitosc
Al'er we got oul Oh me storm zone
''e'u al eoSy N'Ie Oh lI-lair "lnd
anu IAN "e"'Nel' u"II we struck the
.'op'o' '7 ann an Iile" we picked up the
- u, 'ueS an Hl"ue Iusl RATE lne over
nv e,lu''.o,' WIN coo' DIeezes an nary
nan sim S'7HIeu almost our
-, 9ll'p' '''Oi'7 ms ""S ieS' II seems
" ''i'iii0 ~ VI can an ulu HSer IKE lhls
~ Du' Una WI't lley re a-Ihlhklh
VI uoii'' 50 ullueIStahu'- soll TO make
O. "a "a 90 "a. u AeI' what uSou
INN Inn - nc ~ -iiIS ilhe 'Hey might
- i1i me nat RAJ liAe
M "C'i So many years
''i ueu '"i' NAMING sure
- ,'i9 .. Oaoh was SaLey
,e,, an, ~ nc ma oiiiei'I was oDllV-
49,, IT, 80. ~, 'eu q D"'
teieu PIP iIUill one corner ol Ilahos-
81" ., sou 9,i'' anu OecNolieu NY sterl-
puSiy lo"aIu d REGION III lhe heishoor-
eoou ~ 'iie loIeCs's'le' securely nluueh
,. ioi'I liie UDSei ''Io' OS s'acAs u luiil-
80 anu ''ie i'''ei ''iii''s JUN Vi uecA
iiouSS
what Wuz ne a-stufhn' yer with?
he inquired, hoarsely. Yer a decent
lookin' sort of young man, an l don't
mind hXin any mistakes his nibs may
ma dropped sidewise, so ter speak. He
Wuz tellin' yer now, l spose, that we
Hau IoVely Wy &C. peaches an cream
eNry mornln' Tor oreaktas' an dinin'
on Rhode Island turkey, hey? He like
wise informed yer, l spose, that we
dldnt never do no work, leavin' that,
py course TO the suyVants. Oh, well,
they gets INTO the habit yknow,
count OF maxim reports to the owners;
Dut-say you come with me. I'll tell
ye-me an me pals
Inc area pehlnd the forecastle hatch
was occupied primarily by the Japan
csc COOK on whom the salty-visaged
Ell III KICK we an yer pertato
pV ,,,I oTeloo'Iu'
-, "SI0pI' uie oi,iS
ms ~ .iie II III piooiiiii' ouut
'iiT 9"ioI GoHtiiiueu' MY name freple
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