The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
BOY

the folks at Honolulu have a character
OF their own. It's a fine place and they
are fine people. both natives and whites;
but they want 10 know ali about a man
before they viii have anything 20 do
with him. They don't feel satisfied with
themselves until they find out all about
the newcomers. Would you believe It,
have TO tell all about each member Gf
my crew, from mate TO cabin boy. ! have
been trading there SO long that most
everybody knows me.
Naturally they were curious about
Wyle Where had he come from and
what was his story. OF course we had 70
satisfy their curiosity to same extent,
and Wylie himself volunteered a com
plete recital of his troubles and his
reasons for coming out in the bark lie
was much recovered then and few would
have thought that he had been complete
~ shattered so short time before He
became acquainted with several Ameri-
can business men at Honolulu They evi-
dently approved Of him, for while we
were discharging cargo numerous men
who had lived I'm the States came aboard
TO see him.
WyIic Likes Islands.
"yVylie quickly came 10 have an at
tachment for the islands Before we had
been IN harbor very long he was taking
trips around by himself and exploring
the place He never seemed to tire Of
the sea beach. the palm groves. and the
wonderful balm of the climate. He grew
fond Of the islands and the Pacific in a
short time We We're loading sugar A
few days before we sailed Wylie came
to ME and said that he had decided TO
stay in the islands; that he had met
many kind people, and was already so
much attached 20 the place that he did
not want to leave. He said that he knew
of a berth that he could get as purser Of
an island steamer, and thought he would
like to take the position I told him to go
ahead and ship in the island boat.
The day that we toWed out past Dia-
mond Head Wylies steamship came
cIanking along and he waved at me from
the rail He was bronzed and vigorous
and looked fine From all appearances
Wylie was satisfied with the berth and
will remain out there"
Capt Josselyn's story Of his lost cabin
boy had a sequel, for almost at the same
time he gained a seaman, and old and
valued sailorman whom he had known in
civil war days. The Nuuanu had been
rather short-handed in Honolulu, and by
some odd chance this old shipmate of the
captain was one Of those who joined the
crew. Both men, Of course. were infn-
itely pleased over the circumstance that
brought them together after a lapse Of
many years.
Dan Spry Sailor.
81 had not seen him in years" said the
captain. The last time l think was In
Hongkong. Wei. 1 suppose it was back
IN the eighties. 1 don't remember the
exact time. l knew him first In civil war
days when I shipped out Of Boston in the
ship Reynard, bound fer the Straits Set
Elements. | was second mate then. II
was a long cruise and. Of course. l re-
member the Reynard well She had a
great rig. carrying three skysails. sixteen
stuns'ls, and ringtail on the spanker.
We'll, ike a good many other American
vessels of that time, we were pursued in
Far Eastern waters by the Confederate
frigate Alabama, in command of the re-
dOubtable Semmes. He caught the Rev
nard, along with about twenty other
Yankee vessels, in Singapore. and we
stayed there four months, afraid to go to
sea because Semmes was cruising in the
Straits Of Malscca. Many times We heard
Of the vessels he had captured and
burned. He burned about forty Yankee