New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-11

to Storage Passengers.
When the Red Star liner Kroonland
misnamed-should be the Groom land,
which recently arrived at New York,
was about halfway across she was
passed by big ship going the other
| way. The watch on board this latter
ship noticed a queer dark cloud which
lowered over the Kroonfand, says the
New York Evening Sun It was not
| the smoke smudge from her stacks,
nor was it a storm cloud, but wher-
ever the Kroonland went the cloud
followed. They were all puzzling
about this on the outbound ship when
the captain seized a glass and, level
ing it at the Kroonland, looked long
and intently, then set it aside with a
whistle Of amazement.
"Storks!' he exclaimed. Suffering
barnacles-a flock of Dutch storks!''
The first mate caught up the glass.
"Storks it arev' he said. "Storks to
larboard, storks to starboard, storks
for'ard and storks aft" What was it
the poet said?
Storks to right of them,
Storks to left of them,
Storks in front of them
Cavorting and dancing
When the Kroonland berthed at New
York seven tagged out storks sat on
the spiles of the pier alongside which
she lay with their tongues hanging out.
They had chased her all the way
across tho ocaaD and ono O fto,. tha 9TH
err had caught up with her. She had
given the slip to thirteen others who
were still pegging away along some
where off Fire Island light and Nan
tucket the leader raising the tagging
spirits Of the laggards with the slogan,
"Never give up the shipy'
When the Kroonland left the other
side the captain remarked that he
hoped they would have fine trip. The
ships surgeon shook his head dubious
ly and said that while the barometer
might be rising there were indications
that the stock of nursing bottles would
be falling before Hoboken doomed up
on the weather bow
s'What do you mean?" asked the cap
tain.
"Why, yesterday" replied the sur
geon, II saw q line Of storks sitting on
housetop eying the Kroonland. One
gray, mischievous looking bird winked
at his fellows, and then they all nudged
each other until the entire line nearly
fell into the street. It looked to me as
if they had a great joke about some
thing
The first day out the captain saw
several dark specks in the wake of the
Kroonland. whats that?" he asked.
"The storklets are coming" murmur-
ed the surgeon.
''Great Scott" exclaimed the captain,
then yelled down to the engineer to
turn on all steam. "We'll give them
chase yet" he said.
But one stork was swifter than
Futurity winner. He caught up to the
Kroonland and raped smartly on a
smoEestack with his bill 'sTag!
You're it!' he announced
Don't make so much noisev said
the surgeon, popping up on deck
"Who do you want?"
Package for Mr.. and Mrs Jules
Houssiere." the stork explained apollo
getically
The surgeon signed the receipt, and
the stork fingered on one of the small
boats, preening it's feathers and lifting
it's neck, proud in the consciousness
that it had fulfilled a duty.
''Great Scott!' cried the captain as
he saw the visitor. "What bird is
that?'
Messenger of storlS package sea de-
livery service remarked the surgeon,
scanning the heavens.
"And what's that?" again asked the
captain as weird cry broke on his
ears.
That's package No. l. My, how
dull you are!'' said the surgeon.
In rapid succession six other storks
caught the liner, each delivering the
package that had been consigned to it's
care. The Kroonland is speedy, and
that is the only reason, the captain
thinks, why the other twenty storks
did not catch up before the liner dock
ed. AS it was DR.. T. q, Schaepkens,
the ships surgeon, had a busy time,
and each day an addition had to be
recorded on the passenger list.
The first day out Mr.. Storlz pre-
sented Mr.. and Mrs. Jules Houssiere
with bouncing eight pound baby girl.
Miss Houssiere was named Esther aft
er her mother. During the next six
days the storks turned their attention
to the Storage, and six healthy in
fants arrived to break the monotony
of the voyage.
DR.. Schaepkens said, too, that he had
been advised by wireless that thirteen
storks with packages for the Storage
and seven more for the first and Sec
ond cabins had failed to catch the
steamer, but were expected at any
minute
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