The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02
SHARK
PILIKIA
WHO Is JOE DUNN" LATEST
KNOCKER OF THE NOvELIsT'S
LITTLE BOAT?
San Francisco Town Talk says:

San Francisco Town Talk says:
Joe Dunn is back in town. Per-
haps you don know Joe. Not to know |
Joe is not to argue yourself unknown,
but assuredly it is to imply that you
have not a wide acquaintance among !
men that go down to the sea in ships,
Joe is a bo-sn who has sailed on most
of the waters of the earth. He Is an
adventurous chap, and he has been in |
most of the navies of the earth, but
he never prolonged his stay in any OF
them into a period that held no pro-
mise of adventure When there is a
prospect of excitement in any segment
of the globe Joe hikes to the spot with
all the speed which he is able to en-
pioy. When the excitement is over,
Joe drops out When Arthur Dutton
fitted up the Bogota for a little war
in Central America Joe Dunn was the
first able seaman on hand, When
the war cloud flOated away Joe enlisted
in Emperor Williams navy. When
Joe heard that Jack London was go
ing to the south Sea Islands in the
Shark in quest Of adventure he wanted
to go, but the young novelist had full
crew when the boatswain applied for
berth Joe was awfully disappointed,
but he did not become hopeless. 1t
occurred to him that somebody might
desert in Honolulu and so he shipped
before the mast in a big schooner for
! the Hawaiian Islands. Arriving there
he lost no time in getting aboard the
| Shark, and to his great joy there was
| a vacant berth, and he joined the crew
| But Joe is back, and the Shark has not
| yet voyaged to the South Seas. Hence
this paragraph. Ardent lover of ad-
venture though he is Joe Dunn doesn't
banker for the kind of experience that
is to be had on board the Shark. He
loves the salt sea- and he yearns for
the South Sea, and he prefers a pleas
ure craft in good company to a mer-
chairman Consecrated to commerce.
Nevertheless he quit London and
the Shark and why he did so is a
funny story. But the humor of it is
mainly in the way Dunn tells it, anC
of that way there can be so simulacrum
in print. The boatswain's first expert
ence in the Shark was on trip from
Honolulu to Hilo which consumed
more time that it would take an or
binary vessel to circumnavigate the
globe. During the trip everybody act
2 ed as navigator Even the cook wal
z occasionally in command, but most o
the time it was Mrs. London in bloom
ers. But what particularly disguised
p Dunn was the gearing which was moth
3 ing like anything he had ever seel
aboard a ship. He imagines that mos
of it was invented by Noah for tn
Ark because it is suitable only for
vessel of huge bulk. There is a cap
| stan aboard that is operated by
y gasoline engine to hoist the anchor
e and Dunn says that he could lift tn
little anchor with one hand. LOndO
Z expected him to work the gasolin
e engine, but he objected to it becaus
u it is an engine that properly belong
i to an automobile. One day l tried t
% start it., says Dunn, and the darne
,. thing gave such a kick and made sue
n a fuss that l thought we were all &C
O ing to the bottom Dunn says tha
when last heard from London ha
.e picked up an old South Sea pilot VIII
y would probably be able to navigate tn
s. queer craft which, though it has a
D. ready been greatly altered, is still ia
from being a real ship
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