New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

IE~T wit c- message and had It sent ter old
J d {. ter tho- President Yer have heard
nHW he gone ter Beverly tins summer. and thc-
Lucy J have ! rendered hlm fer his private use.
By crtci,y' once had cr cruise with TAFT. Yer
know Erpon my word Twas crwhlc ergo
that n, traG thcr deck of this craft er mine,
not ter try his hand III thcr tlShrn line, but ter
take cr view cr things before he settled erpon
ther old North shore Ter note suTToundinGS
and see II they were TT successor ter Oystrr
Bay. Il WouthurvS Hlnt would fill thcr bill
Ter prlvercv like Sag more Hill
Never knew such er thing ercuTeds Er
course vcr didn't ! give my word not ter re-
late what had transr,rcd TIL thcr deal WIS
through and ther place Was hired
Mighty tine was ther trip We had. Taft was
NV guest i makes me mad ter think one en-
teTtaInS eT doubt that old Cap Hakc showed
hIu crbout In fact ] think Ct high degree of
praise should bc IN store fer me IN gitun hl'n
-e>t ter locate on Massachusetts real estate.
Thcr summer capital would be some other
place Il 'twernt Ter me.
THAT time he went ter Panama. ther Goldfish
come f-u-n near and far Out ter thcr banks
thev lircled round Cap Hake.' they hol-
lercd "whar Yer bound' We want yer help.
Let hshIn' 20. and come erlong with Us ter
show ther wav ter reach thcr tarlbbecn- We
understand er whale has seen aft on er cruiser
down that way. Don fail us Cap, what der
Fr course had ter give consent. Those FISH
lined up Their taIlS they bent Grabbed hold
er ropes on either side. ! give ther word ter
let her slide
We walked ,rIoup' as vou may guess. Went
most as fast as wireless BY Hattcras and old
Kevwest those Goldfish did their level best.
iest knuckIed down ter hIz- And SO. when Of.
ther coast er Mexico We saw er lot er smoke
errear ther critters al begun ter cheer. Their
North Car lima i must be- they shouted out
n eCSterSy.
Ia 1s-5 my r,l.-gs -.et what ter do tr course
confd,n n my crew. Went ter thcr SIDE and
give er Vel. " Let UP er bit" When darkness
f-r. we saw ther cruisers s'archlghts sweep.
ter show her sailors warn't ersiecp.
When proper time 1t length err,ved, give
-be- order Goldfish divcE Ter down below.
gut II between ther range ot that ere S AZ p
lights sheen, come up crgen and round her
cast themselves. SO they might hold her fast
They settled SHOUTS e-Eaiust her steel
40 longer moved her mighty keel Ihcr
vhirlIn' screws. they Churned and churned.
They tore ther ocean. III be burned II they
could shove her on her track Those hloOmIn
Goldfish held her back
Er course her Captain and her crew tloCkcd
ter ther bow ter glt er view Ct what she O.
struck They thought Al first some blg erup-
ton must have burst berncath ther ship ter
cause ther fuss. Say could hear those tcllers
CusS. and when an object for ard sped En'"
-hey used ther sauuilu lead
That was my time With speed ter burn.
NV flsh reserves r-,l'ed me crstern. No one DH
board yet had cT look a. our cTTrpaoh- ups
and took er turn orbout an iron rlng erhait her
guns. and orerr.-' purtholc thar. lest peered
inside Ther sights ! saw looked magnerhed-
Those orfs er mine had ter rub. First come
N view - t1g iathtub. all splck and span.
Heck u was clean J. armed since twas made
er rorccrlo,r- And then y mammoth armchair
that Wa built fer some one big and tat
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