Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
Honorable Mentlonl

pier When the snip was uIloaultls
Il her freight. Arthur asked permis-
sion of one of the sailors to go on
board the ship, which he readily gave.
Just before the ship left the captain
asked if he would want to go to Hon
olulu Arthur said yes" He was sea-
sick for few days, but soon felt all
right again.
There was a little boy on the ship
named Jack whom Arthur was very
fond of. Jack had to work very hard,
and Arthur often helped him with his
work
Jack could neither write, read nor
spell, so Arthur helped him all the
leisure moments that Jack had. 1t
took the ship just two weeks to get to
Honolulu.
Arthur thought he would let his
mother know how he was getting along.
He wrote a long letter and sent it
off the third day he was there. The
Star, which was the name of the ship.
was to stay at Honolulu three months,
and then it would return to America.
After Arthur was at Honolulu for
two months he watched eagerly for the
days to pass when he might return
home.
Now the time had come, and he
was homeward bound. When the
steamer landed he went home as tast
as he could.
His mother cried when she beheld
her son. AMANDA LIEBIG.
r. f. D. No. G, box 9s; Belvedere
school, grade 6; age IL years.
''I don't think So" answered friend,
"he has probably gone home"
They hooked for him again, but as
they could not find him they went
home.
Mrs. Jelliff looked through the house,
but he was not there. She telephoned
to her husband then to the police tell
ing of the disappearance of Arthur.
Her husband hurried home to try and
comfort his wife.
About 8 o'clock that evening a wire
less telegraph message came from the
Gull, the name of the lumber ship,
saying: Arthur safe. Will send from
San Francisco"
1t had happened that the captain
was a friend of Mr.. Jeliff's. "Well, I
hope this will teach Arthur lesson.
Don't worry. He is all right" said
the boys father.
Meanwhile Arthur was having hard
time on the ship. He had succeeded in
hiding for awhile, but finally sailor
found him and marched him to the
captain who frowned and said, Whom
have you here, and where2 did he
come from?"
"I found him hiding behind some
lumber" said the sailor.
Arthur explained how he had always
wanted to be sailor and thought
when he saw the ship he would try it.
The captain asked him his name, his
fathers name and where he lived, then
told the sailor to show him where to
sleep.
The next day he was seasick, but
got better in the afternoon.
"You can help the cook get supper
said the captain. you will have to
work if you are going to be a sailor"
Arthur went to the kitchen and told
the cook what the captain said.
well, you can peel potatoes and
onions" he said.
Arthur peeled and peeled. Still the
cook did not tell him to stop. His
head ached and his arms were very
tired. Finally he blurted out, "Say,
amt this enough?"
The cook looked at him. and seeing
how tired he was he said, mo, sonny,
but I'll do the rest"
The next day. when he had finished
his work of peeling vegetables and
Scrubbing decks he went to the cap
tain and said, 81 guess being sailor
isn't so much fun as I thought. Can
I get off somewhere and go homer
$50 you don't want to be a sailor,
chi" said the captain. 1T thought you
would change your mind. When we
get to San Francisco / will send you
home. You had better go to bed and
rest now"
The next morning about 10 o'clock
they steamed into San Francisco bay.
The captain took Arthur to San Fran
cisco, put him ON the train and gave
him a letter for his father.
When he reached home he threw
himself into his mothers arms and de-
clared he would never be a sailor, as
they had to work too hard. Your low
ing niece. EDNA BOYD.
600 East Twenty y-ninth street. Grade
9, Los Angeles high school,.
Mrs Jelliff finally concluded that Ar
thur had not got on the boat.
Everybody began the search once
more, and leaving them we will turn to
Arthur.
An hour ago he had run away from
the party and gone back to the ship,
which was unloading the last of its
lumber.
"Gee!" thought Arthur, "I believe I'll