The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
4 IOHlGE To NEYIS.

. nv calling u %loOp III course YOU
will make the voyage " IL a pilgrimage
! Anthony Hamilton WAS born on the ISLAND
! and Nelson wa- married there. DE Gra-s''.
Though they say he spent only forty Rhi
h"hr- ashore. has left his name behind him
" ~ an island of ghosts They Inhabit the
atmo-ph.r. and glide In and ont among the
yellow folk Nho to-day have the place
almost 10 themselves The furnishing past
and the saualid present live side hy side
and Jo>te each oth-r in the streets
/ bni - find this out Nou have to get 20
Nevis and sei,.Av there - almost a. well
worth while .'.. ng here n YOU go the right
way owaday- you can "" direct by
steamship from New orb and he put ashore
III boat a. 'hariestONn. just a. at any other
/ island hut don'f Dis.mbark from YOUR
steamer ~ ~ Kits and STAY there Whale.
anu some afternoon when Vou are N the
mood pack NOur handbag for u might or
tNo- absence from your bRse of supplies
stroll down ia. long Base Terr- pier thai
lu1- Oui hundred yards into the haY. and
-mSai.
u" bIg tImb-rins -aIlDoat hobs and mods
alongside the piling a. the miniature rollers
.hp under her aud pass on lo break on
IN" sandy beach. Husky Ton-tabou's with
ihII ana tackle load INTO her Incredible guam
Nti-- OF miscellaneous merchandise There
ar" sacks of meal from chicago and barrels
or hour from Quebec. There are boxes OF
crackers from London. crates Of canned
goods from New Work odds and ends Of
furniture. from Michigan probably. and
field and garden tools from Pitt-burg
Throw in a kez Of kerosene. n case OF pink
soft drinks and u bale OF chintZ.s aud Won
have an average cargo.
When II : all IN, OF nearly all. for proOab lv
tho last consignment viii pursue YOU IN
row boat. the human freight begins TO pile
on board tail heavy black man with
.onc black iro"k coat neat straw hat. boiled
-htrt. bright co'orei tie and bar" feet lum-
hers avkWardly into the stern Mrlnkled
old haR~ ar" almost lifted IN nv the rou$t-
nhout~. suuaw,,ng and gihn"rlnR express
Sons OF alarm until they are safely landed
IN th. cockpit omnly yellow girl- crowned
with mauN" hdndannBs hop like birds from
the pier Ia The ta1rail and down on the pile
OF freight. where they make comfortable
nests for themselves. with endless chatter
luE laughter
Jump IN your +eif without delay before all
III" good places are taken Pick the corner
furthe%t aft ON the windward side Of n.
seat that runs all around the boats hug.
stern cavity. You viii hnd II best To-
hacco smoke and all other efiuvia viii ~
blown away from YOU You will get all the
fresh AIR there ~. and YOU Can see every
thing that goes ON. You must secure this
choice spot early or YOU won't get II. for II
suddenly seems ~ II the entire Colored poo-
ulation were seized with mad impulse to
go sailing. Groups that seemed idle ioung
er~ on he pier swarm into the boat men ho
were ra-r asleep living along the strlngpIrCe
minute ago wake up and Jump ON board
Men. women and children come racing down
IN" pier screaming to the chocolate skipper
not To leave them behind " YOU count
carefully you will fnd that exactly sixty
six Of them Chamber on board Where dc
they find room They do The boat isn't
even crowded When you mention u ashore
tomorrow or newt day You'll be told u "a
nothing A. manN a. I20 passengers have
been known Io make the VOYAGE al one time
IN that boat Each one coming on boarn
mas some sort ~ baggage prehistoric
'arpethags, autadiluy AN market baskets,
paper bags. handanna haudkerrhi-t- From
one buud" a tiny shoulder 81 mutton. or
maybe IL = goat. trI"z to eNtri,ats itself
basket ~ full OF packages OF groceries
The least hurdeu~d man carries two Soda
water bottles on a string IT which h. con
~urn"- he contents b-for. land l. reached
While you are Watching IN. hustle. "nll
~ fumult rather. The jIb mas been hol-t..h
nv two lu-ty youths with gorilla Jaws and
old leather complexion And now b-for.
Won know It the moorIng lines have been
al on and the boat slips away from the
pier Tn" breeze - only zephyr and the
motion l. 50 gentle that YOU have no per
option of u. only a. Won look over the SIDE
The land seems 10 b" backing away from
~ou. The impression - Irrr~i-tIhl" ~
-ur"dv this boat - the one fixed point IA /
he universe the red rooted town IN -
ieep green palm grove the owerIng noun +
ain behind n. 'hr long yellow hea. h. m"
steel sea. have got into motion.
everything - slipping away from sou and .
"hNlng YOU IN strange isolation with ms .
motley crew that iiiI~ tho thwart- and covers
h" heap OF merchandise IN tn" waist
but # a sense of beng lost comes over
'ou. nobody els" on board shares 10 n -
EHv rhronR a. We'll a. "A picturesque one.
-rs' iHlly he girI- -rcm IN h" IN loving
Themselves Those stories that they tell
a,h other must b. mighty fuuny II YOU arc
- uldR" bv rhelr reception Shapely heads
~ thrown far back black eyes sparkle
worry teeth gli~ten between carmtns hps
renrhel in mrrrImPnt. and filters and
.ggl"- and -uU"ll. of delight MI vour "nr-
Tow Won wish Won knew what thew were
iyIng' once them catches your eye and
kelly enough ~" hawl- Dat some smart
ommsnt ON YOUR evident curiosity that
ends the others into kinks Of laughter
ui YOU never know what - wa- rho :
tbberi-h they talk i a. darn 20 Won ~ "
Wa Italian And how Italian II sounds
iih 80 iull novels and soft %Iiiherlng con-
pnaut- Iinw Italian n" crowd - too
~ 10, HI olive faces the CAV haudkrr-
nt-f-. th" -hIrt- loop"d up about th. htp~
h." hright -vs- the animated talk and ,lugk
lu -rTHtIN" gestures And IN" island with
: white huiidInE- and red roofs ~ vet
ant groves and yellow fields III bold
hlun- and m" mountains IA ths.
u,kgTound. how very Italian ~ all -
In rhe """kpIr tn" mig negro "a he. frnck
pat has been ioIn"d by u tail bony woman !
cr fac" IL Handsome. bar almost mn-cu-
n" III it, strength 81 lin" IhrV are prob
bly, brother and sister ~n. j. very we'll
rrs-rd. including SHOES and annexed to :
or = n -imp.rinE. "frmnaie sort 81 yellow !
ian. mn-f dudI-hlv AtfIred ~. and she /
ins" Low" op-niy a. they ~ there. bv no {
l"an- -ham"lss-lV. Just with utter sim a
licilv Nobody seems to motto" IL even
hen they eNchang. kisses behind the. {
heller of his hat There IL also a child An &
la party. lit'le girl ofsor 40 Ills touch I
TX to not" IN" car" the adults take 81 her :
II three alike q
Tn" wind grows hRhtar and lighter and
q" boat hardly moves through m. sea
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