Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-28

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This had been DayIikhts objective nj
the time. Every Incoming coastwiss
vessel was boarded By the union ON
Gals and its crew vent ashore. An<
with the am went the hrernen, ths
engineers and The sea COOKS ant
walters. Daily the number of fdls
steamers Increased. 1t was imposst
BILE to get scab crews. for the men a
the Seamen's Union were fighters
trained In the hard school of the sea
and when they went out It me&ul
blood and death to Kcabs. Thfa phass
of the strike spread up and down the
entire Pacific coast until ali the port
were filled with idle ships, and SEES
transportation was at 4 standstiii- The
days and weeks dragged out, and ths
strike held. The Coastwfse stesrr
Navigation Company and the Hawaii
an. Nicaragu. u. Hnd MesfcaE
Steamship Company were tied ap eom
pletely. The expenses OF combating
the strike were tremendous, and thes
were earning nothing. while daily The
situation went srom bad se woTse mr
til peace at any price kesaas sAs
cry. And sssla there was No. peace
until Daylight ara htx allies szs~s eas
their hand. rsksd In he vsnnssxs are
allowed = go<safs eextscs 81 3 eenss
nent TO sasssesSs
Dsyfixhts eosssrx 20 e~avsztssssaa has
not trprexed htm Trues Ne work
better clothes. lad learned ssfxhsss
better manners. and speke better Ens
fish- But he had hardened. and at TIE
expense Of his oid-time, wholesoaaea
genialIty- Even his human Affiliations
were descending Playing = lone hard
csntempfuoan Of most Of the men with
whom Ne played, lacking In sympathy
or understanding OF them. and certain
~ independent OF them. he found lit
tie In common with those to be en-.
countered, say at the AltR-Paclhc- In
point Of fact, when tho battle with tbs
steamship companies was at its height
and his raid was ~in1ictinE incalcula
BILE damage ON all business interests
he had been asked to resign from the
Afta-Pacifc. The idea had been rath,
ar to his liking. and he had found q
quarters in clubs like the Riverside
organized and practically maintained
BY the city bosses.
One weekend, feeling heavy and de
pressed and tired OF the city and its
ways, he obeyed the impulse OF .
whim that was later to play an inpor
tant part in his life. The desire to
get out of the city for a Whit OF coun-
try air and for a change Of scene was
the cause. Yet, to himself, he made
the excuse Of going to Glen Ellen for
the purpose OF inspecting q brickyard
which Noteworthy had sold him. He
spent the night In the little country
hotel. and on Sunday morning, astride
q saddle horse rented from the Glen
Ellen butcher. rode out OF the village.
The brickyard was close at hand on
the fiat beside the sonoma Greek.
Resolving to have his fun first, and
to look over the brickyard afterward,
he rode up the hill, prospecting for q
way cross country to get to the
knolls. He left the country road at
the first gate he came to and cantered
through q hayfield. The grain was
waist-high on either side the wagon
road, and he shifted the warm aroma
Of 1t with delighted nostrils. At the
base OF the knobs he encountered Z
stake-and-rider fence.
He tethered the horse and wan
iered on foot among the knobs. Their
were crowned with century-osd
spruce trees, and their sides clothed
with oaks and madronos and native
holly. But to the perfect redwoods be-
the small but deep canyon that
threaded its way among the knolls.
Here he found no passage out for
horse, and leading the animal. he
his way up the hillside. On
the crest he came through ~ amazing
thtckat ot vSiseiirunKed young ma
dronos. and emerged on an open hill
aide that led down into = tiny valley.
The sunshine was at f1rst dazzling In
Its brightness, and he paused and
rested, for he was painting from the
.exertion. Not OF old had he known
shortness OF breath such as this, and
muscles that SO easily tired at q stif
climb. A tiny stream ran down the
tiny valley through a tiny meadow
was carpeted knee-high with
grass and blue and white nemophila.
Crossing the stream, Daylight fol-
lowed q faint cattle trail over a low,
rocky hill and through a wine-wooded
OF ~manEanita, and emerged
upon another tiny valley, down which
filtered another springfield, meadow
bordered streamlet,
1T sure beats country places and
bungalows at MEMO Park he com
muned aloud; land IL ever I get the
laundering for country life, It's me for
this every time"
An old wood-road led him to q clear
ing, where a dozen acres OF grapes
grew on wine-red soil. A cow~path, more
trees and thIckets, and he dropped
down a hillside to the southeast ex.
posture. Here. poised above q big for
ested canyon. and looking out upon
Sonorna Valley, was a small farm
house. With its barn and outhouses
1t Struggled into q nook in the hill
side, which protected It from the west
and north. It was the erosion from
this hillside, he judged, that had
formed the little level stretch sf yege-
table garden. The soil was fat and
black. and there vac water In plenty,
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