The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-04

Gus task OF securing Il served 20 r,,r-
Their bring into notice the nnanIy oi,iI
iues or our boy-faced sailor.
rae IL was who first succeeded IN
Iassoing the destructive tube. and
~hlIe II was held In temporary leach
s'"! me ne and another seaman
went out TO adjust the heavy chaIns
and hawsers with which n was to he
iashed down TO the stumD OF tbo
broken mount But at the next ouicS
roI OF the ship. the stayline parted
ana the gun came back from Lii, -
resume its mad career. W
"Wflson-that was the Sailor-s,,,,a
hlrnseIt by leaping in air as the r-itn
passed beneath him. as Children sim
the rope. But the other man was
SSuShI aho broken against the port
ran When the following roll carried
the gun back. he simply doubled M
and slid backward. between the chains
OF the rail. into the maelstrom under
the vessels forefeet. No attempt
whatever was made to pick him mn
don't even think the incident was
remarked upon by anybody at the
ume-they were too busy / am toll
| lnY you this, Margie. just on account
OF seeing that sailor-boy this morning.
me group of seamen. who at the
Swapping OF the rope had scattered
IKE flock OF frightened gulis. went
BACK doggedly TO their Job. until finally
the recalcitrant rifle securely tied
GOWN was impotently Juggling at it's
letters like a truSsed animal.
by the next morning the blow had
moderated sppreciably. But the sea
was stu pOrtcntous waste of moving
mounta'rs. and the spaces above II "a
blurred world Of spume and spray and
Mhlst'lnS hends- Sometime before
noon, Smith and l essayed the great
adventure again. We had success
FULLY negotiated the main deck ladder.
anu We're stepping from the poop TO
the fore-and-aft footbridge, when my
ATTENTION was attracted by the novel
spectacle OF the lookout man in the
crows nest on the forward mast. In
near approach to nudity--for i'm that
equatorial climate one can live I'm the
water quite as comfortably as in the
AR, so TAR as temperature is CON
cerned-he stood with his arms he
hind him, twined about a jacobs lad
DER against the mast. He was perched
AT dizzy height. and at each roll of
the ship he described an arc of ABOUT
seventy degrees against the gray in
unity OF spindrift ahead. plucked
! smith by the arm and pointed to the
aerial Waterman.
Some Of your Van'-.. t~rs can at
least be pictureSg.'. s'.nu,ed in his
ear.
Smiths face lacked the least hint
/ OF romanticism. I liked the mani
10 Nct-but II aggravated mo almost
scowled at that human watch hawk of
the storm.
It's a wonder he don't refuse to
! stay there on account of II being dan
Strous. he howled back at me-
Under his veneer of false reserve.
Smith has many Iovable qualities. but
AT that instant l hated him all over
and under the crust.
While we were yet gazing up
ward. the motionless figure aloft came
4" NE. 1.-THE man-gave a loud out
cry, so loud that IL reached even us
family. above the roar Of the wind
and waters. He loosed his hold on
the Jacobs ladder. seized a shapeless
something, that hung over the life
ran. surrounding his circular little
porch. and himself cIambered upon
the, to us, invisible rail. There.
standing erect he poised sway
Ing an instant only, and then.
while we stood transfiXed-at