The evening world., 1911-12-18
The Good Ship Comet Runs a
Close Second to Cole
ridges Famous Craft.
SHOT AN ALBATROSS.
Hard Luck in Plenty Followed
Act of the Apprentice
Facts Vouched For.
- Save rse, andsns MARINES.
I M THE fienis ths, fssgus the 'hus'
lophst tis,u col With my crp~sos
akri al, Ailatruaf'

shnt The Aiha,ro~i'
~ ne foot Of West Twenty.six,h
0oDost. South Brooklyn. lies tho four.
0n1esd bark Comet She II back from
. o.ooe- mile voyage 20 the Orient around
,Caes Horn. II was a voyage Of mishap
I'd accident. Al the Ancient Mariner
med the wedding Quest with a glitter.
ing ere and told his story. 20 tho crew
- IL Comet. %sauatting to-day on coils
q tasrsd rope. took a chew OF tobacco
NJ around and recounted tho truthful
- Of what happened after the shoot
SAG q the Aibatross.
~ Comet belongs 20 the Anglo
7Ansncan OIL Company. She sailed from
NV York In August. 1910. with case.
- oil for South African. Chinese and
8ose Indian ports. When she set sail
~ Wa propitious except that she car
~ axtssn apprentices on board to
)oosn he lore of the sea. at least one Of
Vee0 had never heard OF the spectre
oos2 On which Death and the Woman
Uoash.an-Life played at dice. This was
- yeui,Gstcr who. near the lie % iris
NJ a Cunha. In the South Atlantic.
oooOot an Aibaiross with a hook and
Me and slew II IN tho lust Of youth.
''Jts lionel" said old Blll Bobbins as
- spat to iseward. No fool like II
Souas fool Now we'll catch ~
eoAgRUNNgR OF MANY ODD
HAPPENINGS.
D The Comet drove on in tho white
Oooashine and under tho bloody sun
uui shs came to Honskonx. Nothing
SAepensd and the Apprentices wiggled his
on0ers In derision. Then Dong wung,
- chiasss steward. whom tho boxer
ySoeuien had left with only ono eye.
0eopsd and fell whin carrying a ,urern
- eoasding Npup on his head. II nearly
- him the Other rye.
"1ts cominsF" aid BobSina.
ARR singapore and sumatra. IN.
ooDes anchored In DsiaEoA hay under a
Bot and copper sky. That day Juan
Sse0eeo. . Ivltp4no sasr. fell seventy
~ nom tho foreyArd into the sea. lie
heeso N . school Of sharks. lie wa.
harsay saved with . rope. The appren-
~ oegan b b worried.
NE nothing but the start O. thinrs,"
~ Bobhins.
oaeG =. ". Stewart had a chow dog.
~ VA given 10 him by tho compradors
- HoaGkon8 Its name was Wing i >.
v1r0t u had a disagrecmen with the
0ok1oy cat, thsn II went mad. Every
NV osd to The riggans. a Portuguese
D91oomAn. coming on board In search
q IN offender. managed TO KIN Il with
~ sabre. That night the wan starr
oonced around q horned moon.
4 oNGAT SEA SNAKE AND A
CRAZY JAP.
3hs asxt day Sailor Smith and Imaru.
. japanese cabin boy. We're IN tho Jolly
beat. smith pulled n green water snake
seg feet long INC alive into the boat.
II wAs q Of these Shiny things out o!
. SHINY seq. imaru went crazy and
jumped overheard. II took them a hall
- tour 10 nsh him out al bring
~ -.
Aeter . while the Comet started home
~ burst forthwith into Mr.. samue
Taylor Coleridge's silent sea.
sOown dropt tho breeze. the sails drop
down:
'TWas sad as sad could be-
First there were Gains. while ths
charmed water burnt a still. an awfu
- After this got everybody on cdg,
there we're storms. with waves as greer
- emerald. When tho storms went. OF