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smallest boat. had escaped damage.
dispatched Masters Mate Pullman with
the request. No boats appearing l had
one Of our quarter boats lowered, which
was slightly injured. and ! ordered
the wounded placed in her. DR.. Calf.
the surgeon who was In charge OF the
magazine and shellroom division,
came on deck a this moment and was
at once put in charge Of the boat. with
orders to take the wounded to the
Kearsarge" They showed off just in
time to save the poor fellows from
going down in the ship.
/ now gave the order for every man
to jump overheard with spar and
save himself from the sinking ship. To
enforce the order, / walked forward
and urged the men overheard. AS soon
as the decks were cleared. save Of the
bodies of the dead. I returned to the
stern port, where stood Capt. Semmes
with one or two Of the men and his
faithful steward. who. poor fellow was
doomed to a watery grave as he could
not swim. The Alabama's stern port
was now almost at the waters edge.
Partly undressing, We plunged into the
sea. and made an off1ng from the sink
ing ship, Capt. Semmes with a life
preserver and / on a grating.
The Alabama settled stern foremost,
launching her bows high in the air
Graceful even in her death struggle
she in a moment disappeared from the
face of the waters. The sea now pre-
sented a mass of living heads, striving
for their lives. Many poor fellows
sank for the want of timely aid Near
me l saw float Of empty shell boxes
and called to one of the men, good
swimmer to examine it: he did so and
replied. 1T is the doctor, sir, dead -
Poor Llewellyn! he persisted almost in
sight of his home.
The young midshipman. Maffitt, swan
to me and offered his life preserver
My grating was not proving a very
buoyant float and the white caps
breaking over my head were distress
ingly uncomfortable, to say the least.
Maff1tt said: MIR. kell take my life
preserver, sir; you are almost eX-
hausted.' The gallant boy did not
consider his own condition, but his
pa1lid face told me that his heroism
was superior to his bodily suffering,
and / refused it.
After twenty minutes or more I heard
near me some one call out, There is
our first lieutenant" and the next
moment / was pulled into a boat, in
which was Capt. Semmes, stretched out
in the stern sheets. as pallid as death
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us The ideal for woman" declaims
mother lies in her appearing perfectly
groomed, perfectly gowned-perfect get
busy"
The situation is further complicated
nv the fact thai we women tread "A path
through life that is all Uttered up with
the Instructions which experience has
given mother Prominent among this
debris may he mentioned the well known
and beautiful maxim, Get all you can
out of your husband, but don't bother him
about money"
This in itself causes a condition OF
things to develop that almost necessi-
tates an almost continuous round of ths
pleasures of shopping in the hope 10
make one five-dollar bill do the work OF
two, and to stretch the financial resources
at "A persons command TIL even her
husbands sister shall acknowledge that
If John is beggared 1T won't entirely pe
MariaS fault, but part of 1t may be lald
to the poor things training at home.
Consider Johnnes new suit. an em-
broidered white dress and half dozen
dimties for Mabel. n tailored suit for
mother that is fairly presentable and
the shoes for the rest of the family, and
consider them in their relation ID ten
dollar bill in the hand. and YOU Will
realize at once that the situation makes
some shopping almost a grim necessity.
Shop? Huh, / should say we do shop,
If we didn't II would be found needfuf
TO lower the prices of the necessaries OF
life. get Johns salary raised a GOOD
deal. and adopt some means, a. Vet un-
discovered, by which the younger mem
bers of the family might float along
lightly in the air about an inch from
the ground without stubbing their toes,
so a person wouldn't have to buy out q
shoe store once every six weeks.
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now doing severe execution upon our
quarter deck section Three of them sue
cessively entered our eight-nch pivot-gun
port the first swept off the forward part
OF the guns crew; the second killed one
man and wounded several others; and
the third struck the breast of the gun
carriage. and spun around on the deck
till one Of the men picked it up and threw
it overheard. Our decks were now COW
cred with the dead and the wounded, and
the ship was careening heavily to star
board from the effects of the shotholes on
her water line.
Capt. Semmes ordered me to be ready
to make all sail possible when the cir
cult of fight should put our head to the
coast of France; then he would notify
me a the some time to pivot 10 port
and continue the action with the port bat
terry hoping thus to right the ship and
enable us to reach the coast of France.
The evolution was performed beautifully,
righting the helm. hosting the head-sails,
hauling aft the fore try-sail sheet and
pivoting to port, the action continuing
almost without cessation. This evolution
exposed US to a raking fire. but, strange
to say, the kearsarge did not take advan-
tage of 1t.
The port side OF the quarterback was
so encountered with the mangled trunks
of the dead that | had to have them
thrown overheard, in order to fight the
after pivot-gun. / abandoned the after
thirty-two-pounder. and transferred the
men to fill up the vacancies at the pivot
gun, under the charge of young Midship-
man Anderson, who in the midst of the
carnage filled his place like veteran.
At this moment the chief engineer
came on deck and reported the fires
put out. and that he could no longer
work the engines. Capt Semmes said
to me. Go below. sir. and see how
long the ship can float" AS l entered
the wardroom the sight was indeed ap-
palling. There stood Assistant Surgeon
Llewellyn at his post, but the table
and the patient upon it had been
swept away from him by an eleven
inch shell. which opened in the side
OF the ship an aperture that was fast
filing the ship with water.
1t took me but a moment to return
to the deck and report to the captain
that we could not float ten minutes
He replied to me. Then. sir, cease fir
ing shorten sail and haul down the
colors, it will never do in this nine
teenth century for us to go down and
the decks covered with our gallant
wounded.
The order was promptly executed
after which the kearsarge deliberately
fired into us five shot. On behalf OF
the Kearsarge, its officers have declar-
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trying.
Thus YOU have one good and true
reason why we women go shopping.
Then again:
Woman by nature loves the good. the
true and the beautiful.
Having been all her life instructed that
the good, the true, the beautiful may be
found with greater certainty in a dry
goods store than anywhere else outside
heaven, she descends upon these haunts
of all that appears highest and best with
mad abandon.
Mother inStructS daughter for many
not noticing her, you will observe, be-
cause she is so badly dressed"
Daughter looks upon reprehenslble
Her. looks upon our best people,
gathers her own inference and plungeS
for the nearest dry goods emporium
'She is homeiy thing, observes
mother, and she can never expect any
one to pay any serious attention to her
But if she had a trife better taste and
would put on
Again daughter looks at reprehensible
She" makes open eyes for moment
at desirable anybody" makes personal
application and goes shopping.
Il fail to understand shifts mother.
"how the ideas which she insists upon
placing before me can be accepted at all.
AS ideas they may be all right-far be
1t from me to suggest that Ideas
they are not entirely correct, but SIM
ply as ideas. But when promulgated by
a woman who is such 4 wretched house
keeper
Again daughter looks at severely
criticised Her" looks at the haven of
approval where all good ideas should
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find their home. looks at her own table
linen, and attends the next white goods
sale with assiduity.
Thus In our search for the ideal, in our
pursuit of the good the beautiful and
the true, you find that We women ara
directed unerringly along the primrose
path Of shopping.
You have simply got to look right
SAYS mother all down the generations.
"or there isn't the slightest use in your
being on earth. because that's the only
thing you would he recognized by any
way. So you might well get your
shopping done and not waste more valu-
able time theorznG over it, II is
condition and not a theory that confronts
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He had received during the action
slight confusion en- the hand, and the
struggle in the water almost exhaust
ed him. There were also several of our
crew in the boat and in a few mo-
ments we were alongside little steam
yacht. which had come among our
floating men, and by throwing them
ropes had saved many lives.
Upon reaching her deck I ascertained
for the first time that she was the
yacht Deerhound. owned by Mr.. John
Lancaster Of England. In looking
about l saw two French pilot boats en-
gagged in saving our crew, and hnally
two boats from the kearsarge. To my
surprise I found on the yacht Mr.. Full
lam, whom 1 had dispatched in the
dingey to ask that boats be sent 10
save our wounded. He reported to me
that our shot had literally torn the
casing from the chain armor Of the
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Kearsarge. indenting the chain in many
place, which explained Capt. Semmes'
observa ton of the effect of our shells
upon the enemy, that they struck the
sides and fell into the water"
When Mr.. Lancaster approached Capt,
Semmes and said, Il think every man
has been picked up: where shall I land
your Captain Semmes replied, Il am
now under the English colors, and the
sooner you put me with my officers and
men on English soil the better" The
little yacht moved rapidly away at once
under a press of steam for Southampton.
Armstrong. our second lieutenant, and
some of our men who We're saved by the
French pilot boats, were taken into Cher
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ton that we ought to have done so,
and that is almost bad
Thus, having il placed before us that
the ideal home can, proba bly,, be fur
nished in an ideal manner out of
shop, go shopping
Being told by Marie that she has Sc
cured a perfectly ideally sweet frock
for her coming out party, we go shop
ping.
Getting some sort of a hunch that by
means of garments properly put to-
gether and worn with grace girl may
place herself in line for the landing
of the ideal husband, and, therefore.
for a chance al the ideal home, etc,
hereinbefore Indicated, we go shop
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ed that these five shots were fired only
after two guns on the Alabama had
been fired at the kearsarge after the
Alabama had lowered her flag, and
that the Keorsarge, fearing ruse. re-
newed firing on the enemy. I ordered
the men to stand to their quarters and
not finch from the shot of the enemy;
they stood every man to his post most
heroically. With the first shot fired
upon us after our colors were down,
the Quartermaster was ordered to show
q white flag over the stern, which or
der was executed in my presence.
When the firing ceased Capt. Semmes
ordered me to dispatch an officer to
the kearSarge to say that our shiI
was sinking, and to ask that they send
boats to save our wounded, as our
boats were disabled. The dinGey our
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one wounded and ten drowned.
1t has been charged that an arrange
ment had been entered into between Mr..
Lancaster and Capt. SemmeS, previous TO
our leaving Cherbourg. that in the event
of the Alabama being sunk the Deer
hound would come to our rescue. Capt.
Semmes and myself met Mr.. Lancaster
for the first time when rescued by him.
and he related 10 us the circumstance
that was the occasion of his coming
out TO see the fight.
Having his family on board. his inten-
ton was to attend church with his wife
and children, when the gathering of the
spectators on the shore attracted their
attention, the report having been widely
circulated that the Alabama was To 20
ont that morning and give battle to the
Kearsarge. The boys were ClamorouS to
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gtated that she lett Liverpool
perfectly legitimate transaction capt
James u. Bulloch. agent for the Con-
federacy, superintendent her construction.
AS .ruse'' she was sent on trial trip,
with a large party of ladies and gentle
men. 4 tug met the ship in the channel
and took off the guests, while the ship
proceeded on her voyage to the Island of
Terceira, one of the Azores, whittier
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He Confederate
cruiser Ala bama,
the most famous
of all Confederate
cruisers, was built
by I h e l. a r d s
of irk q n head,
England, for the
Confederate States
government. In the
house of commons
the senior partner
of the constructors
80. iHnrnnn1 a
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LOW the Most Famous of
1 L All the Daring Confeder-
ate Cruisers Swept the Seven
Seas of United States Com
merce for Two Years, and
the Story, From the Alabama
Viewpoint. of the Historic
Fight With the Kearsarge
OF Cherbourg H arbor,
Which Ended the Career of
the Alabama.
BY GAIT. JOHN MCINTOSH KEEL.
Executive Officer 81 the Alabama During III.
Entire Career.
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sion as TO the propriety of going out on
the Sabbath to witness a naval combat,
Mr.. Lancaster agreed 10 put the question
to vote at the breakfast table, where the
youngsters carried their point by ma
jorty. Thus many of US were indebted
for our lives 10 that inherent trait in
the English character, the desire 10 witt
ness a passage at arms"
That evening we landed in Southamp-
ton. and were received by the people
with every demonstration of sympathy
and kindly feeling Thrown upon their
shores by the chances of war we were
taken to their hearts and homes with
that generous hospitality which brought
to mind with tenderest feeling our own
dear southern homes in ante-bellum
times.
Copyright. 1911, by The Century CompsnyJ
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BATTLES and LEADERS, q the CYL WAB
q es3 THE CRUISE AND CONBATS OF THE ALABAMA !s <4

the Straits Of Java. Our long stretch
across the Indian ocean placed us in the
and where we. soon fell in with the China
trade. In few weeks We had so para
lyzed the enemys commerce that their
ships were absolutely locked up in port.
and neutrals were doing all the carrying
trade.
Having thus virtually cleared the sea of
the United States flag, we ran down to
Singapore, coaled ship, and then turned
westward through the Straits Of Malacca.
across to India. thence TO the east coast
of Africa. Passing through the Mozam-
hique channel, We again touched at the
Cape of Good Hope. and thence crossed
to the coast Of Brazil
Our little ship was now showing signs
of the active work she had been doing.
Her boilers were burned out and her
machinery was sadly in want Of repairs.
She was loose at every joint. her seams
were open and the copper on her bot
tom was in rolls. We therefore set our
course for Europe, and on the nth of
June Ls64. entered the port OF Cherbourg
and applied for permission to go into
dock There being none but national
docks, the emperor tNapoleon lid had
first to be communicated with before per-
mission could be granted, and he was alb
sent from Paris.
It was during this interval of waiting,
on the third day after our arrival, that
the kearsarge steamed into the harbor,
for the purpose. we learned. OF taking
on board the prisoners we had landed
from our last two prizes. Capt. Semmes,
however, objected to this on the ground
that the kearsarge was adding to her
crew in a neutral port. The authorities
conceding this objection valid. the
Kearsarge steamed out Of the harbor
without anchorng.
After she left the harbor Capt. Semmes
sent for me to come to his cabin. and
said: Il am going out to fight the kear-
sarge: what do you think of it?'' We
discussed the battery. and especially the
advantage the Kearsarge had over us in
her eleven-inch guns. She was built for
a vessel of war. and We for speed, and
though she carried one gun less, her
battery was more effective at point-blank
range. While the Alabama carried one
more gun. the Kearsarge threw more
metal at a broadside; and while our
heavy guns were more effective at long
range, her eleven-inch guns gave her
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Of the crew for upon our peculiar service
and with our ports locked against u.s.
We were compelled 10 observe the strict
es: discipline, both with officers and
crew
AS the executive officer who enforced
this discipline l may say that q nobler
set of young men filing the position of
officers and q Drawer and more willing
their attachment to the captain and the
service 7 will state that after the sink
ing OF the Alabama. upon our visit to
Liverpool. where the crew were paid off,
a large deputation of them called upon
Capt Semmes. and pleaded with him to
get command Of another ship the equal of
the Kearsarge. promising that they
would join him to man.
The eleventh day after going into COM
mission we captured our first prize not
100 miles from where we hoisted our
nag After working round the Azores
for some weeks. with fine breezes, We
shaped our course for Sandy Hook: but
encountered frequent gales off the
Newfoundland banks, and on the 10th of
October lost our main yard in a cyclone
Being considerably shaken up. we de-
cided to seek a mlder latitude. Run
ming down to the Windward Islands, we
entered the Caribbean Sea.
Our prizes gave us regularly the mails
from the United States from which we
learned of the fitting out of the army I'M
der Gen. Banks for the attack on Gal
weston and the invasion of Texas, and the
day on which the feet would sail; where
upon Capt. Sermes calculated about the
time they would arrive, and shaped his
course accordingly. coaling and redtting
ship at the Areas Keys.
He informed me of his plan of attack,
which was to sight the shipping off Gal
weston about the time that Gen. Banks
was due with his large feet of transports,
under the convoy perhaps of few YES
sells Of war The entire fleet would an
Choir in the outer roadstead. as there is
only sufficient water on the bar for light
draughts. All attention at such time
would be given to the disemba rlaa ton of
the army, as there were no enemy's
cruisers to modest them our presence in
the gulf not being known. We were to
take the bearing of the fleet, and. after
the midwatch was set and all was quiet.
silently approach, steam among them
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with both batteries in action, slowly
steam through the midst Of them, pour
ing in a continuous discharge OF shell TO
fire and sink them as we went. Thus we
expected to accomplis our work and be
off on another cruise before the conveys
could move.
But instead of sighting Gen. Banks
feet Of transports we sighted five YES
sells Of war at anchor, and soon after our
lookout reported steamer standing out
for US. We were then under topsails
only, with a light breeze. heading off
shore, and gradually drawing our pur-
suer from the squadron. 1t was the Hat
teras, and about dark she came up with
us, and in an action of thirteen minutes
we sank her.
The action closed about twilight, when
Capt. Semmes, who always took his posi-
ton on the weather horse block, above
the rail Of the ship, to enable him to see
all the surroundings. and to note the eff
feet of our shot in action Or at exercise
at general quarters, called to me and
said, Mr.. Kell, the enemy have fired
gun to leeward, cease firing.
We were then about seventy-fve yards
from the enemy, and could hear distinct
" their hail, saying they were fast
sinking and on fire in three places and
mediately sent boats and in the dark
ness took every living soul from her.
These events occurred in the presence
of the enemy's feet. bearing the pennant
of Commodore Bell within signal dis
lance. knowing that the Federal squad
ron would soon be upon us. every light
on board ship was put under cover and
We shaped our course for broader waters
During the night fearful norther came
sweeping after US, but under the circum-
ing our propeller, We crowded all the
sail we could bear, and soon were out
Of harms way. AS Capt. Blake Of the
Hattersls Whom l had known in the old
service) came on deck. he remarked upon
the speed We were making. and grace
fully saluted me with. Fortune favors
the brave, SIR, wished him a pleas
ant voyage with US. and 1 am sure he.
with his officers and men, received every
attention while on board the Alabama.
We paroled the officers and crew of the
Hatteras at Kingston, Jamaica, and after
repairing few shotholes and coalfng
snip we passed on to our work In the
South Atlantic, taking our position at the
crossroads of the homeW ard bound East
India and Pacific trade.
-
After few weeks Of good work in that
locality and along the coast Of Brazil, We
crossed over to the Cape of Good Hope.
where We played hide and SEEK with
the United States steamer Vanderbilt,
whose commander. Charles II. Baldwin.
had explained to Sir Baldwin Walker, the
English admiral OF the naval station at
Simons Town Ga few miles above the
capeD, that he did not intend to fire
gun at the Alabama, but to run her down
and sink her" We were not disposed to
try issues with the Vanderbilt; so one
night at ii O'Clock, while IL blew a. gale of
ind frNv fl1n how, pnh
and steamed out Of Simons bay. BY
morning we had made a good offing, and,
setting what sail we could carry. hoisted
our propeller and made due south
course.
We ran down to the fortieth degree
south latitude. where we fell in with
westerly gales and bowled along nearly
cue east until we shaped our course for
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Ply do we women go shopping?
Why do we rise from the
M matutinal meal. with a cor
w rugated ruff1e across our ala
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ping with a set determination to Sc
cure the necessary habiliments or die
trying.