Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-25
KIPLING SHIPWRECK STORY

IN huufaId klpuus captains
Courageous a tale Of the North A.
lantic. the scenes OF the story are laid
on the Grand Banks of Newfound-
land and IN the ocean region where
the Titanic sank. The tale Is a
graphic description Of the fishing
fleets and the great liners that ply
the northern waters. u deals with
the experiences OF Harvey Cheney.
the pampered son OF an American
multi-millionaire The youth falls
overheard from a liner and Is pick
ed up by a fishing schooner, the
We're Here OF Gloucester Mass Har-
yey spends the FISHING seasoG on the
schooner Ia company with It's skip
per, Disko Troop. his youthful son.
Dan Troop. Long Jack. Tom Plat.
Uncle Skaters and Fem. the last an
old minister whose memory was
wrecked when the Johnstown. Pa.
flood swept his wife and children u
death The story tells OF the fogs
and ice OF the North Atlantic. The
following incident tells how the big
liners ~ the Titanics class rush
through the fogs while tho fishing
smacks ring their tiny bells 10 give
warning.
n was forlorn little Jingle:
the thick air seemed 10 pinch II off.
aud In the pauses Harvey heard the
mulfled shrek OF a liners siren and
he knew enough OF the Banks TO
know what that meant. II came 20
him with horrible distinctness, how
boy In cherry colored jersey .
he despised fancy blazers now witn
all fishermans contempt now
an ignorant rowdy boy had once
said II would be great II a steamer
ran down a fishing boat That boy
had a stateroom. with hot and cold
bath. and spent ten minutes each
morning picking over a gilt-cdged
bill OF fare. And that same boy.
no. his very much older brother
was up at OF the dim dawn In
streaming, cracking oilsckins. ham.
moring. literally Tor the dear life.
on bell smaller than the stew
ards breakfast bell. while some
where close az hand 30-foot steel
stem was storming along at TWEEN
~ miles an hour. The bitterest
thought OF all was that there were
folks asleep in dry. upholstered cab
ms who would never learn that they
had massacred a boat before break
fast So Harvey rang the bell
Keep inside the Law"
Yes they slow down one turn o.
their blame propeller" said Dan. ap-
plying himself 10 Man Iols conch.
fer to keep inside the law. an that's
consolin when we're an az the bot
tom TIark TO her She's a hum
per"
Notwithstanding. went the
siren. "Wingle-tingle-tink," went the
bell Grasa-ouch, went the conch.
while sea and sky were all milled
lp in milky fog. Then Harvey felt
that he was near moving body, and
found himself looking up and up a,
the wet edge OF cliff-like bow. leap
inp II seemed. directly over the
schooner \ iaunty little feather IF
water curled In front OF n. and as II
lifted II showed a long ladder of
Roman numerals Nv. XVI. XVII,
XVIII and 50 forth on salmon
colored, cleaning side II tilted for
ward and downward with heart
stilling Sssssooo the ladder disap-
pcared a line OF brass trimmed port.
holes flashed by, a JET of steam puff.
ed IN ilaryeys helplcssly uplifted
hands. a spout Of hot water roared
along the rail OF the Were Here. and
the little schooner staggered and
shook In rush OF screw-torn water,
as liners stern vanished In the fog.
Harvey got ready 10 FAINT or bee sick,
on both. when he heard crack like
a trunk thrown on a sidewalk, and
all small In his ear tar-away. tole-
phone voice drawing IIeave-to.