The daily Alaskan., 1912-11-04
THE CRUISE OF
 THE DAWN
lt Resulted Differently What
 Mldht Have Been Expected.
By HAROLD WINSTON

I am the son of fisherman and was brought up on salt water. l loved it but was ambitious Co break away from so simple life and make something of myself. IT not better, at least more prominpnt. was twenty-ono when, with S1OO in my pocket that hud saved, l went to New York for the purpose Of finding a position.
 Positions are not to be had iu a mo meut iu the metropolis, and the best | could do was to enter my name 0t the bottom of a list awaiting vacancies. My money was being used u0, though I husbandcd my resources, and | be- came discouraged. Every morning ! bought a newspaper and looked over the advertisements Co see if a young man of my description was wanted. | finally saw one th0t met my case, but not for business tt was an advertise ment for a skipper for a yacht
 I had seen enough of the crowds or a biz city. The continual whlrl sick encd me. The display of wealth side by side with abiect misery made me long again for the water, upon which there are no streets. no alleys, no dirt True, the vehicles on the ocean di1cr in dc. gree as those on the land | had been used Co nothing better than a fishing boat and was fascinated at Che Idea oi sailing a yacht
 I answered the advertisement but with no moro hope ot getting the posi- lion than | had of securing any of Che clerkshns for which ! had applied. But ! had an advantage in knowing how Co sail boat while | was entire. lv ignorant of business. A few days nftpr mailed my letter I received an invitation Co call at a dwelling in the upper part of the city.
 | was received by a woman about thirty-Gve years old. She rcpcllcd me from the moment | met her, looking at me critically. as if sizing me mp for something besides my marine quallhoa- tions She asked mo Co state them. however. and [ did so. When | told her ! had been born and brought mp near Bath Me. | noticed that she prIckcd up her ears and when | added that knew the coast thcreahout from Portland Co Mount Desert | saw that l had affected her favorably,
 She told me that her uncle, with whom she lived and of whom she had thc care, was a very old man and an invalid He had been failing lately, and his physician had advised his getting out into the open. A yacht had been purchased with a view Co taking him on a cruise along thc New England coast It was rather late in the season for yachting and she asked me how long it would bc safe and comfortable Co remain on Che water I replied that it the vessel was not too small and was capable ot being heated it might remain In commission ull the first nf November After an interview lasting nearly an hour, during which she surprised me by the large salary she would pay-S2JO a month-she dismissed me, saying that when she had decided among those who had ap- piled she would let me know.
 One morning when | had about given the matter uD I received a note from the lady advising my of my ap- polntmeut and directing me Co get to- rcther a crew. got busy at once, visited the yacht, saw that she needed six men and engaged them. Miss Hurlbert-the lady who engaged me procured the servants.
 We sailed on the day when tourists were returning from their outings the first of Scptemher-and ! was d. rected Co coast eastward. The only persons aboard were Miss Hurlbert Mir. Townsend. the invalid and the crew and servants. After rounding Nantucket ! was directed Co steer for Portland. where, on arrival we put Into the harhor and I was directed Co go ashore for mall I brought one letter addressed Co Miss Hurlhert, which she tore open at once. and its contents affected her pcrccpuhIy. She asked me Co go down into the cabin with her where there was no one but ourselves-NIr Townsend kept his statero0m-and when we were alone she said.
 Captain. are you hghtCrE
 Surprised, ! replied by inquirinC why she asked such a question. Where upon she told me that her uncle was engaged in lawsuit In which fortune was involved An his prop erty, except his real estate had been turned into jewels. which were aboard the yacht The move had been ad- vised by his attorneys on the ground that possession is nine points in the law. She had received a warning from one in her interest that the plaintiff in the suit, a great rascal and a very determined man, had got wind of Mir. Townseud's-or rather Miss Hurlherts s method of procedure and had fitted out a yacht to follow and take the property by force. Could she depend upon me in thc matter7
 The affair was not to my liking and I gave her no immediate reply She followed up the question by offer- ing me 5000 for myself and a thousand dollars for each one of Che