The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-13
NThat, an Operate Mate on
the Napo Tried to Capture
,l,, Amazon Warbler.
TWAS FLOATING MUSIC.
Cyclone Of Flying Fish, a Jo-
( nah and Wandering Isles De-
T. scribed to Reporter.


from the Land O. Horrors Hearken
unto the tales. my hearties. as told by
the unimasinativs officers Of the gal
lent ship to The Evening Worlds un-
Sophisticated ship news reporter.
The little 700 ton Napo OF the Booth
Line 10 the nightmare ship that phys
between New York and the Land O.
Horrors. said land lying $500 miles up
the Amazon River. Every eleven weeks
the Napo steams UP tho bay to her
pier In South Brooklyn and every eleven
wsees her staiwart ofiicers tell tales
that would make . session Of the Ad-
venturers' Club seem like . meeting Of
the Dorcas Society.
But to begin The Napo left New
Yor& eleven weeks ago under Q serious
handicap. She had JONAH aboard and
those who sail the seven seas know that
. Jonah aboard means a. much luck
~ comes to . man who walks under q
series Of LADDERS. breaks mirrors and
sees the moon over his left shoulder.
The Jonah Of the Napo was the meas
room steward, Bruce Wallace Mac.
Dun. Bruce Wallace. etc. was born
under an unlucky star. He never had
good luck himself and brought evil days
upon all who ever associated with him.
He was wort to boast Of the fact and
they OF the Napo knew him and his
past. but they needed q mess room
steward and MacDuf was chosen.
TURKEY TRoT FEVER HITS THE
OLD BARK.
Before the little Napo had rounded
Hatteras the Jonah's luck began. The
whole ships crew was awakened one
night to find the ship pitching about
like thing demented. The engines
were working well enough. no leaks had
sprung. the sea was calm, but the Napo
pitched. swerved and banged about like
barrel in the maelstrom. Day after
DAY the Napos unekplainable conduct
continued. She literally. turkey trottsd
s'eer way to the Barbados where the
ta''p re-coaied. Shortly after Barbados
was left in the wake the Napo's didoes
became more alarming. She answered
her helm as mute man answers his
wife. The good ship wobble in her
''ost tempestuous voyages never be-
maven quite SO Dauly.
Then 1t was that Robert Blrn!e, the
t,!-d engineer. had an Inspiration. He
went to George Patterson. the chief en-
gineer. and said as how he thought
something was wrong with the pro-
ta1er. The ship was stopped and the
third was invited to go over the side
ana see whether his theory was correct.
~ hhird Is something OF swimmer
and diver and he did. He came I'D
OSpins wet to report that three Of the
News four propeller blades had been
Lost. And 30 the crippled ship pounded
hee way to Para where she went into
az dock for repairs.
But this Is getting ahead Of the story
Before Para was reached, and while
he Napo was pounding along on her
dehrSouS way the sun was suddenly
daraeened by black cloud that reached
frum the horizon to the zenith. No
OercSptf6le cause was disclosed by the
barometer. the sea was calm and the
w1nds were still, but there directly In
her course was q hurricane the like Of
which the Napo's men had never seen
- land and sea. And then the Napo
wobbled her nose directly into the mid
die Of It. There was Q soond that was
deaSsnins and then dull thuds were
added to the clamor.
" RAiNED, NOT CATS AND DOGS,
BUT FLYING FISH.
1T was a storm Of flying ASH" said
First Mate T. @. Evans. There were
millions and trillions and thousands OF
them. and they swept across us like
A,Sl- n.
nat on the decks on our faces to save
ourselves from Injury. For nigh an
hour the storm continued. and then the
sun broke forth once more. The decks
Of the Napo we're piled high with dead
and dying Ash, and we had to get the
crew busy with shovels to clear them
away"
A dead and stuffed flying fish that