Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-29

turion and to the soldiers, except these
abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. "
l am not quite sure you appreciate
the account which read to you tonight
of the men in this storm-tosscd ship.
think | could appreciate the reality
of it and understand it. | am sure |
can, and know one or two men in the
city who could understand it. Were
you ever in storm-tossed ship, being
driven before the wind, hurled hither
and thither on the tempestuous seasl
Have YOU ever heard the wind as it
shrieked and rocked and tore through
the sailsl Have you ever looked up
aloft and watched the flying shreds of
sail and canvas and the blocks as they
were torn from their mooringsl Have
YOU ever been lifted mountain high
and then come down with siekcning
thud, only to rise again and come down
as beforef
remember some time ago crossing
the ferry to Seattle, and as we crossed
lust few little whitccaps were on the
waves. A man beside me said cit is
pretty rough" told him he did not
know what rough was if he called that
rough. When the waves run SO high
that ship only little distance away
cannot be seen, with literally mountains
of water lifting and tossing the ship,
tand through the shreds of sail the wind
shrieking like demons, ] call that really
rough.
| remember another time at Havre,
France; they wanted men to sign for
a voyage. An English lad and | said;
eve will go" ship from Glasgow,
bound for Norway. SO we signed.
drew our months pay and then went
back on shore. won't tell you what we
did when on shore, but when we went
back our money was gone. We went
back on board. Out in the channel q
storm was blowing, and | remember
the second mate came rushing forward
and said: "Do any of you talk Eng
lishq'' / said, ~ do.'' 'Can you
steer ship9" ] said, 81 can, and
| will never forget the next six hours
on that ship. Next morning, after most
of the night in terrific rain and wind
a few sails were spread that seemet
TO stand the wind; then we began t.
manage the ship and get out into thu
North sea, and we said we will sool
be in Norway over yonder, but cloud
began to lower again Until the storn
was raging, and for three days ant
nights we were adfift in the tempest
Sails were swept away and riggln
torn; rugged coast lines on the lee; W
-fwere in danger of shipwreck. AT las
; bit of calm came and we We're abb
to manage the ship. Then came tn
, pilot boat, and the pilot came ON boart
. and it was not long before the gree
shores of Norway were seen. ca
/. understand how excited those me
we're. / can remember going aroun
2 Cape Horn, never taking off the OF
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$ hands on deck" then. can unde
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/ the ship, for there are some who q
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