The Ordway new era., 1917-06-01
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,apsr. thee6 would be NO break
'eginninG - ny sketch Of this
For Cap1a11 ehaw, II It was he.
It % NJ successor In the
and - 10 his.
ulo adcpted on board the ships
lIhave met '.The Man without
r. was I think. transmitted
J beginning. No mess liked to
O permanently. because his
! cut OF all talk Of home or of
,pect OF return, Of politics or
of peace or Of war-cut OF
an half the talk men like to
sea. But 1t was always
too hasd that he should never
o rest Of us, except to touch
q we finally sank into one sys-
Q was not permitted to talk
men unless Nm 0fiicer was by.
icers he had unrestrained in
e. as far as they and he chose.
rev shy, though he had favor
was one. Then the captain
asked him to dinner on Mon
,ery mess in succession took
nvitation In its turn. Accord
e size Of the ship. you had him
mess more or less often at
His breakfast he ate in his
Groom, he always had a state
hich was where a sentinel, or
y on the watch, could see the
nd whatever else he ate or
9 ate or drank alone. Some
hen the marines or sailors had
ial jolliiication, they were per-
o invite "Plain-B Buttons" as
ed him. Then Nolan was sent
oe officer, and the men were
q to speak Of home while he
re. They called him 'sPlain-
n because, while he always
wear a regulation army uni
was not permitted to wear
button, for the reason that
either the initials or the In
the country he had disowned.
mber, soon after ! Joined the
,as ON shore with some Of the
GERS from our ship and from
dywine, which We had met at
Ia. We had leave to make a
| go up to Cairo and the Pyra-
: we jogged along some of
smen fen to talking about No
someone told the system
IS adopted from the flrst about
as and other reading. A. he
vt never permitted TO 60 on
N though the vessel lay In port
tbs. his time. at the best.
wy; and everybody was per-
.s lend him book, if they were
shed In America and made no
to It. These were common
80 the old days, when people
her hemisphere talked Of the
;tates a. little ~ we do of
!. He had almost all the for
q ers that came into the ship,
r.r later; only somebody must
them flrst. ana cut ont any
e ment or stray paragraph that
to America. HlSht In the
zone Of Napole oleonss battles or
innings speeches, pooe Nolan
d q great hole beeau1e - the
the page Of HAT parsf here
:" an advertisement ~ 4 packet
York, or . scrap from the
g message. / say thin was
ime / ever heard Of this plan,
sterwards I had enough and
n enough, to do with. ! re-
It, because poor Phillips, who
.ie party. as soon as the allu-
.ading was made, told q story
hing which happened at the
" Good Hope on Nolan's first
and II IL the only thing I ever
that voyage. They had
s;lt the Cape, and had done the
9 with tie English admiral
aeet ana then. leaving for a
:. so M the Indian ocean, Phil
Il Il bcxxpWsd 4 lot Of English
: ID, N e<ncezs \ which. In those
= ~ I'D III lllsos Nas quite a
i h 49, 7 49, ~ The Devil
lse.$y ~ q the Last
a m n r. VA ~ of them
~ n \ ~ | t1kem had
Y; Y. q y \ hot have
Ian hAy1 ~ said,
,smu0a4 r. 10 and,
rsshcalA t1 % No
<4pefsa1tt1 circle
snooG Wh11 IA 70 sat
\ 1kin6 o aloud.
~ RI often
!. 81 4 { ~ got
y { 4 n Z n 4 - Well,