The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-26
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about the ship with clelvcr in hisl
paw Thee showed good Judgment. /
think the word 'rouehncck must have
been coined by someone who had seen
the hostlcrs aboard horse ship.
II took MS / days to make the trip
across the Atlantic. | was scasick six
Of the = DAYS. Half day away from
the port we We're to make the wire
less operator picked M a call for our
ship. lie was told that the sister ship
Of the Siamcsc Prince had been tor
Redoed and sunk. She was less than
SO miles away from our location and
was bound for the states. Half IN
hour later another wireless message |
told rs that another ship Of the same
line had been torpcdoed less than three |
miles away from where the first had /
been struck. Our ship was slowed i
down to four knots an hour and we |
loafcd along until after nightfal |
Then we went into rs knots and nc |
manned there until we were safe Prae
tically all the way over we went with |
out lights, and YOU can bet we iidn I |
show any lights that night. We had |
been drilled III the lifeboat drill aud |
we all knew orr places. We also knew |
that ii The ship started to sink and |
anyone moved before his number was
called a revolver shot would eliminate
all danger Of his being drowned
We arrived 1t Brest during the
night and early Sunday morning start
Ell to unload The animals we've wild,
they had been cooped up 50 LONG. They
kicked and reared and raised hi GEN
.orallv. Our Job was to Get them UP q
gang plank on TO q wharf. The minute
they touched-tAe wharf they were off
our hands and It was up 70 the French
soldiers on the dock to care fer them.
We would drive them III the plank.
soldier would grab them ard when five
had been hitchcd together hr their
brides they were lead to a place where
their hind shoes were put Oh They
already were shod IN front.
! Our ship WAS unloadcd that after
noon. The Frcnchman told the men on
eur ship that the French government
t paid $500 for every horse that stepped
on the wharf | don / know whether
=, that was true. They say the average
! life OF . horse ON the French front is
! FIVE days. That was before the recent
: drive was started and il is probable
! that all those fine animals we shipped
across are now canion.
We were tired Sunday night but
we wanted to see part Of France. We
,, were told. however, 10 keep on the
= ship. \ guard OF soldiers paced the
= dock 10 see that we remained on
board. At least that was what tncv
Il
|. managed to slip down 2 hawser which
tiod the boat ia the dock and after
some slow and foxy work succeeded iii
getting past the guards Four of the
4 fellows were caught and they saw the
inside Ct the Brost police station. on
whatever il is they call a police sta
& tion III France until Monday. when
The captain paid SO for each Of them
and they were released
Another fellow. whom We called
Jack, and | went to the movies. Aft
CT tho show we met Frenchman who
could speak English and went to his
house. We had a good time listening
4 to his stories of life in the trenches
lie was home on a furlough, having
been wounded while st the front.
I We reached the ship all right afte,
leaving the soldier $ house and til,
next day sailed for home.
The Bay Of Riscav lived III to it
1 reputation that Monday afternoon.
was scasitli again and remained 50 fv,
days. We took il easy coming home
\ Those who wished to work could i,
4 50 and We're given dollar 4 day
4 worked two days. We stopped at Hall
l fax, but we were not supposed to !,
4 ashore alone. Jack and | manage,
4 to oct past some soldier guards an,
I made FOR restaurant. We had coo,
3 feed. We were missed. we learned aft
erWards, and three soldiers were sen
u look us up. The restaurant W
We're IN was almost IN sight Of tn
ship. We went hack to the train an,
were taken to Boston.
THAT town looked good to Us.
In Brcst a little black and whit
dog followed me and | took him aboar
the ship and tried to take him of a
Halifax. But the captain said
couldn t. He was boss of the boa
and the dog remained aboard. He an
We're rivals for the dog $ affection
on the way across. The old man wo
B out, by virtue of his authority.
4 guess he II be good to the pup
Now that | am ON dry land agai
am going TO remain on it for som
time to come. And | m not particl
lar about being chambermaid to
gang of horses the next time ! eros
m going to rest few days and the
am going to Raynham, Mass. dow
near Brockton, where ! will be in tn
grocery business
III How much did the trip net me i
cash. | had $50 when | left Bosto,
received $50 for the trip over, an
was given s. for the two DAYS wor
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