The Ordway new era., 1917-06-08
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ThiRp iNsTALLMENT.
t,,,T IA showing them how we do this
the artillery. slt."
And this u = part OF the story where
n the legends agree that the commo-
rrs ~
E.'sI - you do. and I thank you. sir :
I'd I shall never forget this day, sir.
ksd you never shall, SIR"
sAna after the whole thing was over,
I'd e. had the Englishman's sword,
the mldBtsof the state and ceremony
h. the (uarterdeck. he said:
s.whers y II Mr.. Nolan7 Ask Mr.. No
"a to come here"
4 And when Nolan came. the captain
i'd.
t'sler. Nolan, we are all very grateful
isyou to-day You are one Of US today /:
Ia VIII b named In the dispatches"
|aAnd then the old man took OFF his
IN sword Of ceremony. and gave it to
Vs,lan, and made him put 1t on. The
IN told me this who saw 1t. Nolan
Ealed like Q baby. and well he might.
Sc had not worn sword since that
.ternal day at Fort Adams. But al
trys Afterward. ON occasions of cere-
srony. he wore that quaint old French
.tord Of the commodore's.
The captain did mention him in the
spatches. It was always said he
ked that he might be pardoned. He
Vte special letter to the secretary
war. But nothing ever came Of it.
~ said, that was about the time
len they began to ignore the whole
snsaction at Washington, and when
lan's imprisonment began to carry
elf on because there was nobody to
.pp It without any new orders from
me.
aT have heard It said that he was with
,,rter when he took possession of the
a,lkahiwa islands. Not this Porter,
s,u know. but old Porter, his father,
.asex Porter, that u, the old Essex
srter, not this Essex. As an artil-
.5sy of3cer, who had seen service in
se West, Nolan knew more about for
d ,cations. embrasures, ravelines,
,ckades, and all that. than any Of
sem did; and he worked with q right
sod will In fixing that battery all
hit. I have always thought 1t was
pity Porter did not leave him In
nmand there with Gamble. That
uld have settled ALI the question
ss,ut his punishment. We should
re kept the Islands, and at this mo.
mt We should have one station in
Pacific ocean. Our French friends,
-. whea they wanted this little wa
ing place. would hare found 1t was
soccupled. But Madison and the
|-eginians, Of course. nupg all that
|e'kil that was near nifty years ago.
: Nu,An Wns thirty then, he must
iks ssn-nsar eighty when he died.
n Ioo&Sd satxty when he was forty.
~ eene 70 me to change
Aaif lktSfWsait ~ I imagine his
ffc1 sFhat \ haye seen and heard
&c, ~ must have bSen In every sea,
- yet almost never on land. He
VI haye kH0Mn ii ! Formal way.
IN oacers "a our service than any
IN living knows. ~ told me once,
oasSh ! srave smile, that no man in the
| xfid llved 20 methodical d life as he.
|.nou know the boys ny I am the
ia Hasks and you know how busy
10y ~. He said II did not do for
RlIvone to try 10 read AL the time. more
,assn ~ "a anything else all the time
~ tlat " r64d just fIve hours day.
~, ~ said, II keep up my note
'1Rks NtifinG In them at such and
~ hours from what I have been
ss 6lSn ma 4 include in them my
ssp6e Ihese were very curious
H9 M ~ or eight, Of differ
tsE6b hats was one Of his
p ~ &pra1 science. one which
Eto and Mnds." But they
~ b H. 6Ssly Ac6ks of extracts
" r. 14l T1ey had bits Of
y. ~ 0aS, Slls tied on, and
ssY ana wood, which
< O. ITO cut for him,
sdssy hRlly illustrated.
4e had some Of
~ Ehere. and some
w. mt have ever
46nder who will
eding and his
Ion, and that
~ nd two hours
Nv. ''Then,"
Md have d.
ofession. My
erslon." That
ote. The men
n III and fish, but
cockroaches
11 N was the only
Nho knew any
NJ the house ny