The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-02


In Future.
Daniel Giro was the negro cook of
the schooner Edward III. Cole, which
was sent to the bottom by a U-boat off
the Jersey coast; but therem be no
sons OF sea cooks In the Giro family
not IL Daniel Giro knows 1t, and Dan
iel's Swine ter keep fab. fab from de
oshun TO- evahmo'."
Daniel has gone to Maine, the home
OF his ancestors. Not on the ragged
coast do Daniel and his family abide.
He not from a family of the
sea. He comes from a family of cooks
and has always lived In the interior.
Daniel went to the barge Office to get
his discharge after he, with the rest OF
the crew, had told his story to the
United States authorities. He said to
. reporter:
BOSS. what am de best way to get
to Maine? Nah folks dom all live
dere and dey may have heard about
NAH accident and be worried"
why, by way Of Boston," was the
answer.
'Sure, I know dat: but what am de
best way ter get to BostonY
go on one Of the Fall River boats"
"BowtT And a greenish hue over
spread the bronze Of the Giro frontis-
piece. did yo' say bowt, boss? Nevah
no bowt, no mo- for muh."
The cook gazed ~refIectively out of
the window toward Battery park,
where a squad of naval reserve sailors
were drilling. A new light came into
bis eye.
Cars for Him.
sSee dem sailors?" he asked, "over
ders In de park. I'll nevah see sail
ors on the oshun any mo-. Dem sail
ors dey know sumpfin. Aim gwine to
Boston same way dey 60. I'm gwine
In de cabs"
what were you doing when the
U-boat hove In sight. Daniel?"
"'Twas on a Sunday aft'noon, about
TO- o'clock. boss, ah was gettin' dinner
ready FOR de crew. I done kill TO- chick
q and ! was gwine to have fried
chicken To- de sailors. De stove In de
galley was red hot. An de cap'n put
bis face down In the companyun way,
and SEE to muh: 70 done got ten
minutes ter leave de bowt.'
DE cap'n done used to kid me often;
but when I done look up dey was nc
lie on dat face In de do. I see de
cap'n he amt kiddin' muh dis time, an
I clum on deck. Suah nun. boss. der
was de U-bowt right of our bow, an
4 little rowboat a-comin' for us. I just
don couldn' berlieve muh eyes. OATS
AL. / dun run down de ladder quick
again and All shut my eyes and put
muh finger on de red hot stove.
den All know 'twasn't no dream. 1
run mp the companyun way to de deck.
and den de rowbowt came longside
and de cap'n he jumped on deck, and
says TO muh In English just as good as
I spoke: Yer done got ten minutes
ter get or de bowt.' and he held up his
ten fingers.
".All / want Is two, mistahp An
done tole him. an I held up two I'm
gers. Den de sailors came over de side
and dey all he'd bomms. Dey tole muh
Ter 90 down In the fo-castle and get
muh duds. / looked ut dem bomms,
and I don tole 'em All he'd all de close
4 needed right dere on de deck.
mo. sub, ! done get right In de life
boat wild de cap'n, and de German
sailors put de bomms down on de deck
1.-TWO In de front OF de schoonah an
two In de back. We waa right be-
tween de schoonah and de U-bowt.
Bay. boss. doan let 'em tole yo' dose
U-bowts am little. Dat U-bowt was
euah the biggest thing All ever saw in
my life. I nevah pulled an oah In NAH
1tfs.
oaw Another Sunk.
we was or de schoonah bout five
minutes when de bomms went OF and
n schoonah. wit all her sails up,
sailed right to de bottom Of de oshun.
Den we knowed we was gwine ter
Ut it mex, but we Jess KEEP pullin' on
- oahs. Den we see smoke on de
horyzon. and de U-bowt, he e II,
too. Fo' de fust time we felt safe.
Do U-bowt put right TO- de smoke. an
twenty minutes later. by de cap'n's
watch, we saw de steamer turn up an
20 down, jes like u own schoonah.
we was picked up by a steamah
about eight o'clock dat night, an we
u mighty happy when de cap'n done
tclo ~ We was bound TO- New York.
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