The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-24
COOK GETS OFF II
BOAT IN HURRY
Sub" Gives Him Ten Minutes
Two Was Plenty.
NO MORE OCEAN FOR Hun.

oshun TO- Evahmo," Declares Negro
rnWho Was on Schooner Edward II.
+ Cole Which Was Sunk by U.5oat-
viii, Go All HE Travelling by Train
In Future.
Daniel Giro was the negro cook Of
the schooner Edward H. Cole. which
was sent to thebottom by a U-boat OF
the Jersey coast but there'll be no
sons Of SEA cooks tn the Giro family
not II Daniel Giro knows 1t, and Dan.
iel's ''gwineate keep fab, fab from lie
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 comes not from afainiIy Of the
sea. He comes from Il family Of cooks
and has always, lived in the interior.
Daniel went to the barge Office to yet
his discharge after he, with the rest Of
the crew, had told his story to the
United States authorities. He said to
"A reporter:
BOSS, what am de hest way to get
10 Malne1 Nah folks. don all live
dere and dey may have heard about
NAH accident and be worried"
=, "Why,4by, way Of Boston," was the
answer.
,t,s ".Sure, l know dat: but what am de
best way ter get to Boston?'
"Go on one Of the Fall River boats"
''Rowt Z" And u greentsh hue over.
spread the bronze of the Giro hontis:
piece. DID yo'ssay bowt, boss? Nevah
no bOwt, no mo- for muh."
The cook gazed refectlyely out Of
the window toward Battery park.
where a.squad Of naval reserve sailors
were drilling. A new light came into
his eye.
~, y. Cars for Him.
"See dem sailors ?" he asked, "over
dere in de park. I'll nevah see sail.
ors 81 the oshuH any mo-, Dem sail
ors dey know. sumpfin. Aim gwine to
Boston same way dey 80. I'm gwine
in de cabs" r. n
"W,hut were you doing when the
U.boat hove In sight Daniel?'' ~ a<<....'r
"'1'was on "a Sunday nft,nOon, about
fo' o'clock, boss, All was, gettin' dinner
ready for de crew. done kin TO- CHICK
ems and Twas, gwine to have fried
chicken fe' de sailors. De stove in de-
galley was red hot. An de rap'n put
his face down In the cO,npanyun way.
and seq to ldHfT:is 'Yo' done got ten
minutes ter leaveSde bOwt.'' 4,
DE cap'h done used to kid me onet, :
but when l done look up dey was no
lie on dat face in de DO. I see de
cap'n he amt kiddi1,' lnuh dig time, an
Ifclumh on deck. tSdah nun. boss, der
was de U-bowt right on our bow, an
a little rowboat a-coinin' for us. I just
don couldn' berlieve .uiuh eyes, da't's
all. / dun run down lie ladder quick
again and An shut my eyes and put
muh finger on dc red hot stove.
Al know 'twasn't no dream.
run up the companyun way to de deck,
and den de rowbowt came 'longside
and de caD'n he jumped on deck, and
says to muh in English just as good as
I spoke: Yer done got ten minutes
ter get off de bowt,' sand he held up his
ten fingers. s .
"'All want ia two, mistahv All
done, tole him. an, l held up two fin
gers. Den de sailors came over de side
and dey all he'd bomms. Dey tole muh
ter 60 down in the, fo-castle and get
muh buds. looked at dem bomms,
and / don tole 'em All he'd all de close
I needed right dere on de deck.
"No, sub. I 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,
Say, boss, doan let 'em tole yo' dose
U-bowts am little. Dat U-bOwt was
suah the biggest thing All ever saw in
my life. I nevah pulled an oah In nah
life.
Saw Another Sunk.
1--WE, was off de schoonah bout five
minutes when de bomms went off and
de schoonah, wit all her sails up
sailed right to de bottomS6 f de oshun.
Den we knowed we was gwine ter
get 1t neg, but We Jess KEEP pullin' on
de oahs. Den we see smoke on de
horyzOn. and de U-bowt, he seen it,
too. Fo' de fust time we felt safe.
De U.bowt put right TO- de smoke, an
twenty pinuteT later, by de cap'n'a