The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-12-05

real original Baron Munchausen when
it came to EARNING, and for while he
had me going too. He would whisper
some startling tale to us and make us
promise not to tell, as he had picked
it from some other ships message, and
the Old Man would spread-eagle him
if he found it out. They probably
would have logged him, at that, If they
had known he was filling US full of
wind the way he did.
He told me one time that Henry
Ford had invented something or Othex
for locating subs miles away, and also
another device that would draw the
sub right up to it and swallow 1t
whole He had lot Of other yarns
that cannot remember, but I did not
believe him because I saw he was
picking out certain men to tell certain
yarns to-that is, spinning them where
they would be more sure of being be-
lieved and not just spinning them any
where.
| So I got pretty tired of this stuff
after a while and when we put out
from Brest on the fourth voyage I
got this fellow on deck in rough
weather and began talking to him
about the chap who had gone over
board the time before and had been
cut up by the propeller. pretended
that, of course, he knew all about it
that the Old Man had had this garby
pushed overheard because he was too
free with his mouth. But this did not
seem to do any good, so had to think
up another way.
When we were out two days I got
hold of our prize liar again. I figured
that he would be superstitious and I
was right. I said that Of course he
knew that q ship could not draw near
Cape Helles and get away again I'M
less at least one man was lost, or that,
If it did get away, there would be
many casualties aboard. / said 1t had
always been that way and claimed
that the Old Man had pushed this
garby overheard because someone had
to go. I said on our other trips no
one had been sacrificed and that was
the reason we had suffered so much,
and that the Old Man had been called
down by the French minister Of the
navy. I told him the Old Man would
pick on whatever garby he thought
he could best spare.
That was all had to tell him. Ell.
Their he thought the Old Man knew of
his EARNING or else he did not think
himself of much account, for he dis.
appeared that very watch and we did
not see him again until we were on
the homeward voyage and a steward
happened to dig into a provision hold
There was our lying friend, with a
. life belt on, another under his head
and the blight Of a rope around his
) waist, fast asleep. Why. he had the
rope do not know, but he was scared
. to death and thought we were going
!; to chuck him overheard at once.
: think he must have told the officers
everything, because I noticed them
looking pretty hard at me-or at least
) thought I did; maybe it was my
5 conscience, if I may brag about hav-
ing One-and I thought one of the lieu
| tenants was just about to grin at me
several times, but we never heard any
more about it, or any more yarns from
} our wireless friend.
l The fourth voyage was pretty rough
too. The old girl would stick her
nose into the seas and many times ]
, thought she would forget to come out
We had lot of sand piled up against
the wheelhouse and after we dived
pretty deep one time and bucked out
!. slowly, there was not a grain Of sand
! left. 1t looked like the sea was just
/ kidding us, for we were almost into
' quiet water, and here it had just taken
, one sea aboard to clean up the sand
. we carried all the way from Brest
During the whole voyage you could
!. not get near. the galley, which was
= where our wireless friend hung out
t when he could. The pans and dixies
d hanging On the wall stood straight
e out when the ship pitched, and several
s heavy ones came down on q cooks
e head white he was sitting under then
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