Cheyenne record., 1918-10-31
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T1se Captain A1aless .; Erisnl
1--WE minutes latef he was at H.
street corner inquiring Of . po-
nceman ''the handiest way to get
b Pine street." Following the direc-
tons given, he boarded Q train at the
nearest subway station, emerged at
Wan street, inquired once, mora, 10
eatsd the street b was looking for
md, consulting q card which he took
from big stained leather pocketbook,
walked ON, ,peering at the numbers OF
the buildings he passed.
The Offices Of Sylvester. Kuhn &
Graves were ON the sixteenth noor of
. new and gorgeously appointed sky
Dcraper. When Captain Elisha entered
the firms reception room he was ac-
eosted by q wide awake and extremely
self possessed ONCE boy. s
Informed by the none too courteous
lad that none Of the firm was In, he
left his card, saying he'd return later.
Captain Elisha strolled down Pine
street, looking about him with interest.
It had been years since he visited this
locality, and the changes were many.
Soon, however, he began to recognize
familiar landmarks. He was approach
ing the water front, and there were
fewer new buildings. When he reached
South street he was thoroughly at
home.
The docks were crowded. The river
was alive with small craft of all kinda
Steamers and schooneD were plenty,
but the captain missed ne old square
riggers, the clipper ships and barks.
such a. b had sailed IN a. cabin bog,
- foremast hand and later command
Cd ON many seaA.
At length, however. he 0W -four maatp
towering shove the roof Of q freight
house. EAsy were not schooner rieged:
thoss masts. Tne yards were set square
across, and along with them Weee furl-
ed royals and upper topsails. Hsfe at
last was craft worth looking at Cap
tain Elisha crossed the street. hurried
past the covered freight house and saw
q magnificent great ship lying bsside q
broad, open wharf Down tie wharf
b walked, 5oyfully, - ono who gFests
IN old friend.
The wharf was practically deserted.
An ancient Watchman WAS dosing IN o
sort Of sentry box, but he did not wake.
There was . pile OF foreign looking
crates and boxes at the farther end of
the pier, evidently the last bit Of cargo
waiting to be carted away. The cap
tain inspected the pile, recognized the
goods a. Chinese and japanese, then
read the name on the big ships stern.
She was the Empires Of the Ocean, and
her homo port was Liverpool.
Ths captain strolled about looking
her over. The number Of Improvements
since his seagoing days was astonish-
ing. He was standing. By the wheel,
near the companionway, wishing that
he might inspect the o6ces1 quarters,
but not liking to d6 70 without an In
vitation, when two men emerged from
the cabin.
One Of the pair was evidently the
japanese steward Of the ship. The 9TH
er was q tall, clean cut young fellow,
whose general appearance and lack Of
sunburn showed quite plainly that he
was not Q seAfaring man BY profession.
He said he was friend Of one Of the
consignees and would be pleased to
show the captain over the ship.
Captain Elisha, delighted with the
opportunity, expressed his thanks, and
the tour Of inspection began. The
steward remained on deck, but the
captain and his new Acquaintance
strolied through the officers quarters
together.
"Jerushyr' exclaimed the former a.
he viewed the main cabin. "Say, You
could pretty nigh have dance here,
couldn't your A small one. This re-
minds me Of the cabin aboard the Sea
gull. nrst vessel WVnt mate of-it's
90 difr'rent. Aboard her We had to
walk sittin' down. There want room
In the cabin for more'n one to stand
up at time. But she could sail, just
the same. and carry 1t too. I've seen
her OF the Horn with studdin' sails
set when craft twice her length and
tonnage had everything furled above
the tops1 yard. HI humI You mustn't
mind an old salt runnin' on this way.
I've been out Of the pickle tub Q good
while. but I callate TIE brine AMT all
out Of my system"
His guides eyes snapped
II understand" he sai1. laughing.
I've nevsy been at sea % long voy-
age in my life. but can understand
Just how you fed. Its n NJ bleed. I
suess. I come a Q anlt Watsr hna.
NJ people were iron BeRfast. Ma, -
svsry man Of them wa1t 10 sea-
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