Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-02

drops. Tell "a Eanaka TO do 1t. ard he'll
bend his back tin he's abou. AS far as
the Farallones. aud then hen eit down
and cry because he's tired. They're
like children. those Kanakas and so
| took none Of them with me when
wc made the second voyage in the
small boat. setting out from tho island
at : a. NJ on September 10. hoping
TO rcnch Page Page with word OF the
SccndlcrS doinrs. Of tho nitrate launch
running around somewhere with Graf
Won Iuchncr. Of III" departure Of rho
captured Lutccc. aud Of The plitht or
the forty-onc Americans, Frcnchmcn
and kanakas aud the one Trollandcr
icit hehind when tn" four Of US said
Good-by TO the camps on the bench
With me were John .Iuhan.cn. who
had been my second mate on the Shade
-and hrst anu last, now AS ever. lie
stuck hy IN" Ink" 4 brick: Charles
thompson, Il seaman from the Manila
who had. il could ha seen The stuff
that was needed for - voyag. such as
": now und"rtopl the second mate
of tho Manila. Fred Williams who. i,
IS good to h" abb" - state. got :: com
mand after We mad. i'ago I'ago and
now has q schooner III his own in the
islands. J"hnnscn and Thompson re-
turned I" san Francisco with me
WORKABLE TRADE WINDS
HELPS IN LONG TRIP
no summer sail on !. river, this trim
To Pay" Page. hut better Is. far than
being = casiawa% on an atoll. aud if
II was :: bit Of work one wouldn't
want twice in IS lifetime. at any rate
the trad" winds were with rs. as |
had forcsccn
Things might have been worse We
had compass and a Scxtant and my
watch. and so between them could
hold our course fairly well, but there
wasn't much time 10 worry over tina;
side Of the matter. for there was little
sleep OF rest Tor us from star. to
finish. Handling the spread sail ana
the way sail with which we had rugged
hcr was enough in itself and yet far
from the most of our work.
Nigh; and day she leaked. and the
cross, KEEP, pitching waves into
her 50 that If we had stopped ha iling
for any length Of time there wouldn',
have been amy use in starting il again
one to steer and one 10 bail-th.t
was the way we worked il, dividing
our number into two watches one
pair slept their four hours and tho
other handled the boat. and then turn
about. aud so on. till We We're 50
weary We didn't care whether it was
Day or night.
But; care or not, 10 knew The
da>s were hot--littic shadow for US
under TIA" equatorial sun, and the trade
winds burned Us badly And the
nights ~cr. cold. We lay huddled IN
Tor warmth We couldn't &c, till day.
and then too much or IT.
We started with plenty OF boilea
water in t>alvanized tank from the
wrcckarc Of the Se.adlcr, but had i,
taken Us much more than the Ter.
days. we'd have been up against /,
on that score. There were also f.v
cans Of meat. These were among the
odds and ends that had saved in the
long weeks when everything that
might come handy was showed IN the
sand back ot tho captains tents In
AmcrI',niown. and feast they made
Tor US tired mon more than once. for
ASIDE from fifty coconuts. the bulk of
what We had 70 eat was crackers.
Crackers, crackers. crackers: Never
let Inc see them again. and Lord helm
the parrot that ever asks me ,or one.
Moreover. we had coffee.
You who can step into the Kitchen.
ct into restaurant. and have YOUR
coffee a. VIII more or less as YOU want
II. can't ever know what coffee is and
what hear;cninE stuff = man finds il
W. sacrificed sleep for it, because !,
TOOK always two TO handle the boat
ana as many more TO make the coffee.
ana We "cr" only four all told The
stov" vas paint hurncr-a little
!amh Ike plumbers torch. and i,
couldn't bc set down. what with IN,
rolling II the boat and the seas being
shipped often enough. let me tell YOU.
~ TOOK one man 10 hold the paint
burner. and another 10 hold the coffee
pot. TIC two of them ciinrin- 10 IN.
ran each with his free arm. trying
l" make pot aud fame keep together
WI at last the water boiled and we
doied out a few drops Of the coffee
Su'pins II piping hot. NJ matter how
ic'rihc the heat of tho sun
CTo BE Continued)