The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-03
COOK GETS OFF
! BOAT IN HURRY
Sub Gives Him Ten Minutes
Two Was Plenty.
NO MORE OCEAN FOR HIM
s0Wlns Ter Keep Fab, Fab From do
oshun TO- Evahmo,n Declares Neg 70
Who Was on Schooner Edward n.
Cole Which Was Sunk by u-Boat-
Will Do All His Travelling by Train
In Future.

In Future.
Daniel Giro was the negro cook of
the schooner Edward III. Cole, which
was sent to the bottom by a U-boat OF
the Jersey coast; but thereTl be no
Sons OF sea cooks In the Giro family =
not II Daniel Giro knows 1t, and Dam
iefs "gwine 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 comes not from a family Of the
sea. He 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 Maine7 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 Boston?"
go on one of the Fall River boats. =
Bowl" And a greenish hue over
spread the bronze of the Giro frontis-
piece. did yo' say bowt. boss2 Nevalh
no bowt, no mo- for muh."
The cook gazed refiectively out or
the window toward Battery park,
where q squad Of naval reserve sailors
were drilling. A new light came into
his EYE.
Cars for Him.
."See dem sailorsf" he asked, aovet
dera In de park. I'LL nevah see sail
orr on the oshun any mo-. Dem SAIL
orr dey know sumpfin. Ahm gwine I'd
Boston same way dey go. I'm gwinss
In de cabs"
"What were you doing when the
U-boat hove In sight. Daniels"
~'Twas on a Sunday aft'noon, about
TO- O'Clock. boss. ah was gettin' dinner
ready FOR de crew. / 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
biz face down In the companyun way.
and 9 to muh: 'Yo' done got ten
minutes ter leave de bowt.'
de cap'n done used to kid me often
but when / done look up dey was no
Ne on dat face in de do. ! zee de
cap'n he amt kiddin' muh dis time, an
clum on deck. Suah nun. boss, der
u de U-bowt right of our bow, an
= little rowboat a-comin' for US. I just
Don couldn' berlieve muh eyes, dat's
III. ] dun u down de ladder quick
again and All shut my eyes and put
muh finger on de red hot stove.
sDen All know 'twasn't nc dream. /
run up the companyun way to de deck.
md den de rowbowt came longside
and de cap'n he jumped on deck, and
nys to muh In English just as good as
spoke: Yer done got ten minutes
ker set on de bowt,' and he held up his
IN fingers.
".All I want IL two, mistahl' All
lone tole him, an I held up two I'm
cerA. Den de sailors came over de side
and dey all he'd bomms. Dey tole muh
esr 30 down In the fo-castle and get
nuh duds. I looked at dem bomms,
and I don tole 'em An he'd all de close
needed right dere ON de deck.
mo. sub, ! done get right in de life
boat wild de cap'n, and de German
onilors put de bomms down ON de deck
1.-TWO In de front Of de schoonah an
two In de back. We was right be-
tween de schoonah and de U-bowt.
0ay, boss, doan let 'em tole yo' dose
B-bowts am little. Dat U-bowt was
nah the biggest thing An ever saw In
ny life. nevah pulled an oah In NAH
M
saw Another Sunk.
we was OF de schoonah bout five
minutes when de bomms went on and
= schoonah, Wit all her sails up.
sailed right to de bottom Of de oshun.
Den we knowed we was gwine ter
Got 4 mex, but we Jess KEEP pullin' on
- 0ahs. DEN we see smoke on de
AeVk yMVus 0uO uc Q-OOWI lag SScu ~,
too. To' do fust time we felt safe.
D. U-bowt put right TO- de smoke, an
twenty minutes later. by de cap'n's
watch, We saw de steamer turn up an
70 down. jes like our own schoonah.
we was picked up by a steamah
about eight o'clock dat night. an we
was mighty happy when de cap'n done
TILE a we was bound To- New York.
Dan he tole us dey was short Of stok-
~. Gays boss, An doan nevar shuv-
NJ coal IA all NAH life. but All was
tho 1ust ter volunteer NAH services.
An ~ whole crew follered muh to de
Gtokohcle. An ever time I dom open
- furnace DO All don see dat U-bowt,
an Al shuvveled coal like coal neb-
bor was shuvveled befoh.
mo mo- bowt TO- me. boss. wanna
Ut baek to Maine. ter see nah folks
pow.ful bad, but not by dc bowt. boss.
noe ~ Dc bowt. All wanna 90 by de
enhos An All nevah want to see no mo-
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