The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-13
CHATTER L
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O0AP 80 u
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II ~ A.,srssoa Rlayy.
NJ father Was Q seaman, %, nat
ssa1y. an ~ llfs heard . great deal
ahouk dnatb ana - ~. 1ven WAsn
- Q ktt5e bsY. n Walseen. Pa,
tAs1oAk atoat tAsm Q WAels lot .an1
wanbea - b . oailogoesDec1ally .
ss1Ese n he q. q. nayy.
xeu might ny was btsught up O.
~ WAbee.
Whaa I was twelve yeaxD Old ! wsat
- - - eahea ~ % tie whAler
TheRifua, cut c8 BosAea. 0he was an
old squars-rigsed saifiag ship. built
more for work than for spssd. We
were out four mooths On my Hrst
cruise, and eot knoeksd around q lot.
especially In Q oteem o. tie Nswfound-
land Banks. where ~ lost our instru-
ments, and had Q hard time navieat-
ing lie snip. Whaling ersws work o.
shares and during tie two ysafs I was
a ths Therifus my shares anountsd
TO fourteen hundTsd dollars.
TAsn I sAippsd q Arstclass helms
nan @ he HritisA tramp Southern
dsvn, . tWin-scrsw sesansr out of
IvsgpoA. Many people are slEpeised
tat f01Rteenyear-oad bog should b
AeamanaA - IN oeeaA-golny craft
ut an evse ~ world you win -
ysang ladD doing thsir trick at the
wAeel I Was - tie eouthesndown
~ yeaGs anA h hat time Visited
nsgt q tAe tlpsgt1At ports a Du-
fspa. .TARe = nothing NM Q tramp
stsanR e ~ want TO ~ t1ss world.
TAs 0satAsg1Asvu b The vessel that
IN IL fan se 1oa7. sighted Q 0ssman
U1bsa3 riGtsd y me sailing shdp.
A1eAsasA hked Waiting he foeulgn
Doeta I sot t1rea e ~ equthE1down
aftse Q vAlle onA at H. en6 ok Q voy-
ase VtaeA AAoe4 - IN New York I
dsciAsd Do st ~ - United States
aavy. Aftee lAye asssnd fsr . wsek
= TIVE I sn1aseoAa1AA WAS amlned b
auey - Q seeaa6ela0 lEenan.
Ysspes Aavo ~ ~ tAoagA4 I WAS
DsseH anaA = Azssai; they
hASo tAs NJ one1Fsn0 must b big
~ WA I s4.e fsst ~ inehss IN
lsis1E. aa1 NAk1 was sixtssa ] was
jank - tn = I - ~ ana wsi6Asd
- peuaa Tvs . wAeis ~ husk-
~ osn. tse ~ t1nt WAs be6oes my
inbo0oe0sa to1nltR in German peis-
- e1nQA sn41lts tA9s y noe sxAetly
1a11anlng-nstJk1etiy. I Do noe know
w y Il b1kilf yo1 w1n pot1es '<he
nAVy Aunaql1Ao lGds with tie rcd
sezlpas' azUun0 tAsir LETT shouldefs-
20 V1n .1nG1Aat almost an q tha0
afe 0lan 49, But tAav ne . hns,y
~
Hsw. - 9navy. tAsg always hass
q asWuW8 v.e11 ~ shows hat he
en- taks eals a himself. and got
nlaa very aDsn afe9 wsnt into On
ele aamAo eQRyeee. I was washing my
e3neAa1 h 8 0acket a the foeocaste
60. and svRy earby (sailce) who
e1mo along Weald give ne Or the
hookse q M, and aptl one o. the
betA - -. nAEA tine I would move
10 seme ethR plaea. but ! alWayS
sosna1 - - h semaeody's way. u
nauy I NV q 0ax1ne coming. was
newAGs ns1r LIN. but hs haulsd ct
- ~ csaxoe 10 eosne uD 10 me and
onve ~ boelpst . boot that sent It
twan1y feee away. at ths same tine
0DokB - q e100b On t0o o3T tuae
~ aboat kDeeked No down. Now.
I "a NJ &netty know what marine
Waa, and tAis 6sIloy NAd % many
stz1pss On HI alssves Dat thought
~ nase be eeDe sort a o6lcee. % !
ut seoed ~. TAsrs was gold stripe
(es0ntsslsasd oness) On the bridge
asA ! k1sw tAat Y anything vas
wrsag - wsuA cut in, % kept look-
~ - at him. but hs stayed whHe he
~ looking q, and nevsr saying Q |
WsRA And an ia time tie marine !
~ slamnaanG - about and te1llng |
- b gst ths In out a there.
ylnally nd 10 myself. TN gst
~ guy II IT'S the brig fer month"
% paanted him one IN The kidneys
and another IN TIE mouth, and - wsat
el1aA - against tie nm. But h
eEos h4ek at - stfoaG 1ad ~ wsFs
, 1t vsss = vass-.r - sosa sasssl