The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-22
CHAPTER xv''-censlnusd.

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FAlso, By this tins some Of tho men
ma lost their heads completely; In
fact. had gone violently crazy. and the
rest q ~ were afraid Of them. We
wore all thinking Of the fight that
might occur any moment between the
Harrowdale and some other vessel and
We knew w were In the Nkeliest place
Tor the vessel to be struck. Even
Though We were not hit amidships. II
sthe ship were sinking We did not think
the Germans would give NJ chance 10
escape. We figured from what they
had said that we would 60 down with
ths ship. And going down ON q ahip In
which you are q prisoner II quite DIFF
ksfent from going down with one for
which you have been fighting. You
arrive At the same place. but the fsel-
ing y different
Some Of n thought Of ovefpowezing
he crsw and taking the vessel into our
OWn hands, and Ne got the rest Of
tie sane oe nearly sane men together
and disd 10 ct up . scheme for doing
~ I was strong for the plan and %
Wsfe several others. but ths I1mey a.
t6eexS who were with ~ advioed
against II They said the Germans
w9e taking M to . neutral country,
WhaRo We would be intazned, which
wao Just what the Germans had told
N. but what fsw Of u believed
Then some others said that II ~
started anything the Germans would
Afe the time bombs. We replied that
at least the Germans would 90 west
with n. but they could not 80 that
there was any glory In that. For my
self, I thought the Germans would not
hre the bombs until the last minute.
and that We would have . chance at
the boats before they got an Of ~
anyway. There were only thirteen
German sailors On board. bssddas their
epmmander. This last Hun was
named BadsWft1
30 the pacinsts ruled, because We
could not DO anything unless We were
In together, and there was no mutiny.
Thsy said No were hotheads, the rest
hf -. but I SIN think We could have
tnads q dash for It and overpowefed
our sentries, and either gone over the
aads With the lifeboats. or taken over
the whole ship. It would have been
bsttsr Tor ~ II We had txsed. and II
the pacinsts had known what was
coming to n they would have fred
tie time bombs Themselves rather
than 70 on into that future. How
Sver. that II split milk.
We were not allowed to open the
portfolios while We were In the bunk
Srs, under penalty Of death, and there
In the dark, in that sinking air. 1t II
10 wonder many Of us went crazy.
Among NJ was Q fellow named Har-
ringtoo, about DIX fest tail and weigh
ing $50 pounds. Hs seemed to be all
right mentally, but some Of ~
thought Afterwards no was crazy.
Anyway, do not blame him for what
N did. Harrington rushed up tho
hddley and opened the door. Thsre
was Q German sentry there. and Har-
ringtoo made swing at him and then
grabbed his bayonet Tho sentry
yelled and some others came down
nom the bridge and shot Harrington
through the hand. After they had
beaten Harrington pretty badly, the
bun Of the bunch, Badewits himself.
came over and hammered Harrington
an around the deck. Then they put
him In irons and t0ok him to the chart
room.
The nsxt day ~ were sitting in the
1ddley getting warm when the door
opened and there was Badewitz. He
9ollsd sHerausI" and began firing at
- with Q revolver. % We beat 1t back
snto the coal Pretty soon the door
opened again. But 1t was only Ger
nan sentry. He threw down . note.
II was written In English and reao.
sP1ck out eight men for cooks" 30
w picked out eight men from the va
nous vessels and they went on deck
and Figged up q galley aft.
But We did not receive any knives.
,urks, spoons or plates. The nrst
meal we got was nothing but macaro.
nd. piled up on pieces Of cardboard
boxes. Then we appointed four men
to serve the macaroni. and they gos
four pieces Of wood. the cleanest We
could nnd, which was not very clean
at that, and they dug around In the
macaroni and divided 1t up and put
Il In our hands We had to eat 1t
after that from our grimy hngerA
Those who were helped nrst had to 80
1.Fthest back On the coal to eat 1t,
aid those who were helped last got
len. because the dividers got moro
careful toward the end and gave
smaller portiona-
ut wo did not get macaroni very
bong. A cook from the Voltaire was
cleaning q copper dixie that the mac
aroni had been cooked in. and he was
holding 1t over me side when the yes
sci rolled heavily. and dropped the
0x1e Into the briny. A sentry who
NV hin ADep It forced him up to |