The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-04-10

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garbies believed. This chap was the
real original Baron Munehausen when
Il came to EARNING. and for while be
had mo going too. He would whisper
some startling tale to ~ and make ~
promise not 10 tell. - he had picked
Il fro0 some other chips meosage. and
tie Old Nan would sprsad-sasis him
e 10 found Il cut TAsy probably
would have logged I'm, at that II tAay
had Known h Was ming - fuu o1
Wind tAe Way - ga
He eo1d ~ ene tine dat Henry
Toed I'D invented something q other
for locating subs miles away, ana also
another device that would draw the
sub EagAt up to Il and swallow It
whole. Ho had Q lot Of Other yayns
that ! cannot rsDsmbeg: but I did not
believe him becAnse I eaw he was
picking out certain men b tsn certain
yarns to-that h spinning tham whore
they would b. more sure of being b.
nsved and not Just spinning them any
WhseA
b ! got pretty tired Of tAis stuR
aftae Q while and whsa W pat cut
froa Hrest On he fourth voyass I
cot this fsllow O dsek In ro1gA
weather and hegan talking 10 him
about ~ chap Who lad goos ever
board ths time befoss aAf had bssn
cut up b. ths propeller. prstsadsd
TIT e course, ~ knsW an ahout IT,
that tho Old xaA had had tAis earby
puahsd overheard because - was too
ffoo W1fA his mouth. But this did not
soen TO do any god. - ] had 70 think
up another Way.
Whsn We wsrs sut two days eot
AeaA e our peise Mar again. I 0gursd
tAaa - would - gupeestitioas and I
was slsht. I said that Of eourss hs
nsW that Q ship could nok draw mar
OApe 8alles and ct 1way asnin I'M
leas at least one man was lost o. that.
II e did Gsk away. tharo would b.
0any easualt1es aboard. I said It had
Always beea that way and claimed
tAa& ~ Old AaA had pushed TITS
Bnsby evssboard because somsooe had
- -. I sald O eur o<Aer trips No
ono had been sartncsd ana that was
tie reason ~ had suffered - naeh,
and that the Osd Man had been called
down b. the yfsneA -minisesf a tAs
navY. I told him ~ 0ad Man woald
p6ek - whatsvsr gax4g he tAo1sAt
- es11a best spare.
nat Was an had b tsl1 him. -
tAR - thought the old Nan knsw of
~ yaraing o. else he dld Aoe think
Almsslf a. much account for h dis
appeared that vssy watch and 10 did
not - hin again until We were o.
tAo homswaFd voyage and . steward
Aappsnsd 30 dig into . provigion hold.
TAe1o was our lying frfsnA WITH .
NE belt On, anothee under Als bead,
and the blight of . rope around III
walsk fas< asassp. Why he had tie
rope I Do not know. but hs was scared
- death and thought W were going
. eA1ck him ovssbeard at onca II
think he must have told the o@cks
everything. bscAn6e I not1esd thsm
licking pestty hard at me-oe at least
I tAousAt I did; maybe Il was my
eoase1Gnee. 6 I may brAg about hav-
ing ons-and thought oas of the lisu-
tenants vas 5nst about b grin at ne
several timsA but We never heard any
more about II q any more yarns from
our wireless ff1end
The fourth voyags was pretty rough.
tso. The old giri would stick her
nose into the seas and many times |
thsuSht - would forget 10 come cot
We had 1t of slnd pIlsd up against
ths whsslAooss nd aftae ~ dived
pretty deso eas tins and bueksd out |
s1owly. there was not graiA of sand |
lsft It locked llns ths 80 was Just |
Kidding N. for W wsre almost Into
quiet water, and hsse Il lad 1uSt taken |
ooe - aboard % clean up tho sand |
we carried all The way from Bxssk
During the whole voyags you could |
not get near the galley. which WAS
~aMs cur vtzsssss friend hung out !
wAea he could xhs pans ana d;1ss |
hanging en the van stood straight |
oat when t. ahip pitched. and several |
Asavy onss cane down On . ceok.S |
Asad wnfls hs was Atting under tAsm
Aaf4ng . Aaay -. Tat nads hin !