Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-24

whole. lie had u ipt of other yarns
that ] cannot remember, but ! did not
believe him because / saw he was
picking out certain men TO tell certain
yarns to-.that is, spinning them where
they would be more sure OF b. ing be-
lieved ana not just spinning them any
where.
So got pretty tired OF this stun
after u while and when we put out
from Brest on the fourth voyage |
got this fellow ON deck In rough
weather and began talking to him
abou. the chap who hnd gone over
board the time before and had been
cut up by the propeller. | pretended
that, OF course. he knew oil about it.
that the Old Man hnd had this gnrby
pushed overheard because he was too
free with his mouth. But this did not
seem to do any good. so | had TO think
up another way.
When we were out two days I got
hold OF our prize liar again. | figured
that he would be superstitlous and /
was right. ! said that OF course he
knew that u ship could not draw near
Cape Helles and get way again un-
less at least one man was lost. or that,
II II did get away. there would be
many casualties aboard. ! said II had
always been that way and claimed
that the Old Nun had pushed this
gnrby overheard because someone had
to go. | said on our other trips no
one had been sacrificed and that was
the reason we had suffered so much,
and that the Old Man had teen called
down by the French mlnister OF the
navy. told HIN the Old Man would
pick on whnteycr gurby he thought
he could best spare.
That was all / had to tell him. e.
ther he thought the Old Man knew Of
his EARNING or else he did not think
himself OF much account, for he dis
appeared that very watch and we did
not see him again until we were on
the homeward voyage and II steward
happened 10 dig into a provision hold,
There was our lying friend, with n
life belt on, another under his head,
and the blight OF a rCps around his
waist, fast asleep. why he had the
rope l do not know, but he Sds scared
10 death and thought we were going
TO chuck him overheard at opee. |
think he must have told the officers
everything, because | noticed them
looking pretty hard az me-or ut least
l thought | did maybe II was my
conscience. II | may brag about hav-
Ing one-and thought one OF the lieu.
tenants was Just about 10 grin AZ me
several times, but we never heard any
more about H. or any more yarns from
our wireless friend.
The fourth voyage vas pretty rough,
too. The old girl would stick her
nose into the seas and many times
thought she would forget to come out.
We had n lot OF sand piled up against
the wheelhouse and after we diyed
pretty deep one time and bucked out
slowly, there was not a grain OF sane
left. II looked like the sea wns lust
Kidding us, for we were almost into
quiet water, and here II had just taken
one sen aboard TO clean up the sand
we carried all the way from Brest.
During the whole voyage you could
not get near the galley, which was
where our wireless friend hubg ont
when he could. The pans and dlxles
hanging on the wall stood straight
out when the ship pitched. ami several
heavy cnes came down on a COOKS
head while he was sltting under them
during a heavy sea. That made him
superstitlous, too, and he disappeared
and was not found for two days. But
he was a landsman and not used 70
heavy weather.