Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-05-25
I. S. S. ESSEX
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breakfast.
Lie aboard n sailing vessel at sc
Is the most regular and methodica
that can he imagined. After sail
made aud the gear Is laid up the ship
company settles down TO weeks o
months OF routine only varied by speak
ing other ships or battling with win
ana wave. The apprentice boys wer
required 10 follow regime mat w0ul'
nave made monk ashamed OF him
SELF The world seemed concentrates
on the E.tie bark rolling along unde
easy canvas hi the midst or the vast
Oh waters; columbus never had any
thlhg on US, Tor we didn't know wher'
we were going nor when we might ar
rive
a speli OF weather would often put Us
W the Jest ana tne contest was an ever
Que III the ola Essex whose decrepil
tlInoers groahed uhder the press OF
w"'eI nut the poys ran hloit 10
snorten or make saii win the eager
ness Vi most Drei TO the sea ana the
rNairy oet"een the Tore ana main
sa,uinel especlaIH aIIorued consider
nple sport 10 tHe crew A change OF
.ouiSe was un event anu we would
"a. u, " tie piaoes WIN VIII,
wiz 'nv oou's"uiIi ppeu we pulled
WIN inixns anu mann tlat we might
80 l"'. oOi'te oui rN"is'
n 1917 s,olln iheunt struggle
m',i "oa'n iiuins ,ile slech seas tnat
"ou'' .'"sn o'el 'ne poop' spiinterlhg
.o"'' ,'''N ""slins se"l run tue quar-
w. ~. wv VEINS oii our Iirst cruise
ionSnt an uneven lisht OH tine
,oen' w" r-hsi"iIu coas'' Inc gun
IL, va" 1870 aMaSn w''n pans rom the
sanes ioIwaru' anu 'he dih OF IL was
,i Wv ia'' .ni"s we Wuul' near as we
sul"ou ii'o our lainihocks exhausted
~. S"'.II'S Vi steep Inc younger
"v' oou'u no' ", INTO tileir haihmocks
"'o", anu t,ie oiiicers anu petty OH
We ho'steu tne NIUE Fellows IN their
ua,Pl.s y" SINUS Which we uiu not
p ul VI ioI tlie entire tiine' some OF
t wy Nelc onl! Il years ola ana
,uu nol DeeiI away from tiieir mothers
'oi ,S!s 'ons, pu' tieS were game ana
W. w Wv SUI ~,
"Vist VI ni' .ne galley IRE could
'S' ns,l'eu anu tiie poor comfort
" no' coli'e' san horse OF Deans was
,uNeii rom US we ate mostly OF the
.aiu ~" piScu'ts, Washeu Town WIN
W",'' i'o"n ihe Scu'lie outt' Inc tables.
.na' were swung Whel needed from
'"v ueIh uuoNe, cuuiu not ne USED at all.
on,S saw Tue lisht win the storm
~ shalci'cs--wheh chiled on deck to
lliul un INltN OF UNNlNI Ill lHnlnHlnN /
,.I ,a 1 1u,is u'vMn 10 rlppohs III the
wlhu' Ultimately we shortened 10 close |
lee e, lops'iiis win storm stay |
san vi TWO 10 s'eauy tue Dark, ana ran
'eioIc tne gait
oul sAipPe. nag trleu 10 Keep plenty
" sc" looih' Dut ne KNEW that we We're
lsl uPt ~, o'o,iins 'nc coas'' when the
iiiu i"iieu Tue iuouh'ilhous waves still
',o'e US to""iu ice shore. fog COM
pli1at.i tiie Stunt'oI ana the skipper
,"u" \ nau Sisul oI sun or stars In
'nss' 10y 'ne cIlart anu solindings,
lo"e,cr' ne NnrW pretty well where
We "oIe anu he lam course as nearly !
y ne couiu Ior New London, Conn.,, and
le nalroW eiIrhhce 10 tine estuary OF
ne ih"iles' mat hlght Tor the first
lni iast tihe III my experience at sea
he"ru 'ie poalSWalh pipe that omin-
Jus can Au MINUS all hands; all
iah.s uu ueck 10 save snip \ lot of
u hopeu 'hat she would sink. and
luicNF Ut leaSt we didnt care much.
w. WeIe 80 exhausted boy fell amid
n'pS, haNiilg gone 10 sleep standing up
u ms posi- on the starD0ard bridge.
~ tue critical tine my watch was or
'ereu oeio" ana Went blissfully
sieep'
a"oke 10 a snip lightly rolling TO
ne hhrhor sweils' the sun streaming in
rom gun port onto a harness cask
liled win salt horse OF the vintage of
So5 tno joke about that. Outside the
water lay as smooth as glass, the fish
hg Doals thht had made the harbOr
WIN us laying around with Blooms over
he side as they had been dropped while