Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-03

clothes was out of the question. We
couldn't think of having a bath-nCt
that I was greatly troubled by the
sailors there. As for the rest, we had
plenty. There was always a fish to
be caught on the road, a bird to be
shot or Il porpoise to be harpOoned.
Food was the least Of our worries"
Captain Waard smiled and admitted
that after all he was glad it was over.
His Chinese wife at the tiller con-
Cured. Little Bob, nine years old,
born in China, with the voice and
language Of Il Westerner but the fea-
lures of the Oriental, lent his part to
the interview.
Il didn't like it very much too much
sCasick,' he admitted. Then, licking
first cone in one hand ana then All
other in the other. he added: Victoria
more better than Shanghai. Ice cream
more cheap here
IF it wasn't for her we would never |
have made it." the skipper proudly !
chimed in again of his Chinese wife. |
''She can handle the ship better than | !
can, and the crew hops when she gives |
orders. No, she isn't the mate, she's /
the MASTER" I
Is Thoroughbred of Sea.
Big and brawny, Ward is a
thoroughbred of the sea, bronzed and
wrinkled by the suns and winds of |
many waters. AIild-mannered and
affable, he seems to have something
of the imperturbability of the ocean
itself, gained through a lifetime Of
voyaging on it's stormy bosom. A Hol-
lander by birth, he came to Canada as
a lad, and first went to sea with the
sealing fleet from Victoria at the age
of eleven. He got his daily ration o.
beatings for doing wrong or because
the mate believed he would certainly
do so before nightfaIl, if he had not
done so at the time of beating Years
later he went TO China and now he has
returned.
The Annoy, as his junk is known, is
the captains own creation, built at
Annoy at the cost of four months
labor and several thousand dollars. Ii
is 60 feet. long-has, AN 1S-foot beam
and a 5-foOt draft. The only motive
power is in its sails, six in all, SO
arranged that one man can manipulate
them all. The vessel is built on the
lines of the Chinese fishing junk, even
to the eyes.
To the Chinaman the ships eyes
are more important than her Iifebodts.
They not only have to be there, but
must be placed there on certain days
joss days. Behind them is bit OF
money and Il scrap of paper with some
scribbling on it, all very significant 10
the Chinese seaman. Without eyes
how could the ship see in the dark
the Chinaman reasons.
The tale of tIsa trip is a stirring one.
Scarcely had Shanghai been left be
hind when typhoons, seemingly in
swept down upon it, The
1 200 miles to Hokodate, in the north
of Japan, was one continual struggle
Six days later, with the weather more
HakOdate WAS left behind. |
But the lull proved very temporary
The storm king rushed up from the
east and south. driving the junk ever
north, until, passing among, the Aleu-
tan islands, it burst into the Behring
sea. Repeatedly the rudder was car
RED away, repaired and swept away
?, mi, J,If = !
with. jury ruddCrs dragging the vessel
back. Gales and gales succeeded each !
calms with great
breaking swells that tore and smashed
he craft about while Roadway was
gales that made the
rail ship labor in alarming fashion.
Closest Shave Near End.
Unalaska, in the Aeutfans, was
sought for refuge on August 2S and
eft again on September /. On this
asst leg of the voyage they had better
uck. A fair breeze sent the ship
Town the coast to Victoria Only ar
,ew hours away from the port, how
ever, the huge bulk of a Japanese
steamer suddenly loomed i'll the fog
disaster.
at was the closest shave I've had"
aid Captain Ward
81 could have put my hand on her.
But this old junk can spin about like
tub in her own length and that was
What she did, when the Japanese was
hree feet away coming closer every
econd"
Now that he is safely on the Pacific
cast, Ward intends to exhibit his
TRANCE ship in every port on the con.
inent, from Victoria to Panama, New /.
york to Boston, the st. Lawrence and
he Great Lakes. This done, he will
urn to Europe.