The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
On "Hell Ship"
Priceless Watch and Water Stolen
Sea Rolls and Old Bark QmUers
Pleasant Dreams Bring Only Comfort
Dead Cain, Adds to Days of Misery
BY Max Stern

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'swhatduhuyuh wantr- he growled
before had time 10 reach the bot.
tom OF the stair.
told him I wanted TO buy blank.
et Hs said he was too busy and 60
come later.
A walked past the donkey
engine room I noticed that the en-.
CINE was going. IL was turning a
pump out OF which q big stream OF
hilEo water was issuing. The water
flooded the deck and ran out Of the
scuppvrs az tho ship listed TO lee
ward.
FINDS FRIEND
or JACK LONDON
asked tho donkey-enxine man
what he was doing. lilo was built
like an OK and had . sort OF bovine
good nature about him. lilo had been
a friend Of Jack London'a ana had
helped Jack build the Shark. One OF
his priceless possessions was an auto
graphed copy Of tho sea Wolf"
lie told me hs was pumping out
from tho ships bottom. E.
"a wooden shlp ainv no good un.
al she begins TO leak no remarked
AZ I showed surprise.
Every watch, night and day. for
the whole trip he had 20 start tho
donkey engine and pump tho bark
out.
AND
WATER STOLEN
went back 20 the slop-chest and
Hector 20 sell ma a blnn.
kc,. paid 81 for II. II was some
better than the one I had bought
from Meyer. but II was very thin.
when I went down % my bunk I
l had careisssly left my
watch under my pillow. looked
there and found u was gone. Worse
stiii. my precious bottles Of water
had also been stolen IN my absence.
Ny now bed In tho small boat was
much better. Tho SCOT from the
smoke stack OF our Chinese galley
everything abou, me. In.
cludinx myself. and every gnee I'm
a while an ambitious waveN would
spray me. but covered my bunk
with a piece OF old canvas and was
very snug. The fresh air was tonic
and felt much better.
CAUGHT BY
FAIR WIND
For four days we rigzagged across
the Pacific. trying 10 gain Roadway
against the nor'westsr. Ffrsfiy n
fair wind caught us and for two days
we held cur course. making good
eight knota
Then suddenly we ran into dead
calm. The bark. with all sails up.
rolled on biz greasy swsiis m help
less a. = cork.
Ths deep indigo Of the ocean
stretched infinitely Ill about US
Cooncy birds had taken tho piacs OF
the seaguils and were Tapping
fooiishiy for what refuse they could
snatch They were aiiy black crea-
lures. which seemed 70 como from
nowhere by the thousands We were
"a painted ship upon painted
ocean,
ross COINS TO
BRING LUCK
For two days We moved not q
yard forward Capt Joe ciattsrsd
back and forth In his wooden shoes
angrfiy. Finally In desperation he
started 70 fling coins overheard TO
propitiato tho gods into letting loose
tho chained winds But 10 was USE
less.
II was fairly warm and tho decks
were alive with men Even several
OF ths Cinnamon came up from their
dark corner and stopped about in
their cloth siipperA We ate our
meals In tho open. using the covered
pig pen for a table. tried 10 wash
out my black towel In salt water. but
only made II blacksr.
MEALS WORSE.
FOOD TURNS BLACK
Tho meals were getting worse,
Tho cabbage which had helped 20
make several Of the meals edible.
Was turning black and had 70 be
abandoned
We had started with bakers bread.
but the dampncss had started TO turn
II mouidy and we could not eat IT,
Ono day we had been given fried
bacon and boiled potatoes for break.
fast. treat we were allowed once a
week.
Most Of the time our meals were
composed Of potatoes. beans or rics
with salt horse" q cheap type OF
corn beef which most OF the time was
as inedlhle as had been the tough
stew OF our first meal.
One time we had been given trfpe.
but IL was 30 tough and strong that
II went overheard 20 the gooncy
birds.
A. n a ATT <snor.