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"Oh, Mr.. Mailmani Oh, Mr.. Mail
man, haven't you any letters for ne
today," asked Jack, as the postman
came down the front walk with his
sack swinging at his side, filled to the
top with letters and packages Of all
sizes.
"Well, let's see, Master jack" an.
swered the postman. It seems to me
there was one here addressed to you
and Miss Ruth. Now, here is one for
your mother, two for your Uncle Ted,
another for your mother, newspaper
for your Uncle Ted and here you are,
letter for you"
"Goodie, goodie, goodie," sang out
Jack as he hurried to the house ruth
was already half way down the walk)
"here is letter from Uncle Ted. Let 's
sit under the big tree and read it,"
"All right, jack" said Ruth, "you
read 1t, please
"Dearest Kiddies:'' it began,
"When you get this letter I will be
only a few days from home and my
dear little pals. I have had a wonder
full trip and some day will tell you all
about England, and the thousand and
one interesting and historical places it
was my privilege to see in the great
city of London. Just now I want to
write you little more about the ship
upon which am travelling. 1 was for
tunate enough to return on the same
ship, the American Banker, Of which
i wrote you in my last letter, written
on the way to England. Today we are
only few days from New York and
after night of heavy fog and the
whistle blowing every minute we have
sailed into a beautiful day with blue
sky, blue water and scarcely a cloud
in sight. can tell that we are near
ing the coast from the air which comes
in warm breezes now, where during
the early part Of the trip it was cool
and many times quite cold.
"But to get back to this great
freighter of Uncle Sans. When we
docked at Tilbury, England, I found
we were tied up alongside one of the
finest docks on the Thames river. It
is only a forty minute train ride to
the heart of London IS business district.
Fenchurch Street station. The berth
or dock at Tilbury is, like the majority
OF those along the Thames river, locat.
ed inside a lock In water above the
level OF the river. This il necessary
because of the greatness of the tide.
II told you in my last letter abons
the wonderful compass and the Metal
Nike that steers the ship without any
human hand. have found on this
trip another wonderful piece of modern
equipment, the fire system that at anv
time of the day or night warns the
man on watch on the bridge of fire in
any OF the many holds where the cargo
IL stored A small pipe runs from each
Of the rolds to the bridge where they
all come together in small box. Air
10 drawn from this box by motor
sucking the air all the way from each
hold, past silk thread, stretched at
the opening Of each of the pipes in
valued at $4,000 each; condensed
the box. An invisible light is burning
at all times. The moment that smoke
is drawn up from any one of these
pipes, caused by fire in that particu.
lar hold, the light is reflected and
causes it to burn bright at that pipe.
Each pipe is numbered with an accom-
panying chart so that the man on
watch can know immediately in what
hold the fire is located. When the fire
Is located it is put out by turning
steam into that hold and smotherinp
the fire.
II know you will be interested in
learning just what kind of cargo we
carried on both trips, to and from Eng
land. When we left New York, or rath-
er from Pier 3, Hoboken, New Jersey,
we were almost filled to capacity. We
carried machinery, several oil paintings
milk, honey, fumigators, spaghetti,
green peas, soup, frozen beef, calves
" AVTy VXYTy