Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
counters a Variety Of Tight

opponent that wouldn't stand to fight.
sheered off to the northeast after its
consort and was soon lost to view.
1t didn't take us long to repair the
steam steering gear. and In an hour or
so the Moro was again on her proper
course.
She gave US no more rights during
the rest Of the run to Boston. where
we duly discharged our sugar cargo
to A port In Texas to load general
cargo in our holds for Hull and timber
on the trunk decks for Hamburg. This
| order occasioned many misgivings and
head shakings among the officers and
crew.
I Now we're In for IT, was the gen
eral gloomy opinion. "A deck cargo
in the North Atlantic In Winter. and
on this ship of all ships! She'll never
| get half way across. She'll either turn
turtle In a gale OF wind through losing
half her deck cargo on one side or
else she'll lose the whole lot"
We were berthed alongside rough
scaffolding arrangement grandilo-
ouentlv termed the something or other
wharf" situated In the blight OF q
small bay In the river which was ON
cially entitled The Dock"
| Now, the port authorities had never
before had Moro to deal with. but
she soon took good care to let them
know how deficient that branch Of
their education had been hitherto
| She lay at the wharf az quiet and In
nocent as a lamb all the first day and
night, but she was only waiting her
opportunity for mischief. This arrived
on the second day In the shape OF a
sudden half-hurTtcane OF wind.
| The Moro strained and tugged a
her mornings. gently and tentatively
at first. and then. little by little, more
deteruninedly and strenuously. Find
ing she couldn't easily break her ropes
and hawsers. she did the next best
thing-she uprooted the whole wharf
and about midday started off on hei
own for a little cruise around the bay
dragging the whalf along bodily. up
side down, at the ends Of her moorins
| ropes. There was no end OF excite
ment and trouble before she could h
persuaded to return the pstt s :,
| wharf to its rightful owners ana u
1 ego quietly to another wooden prison
| provided for her.
The holds having been duly lade'
with general cargo, the piling up
! timber on the trunk decks began.
| y
WE cleared the Gulf in Novembe
wv and started away up the Al
4 1antic. the 'told man" having decide
Ito take the northabout passag
1 through the Pentland Firth for Ham
II burg. We called In at Norfolk, Va
4 to rerIenish our bunkers, and afte
| leaving that port everything went we
until we reached the longitude Q
South Greenland and were about 80
miles to the southwark Of Its ic
mountains. Then the fine weathe
we had hitherto encountered began t
leave us.
i During a heavy roll to starboar
three great logs in the underneat
LAYER suddenly slued their forwar
ends around and pointed out Xix
great guns muzzled TO the starboar
beam, the inboard ends being sti
held tightly either by the lashings Q
1.-The weight of the upper logs.
i The loose logs maintained thei
run out" positions until about eigf
bells-S p.m.-when another extr
J heavy roll to starboard occurred q
] the change OF wheel. whereupon a
three shot out like discharged torp'
does and disappeared from sight |
. the darkness. 1t will give you som
/ idea of the size and weight of tn
logs when tell you that even the los
UI IflScS AIltEc 1IUin atlic 5l0A DOdAu SAu
II caused q small but distinct list I
port.
Our attention was so much concer
trated on the starboard aspect thu
nobody thought Of looking over to POI
until an ordinary seaman called a
officers notice to five underneath log
on the port side which were pointin
out to sea. These also appeared I
be held fast inboard by some unknow
I agency. Hardly had we discovered tn