Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Drifted In on the Tide
Malay Girls Sacrifice to Save American Captain From
Cobra-When College Career Helped Sailor Om
of Hole-Snow Ball Fight That Rocked Ship.

weather with q shiver Of delight. TO q
Northern ship and Northern men, cold
is the breath Of life.
The sky busted down all night long
and by the time the night watch had
been slowed below and the to IL
watch had come on duty. there were
drifts on the bow Of the ship, where no
Swede, deckhand, after Q crisp, hot
breakfast, saw the snow and laughed
with Joy. It was white gold to him. He
rushed over to the pile, made snow
ball, packed 1t down tight and allowed
1t to freeze until 1t was as hard Is a
base bali bat. He selected his victim
with care. finally deciding upon sailor
called Sissy, because he once played
tennis In Bermuda. Sissy was busy with
a mop. The Ice ball caught him square,
ly In the eye and almost knocked him
blow. The remains Of q beautiful
sinner still decorate his left eye.
The howl was the signal for q general
ARRAY. The men dropped their mops
and went to work with snow balls, un-
til the air was white, The bos'un's
mate footed his whistle In vain.
Called Il Mutiny.
Its mutiny," he roared we finood-
I'll lambaste We till your dirty hides are
bleedin' red. III run ye off'n the ship =
But he might just as well have been
believing ut the moon. One of the
more daring souls slipped up behind
and tossed some snow down his back.
He ran for the bridge, yelling nightly
The second odicer came for'ard, and
q stray missile lodged abaft his ear. He
wisely disregarded 1t and walked on
whiStling, IN an exaggerated attempt to
seem as II ne had seen nothing unto
ward.
1t was not until the men tired OF
their sport that they returned to work.
they all agreed that throwing snow
balls was worth losing your soul for.
Fortunately it did not snow again be-
fore the Tidenstlandt reached port, so
what remained of their souls was left
intact.
College Life Helps.
Bill and Ed (they won't, with JUS
tice, tell their last names) have Just
returned from the Seamen's Church
Institute firm believers in the intrinsic
worth Of college education. II Bill
hadn't spent q year In a university
they both would be beachcombers now
somewhere In the Pacific.
A short time ago the pair were on
the beach at Osaki Japan. after q
grand spree ashore, and watched the
ship they should have been on. q DOL
lar liner. rapidly disappear IN the dis
lance.
Their plight was serious. They had
no money. They didn't know the lam
guage, and the only trade they had any
acquaintance with was sailing. Some
pooy suggested they 60 to see the
american consul, but his offices were
IN Kobe. several hundred miles away,
ana the TWO didn't have enough yens
between them to buy q match. no less
train tickets.
Outlook Was Gloomy.
When things seemed blacklist. Bfll.
gazing out 70 sea. spied another Dollar
Line ship steaming into port. They
harangued q native into rowing them
OUT 70 meet the ship, but the captain
sorrowiuliy explained that 1t was against
me ruIes 70 give deserters from other
ships OF the same line jobs.
Their luck seemed to be All had and
tnere was that native boatman. un-
fortunately . particularly husky speci-
men, waiting 70 be paid. when nv the
slightest chance Bill opened his coat
and displayed an A. r. o. Fraternity
pin: Bill had gone to college one wear
ana spent more time at frats than IN
sIuQylng. hence MS following the sea.
The captain turned to Bin with 3
smile and opened his coat. He, too.
displayed an A. T. o. pin. Bill lost no
Time IN giving the fraternity distress
signal, so the captain dug down in his
wallet and lent them enough money to
get to Kobe, where the American com
SUI found them jobs as messmen on an
other American ship.
And always thought" Bill told me.
tnat / had wasted my time at col