The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-06
CONTINUED from Page II

those hungry boys devOur that
delicious food. Milwaukee was
in sight by this time, and at
ITO pm. the Clipper glided
gracefully up to her dock.
Left the beautiful port of Mil
waukee at 1:25 and were out of
sight of land at las. We ex-
pected by this time they would
be tired and would be ready to
take it easy. But something else
happened to give them new
pep. The wind was picking up
out of the south. The Clipper
was running in the trough Of
the sea causing her to roll a
little. This was great fun for
them, they tried deck games and
what-have-you. Never a dull
moment.
CREW FINE
The crew was fine to the
boys. Many times we found
some of the boys with opeCOf
the crew members in the corn,
er asking all sorts Of questions
about all sorts Of things, and
they always received a-ready
answer. ~
One little incident that ap-
peared to be purely accidental,
but I believe was staged by crew
members for the boys amuse-
ment, surely must be mentioned.
About mid-afternoon two of the
boys came breathlessly up from
the cargo deck to the lounge
where we were relaxing for q
few minutes, with the blood
chilling report that they had
discovered a huge rattlesnake
coiled up in a car.
After considerable persuasion
we finally agreed to 60 with
them and view this reptile, but
from a distance. We reached
the scene of all this excitement,
and sure enough there was the
rattler coiled on box among
some luggage in the car. Some
of the windows of the car were
open, which didn't just look
right. They tapped on the win
dows and made noises to make
it move; some said it did move.
CONTINUES SLUMBERS
But Mr.. Rather continued to
slumber, apparently being lull-
ed by the throb of the big en-
CINE nearby. The chef was
watching the excitement. and
finally strolled over to join us.
Upon seeing the snake he
smacked his lips and carefully
opened the car door. Some of
the boys moved to safer terri
tory, some held their ground.
He approached the monster
cautiously, and with a mighty
lunge grasped it by the neck,
pulled it out of the car and start
ed up the stairs to the kitchen.
He said nothing, just left it to
the boys to imagine what be-
came of the snake. I saw him
later, and he told me the stew
would soon be ready, and laugh
ed heartily as only a husky chef
can. Oh, no. 1t was only a
remarkable reproduction in clay.
Four o'clock finds the fem
mine members of the escort
little groggy, and taking re-
fuge in the state-rooms leaving
the gents to loll in the lounge.
AS you board the ship you see
inscribed in the deck the words
Your Host Afloat." And what
a host. The moment you come
aboard you feel SO at home.
How the Monitor could have
chosen a finer trip for the boys
l do not know.
SIGHT FRElGHTER
At 4:1O we sighted freighter
on our starboard bow. Cour-
tesy and skillful timing permit
ted the heavily loaded boat to
cross our bow only yards away,
without either vessel veering
from her course. This was thrill
ing to the boys as well as the
adult passengers aboard.
Sometimes the boys would
pause to listen to the orchestra,
but not for long; they had more
important things on their minds.
Al $40 we passed the sand
dunes at the entrance to the har-
Dor: soon we had our feet once
more on mother earth. Glad
toVs8 and happy to return. We
dined in Muskegon before leav-
ing for home. After dinner we
called each boy TO our table in
turn, and asked him what one
thing impressed him most on
the trip. Here's the results:
Route No. 10 carrier, Charles
Coker-exploring the ship;
Route -, ck Kllis-ths cas-