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The Nice Pong Uacolsa.s
BY WiIlicm Neuboues

chance TO help him in his work.
You should, incidentally, get ac-
quainted with Mr.. Poppleton. For
a young man, he has a surprising
approach to life, most surpris-
ing one"
She colored with pleasure. II
had always been like meat and
drink to her to hear anyone say
something nice about George. II
have every intention of seeing him
one of these days. Mr.. Forsythe. "
He pursed his lips. and stroked
his full white beard. Il might say,
here and now, that / am very
pleased with the way you have
pitched in and helped us get ready
for a good, active summer. Evelyn
Moore, incidentally, is also quite
pleased with YOU
-Pm just as glad, though. that
you didn't tell her about my service
overseas. Evelyn Moore is-well,
Evelyn Moore is what | was when
was her age. II would be difficult
to live with her if she were always
at me to get back into the glorious
profession of nursing. I'll tell
Mike"
'As you wish" He glanced
around the rough, attractive living
room which also served as his of
fee. But one of these days, l ex-
pect, you'll get back into service.
Mike, this concern for Mike, indi-
Gates that you aren't completely
lost yet. Perhaps by the end Of the
summer.
perhaps"
Smiling, she turned nimoly and
went running down TO the beach.
You're promoted, Mike" she
cried gaiIy. From now on you
must address me as Miss, for sure
an Dim your boss now"
A very good week indeed, she
thought, the sort Of week she had
hoped to enjoy at home.
DUT for Aunt Hattie in pittsfeld
ID il had been a trying, soul
searching week. To do her duty
or not TO do her dutyy That was
the most vexing question shed
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Citizen Staff Photo

had to answer in years. TO wait
hoping the girl would see the light.
or to write letter to the wife OF
George Poppleton? She did not
want TO injure her niece, but on
the other hand she did not want
her niece to do injury TO her fell
low-creatureS as well as to herself.
Typically, she wrestled with the
question of what TO do alone, but,
typieally, when the answer eluded
her, she went across the great
wooded hill that overlooked the
town for a heart-to-heart chat
with Mrs. Goldsborough. 1t trou-
hled her not a whit when her
welcome bordered on the frigid
side. She had known Lily Colds
borough long before that woman
had married so successfully so
many times. Furthermore, she
knew that the GOODNESS Of the well
come was but an act paraded
across the stage of Lily's bed for
the sole purpose of upsetting her.
Lily, | have come TO ask you
for a favor
Lily Goldsborough stared. 'You
came to ask what?- she asked.
completely losing her poise for
once.
Aunt Hattie shifted as she
crossed the room and raised a
shade to allow some sunlight 10
enter the gloomy room. Il speak
quite clearly. / believe. And why
should you be surprised7 need
assistance. / need il badly. And
am not ashamed TO come 10 you
for it. either. Is that quite clear"
Lily Coldsborough, recovering.
did a surprising thing. She reached
out her pudgy hands and drew
thin, wiry Aunt Hattie TO her
ample bosom. you little rooster"
she drawied, stop being so en-
barrassed. Its ali right It's quite
all right"
Il rill not be paved, Lily Colds
borough"
Certainly, certainly Smiling.
her eyes misty. Lily released her
and settled back upon the pillows
once more
tie he sentinuedl
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lance. The operation was complet'
cd in about 10 minutes.
A tank smashed 50 foot Tag
pole.
Soldiers ripped down the five in
suifing banners.
Earlier other American soldiers
entered the outer barbed wire ring
around Camp sos and repaired
holes torn by North Korean pris.
oners. These trocDs also tore dogn
Red signs
Z. S. End Division troops, part
Of the security force guarding u.
60 0Red PoWs ca this haleriilled
island. took part IN both forayx
The second incident was BY Ear
the more dramatic. Promptly III
1zza p. ~. iniantrymen moved
rapidly 10 the front gate II Com
pound so ind swung il open. 4
Red Gag that had noNn defianiIy
for months Tapped In the breeze
A Patton tank. is erew lined
along the sides TO beat do3H any
P0Rs Who might try 10 climb gp.
rumbled through the gale.
Behind il wa2 > secona PISTON
and i5o tough lOohlng soldiers.
their bayonei4 r1enacing the prss-
oners who skalsed away
~They tired 70 act like we were
not even il there oae soldier
said.
Ekinese monit0fs SageheG belp-
lessly as the slgas were burned by
Tie Z. S. soldiers
~ lZ3o p, m the Americans
swiftly wlthdrese moving with
their bsy0nets faelng he POws.
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Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven
TT was a good week for Jane, a
i week of hard work that left her
bone-tired at the end of each day,
so tired that she slept without
dreams, horrible dreams, for the
first time since the war. Now her
Girl Scout training and Army
Nursing Corps training came to
the fore and served her in good
stead. Before that week was out
Ken Wensloff was made to under
stand why she, not he, had been
named recreation director of the
small camp, and before that week
closed Mr.. Forsythe himself had
occasion to congratulate himself
again and again for having had the
perception to give this Job to girl
with no formal training In the art
of making summer fun for people
desperately in the need OF pleas
ure, relaxation. His tufted white
eyebrows arched when he saw the
play schedule she had drawn up
by the end of that week. "You Ger
tainly don't intend to let anyone
be bored, do you, Miss Bancroft?
Well, we'll see, we'll see. Personal
ly, think there ought to be more
campfire meetings, but aside from
that it's a grand schedule. Are you
quite certain you're UP to ita'
She laughed. I've discovered an
uncut diamond in Mike O'Reilly
He has a great fondness for peo-
pie, and, more to the point he
knows the woods around here as
well as know the lines on the
palm of my hand. He'd make a
grand assistant and | know he'd
welcome the chance to prove he
can do something other than main
tenance work"
He was pleasantly surprised.
"You have done very well, haven't
you? I'm sure no one else In this
camp took the trouble 10 become
really acquainted with so unim-
portant an employee as Mike.
Well, dare say we can spare him.
George Poppleton of the next
town has a man he wants me to
employ. This viii give Us the
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Biggest R.O.T.C.

NEW YORK. ---lP9.-- The Re-
serve Officers Taking Corps 81
the City College Of New York has
more than 1900 members and IS
the largest voluntary RO.TC.
unit in the country. Col. Malcolm
r. Kammerer is chairman OF the
Military Science department.
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Publication Of the Bible in
Grade Bsaiiie requires 10
bulky volumes
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THE START OF THE VOYAGE OF THE
lLL-FATED STEAMBOAT HOME
AS CLEANED from the New York Press by Walter Howard

Battery New York City was crowded on that Saturday
afternoon Oct 1897 People all walks of life
to this the "Queen of the Seas the last word in maritime
transportation depart with her of
and thirty SOULS forty three of which members Of
Sirens creeched whistles blew bells rang
hustle of hoopskts and horse drawn cabs few laugh
ing others crying had left their homes and farms
from far 18th Street They horseback carriage
and had walked through the muddy from
urbs of Greenwich Village while hogs their path
scattering miadys costume with the filth and the
1t day. The New Yorks Charestons
society sail on the Steamboat Home"
The list read like page from the "Bue
The Rev. George Cowles of New Yoks fashionable
Church. who had held discourse long remembered
says the New York Observer for its Impressive
Character He passengers his beau
tul wife When last observed (says Mr. Hussey eyewitness
and survivor), they Mr.. Cowles his wife, reclining
side by side on piece of baggage and kind Providence
mitted survivor repeat the from
the lips of Mr. Cows He who trusts in SAFE
amid the perls of the sea-"
Liquor Brought on Disaster and Grief
While friends and relatives saying good bye laugh
ter Kisses and tears Captain White besotte incompetent
wretch left drinking party from the quarters
staggered deck to give the command Cast OFF,
big buy weather beaten man, rough manner sloppy in
appearance with two fiery surrounded by lids
as though they had been made from strips of red flannel His
known every bar Bowery Borneo
from Cistobal to Calcutta on his crew. and
thought little of them bother to record
their names with the customs officials with the they
went to their waey without their friends families
knowing their cruel fate Even the Chief Engineers
known to him was the chief officer, a Mr.. Mathews.
Are you ready, Mathews" he beloved in voice.
and Mr. Mathews (who had just finished supervising the load
ing OF the last stick of slab wood which firing
the boiler replied Aye Ave. SIR At that the gang plank
yanked aboard aand Captain White yelled her CO." and
turned toward the bridge.
While the crowds the wharf sang prayed hander-
Chiefs and shouted "God speed and Bon Voyage
ties blew and every ship in the harbor dipped
ing salute the mighty side paddles began turn and the
Steamboat Home pointed her noble the Narrows
and the Od Db Sea- Thus began the voyage that ended in
one OF the most heartrendng horrible disasters the
OF the Had Incorporate use of alcohol
100 lives might not have been lost.
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any more since Noah's Ark. 1t
blew that big oak down, Clarissa,
turning to my grandmother), it
blew that big oak down that stood
to the eastward of our smoke
house, and those two red cedars
that stood between our house and
old Kit Meals place. Younguns, /
thought every gust of wind would
be the last, as that old house of
ours wasn't any too strong. 1t kept
up for eight solid hours. Along
about two o'clock that night Faith
er Jack, who had lain down up
stairs, had a nightmare. Young
uns, he almost scared all hands of
us to death. Brother Wild (short
for Dinwiddie) pulled him out Of
bed and Sister Beck (short for
Rebecca) threw pitcher of water
in his face. During all this time,
mind you, the wind and rain was
roaring so loud We could hardly
hear each other talk. Finally we
brought him out of his fit and he
told us his dream. He said he had
dreamed of "going down to the sea
and beholding a terrible disaster
with hundreds of people washed
up on the sand and that he had
picked up an infant only to discov-
er it was drowned. AS he stood
there on the beach holding the
child in his arms, the sea had
turned itself into a horrible mon
ster and was reaching out with
clutching hands trying to grasp
him and pull him in with the rest
of the drowned"
While we were listening to this
story, continued Kade, literally
hair on end, and mouth agape,
there came a knocking at the door,
and when brother Wild opened the
door, there stood as fine a figure Of
a drowned man as ever l laid eyes
on. Before anyone had a chance
to speak to him, he turned loose
the door knob and pitched head
foremost on the floor, landing
about two feet from where / was
sitting on a stool in the corner OF
the fireplace. The men folk man
aged to get him over by the fire
and thaw him out. 1t was fully a
half hour before he was able to
speak. He told us that he had just
washed ashore from steamer
that had struck the beach about
five miles away and he believed
everybody aboard was drowned.
Upon reaching the beach, he had
seen a dim light in the distance
and had walked toward it until
reaching the woods where he lost
sight of it. He had CROPPED around
in the dark until he spied the light
in our window. He said the steam
er had sprung a leak after round
ing Cape Hatteras and the captain
had run her ashore in futile eff
fort to save the passengers and
crew. Her name was the Steam
boat Home" bound from New
York to Charleston, with about
hundred and fifty passengers
aboard.
After his clothes had dried and
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without any marked success.
In the DAYS Of Red FlanneIs

without any marked success.
In the Days of Red Flannels
She wore a suit of red flame;
underwear, seven or eight under
skirts and leg-of-mutton shirt
waist buttoned down the front,
Stat bonnet of a dark grayish ma
terial and a black dress whose hem
always touched the ground. A cane
made from a broom handle served
the same purpose as a centre
board and at the same time accel-
Grated locomotion.
A deep pocket was made on the
inside of the outer dress for
snuff box, which was a halfpound
size baking powder can. Last but
not least she wore a small checked
apron with an additional pocket for
her tooth brush. Not the kind of
brush we use for scrubbing our
teeth, as that art of hygiene and
personal cleanliness was wholly
unknown to her, as it was to the
rest of the islanders. Kade's tooth
brush was a small branch or twig
from the black-gum tree about ten
or twelve inches long varying, of
course, in length at the users dis
cretion) of which the larger end
was chewed for an indefinite period
Of time until a mop had been
formed in the shape of a whisk
broom. This was then opened in
the mannersof a>shaving brush and
dipped into the snuff box until the
proper amount of snuff had accu.
mulated with the aid of saliva.
Then the so-called tooth brush
would be inserted into the mouth,
and SEATED" in the jaw forming
lump about the size of a goose
egg, and giving the alarming ap-
pearance to the casual observer
that she had concealed an inflated
balloon in her cheek, or was suf-
fering from large wen which had
formed spontaneously on that side
of her face. That filthy, snuff dip
ping habit is still practiced today
in this section of the island, al
though only by few of the Older
people.
We were not allowed to speak
during the time that this snuff dip
Ping marathon was in progress; for
fear we might upset the equili5-
rum of this pastime. Sometimes
my grandmother would begin her
dipping just about the time Kade
had finished hers, thereby prolong-
ing the suspense out of pure Gus
sedness. Finally the snuff dipping
came to an end and Kade settled
back in her chair and commenced
the following narrative.
A Vivid Dream of Death
at was in the fall of the year,"
she began, drawing the big Gus
pidor little closer so as to get
better range for her splitting. ut
was in October, a heavy Northeast
err had been blowing for two days,
and getting worse by the hour. 1t
never blew any harder nor rained
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cherished the expectation that the
boat would finally be run ashore,
and thus most of US be delivered
from watery grave.
Early in the afternoon the ladies
had been provided with strips of
blanket, that they might be dashed
to such parts of the boat as could
afford the greatest probability of
safety.
In this condition, and with these
expectations, we gradually, but
with a motion nearly impercepti-
BILE, approached what to many Of
us was an untried and almost an
unknown shore. At about eleven
See WRECK. Page Six
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from southerly to southeasterly,
which was the general course
through the day, though with some
occasional change. The condition
of the boat now was truly alarm
ing; it bent and twisted, when
struck by the wave, as if the next
one would rend it asunder, the
panels of the ceiling were falling
from their places and the hull, as
if united by hinges, was bending
against the feet of the braces.
Throughout the day, the rolling
and pitching were so great that
no cooking could be done on board.
AS / have already stated, the
boat was, during the day, on a
south-easterly course and conse-
quently in what is called the
trough of the sea, as the wind was
from the northeast. Late in the
afternoon, the boat was reported
to be in twenty-three fathoms of
water, when the course was chang
ed to south-westerly. Soon after
this it was observed that the
course was again changed to north
westerly, when the awful truth
burst upon US, that the boat must
be filling, for we could imagine no
other cause for this sudden change.
This was but a momentary sus-
pense, for within a few minutes all
the passengers were called on to
bail, in order to prevent the boat
from sinking.
Immediately all were employed,
but with little effect, for notwith-
standing the greatest exertions on
the part of the passengers, includ-
ing even many of the ladies', the
water was rapidly increasing, and
gave the most conclusive evidence
that, unless we reached the shore
within few hours, the boat must
sink at sea, and probably not a
sould left to communicate the
heart-rending intelligence to be-
reaved and disconsolate friends.
Soon after the boat was headed
towards the land, the water had
increased so much so as to reach
the fire under the boilers, and it
was soon extinguished.
Gloomy indeed was the prospect
before US, with about one hundred
and thirty persons in sinking
boat, far out at sea, on a dark and
tempestuous night, with no other
dependence for reaching the shore
than a few small and tattered
sails; our condition might be con-
sidered tragic. But with all these
disheartening circumstances, hope,
delusive hope, still supported us.
Women Were Lashed to the Boats
Although it was evident that we
must soon sink, and our progress
toward the land was slow, still we
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Kade lived in an old house franz
ed entirely from the beams Of old
shipwrecks. The rafters and sills
still contained the copper bolts and
wooden pegs used in the original
construction of some unfortunate
dereIict of the sea. The stairs was
a conpanionway which had been
salvaged from the square rigger.
The clock over the fireplace had
been designed for some "Queen of
the Seas" There were wooden
windows las little glass was used
in those days. and wooden CHM
ney, which was always a source of
wonder to me. / could never under
stand why it never caught on fire
with so many sparks flying up Its
sooty exit, but it never did. Kade
still did her cooking in the fire.
place. The boys wanted to take up
collection to buy her stove, but
she would have none of it. Her ex-
cuse was that old Ben Franklin
was an infdel and that she would
have none of his doings or inven-
tions in her house, that the fire
place had been good enough for
her folks and it would have ~
be good enough for her.
Kade could "cuss like a Turk"
and woe be unto anyone who "ruf-
fed her feathers the wrong way,
or should by any chance, be the re-
cipient of her caustic, venomols
tongue flashing. She is still remeHa-
bered today for her biting wit and
vitriolic sarcasm. Aside from these
human weaknesses she was a good
soul and didn't have an enemy in
the world. AS story teller her
equal has never been found, by
the writer at least.
1t was my good fortune that
Kade stayed at our house for i've
consecutive years. Although she
could not read, or tell the time by
the clock, her arrival and depart
ure didn't vary thirty seconds. She
also had the misfortune of being
a cripple. She was a short, squat,
woman with a friendly, round face,
which boosted of countless fine
wrinkles. She parted her hair in
the center and drew it into a tight
knot terminating in the nape of
her neck where she fastened it
with two wire nails whose pro-
tr1lding heads gave the appearance
that a carpenter had been trying
to nail her head fast to her body
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we had given him some hot coffee
and bite to eat, he told US the
whole story. He introduced him.
self as Mr.. Hussy and while we
drew our chairs up close to him he
told US the story.
The Voyage Begins
eve left New York last Satur-
day." said Mr.. Hussy. The wealth
er was pleasant and all on board
appeared to enjoy in anticipation a
delightful and prosperous passage
On leaving the wharf, cheerful
ness appeared to fill the hearts
and enliven the countenances OF
our floating community. Already
conjectures had been hazarded as
to the time Of our arrival at the
destined port, and high hopes were
entertained of an expeditions and
pleasant voyage. Before six o'clock
check to these delusive expecta-
tions was occasioned by. the boat
being run aground on the Roamer
Reef Shoal near Sandy Hook. 1t
being ebb tide, it was found i'm
possible to get off before the next
flood; consequently the fires were
allowed to burn out and the boat
remained until the flood tide took
her off, which was between ten and
eleven o'clock at night, making the
time of detention about four hours
As the weather was perfectly
calm, it cannot reasonably be sup
posed that the boat could have re-
ceived any material injury from
this accident, for during the time
that it remained. aground it had
no other motion than an occasion
al roll on the keel from side to
side. The night continued pleasant.
The next morning Sunday a
moderate breeze prevailed from
the northeast. The sails were
spread before the wind, and the
speed of the boat, already rapid,
was much accelerated. All went on
pleasantly till about noon, when
the wind had increased, and the
sea became rough. At sunset, the
wind blew heavily, and continued
to increase during the night. At
daylight, on Monday, it had be-
come gale.
During the night much COM
plant was made, that the water
came into the berths, and before
the usual time of rising, some of
the passengers had abandoned
them on that account.
The sea ragged frightfully from
the violence of the gale, causing a
general anxiety among the pas
sengers. But still they appeared
to rely on the skill and judgment
of the captain and officers sup
posing that every exertion would
be used on their part for the pres
ervation of so many valuable lives
entrusted to their care. Early on
Monday land was discovered, near
~ ahead, which, by many was sup
posed to be False Cape, on the
Northern tip Of Hatteras.
Ship Springs Leak
Soon after this discovery, the
course Of the boat was chanCad
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BY WALTER HOWARD

When asma boy, used to sit at night and listen
to the older people tell of the shpwecks along the
of North Carolina especially Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke Island where born God help the sailors
night like this" and is to this day household
saying, in section of the country
Old Arcadia Williams, who has been dead these many
years is responsible for the tale about to tell We
viii call her Kade that her nickname Kade "slept
OUT; what mean by that is she didn't sleep at home by
herself but always slept at neighbours house. Kade
people had been dead for and she all alone and
afraid to sleep home for fear she sad of being taken
with the mseries' and dying without anyone knowing
hortit y
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ed Note: The Steamboat Home of the
disasters of all time when happened October 1897 nearly
115 Oacoke Island with the loss of
facts have been gathered with difficulty Walter Howard
famous native Ocracoke readers
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The Wreck Of The Steamboat Home

OcracOke Island the Scene of the Greatest
Sea Disaster in History of N. C. Coast lis
Years Ago; A True Story of 10Th Century
Tragedy as Compiled by Walter Howard of
OcracOke Island.
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Soon after this discovery, the
course Of the boat was changed
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