Show GETTING CREW FOR WHALER Each Man Has to Be Rounded Up Times Without Number to Get Him Aboard In Harpers Magazine Clifford W Ashley the artist who recently mado a trip In an oldfashioned whaler for the magazine tells entertainingly of the difficulties of finally getting the crew together and aboard ship Sunday morning long before the church bells rung says Mr Ashley we were gathered lu tho darkened front of the store I had stopped at the postolllco for my mail and as I stepped out again into the bright sunshine sun-shine of that August morning a couple cou-ple of sailors lumbered hastily by am dodged around the corner As they were vanishing one of the owners appeared In the street gazing up and down In a mystified manner vainly seeking a glimpse of the runaways When he saw me he hailed cheerfully From the alley whence he had emerged a series of derisive hoots followed fol-lowed him then a wagonload of seamen I sea-men appeared being trundled off to the river Swaying and pitching as the cart jolted over the cobbles they boisterously spoke each passerby making the street hideous with their yells Before I entered the store I saw them one by one dropping of over the tailboard utterly oblivious to the protests of the unfortunate dry goods clerk who was held responsible for their delivery flue front shop was crowded and noisy but the real hubbub was in a small back room Hero the sailors howling and pounding were locked up when caught and held till the return of the wagon to take them off to the river Word was received that the mate refused to go on board till h had partaken of his Sunday dinner On various pretexts others sought to get off for a while longerono had forgotten to bid his mother goodbye another had left home wlthcit an overcoat Tho clerks rushed frantically frantical-ly about Each man had to be roundup round-up Ullnot once but half a dozen times |