Show B b q Davit v itt it t a 7 l tf L Log Lg g Book B k of f the IT Skipper Who SAiled Miles Milci M SL S U MAnU PACIFIC OCEAN JAPAN BOUND OUT of San Francisco headed headed head- head headed ed for the Orient weather of the best I proceed in con con- conformity conformity con conformity with my invariable cus cus- cus- cus custom custom custom tom to wangle a human inter inter- interest interest interest est chapter from from the captain of this ship Not so ensyl easy eay I Penetrating to the forward cabin was simple enough but tapping the wellsprings well of or his memory was something else again One stirring stor story from your our lire life before the mast or on the bridge will satisfy I said lifting my egg egg- eggshell eggshell shell egg shell teacup In salute Ills Ilis smile smite collapsed Nothing has occurred he lie said nothing that Is worth retelling You shall shallI I see I became n a cadet callet on the government ship Maru ran the gauntlet of official promo promo- promotion promotion tion became captain of the Mat Mat- Matsuyama Mat Mary Maru Nippon Kal sha Kal-sha sha line April 28 23 WIS 1913 and have sailed under the N Y K ever eyer since with one year of World war servIce One Torpedo Adventure Commander S Oya Oa glanced Into the depths of his teacup pushed a box of ot cigars clars toward me and lapsed Into silence No adventures at sea no wrecks no mutinies no tl typhoons no ro- ro romance romance ro romance mance nothing out of ot your rec rec- recollections recollections to offer olTer me I asked Nothing so far but there Is yet Jet time The future may have hare som thing to offer olTer who can sa say Possibly there Is a detail or two that you ou have forgotten for Ills His e eyeballs seem seemed ell suddenly tel ti Invert themselves as though striving hito lag ing to look backward The expression expression expression sion of ot Inscrutability deepened No there Is yes nothing nothing yes yea there was an Incident that now comes back to me Just a moment I will look at the log of my life and gIve you ou the date The seadog reached Into a It drawer of ot his desk and brought forth a small leather cov ered book Thought I this tills begins to look more like the real thing Here It ItIs itIs ItIs Is he be continued June 15 IG 1907 G 0 p m oil off 11 Plymouth mouth during the war heavy y seas sens running From the main deck astern scanning the water I saw a dark outline slip slip- slipping slipping slipping ping towar toward the starboard quarter perhaps a hundred yards distant seventy live years fifty yards twenty five h e yards moving like a asha sha shadow v O I leaned over the rail certain certain tain tats that the tue time had come The ship lifted In the tide fell away rose again from the trough while the torpedo and torpedo and such It was was-hes- was hes- hes hesItated for tor a n brief Instant and then lunged onward The way of a ship at sea Is Indeed a mystery Gath- Gath Gathering Gath ering ering herself like some living thin thing she plowed ahead Just as the tor tor- torpedo tor- tor torpedo torpedo fired from an Invisible sub sub- submarine submarine submarine marine at close quarters slipped by ten feet teet astern an and disappeared Commanded 27 Ships There must be something else els elsIn In the tir crisp leaves of ot this tills volume I said wondering why It contained column after column of Jn ArL Ar Alc lc iC fig fig- figures figures fig figures ures Interspersed with notations In Japanese Recording the number of ot miles sailed names of ot the tir ships under my command and a few statistical cal notes he be volunteered How many miles and how many ships Commander Up to January 1 I I 1930 the grand total reached 1 nautical miles on twenty-seven twenty vessels none Done ot of which was lost while under my command The Th first million miles were vere completed 11 U 10 40 p m March 2 I 1931 oft off Island on a voy voy- voyage voy- voy voyage voyage age to Suez via Ia Colombo Approximately ApproxImately Approximately officers and men served servell on ships that I have had the lie honor to captain During all of that period of time not a single man had to be put In Irons The fur fur- furthest furthest best point north reached during my travels Is Hamburg Germany and the furthest south Is Adelaide Australia Have llave you throughout your voy voy- voy- voy voyaging voyaging aging ever observed a phenomenon at sea that could not be scIentifically cally cally accounted for Are there any Insoluble m mysteries hinted at In the log book Have Haye you developed any ony superstitions None There Thero Is la a reason for everything that may arise In hUe hu- hUeman human hu human man affairs If It there are sea ser ser- ser ser- serpents serpents In the deep It has not been my privilege to behold them Su- Su SuperstItions Superstitions Su Superstitions With an on ex- ex expansive expansive ex expansive gesture he ho tossed tossed the whole theory Into space Married of course Again this realist this methodi methodi- methodical methodical cal man who vho bad hafe ha logged his sea life with such uch meticulous care turned the pages of the record Present PresentS Presently ly Jy his almond e eyes es sparkling tile the mask of ot Inscrutability swept from his face to make way for tor actual mirth he placed an In Index ex finger on ona ona ona a single line Yes married Kobe Japan May MayS May S S 1014 WH 1914 One child a n daugh- daugh daughter daU ter also married 1935 1933 I 3 No grand grand- grandchildren children ns children ns yet et C h 1 service S |