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Show [ "Lights Lights Ic'hts Ichts " Lights ' o of "By'J : "By By " y yWALTER 'J J ' 'JV 0 JWALTER JWALTERNEW \V V WALTER WALTERNEW \ Al TrR TrRNEV NEW NE\V NE V \ YORK YORKTRUMBULLJ YORKTRUMBULLJCapl TRUMBULL Capl LlIt L ' , \lIt lIt apt \ AsbleJ Ashley Ashle . Mckinley Mth.lnley Mthlnley Mchtniey . has bas been telltag tell tellIng tellIng Ing tag me of the downward VO voyage age ill1de made madeby ill1deI ill1deby nndeby by the Cleinor Cle'lnor Clelnor Ele'inor Eleinor ' ' Boiling Bolling , , one of the thesblps theships theships I sblps ships of the Byrd expedition eapohhon pelItlOn ( from train trainfew fromevv I few < evv York to Little Aroerici Amerlc'1 Amerlc1 America ' It seems seemstbat seemsthat seemsthat tbat that the entire crew . , with the excep exceptlon exception exception seemsI I tlon tion of Captain Captam Bro\\ Bro Brown Bron \ n the tbe flrst first mate mateand mateand ! Hnd and the chief erIneer er , ; inecr ineer , \ were ere strictlysolunteers strIctly strIctlyolunteers strictlyvolunteers ' \olunteers olunteers solunteers \ , , all being members o of ( the theexploring theexploring exploring party One or t\\ t two t0 \ 0 of them themmay themmay themmay may ba have base \ e bad had ncth active actise e experience e\.penenle e.penenle e .penenle penenle e.perieute eperieute \ . in a arowboat arowboat arowboat rowboat or e\ e es even een \ en ha\ ha has have hae \ e a sailed sdlled a cat catboat catboat catboaf boat , , but none had h'l.d hl.d hld livid ' . realJone rcallv real\ real really ! \ ( done Jone any anything anything anything thing to impilr Imp'llr Impllr lnipalr ' ' his 'ifs ifs stindiug st'1nlllng st1nlllng st'tnding sttnding ' ' as an anamateur anamateur anamateur amateur Dr I'iurence Iiurence 1 I ' ' mrence 'lurence lurence M 1 Gould W'1Q W1Q was W'1Qspcond wassecond wissecond ' spcond second mate . , bcciuse bec1.use bec1use because . of his position pO pu&itionas puitionas positionas & ltlon ltlonas as second in command to A Adnural AdnuralBird AdminiBvrd nur'1l nur1l nur'1lBud ' Bud Bird and and because becauce ; he wis W1S able to use usea usea usea a sextant se\.tant se.tant se .tant tant \ . When he wis W'lS WlS was ' not sC1.slcl sC1slcl seasick seasickhe scisiekhe . he was aCry a Cryalu'1ble \ very \Cry Cry sery \ valuible \alu'1ble alu'1ble alu1ble saluabie ' second matee mate e * . . / e . Ihe 'lhe lhe ' ] .he he . ship sblr > got out of New l\ew l ew t.ew tew \ Nework . \ork ork lurk \ 1 . ork h'1r h1r bar h'1rbor barbar hirbor ' bor bar all a11 rl right bt btItb , \ with \\Itb Itb ssitb the cnptam c1PtalU clptatu on the tbe _ _ d _ n _ _ . _ . . . th . " , " ' nnrt nnrtI I bridge brlrlJc ! , the first mate at the wheel , andthe and andthe andthe back bnck and andforth andforth andforth the chief engineer enJlneer ! dnsbln dashlna dashing nnel and nneltbe andthe andthe forth between betwepn the engine room tbe the stokehold stot.ehotd stotehotd stokellnld . One of the volunteer volunteerstol volunteerstokers volunteerstokers stokers stol crs hnd had once had some experIence experIencewith experiencewith experiencewith with an oil oJ ] furnace In tn a suburban suhurhan cot cot- cottaJe cottage cottage - tage taJe ! but the other had never done donemore donemore donemore more thin th'ln thln than ' turn tUfn t1 a < i rndlatnr radiator on and ofr off off.The offThe . ThE ' ricanor reanor rleanor ) Boiling Bolhng Bolling , burm burned > d coal By Byfrcn71prJ Byfrenzied Byfrenyted frcn71prJ frenzied effort the twot'cre two \ were \t'cre t'cre tcre ' nhte able able.while ablewhile . , while \ lule they listed l'lsted llsted lasted ' , . , to get up at least 2 25 : > pounds pOllnrls of steamS steamhatui steam team . S . . hatui r\ntiunlly r ntiunlly \ ntlll ally nlly the mate couldn't couldnt coutdn't coutdnt ' sifendall sIfend sIfendnil spendnil nil all hl his < ; time ' ' it 'It 'at at tlie the whc wheel ( ' ) and when he hewas hewas hewas was relieved by the tbe first otuntecr snlunteer \ volunteerstrange , , . strange thln things s happened hnppf'nerl hnppfnerl ' The ship shipbegan shipbegan shipbegan began to do rlo n a sort of combination combln'1tlon combln1tlon coinbination ' tan tango tango tango go and mrrcl h'1tTet h1tTet harrel ' roll roU Uttering utterlnJ ! loud sup- sup suppllC'tltions supplic'atInns sup-plications sup plications - - pllC'tltions pllCtltions plic'atInns plicatInns ' ' to all nIl the thp gods odc ; of 'marIners marIners ' ' 'marinersthe marinersthe ' , , the captain reeled his hi'i hii hi9 ' way on deck deck.When deckWhen . . When he spoke spolte feelingly to the helms helmsman helmsman helmsman man . , the latter was both astonl astonishedand astonished astonishedand < : ; he and hurt . , . "Whv Whv 1Vhv " \Vh Vh hurtVh \ v ciptain C'1ptaln C1ptaln captain ' ; , " he protested , "she she "shene.er "shenever "shenever shenever " ne.er neer never . was more mere than 6 G Inches off ort her hercours hercotlrsc hercourse cours cotlrsc ( ' : ' . , " meanln meaning ; : 6 C Inches on the corn com compncs compass cornpass pass pncs ; cardS card S . . . Owin Owing to a few such trifling trlnIng 1ncI lncl 1ncItentc lncldents IncIdents which had been dueto due dueto dueI tentc dents ( ; , , the ship shIV , to reach Notfnik N01 Nm folk fott . ' early f'arlv farlv on Tuesday Tuesdny , [ did not arrive until nnm Wednesday attcr after attcrnoon afternoon afternoon noon Thfwas This Thf\ Thf ' \ was a bit alarming nlnrmlng to reI ref refntlses reInth relathcs ntlses nth es of the crew who had ! gone Jone thereto there thereto thereto to meet her hE'r ' . , especially especJal1v as ns some of the thepaperc thepapers thepapers paperc papers ; carried headlines hp.adllnes hpadllnes . siving saving 1 ' vlng that thatthe thatthe thatthe the ship was overdue onrrll1E ' and nnd probahlv probably probahlvhad probablyhad probablyhnd had hademnl sunk emnl cunt , Rnt Rut But with the mite m\te m te mate ' \ againat again againat againat at the wheel , she CITOQ C'1mc C1mc came ' Into harbotnohly harbornobly harbor harbot harbornobly nobly nohly noblyS S . S . SMeanwhile . Meanwhile , , the first volunteer stok stokers stokers stokers ers had gh given gisen en their best and their nll all nllThey allThey allThey bnnks bonks banks finel and finelCaptaIn andCaptain andCaptain In They n s were sere ere tenderly tenderlv laid CaptaIn McKInley and the doctor took tookover tookover tookover over the stoking stotting job They stoked stolted n a nlarge alarge alarge large part of the way to New Zealand ZealandThpy ZealandThey ZealandThey Thpy They did well and would have done doneeven doneeven doneeven even better . , If the furmce rurn1ce furnace doors had hadnot hadnot hadnot not formed tormed n a habit of swinging swlngin shut shutjust shutjust shutjnst just \ when Wlien hen they thev wanted to throw coat coal coatIn coalIn coalIn In Pair Palr by pair , the hu huskiest < ; l lest of the thevolunteers thevolunteers olllnteers volunteers took tool . , their rurn t11rn turn In the stoke stoke- stokebold stokehold stokehold - hold bold but the [ he ; steam cteam gage a e remained atabout atabout at atabput abput about th the < L SITWS S'1me S1me same ' joint pOIDt point ) . , At New Zea I A i Woman's Womans ' Work Is Never Done I . 1 1C49 C49 sE3 < 3 3i 3J ' i J J6 J6r - _ _ ' P /r r / jl jlr r 4 M A [ 03 03r 03.r r .r r . ' ' N NJ6 t tJ ' ' J : J Jrl c jc .fi fi . .fiII rl rlfr /fr fr / ( II IIj /I I / jI Ic //j j / ! / , , c x o 1 lind md a couple touple of or bcanilinavlan Scandinaslan tandind " Ian profes professhm'lls professionals professionils shm'lls shmlls sionals ' \ were ere signed From the time timethey timethey timethey they took tool < over . , It was possible at alltimes all alltimes alltimes times to blow the whistle without stop stop- stopping stopping . - ping the ship They wel weighed weibed ? hed about about130 130 pounds eacha each a . a . a . aEntering I Knterint nterin/ nterin Entering nterinthe / . , , the New Ncw Zealand Zeal1nd h1rbor harbor hirborCaptiin , , Capt'lln Captlln Capt'iln Captiln ' ' McKInley had been promotedto prowotedto prowoted promoted to the wheel nlteel " heel If It the ship hid h'ld hld had ' been nn an nnmrplane anairplane anairplane mrplane airplane or a dirigible dtrlgIble he be would have havebecn havebeen havebeen becn been an nn e expert eepert pert pilot . . As It was . , 8 a 8small asmall asmall small misunderstinding misunderst'lndlDg misunderstlndlDg misunderstanding ' arose between betweenhIm betweenhim betweenhim hIm and the captaina ciptiin c'lpt'lin clptlin captain ' ' a . e . . 'Port Port ' Port ; , ' ordered the ' litter l'ltter lltter latter , meaning meaninguprl'1rentlv meaningapparently meaningappirentiv uprl'1rentlv uprl1rentlv apparently ' that he wiated w'lnted wlnted wanted ' the wheel wheeltm wheel wheelturned wheeltinned tm turned ned to port But Ashiey Ashley l\IcKinley l IcKinley McKinley lIcKinleynntur'llly McKinleynaturally \ McKlnleynat nntur'llly nnturllly naturally unity ' thought he was rr referring > ferrmg to tothe tothe tothe the ship sblp The captain wis W'lS WlS w9s ' so sur surprised surprised surprised prised at the result of his command commandthat commandthat commandthat that the ship III like < e a cat chising ch'lsing chlsing chasing ' Its Itstall Itstall itstall tall made practically a n complete cir circle dr drcle circle cle to port porf before he recovered relovered retovered his hispower hispower hispower power of speech But bv by the tbe time the thef'le'1nor therleannr therieinor f'le'1nor fle1nor rleannr ' ' Bollin Boiling Rolling ; reached Litlle Little Amer AmerIca Amertea Amerlea Ica tea e\ e eel eveiyone eseryone \ el yone , including Intludlng the captain captainfirst captainfirst captainfirst first mate and nnd chief chlcf engineer , had ob obtamed obloaned oblamed tamed loaned 1tot a 1\ 1 \ lot tot of experience e\.pcrlcnce e.pcrlcnce e .pcrlcnce pcrlcnce \ . and all were wereable wereable wereable able sell seamengc seamen men gc ( ) ) 1333 1933 1733 noli Doll ne11 Syndlcnte-WNU Syndlcnte WNU Syndicate-WNU Syndicate Syndicate . . - WNU Service |
