Show Ii I When hen Ski Shi ers Take Taie the Bridge I L j I I la Js l a n mn man n ot of wealth whose who T LT home hom Is 18 riot not fur far east cast of ot tho thoI T I Hickles who gop BOPS to Europe one and anil sometimes 8 twice a n year cur Hu He Hub Hugan b gan an lx IX yearn u ago 1110 g 1 NUll Now N ho hoh has hll nN tho Oho There theca la Is nothing extraordinary ht t his Many binny Inn of ot his hi COUII l men ate arc no nu less Ic Inoculated with tho thoI European tur p lIn Urns t lr Ir I n Tho Thu Interesting I Ib o K point I that Illat he cro croll cs ea 1111 a tho thu thoi ocean o ii It ean i with only one ono captain He lie would pot take Ilku pt III ht n a I vessel t el com lum by h one ell duo Itol He lie bus hns hll cited reasons for or this Hut there thelo Is I Ij mA man PI reason lemon although perhaps rr j admit It itt t Lie i ll i n would w never It t was WAI wa Hv sot MIn n nito 1111 tills summer Th wealthy e r boarded a ii tram to 11 goodby to II u friend Ill 1111 The Tilt friend knew the thc captain and was Contusing with him when the thu west weNt I irner erner Ho Ile II was lIa Introduced II to the bit big skipper Thit was lUS 11 LIN nil all at sit atthe the it time II lOr The next year the wo s 1 1 t iKil 1 on same e The Tho first Ir l night out tin the saw sate II him himIn In tho room and anI came collie up the h i ut his hi Win 11 how hew do yuu ou do Iu Mr hi r he III heI t I I Im in us Ilal to 10 hue hlo You ou with us II usTin Tit Tin I was lies flattered and andI I re He decided that tint n a skipper sub with eit lIh ii iiI Ii I t ji h IL memory won lIIK a It Alan inn to In entrust on t is hh 1111 tit hb hIs lift it min n the deep lle oa N which he h hi I done ever pr since Now uw thiN f u rn r did I not liCit know that In th theca so son C n I m rn times it a company nd i with ii Rh 1 it memory for tor I pam am m ml l fares furcH lire ns ON ns nil n a 1 lintel inner chines 1 night or ur day luy clerk Null lIn I h LL This IH is Tint not to tu Na say R that the f t I n U a for ur there Ihl arc kiP KUP r N r f crack liner who have hll It nt nut fire n 1111 any now man will Iii tell tIll gnu nu lint It II l IN 18 eminently lIll USEI t Ir 0 OK 01 HI pir rr In lit sin N n II e NI i H iii who slin IIi tin the greatest In a II r position s he holds hold In I Inevitably u II uman uman man mn of I enn purls Nut Not 01 only un Is IN I ho u It One fini lint but n it Judge jud f of ut human i H II lie may nH not 1101 huk the qualities nf or fi wilt and tact and In Inthe the lite i ie pc if sf f women lint Hut be bl behind behind hind all nil Oust must lie Ili Iron will and trod cull neNN r to 10 take off his hi kid gloves Io so 0 to In speak pk and ond to 10 seize tho the situation with lIh bare hands hund Kuni on nn n find his tire pro Bra If not wittily as astr tr fl eter or nr or sir chair chairman man Snail nt Rt tines times he IH IN I the II unit of o royalty royally rO or sir ix Ho lie knows how haw hn to 10 tord rd r a i and he can cuts on nn a n ln d fur for nr It 21 hours pullIng pull ull ullIn Ing In Ills his Si ls c cl through n Ii ii sip turn lain In III for I throe three or four hours houin and andr 1 r ready for or another storm lorm or anther font fum tk lion Ion Ii With i t i tr rush flush nt sit Us lie height means lint Hint 1000 or nr mole moio rabbi m hi n passengers are arc tills this poll pmt for 5 every two 10 tho Iran plays n II prom prominent Inept pert part In the lives of ot n IRIn o slum num tier her of 01 Americans of o this Ihl IhlI H hi I ver wr very apparent before Sandy Handy Hook book h s disappeared astern The Tho person silly Illy of the thc captain the ship hi He tie II not only the crow crew but hi In his s large sense ene n the ton Ino Ills His word Is I absolute He lip hn bliss vested I led In III him the Ih power of o life Ilfe and In these thre n days It II li Is I to convolve nf sir an un ln Instance wherein ho he t would feel 01 In S I Invoke this Ihl power hut but If It should hout arise arfe the alternative 1 1 lie II within his hi judgment Free lire ure Stilt Rpt to ponder upon these Iho things Ihn since 11 they Ih are aro outside oulI the const cOR I ni 11 wise Ilona upon w witter which are free rp tn to tho world and under tho the linn of ot no one onet t com CODE or Of Hut if the Ih power of o the th of lit e Ir greyhound I IH II N grent great hU hH hUr h r pon to 10 hiss his hI own owners or to 10 humanity ate are no less Ie HO so It If he lie loses lo o his ship hll the Ihl slightest fault null of ot hl hi his nun awn he hu lo 10 loses ei his hl career If It h he sun Nun he lies the Ih disaster Not Nol nt many do tin captains subscribe to 10 n a code od unwritten but bul not less lent Inexorable that they thc shall hall ills ill dl with their ship If I ism III aboard when It goes tOI do down I n Tin The e manger mandir of la LIt oln was last sect RII rn fn the Ihl hi tn blI Idee Idge hl his hili humid hand on nil the Iho whistle wd curd rd a as the great liner took honk the tho long dire dhe Capt Von Pon of ot the Idle III mo molt t genial and skilful of or stool 1 nn en the bridge with Ith arms folded I calming for tor the Ih waters to on rn sulf rulf him rapt ont apt of nt the Mohegan waned waited on nn the tho bridge while hll his Isla n es il lI sank unk beneath his feet eel Cn silt t I ucc of ot the An Arctic r Ik died at al his hi post There have ha han been own n recent Instanced of ot hat hll lag plied piled their ships hll up UI on nn rocks rock ip I r shunts obon 10 going i to thins their cabins en bin and antl end 11 1 I lg Ii their theli ne 1111 They knew It II was either tiler that thAI or sir I a life Ife of o retirement on shore horo sat Not 01 all hate hae chosen to In accept that nl al lern l which lay hi within their own non hands You may find them the years N away In little In hamburg Liver 1111 l pool ol Ol or nr some Iong Island Inland 1 aeh a victim of o one Oil over mistake which set sll tho the record Sr f jears Cars ar at III naught and offset et all 1111 the Ihl bravery and an skill and devotion to tu duty that Ihal In them lay la In fart lart when one considers the rigid rf of ot n there cnn can 1111 w to t but bul winder wander that he hI Is II such sueh n a 1 x seine ine 10 still and pleasant person and such S d Pany nt nl nil sill times when the thu thum Ih m of n the ship hlll doe do not de dc nd hl hi attention Jie one foggy foRRy morning In the tho of lit l S the tho Withelm was wa lying ft II Unbind walling waiting fur nr the tho mist tonics hank ank to In rise before boro proceeding to her herthe fer l Many IRn of ot the theand p who had to Capt K and nu nd m irn lu II II personality hind gone frono for tor ard art under the tho bridge for tor a I last lait word with ith their commander Tho ff I I could uhl not nol but hut see sec 0 them theist but hut there thero was nothing n R to Indicate that ho hn did Thin They Y know knol bettor better than to obtrude themselves upon uon tho Iho tie bluff blut skippers 1 I dently don dent II he had 1111 1 other to 10 think of at This The s did I not tott unite e under understand u stand It wan ties a true there was teas fog but hili thin liner teas IH In III the hay bay ha what hll possible lour could come While they th hate hato to 10 think It t sit f thin HIP there therell ll IH aA little doubt douht that this wa sae a 0 po pose n nN nM they Ih stood tood there th lh telephone on rot the this bridge Capt answered and then In All an n Instant In plant stant hind dropped ei the and to 10 the after of ot the tho bridge II d IC There Thero camo n A crash n and the th slurp of o the tho Crown of ot through the th fog oi lilt hit tutu Into the liners stern fly liy 11 I this lime thine tho the captain hash pulled up a along long brass roil rod Tills rod nil I when n a as high ni as R It would KO so o begin in to to de sic while great gongs rang ran through out nut the tho Ih Immense hull tn In seven nn seconds the II m rod rest l hind sunk Into Int ltd its original pol position p tion and th the warning every f cm one n nut out of sir II III he lie way ot of f the Ih id had ci d CAPS Nelch Neleh Nt to n a I lever and 1111 It n mighty pull In the th shin hlo reverberated l with Hi Ih noise of o 20 JO steel stoel doors door flying shut hut with witha it IL force forro that would have out cut lots lot In lu two III The hull practically enly sons lA ally oil sealed d liven I ten n had the how host of I the hr Ih wandering angering w trans penetrated ilow tx nw III Ih the th would luve hn An Ss It sins I the th link hole was wn w hiIs 1 nh ii ii this the and no com lom pal to Port wirt lied lIt nt found ant He Pie H nu d dis is us n rigid to tn nil all baking toward the safety 18 of nl thin the ship hip In New Nets York bay sly n aN he hf would have hate In III mid cud Hen eon en And 1111 the tho test teat came the first r nm nl test lost l h by the way la of 01 the th closing system he wn was reify reidy for or It Ily 11 actual time the th WHO was 1111 watertight within 20 10 seconds after the Ih collision A ItOW no OF Sour Some are ure called 1111 to In show shone gallantry or ur II In situations bordering upon the tho huar lou others othera pursue n a 1 peaceful unit uneventful course courto over oler smiling ions hons MI ea to speck year 1 In rend and your year 1111 out outCalt Copt Calt Charles of o tho Iho Kaiser der Ier Oronne fur for example could wear a IL double row IO of Jf for or cry ery ernes Uru H Ills his hi ample supple chest Onic In ins Inthe the full ull of o IM 1907 I Oj whim when h his tease 11 sacs MIS speeding for 01 with c well filled the was shaken by Ii h k hind then off IT nt III a n ah tangent h A 1 derelict hud hind en curried riled non nU the tho rudder The steamship hll w a ax then lot oo Milieu from ruin Halifax Some Home of tin the Passengers whose hones II 11 n hUll had not withstood the Hit 11 hit to nuke make for that port poll nut Hut here were vore 11 mulls malls and i several Me I hi no were on nn this thin ves vessel ea easel c sel Mcl because oho sho was waa swift they had boil taken on her because o they thc anted to In e In the shortest shortt time So Sn u ek decided to finish the Ihl trip 1111 i udder rudder or no nn rudder by leering with tells his hi propellers He Ile did dl 1 tills hi In four our and a 1 hilt half ila days x blinking lit Ih ho vessel cael tu to port only a 1 few hours hour pate ato In all this Ihl time Ume Capt Point k never nl lIr left the bridge Pour Hour utter after hour ho hn 10 WON at U the thc signal telegraph coiling calling for or n Ii little power on the star l propeller or nr on tho the I port ort screw as an the case ca e might be II bucking backlog with One utu going a astern tern with tho ho other Thus the Ilse lie course un w 11 nN 11 maintained and the journey completed without When hn thin the I finally wont went nt from III lit h bridge ridge to his hi cabin Ills his feet rel were 1110 no so swollen that they ivory obliged to tout cut ut hi shuns shoes off Hut nut not nol nil all the tho of ot capi CRP are UIO of o n a sort rt that stand out lut It Its ItI ItIs I Is s not always II I Wit ays policy to II of o a I narrow esa escape pe torn accident tm litre or r less lees II serious Sleeping looping en gem Fens I may Inn not nOI see nee the Ihl things the Iho h captain sees secs P and more mare often oUn than not lot they the to greet rt their skipper sit nt t this thu breakfast table I not nut knowing lint hat perhaps K their heir presence l there with Mith ith so o 0 light U is I due to the thc man whose h face ate unit and words word reveal nothing but Jol pol polity Jollit Jollit lit ity and absence of ot rare care 11 11 TUB Tin Two Iwo or three years sign ago a f the th Knitter Wilhelm II 11 ran run Into 11 it fog tOI on nA the gI channel chins no I This The dreaded were somewhere alhand nt It hand but they th tiers 11 not lint to lit t lx ho 1 0 seen nut But they he were wre passed unit and Capt CUsp pers pera his hili f tar r for 01 the lizard fog og signal gnal nal Finally 11 nil II went Nent out a wireless Inquiry to In the th asking tho thin operator If he lie bad Imd hoard the Kels ers era rs fog fK whistle Answer b back uk that It II had been heard about three nulls mill to 10 ti the th The captain signaled 1 back bAel that in to order to tn bo be I air certain talc tain he hr would l I blow t hIs hi fog 01 times lie He o waited one and ami then th n the th blasts were Hounded mun nil lc it l The Iho sounds come directly abeam of o this hits station the Ih operator Capt apt felt ell that he knew knell Isis hili position po now no to tn n a certainty and groped Ills his way 1 toward the th 1 It 11 the Iho vessel ol which had passengers to land at lit Plymouth was l off It that Iha port The passengers boarded 1 Oho tho tender and the Kaiser proceeded to The Iho commander r never 1101 cot gat ot thin thu th faintest glimpse of o Plymouth I There Thera Is le nothing heroic In this but bill eminent skill ns ass u II navigator In In is plainly rend read In this thin Incident Fog In truth Is the one on element which modern shipbuilding and skill kill killIn In navigation has hn not conquered When hen thin tho nio alO obscured the Uie th captain never leaves the iii bridge and titer there aro ago tines times when things occur which would bring passengers pA r to tn a it 1 sharp realization of o tho the danger of ot ocean travel when fog to toI Is I abroad on tho ho waters If It the captain saw II lit fit to 10 steak speak of ot them theist which he does NN u I rl 1 s r r a N Nt Ni t i f sr e MRS PERRY BELMONT Perry und and his hi wife ere II warm Personal friends of President nt and tM t Tart Taft Their home In Washington ts Is one of ot the tho In that city i w not In October 0 1009 90 the Iho French liner la 1 0 was n sift off ot c chin po ln In n a thick fog TOK Olt Tho Tito of o panther liner 1118 ls ne booming from 1011 fwd and the exact reo of or the tho Ih not bo he determined fAitt Wt apt Pa stood shawl with his hit r un ott the th I 1 cis 1 Suddenly u It s shout shoot front from rom tin tilt crows row nest net of o the thel French tench l att Capt CRIt I nn Ik in on n the Instant signaled full ull speed astern The bow of o the Ih White Star liner Oceanic rl ud he the Ih spot pol where the Pi Provence incurs lied hod ben been hardly hurdly Ilvo reo seu eo onus ond before bror Other have ell peculiarly fri free 11 o from Incident of or this sort noil Them Fliers Is le I alt aU IS IC I J for instance UK rho Ill first of o the glass t White hll Ater foal lont He lie tnt to In sat suu n as u n 1 boy In the tho clipper ship Senator hr In hl IS and line lins hn i serval erv Ml contin continuously continuously In sailing is vessels and lit hi or ora r ever eel since In when Whan hell the writer Omit OIK on ond dry diy d 1 asked kNI him hlll for fo a 0 recital of o some om of lit hi isle most Insist 1110 1 nil veil lures lit lie l and shook his hil hi head Nothing In It loll ho his en ld When Shen anyone asks me m 11 tn e my expert oper sirs lice III of yeara y irs at t eon sen eft 1 merely meal Nay I Of Or course there have har winter gales u tad and storm and fogs fog nget hut but In all mx my Ill I 1 In iii nn nil of 0 en 1111 kind 1 worth about I Jimo have semi bill one oils 1111 vessel In distress dl tr In III alt all my m Ht at I sea oa n II brig lirla 1111 the crew 11 of r which was 11 taken tiff iff t In III a small boat In hara charge 9 of o my sty third I never saw a anck 1 1 nail and never have ha been bean 1 wrecked wr myself Nor was wal I ever In iii any eny all went that threatened to tn And In III it a ills 1118 tL lr of ot any sort MOIl You ou see t I r am om tint not vary riv good for tor n R story tor of o tin this rI Hut cat the l 1 lave vi i o of f the l I Is still till MT r tills this urbane affable man KO unlike a II mss man if d r the thi wa 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