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Show SS Section ae Earp | Pages ee 1 to 10. | De A ! | _ ac AS WIL SOM , \ | \ | } , CRULUNG. LI WIN TF AN HOLD ILLILE LLL OL, BQAT | 3 | ee i bing of the engine which, with tle wilde open, labors u wier und of steam; the dull E t throt= e\ very rapid z the automatons, the "men crowd urraw. steps. to the' deck, just Idb) at an: oat see. rushing. towerlng black-hull An excommoner oOlbows;: a. Co1angce t f toilers of tnt ea, Rathinured to en hardy such experiences, are awain pilots. below hesitate ls sea of. ney steamers boats entire to r r upuar- Maine wignt wore year but-as shipping developed and towns and citles sprang up on' the there will be thousands who will go river and bays contiguous to the ocean| to. Cape Henry and stand upon - the ame aclass of pilots. who act-| lofty sand dune and gaze seaward, that- capacity only in their local | watching the shipping come and go. and gradually this system ex-| panded until todey there Is scarcely; On clear summer days, when. the of any consequence on the face |} sky is bright azure, the sun a ball of; globe where, upon the display golden fire and the illimitable sea resignal, a pilot. may not ibe | flects in its limpid de the beau-) found. here ande _ | early adventurers along our| tles of the heavens, ! he cap on 1S Seaasts did tiot have the advantage of there a glistening surf thorsoA il | be seen in the of 7. le and they carefully felt HYERIe"Wlaaln iis swimming cats rivieegtls ite the shore and Into the 5 s iG, Of f BYthe ves{ous great bays. Sor vow r and rising ano falling a ve gentle cadence in the swect and even \ sels scend of the never-quiet waters lana Day after day the Watchers from the hilltop willl discern these craft and naturally someone will ask the) question, "What are those boats?" and ever and anon they will see Dp of smoke and gleams of canvya out of the horizon, develop into steamers 1 fling vessel ha come a =e and matesticall ip. to the cape and one of the | » Littl steamers awaken into life and move rapidly toward the approaching vessel 4 final] boat } owered, three fro. 1} Toda lt : return Bven. before itis again to its davit the larger vessel has gott midei a rn gy, faded) ha 16 whlle short a in and into the Chesapeake Ba cooing toward!, itl t 1 t ‘ I ‘ ital é Their ure 1 trade i ¢ old and honorable 4 p pilots were ast " BE rive aprives word is naturally | S. weurese, wand, Of COUTE Lowe ir noti 1 busine it, Lt tio mo. much} .but id men 1 ie t OL DMZCral I i 1 ‘ tye tite 1 r ; rts. an bik « wi lise of it and set off it becam ite lHeht without olin tito flai the id PyOor* fo A halfi put mer off in o from the nd d of a choo ne { 1 f 1 1 L il I } ! 1 fly ! ) b t { Sh the -pilo i } vd by be ren g { i ' 1 ‘ hi ! | } { f or t k ) { 1 l pul Gyan += drive! vithout sight- back slo into f por mounta ind man om A with u ufter , man , a 4 1 the. oward: the moment ruc the of before breakers nau ( boat staggering ng seas, burying through her rails h ' Cl the such blow races away it. was sails, even member wus these races development PRE of An swiftest not lose to. fast é thei tind bo: cenutatinis craft of their ve rood authority that { stated o } nilolt boat | y Clay, owned b Marviand 4 wae used aj for the lines of the famous schooner yacht America, that won the cup e 's | Queen th Roman, "ather, when the fleet of | calm th is" frerom pilot heats could net be tiled te ard meaning ve PRto ‘ } le nder of calling t herve men met Now up th Steamer other =} { rT ee i t i I be i 1 of I t l ted b ¢ i ul ot tat ( } ! for lon t it i ‘ Ml hel the ( I ( iit forr ! to ‘ l sf 1 ' oO ' n ing a th 1 j ' I r ' he re h chine und rut ft t ome imber ] A] n i t ‘ I nord itin ) 1 { 1 a t} I t fac oO ‘ ft n rograp)] ' al ReMi: his) tell these6 ii t fun ‘ thut I tnoat th lepend ero' t] 1 and the O-{ from n . fa ] it oven! ent irk the m h ‘ oO . : mainder a r individual th to mont d, con a ated tt f their life ) calli re h hardship d danger, the 1 it Thoma Vilso -_-- --+ -as Contagious. From ax procured from the 2 ile F > ped his way. through ‘the hull: but he found that th | 1% Boo te We mmpelle Re i h was | 1elg) at ebay ash iat -_ ven (DOM pea ; d kind I ol the sing by »- the) and bruised and bleeding, be-)the task of freeing himself olid creen water and taking the vaves ' fr thkh t { r ent ue 1cts ‘ eras In to thyi vept her ed, el ich TTA! PILOIABOAT ca wy n « the terrifi wave the schoone hit Her' masts broke off me time, and then would ensue! stems, and ‘the ~ hull) rolle | t) ; i uch would ‘be deemed in-| over as it -hurtled toward lible at the present time. Who can imagine the feelings matter otto the me om the!| prisoner or what he suffered ing boat vyhether. the ind was! or physicall ossed about a wine half a gale or sea unning) a bottle and convineed that mountain hich th first man to) ment would be his last ch th deck of th coming vessel mpelled +t the strenmth ould get the pilot ‘ ind that was ucce ive ivee the litth W-imvportant thought to. them,) wa finall ‘ bottom 1 i ich other ike hawks, the) wate edg here she] ould Lem for their quarry forever The mar ithin {ft of »« 1 hat could be! the Jast lunge of his prison da wa et nd away. they went,| newed hope. and, although the so t tatio ¢ nant 1 breeze One of. it was not uncommon to eruisc of shores. for| Z Weew Lt deck uncot nmmon ete é andif a usually lai) I ion } ‘ Hilo esch 1t was cruising indentl it sometime oceurred that)¢ lonkouts on two or more: would] the a sail or smudge of smoke at. bar « is ould Bont Be sum l é i tri en a lights ¢ . snvoone station increased the ula hi Bik te rd in rest aoe ' the i l wus ee and inch wone | the ition d f t en could |evenine, mt there ould long! of her the foll ini me da ‘ ' md!) would be aded' to th coul ing hiy nd. long .lin kin 1th lich the old ‘ handed benefit tom. ind a el, the ad their skill played all other 4 at ie ‘aay uld | lol OMY) becau OATA Lies thi the yung t BIGES/ masthead } iteé rt the th ea ‘ 1e Ae pilot qaonip Trz = bulld'a fleet lit-| the "Antelope ith bu rt ind iil abou off the | cre rhe choone!) ! ting incoml vessel Cape Hen and eau ot i before anothe t rth hurricane One t t j up ith thel lost he sail ind drifted ¢ a-thus be tl da of| th he could 1 make he mpetitive:t ting Nich will always the Che Pay for il shor | pul so much} which of Land v +4 vs ( written As the number of } he firr I tens do ae ont but la herebs the « mination ind it t not ‘ 1 ‘ t iw oone thing i which the in ‘ he of all ere ealling is an Mediterrane the The monarchs of henors high heaped e wore the particular his in and me of all he monarch. the was be, might he well and : there those days, of thought to direct dominating one no be. there if Chale vessel tortuous of the her in and out tenin enineg the threa ' from her Z a : her bring and rocks tland 1 ils sh mere u > ) : I prectt with » 1 laden a ) of comine! nct i us the jnusti | for even awe abnormally developed sm deve! that g cla clali fittin and was ft not fleet those times great the of spirit guiding aE the ti the) of. many Vive ‘ pa pil tive its ¢ because not pursue few that circum of because but hardshliy ut later I will tell which of stances wo the of sense in every are, they con the thut who exist few country might b merce of our awreat ; : alded, more all the business of lines most in As change a undergone has piloting of no. nnd century, t half whe a plane on : placed ae bee but at the proposition, it is a business » tremendous it representsé same time of inthe communion advance 1 terest: the use of the beginning of From s a means of vessels a Thus thelr been pilots there have plea the er , the rel by but ye for thos. o¢ their association who from -.age or disability. are unable>)tu continue in active service, ow one may become a pilot Ys fre{ quently -asked. d s o mesoctations ire really stock companies, cach man | holding a percentage of the value of ithe equipment, vacancl come only by leatn or retirement Then a -young na between 16 and 1 is m@iven at Ppo!l P| He is: usually on ¢ a1 eof the pi d he t pl 1 one ¢ ende 5 t ilf led just hough ip oO } { h LpyT i I i t ds h i l ( ( } he ; : | : uy : eth : / Ace ed ometime evel contesting world vas pilot Increased entered. i 1 to. Ul the ther ri ips ‘ a mall i the PenJame read has not Who mind ir? ea famou Cooper: nimore blood tingle and felt theit Pilot," "The 1 ho of the read they as impo eeming tl accomplished sible? today the,.men=wao yet And such just are covst. our of pilots the one were. t me stalwart sturdy, su they th to romance wav to tl of custom the as itt even laugh, dang dang to fitorge { t he man seafaring momen the his profession toil of and ched and the mudthe harbor ts rea bi the of bottom the finds hook To meet the pilots as mat of ithout it re houting events: he th sing- frequently' astounded LO) history-making events have) j h last Jeft. port, and] a do ide of cables newspapers brought: indeed, 1 lcomed he ipping interests with- | LY the be ph that. the in other vith the we 1 kipper, and ce; small that it only buys. a new hawser und leaves little over to be added to .e-.s\1p) penmated fund, for the pilots : | -5 into It, and away it g s, pitching and tossing, across th hill of water up to the new arrival As the little boat goes alongside one of the men is seen to dump and, like a fly. cray quickly up th towering side, while the. little. bs } k fi whs settling. v > Nothing, but the gr. the rescued and. the consciousness having performed an act: of hu- of of | bon upon the rockscs , Cex.thelr these rude beacons marked the for those who followed | the early days of Américan his pllots were scarce and many a] as compelled to lay for days! the bar awalting the coming) pliol boat, and the pilot was i guest, for he not ured the sipper of u speedy tion of ni voyage, but he it othe ‘current. ns s of the day j no} re true today than the for the. pllotof. those) 22 l_onl tell of the happenh o i shore s, perhaps he-ves- | tne ncoming ‘ { th hearer. of the latest; men Jumped into me marts Put while ships con, nd go two the procession endles sleumel remal leiftl hith and, aimlessly apparently thither, fishing during i atten this Tay will aes =o who ‘exposition =s crowds TS vast a the Jamestown & Of the aid owner Bangalore, W es on Smich Hent im r ue 1e@ 1 be et had int avy, breaking '5* "\ laden i pounding hoal bel pases renders insurance rid heroi th fron ak-month. the millet marine notabl govt { end Tcels of t {Hu to in t! l osmarvelous et engine-room circumstance began to loot plenty the a ho were not afraid ard then a schooner oast a bit and that was shortly ex t vould 1 come up had rushed to the a rapid after serleés "Success tr east to ek Magazine rele Au- Tris! bliged: ‘re treatmen ta dis I Oo his return fron e first. treatment he ws mie y thi inquiry from his mothe! "An what did«the docthor man Says the matter id your eye‘ 1¢ id. thes "i some furri in it * exclaimed ‘t old ma 1 I-told-you-so t 0 ma compan-'! would pected. a A : a hment of) 2rr 2 uninterrupted trade:e. 2 pale year caroni does not all. come Tha Wrench city of Lyons produced 34,000,000. pound fror 4 wi *& |