Show sails all seas in small sm all schooner 0 lone rov grovr er even cat or do dog for company on his is schooner portland maine fifteen years ago capt thomas drake of 0 seattle wash rode out of the west at the wheel of ft n jaunty little schooner made bills own hands and all these years hits has the he loue lone rover I 1 sailed the seas alone lie stands the watches not even n R cat or dog sails to keep him company and captain drake is happy and carefree at sixty chree years ills will Is the winds will and ills his home a little rocking 35 foot scho schooner otter in ports all up and down the atlantic and pacific coasts and in the indies his ship is known its s tile lie best ile he takes ufa life as lie iuds finds it with each rising sun un picks up a few cents liere and there milling felling shells coral beads and knick knacks sets his sail and travels 1 on to the elie golden purt port ou on the horizon captain drake la Is a sturdy little man tt f anding exactly live feet in ills his suction ba eakers HIS face Is bronzed by the salt bait spray its ills muscles steely its his eyes clear lie he Is slightly elight ly lame from an injury received years ago when he fell front from tile hie mast of an old coaster and broke a mil hip but lie he still Is sprightly born in england the captain was born bora at gravesend Grave send england with the swell smell ot of salt in his nostrils nosir ils tile the county of kent has raised many great men of the alie sea and tales of their exploits were the captains heritage ills earliest memory Is of the gi gibat cat white sails of the schooners ners slipping up the thames toward london their holds filled with merchandise from all parts of the world the family moved to the united states when hen the captain was a small boy but the love and tradition of the bea were instilled in him and with its his llast long trousers lie he answered the call but with the passing of the stately beh tOller and the advent of steam the captain became restless the snap of sheet in a good wind was life to him it was then he built his own craft and put to sea as A sailor should his ariit craft was the sir francis which met grief on the coast of mexico five years ago A mighty gale ale picked the little blaip up one black light flight find and cast it against a reef the captain clinging to wreckage wreck kreeft ag was washed ashore only to fall it into the hand bands of mexican bandits the out laws stripped him 0 of his clothes and its his few valuable possessions possession fol fo two weeks week lie he was kept prisoner locked up in a filthy cabin with little food arrival of federal troops delivered him when the bandits fled leaving him behind from mexico I 1 made my way bark back to frisco the captain relates it was waa a hard long journey with a job for a day or two here and there and finally a ship which landed me safe inside the golden gate builds the pilgrim after a few days in frisco I 1 got a ship to seattle back home again I 1 worked for a time I 1 scraped a little money together and built this boat it took me five months everything you see about her is hand made when she lie was done and ready to sail I 1 christened her the pilgrim it i 14 more or less of an adventure you know something rarely done salting sailing about all alone so I 1 thought the ill grim a good name for her the pilgrim boasts simple homely conveniences theres nothing elaborate about her but she Is furnished adequately two large bunks a desk and ad a little cook stove are her principal furnishings A campen compendious along log bk Is nearly filled with no names mes north in the summer and south in the winter sails the captain planning to keep just ahead of the cold weather and the gales bales when the captain dropped anchor in portland aad harbor a few weeks ago lie he was waa headed for the southern coast taking advant advantage of the mild skies of indian summer 1 1 I I have to see bee america first he ha explained when cold weather sets beta in im going to point her nose to the west indies load up with curios and take a trip back to the old country from england im going to drop down the french and spanish coasts to the mediterranean its a great sea the mediterranean terra dean and I 1 want to sail her again before I 1 die captain drake has hag never been married the sea was his only bride early in his youth it has been his companion through middle age it will be his nurse in old age |