SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
WITH EMPEY
Bv Arthur Guy Kmpev
~~~~~~- But to net to
The Trin my flrst r * al atl
a *P venture. In Pub-
Around lie School No. 7S
Cape Horn 1 had three
chums, "Bill"
jj e e j{ i "ji ni "
Fleming and "Charlie" Unger.
Bill was full of wild ideas and
schemes. He had the "get-rich
<ruick" mania. About every two
weeks he would call us aside and
in a mysterious and important man
ner carefully unfold some daring
scheme to get rich quick giving his
personal guarantee that it could not
fail. At first we were very enthusi
astic over his schemes and wanted
to go in "with both feet" and would i
carefully work out the details of
how to proceed, when, bang! Bill
would introduce another project ab
solutely different from the preced
ing one. When we asked him what 1
became of his wonderful proposition j
of two weeks ago, he unblushingly
told ns that unforeseen circum
stances which no one could prevent 1
had interfered. Then he would un- ;
roll another wild dream of fortune.
And so it went on; one scheme after
another vanishing in smoke, until!
we became very skeptical. Person
ally, I had no faith in any of Bill's I
daydreams, but I admired, and per- j
haps envied, his spirit of adventure: '
so'at last I decided I would take a
chance, success or no success.
One night Bill came around to the
house with four tickets for a blood 1
■ and thunder war play entitled
"Cuba's Vow." His brother was
playing the villain. This play great-!
l.v impressed me; in fact from the
first, act to the last the footlights:
were gushing blood, love and adven- (
ture and rotten acting. Bill's i
brother was awful.
Bill was a pretty good judge of
human nature. He had taken us,
to this play to get us worked up to i
a pitch of enthusiasm, and thus get- .
ting us in the prbper frame of mind !
he could unroll his latest scheme.
That night, after the show, he j
proposed a trip to South America,
which took our breaths away. We;
were to run away and ship on a,
tramp steamer, for a passage of |
about nine months. With the
money thus earned we were to j
equip ourselves and start out for
P6rt Lemon, Costa Rica, and go ■
into the coffee plantation business, i
We all fell for this and took a sol
emn vow to stick. The scheme espe-;
cially appealed to me because here |
was my chance to follow Dana in ,
his "Two Years Before the Mast.",
The next day, after sleeping it over,
t'harlic jind Jim decided that there
was more money in New York, and i
decided not to go. I admit I had
a sinking sensation in the pit of
ni,v stomach when 1 viewed the j
proposition in the sunlight, but I!
stuck. Then Bill and I made a tour j
of the docks in New York, trying to(
find the ship we wanted. We fell
in with several "boarding masters."!
These men infest the waterfronts of j
large cities and are nothing but
bloodsuckers playing on sailors. One ;
of these parasites took us on board
an old tramp steamer lying in Erie
Basin, called the "Cushko." Here we :
met the steward, a "lime juicer," I
John Royal-Minns, with the emphasis!
in the hyphen. The wonderful tale \
of ease, luxury and "getting paid for |
leeing the world" stuff that the stew
ard and the boarding master unrolled i
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i before our eager eyes curried us Into
the unventh heaven of expectation.
This was tlve o'clock In the after
noon, The ship was to sail nt 8.10
, i the following morning, but they did
not tell tin this, The steward said
that we were Just the two he wanted, j
there being vacancies on the ship for j
second steward and second cook. He i
suggested that we sleep on the ship j
that night, and then In the morning, ;
after seeing what it was like. We
could go home and decide whether we j
wanted to ship or not. 1 demurred j
at this, because I had 'to so
first, so he gave Bill and me permls- !
sion to go,' but said we had to gdt |
back at midnight. We hurried home ]
and on the sly 1 packed a grip with |
j my belongings.
That night I exploded a bombshell
•In the family. After dessert had |
been served, puffed up with Import-1
■ mice, I declared: "Well, I'm going to J
| South America." A barrage of laugh- \
ter rippled around the table. This
j sot me sore, and I shut up like a
clam.
It was February, and very cold.
About 7 o'clock that night a great
| storm came up and the streets were
soon covered with sleety ice. I
' turned into bed with my clothes on.
! Bill was to notify me at 10 o'clock j
by throwing pebbles against the |
i windowpane in my room. Every time j
j I looked out into the street and saw j
i that howling blizzard, a picture at
a ship wallowing in a trough of the '
sea constanUy came before my mind
and I shivered, and my enthusiasm
I dropped to zero. I could not take my
eyes away from the clock. It was
an agony of intense waiting, similar '
! to that when, later In the trenches,
1 I kept looking at my wrist watch
waiting for 4 o'clock in the morning,
j when we were to go "over the top"
|in a charge. Oh, how I wished that t
Bill would change his mind!
About live minutes to 10. crack! i
;crack! came a couple of pebbles'
! against the windowpane, sounding ■
1 like the crack of bullets on the west- i
;ei n front. With my shoes in one j
1 hand and my grip in the other, I |
! .softly tiptoed downstairs, put on my I
j shoes anil heavy overcoat, and opened
the front door. I was greeted by a
! rush of wind, snow and sleet. Bill j
looked like a snowman.
| We ploughed through the blizzard,
got on a trolley car and reached Erie
j Llason at a quarter to twelve, went .
up the gangplank and reported to
| the steward.
The ship looked
On Board like an ico palace.
STou could hear the '
Vreaking of winches ■
; and the straining of cables, and could
see dark forms sliding and cursing
on the slippery decks under the glow
i of the cargo lights.
The steward greeted us very cor- i
; dially and I thought him the tlnest ] :
j man I had ever met. Bill was shipped
| as second steward, and I got the bil
let of second cook.
I My "glory hole" was aft on the
• ;nain deck, while Bill slept amidships,
t I piled into a little two-by-four bunk
J and was soon fast asleep. I had a
j horrible dream: a giant had me by
! the heels and was swinging me
j around his head, trying to dash ray
! brains out against the side of the
; ship. 1 awoke in terror. The "glory
j hole" seemed to be looping the loop.
; and I could hear heavy thuds as im-
I niense waves broke against the side
| of the ship, the wateP hissing and
! rushing around the porthole. Reach
[ ing for the electric button I turned
lon the switch. An awful mess met
my eyes. The deck of my room was
awash. The irrlp and all my belong
ings, which T had unpacked before
turning In. were swishing and wash
ing on the- deck, now in this corner,
now In that. The ship was rolling
! like a log In the trough of the sea.
j I held on to the aides of my bunk In
i terror. A wave would amash against
my door and water would pour In
j through the cracks I felt deathly
sick and 1 thought 1 wan going to
| die. I was experiencing my first
I touch of seasickness
j About six bells in the morning (3
| o'clock) the door opened and there
standing in the opening was a huge
Swede encased in oilskins. The icy
J blast sent a cold shiver through me.
! I wonered what ho wanted, but did
j not wonder long.
j ii "You bane" get tea and toast on
| bridge for mate, damn quick." I was
| bewildered. The door slammed and
! once again I was alone. Fifteen min- j
utes must have passed when the door |
opened again and in rushed the j
toughest-looking seaman I have ever |
seen. He had only one eye. Later j
on I found that he was our tirst
mate. "One-eyed Gibson," a "blue
noser" from Nova Scotia, and a man
whom it was not safe to trifle with,
i Without a word he stepped into the
• glory hole, graobed my shotflder in
' a grip of steel, and yanked me out
j of my bunk into the icy water which
j was awash on the deck. This was
I my first introduction to him.
"Get out o' that, you landlubber.
There's no fire in the galley, and I I
want my tea on the bridge, and I I
want it now, or I'll put out your
deadlights."
I meekly answered "Yes, sir" and ,
started to put on my wet socks. See
ing this action, he shouted. "Never
mind that damned rigging. Get into
the gallery and get that tire alight."
~~~~" My f e 4 t were
"Outside o' blue with the cold
.. j it i and my teeth were
sandy Hook chattering. 1 tim-
Bound idly asked. "Where
o are we, sir?" With
ooum a look of contemp t
" he answered
"We're outside o' Sundv Hook, bound
south for the Horn, and she's blow
ing big guns." Then he left. .
I stepped out of my glory hole
onto the deck. We were dippfng our
scuppers, and huge seas were break
ing over the weather side. One min
ute the after deck would appear like
a steep hill in front of me, and a
horrible churning sound would come j
from the racing propeller. Then the
deck would slant away from me and I
a loud chug and a shiver through the
ship as the propeller sank again into I
the water.
Benumbed and wet front the icy :
spray, I managed to steer a course to
the companion way, and dragged my- |
self to the upper deck. A sailor was
in the galley and had started a fire.
The ship was rolling, pitching and i
lurching. In that galley it sounded
f like a bombardment. Pots and pans
i. were rattling in their racks: a few
t of thein had fallen out. and were
chasing each other around the deck.
Cold and miserable, I crouched in
the corner, keeping myself from fall
ing by holding on to the rail in front
of the stove.
The sailor took compassion on me,
and made the toast and tea. How
he did it was a marvel to me. but
later on 1 became very expert my
self.
1 Following the, ."lifelines" on the
t; upper deck, I at last managed to
■ ! reach the bridge with my pot of tea
and two slices of toasted bread.
There were two men at the wheel.
In the darkness I went up to them
aijd asked for the mate. They did
! not answer. Just then I received a
I resounding smack on the back which
! made my teeth rattle, and that dread
| ed gruff voice of the mate reached my i
ears through the wind: "Damn you,
you hell's spawn, keep away from
the men at the wheel or I'll throw
you over the side!"
I mumbled my apologies, and fol
lowed the mate into the charthouse.
He greedily drank the tea, and in |
about four bites disposed of the
pieces of toast. The toast was soaked
with salt water and I inwardly
wished that it would poison him; in
fact, I prayed that the ship would
sink with all on board. Such Is sea- I
sickness. '
I managed somehow or other to
make my way back to the galley,
and I met my 'superior officer" for
the trip, the "cookie." He was about
five feet nothing in height; a shriv- I
eled-up Welshman about forty-five
years old. He reminded me of a
mummy in the Museum of Natural
History in Central Park. If he had
ever smiled I am sure that his face .
would have cracked. It seemed frozen '
one perpetual scowl. He gave
one look at me and let out a howl. i
•"Blawst my deadlights, an' this 'ere
(pointing to me) is what I'm to work
with on this bloomin' passage. I'm
lucky, I am. not 'arf, I ain't." He
looked like some gorilla. The rolling
of the ship affected him not in the |
j least. He seemed to sway and bend ,
with every movement of the ship.
The next two or three days were j
a horrible nightmare to me. How 1
lived through them I do not know.
I had a deadly fear of the cook. As (
sooh as he found out that I could not
even bdil water without burning it,
he started in to make my life a mis
ery. He had a habit of carrying a
huge butcher knife In his belt Be- I
tween meals he would sit down on
a bench and constantly feel the edge,
at the same time telling me what an
expert he was at carving. on
I found that there was a reason for
his carrying this knife. He and the 1
crew were at dagger-points, he never
daring to go forward except in case
of necessity, and then he was careful
always to carry his butcher knife.
Down in my heart I realized that if
the occasion'' should arise he would
not be backward in demonstrating
his art of carving on his opponent.
That Welshman was no better cook
than I was, and the crew soon be
came aware of this hence their
| hostility.
The Cushko was a "lime juicer,"
sailing under the English flag. The
skipper was a 'Time juicer," the first
mate a "blue noser," the first engi
neer a Scotchman, while the crew |
was composed of Spaniards, Italians,
Squareheads, Finns, Swedes and Rus
sians. The bos'n was Irish, and a
firm believer in home rule. A worse
gang of cutthroats could hardly be
conceived; a nice, polite bunch they I
were. Believe me. Bill and I had our
troubles.
Bill and I were the only two Amer
icans on board. The engineer's mess
man was a Prussian, Karl Tatzner by .
name. I nicknamed him "Fritz." He '
was only twenty years old, but was
clumsy, strong as an ox and about
six feet tall. ,
After weathering the gale, we at
last came into the Gulf Stream, and i
off the coast, of Florida It was warm
and pleasant.
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was thrown against the building or
planted so it exploded tearing away
| a par{ of the rear.
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Pittsburgh Threatened
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I'lttaburgh, Dec. U7.—The business
section of the South Hide was threat
ened with destruotlon late Inst night
when fire destroyed ft large fufrntture
warehouse and many residences, A
general alarm was sounded soon aft-1
er the blaze was discovered, and it j
wrh live hours before the department!
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ations and indemnities is agree-!
able to the central powers and j
they will conclude a general I
peace immediately on conditions
equally just to all the belliger-j
cuts. The central powers share
Russian condemnation of a pro
longation of the war for the
purpose of conquest. Count
l Czerniit agrees that people have
, the right of self-definition, but
j says that subject nationalities
I must solve their problem under
I the laws of the countries under
j whose sway they live.
The I'nited States and the entente
allies up to this time have not recog-
nized the lawful'right of the 80l-
shevik government to rule Russia
and they have not agreed to the
terms Russia proferred at the be
ginning of the BreHt-Lltovsk con
ference. Recent utterances of re
tiponsilde allied leaders have ex
pressed oppositlo li to a Geripan
mado peace, President Wllsdn and
Premier Lloyd George rectnly have
declared that peace 'with Prussian
military autocracy still In power
was Impossible.
Meanwhile the Bolshevik! are tak
ing measures to placate their op
ponents. Seven members of the So
cial Revolutionist party, which has
a nfajority of the constituent as
sembly, have been admitted to the
council of national commissioners,
as the ruling body in Russia is
called. The Bolsheviki still retain
ten members in the council. Emis
saries of the Bolsheviki ltuve failed
in their attempt to effect a com
promise wiih the rada.
Chairman loffe, of the Russian
deiegution, expressed gratification
at the willingness of Germany to
conclude peace on the basis of no
annexations, no indemnities and the
self-definition of peoples but pointed
out that the self definition of peoples
within the limits granted by constl
tuions, as stated by the German re
ply, was not complete.
Regarding compensation for the
maintenance of prisoners of war,
the Russia nchairman said it might
be construed as an indemnity. He
insisted that an in'jtrnational fund
be established to pay damages
against private persons. He had no
objection to Germany's request that
her colonies be evacuated by entente
troops.
Russia's delegation, he seated In
conclusion, notwithstanding differ
ences of opinion, thought the Ger
man declaration that Germany has
no aggressive plans offered the pos
sibility of the immediate beginning
of negotiations for a general peace
among all belligerents. lie proposed
a ten days' recess until January 4,
"so that the people whose govern
ment liave not yet joined In the
negotiations for a general peace may
have an opportunity to acquaint
themselves with the principles of
such a peace as now is being estab
lished."
"At the expiration of the indi
cated time," he declared, "the nego
tiations must be resumed disregard
ing whether or not other belliger
ents have joined in the negotiations
or how many."
Military operations are confined
generally to the Italian northern
front. Snow has fallen along the
British front in France and there
have been only patrol and 'artillery
activities on the French front.
After recapturing lost positions on
the Col Del Rosso and Monte De
Val Bella, the Italians were unable
to hold them on account of enemy
pressure and were forced to retire.
The battle was of great violence and
the Austro r Gernjans have been tin
able to follow up their initial suc
cess in the region west of the
Brenta.
Admiral Sir John R. Jellico has
been removed as British first sea
lord and is suceeded by Admiral Sir
-Rosslyn Wemyss, who has been sec
end sea lord. Admiral Wemyss is
not as well known publicly as thp
former commander of the British
grand fleet, but has had a varied
wa rexperience.
British merchantshipping losses
for the past week show the lowest
totul since the wee kending No
vember 11 when six vessels were lost.
The loss of 12 ships, eleven of more
than I.COO tons and one of less than
that tonnage, compare favorably
witli the loss of 17 the previous
week and 21 in the week ending
December 9, in each of which 14 of
more than 1,600 tons went down.
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