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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
2
The narrator recalls entering involuntary servitude to Wolf Larsen after a harsh encounter with the brutal captain. Larsen orders a funeral at sea for a cast-off body as crew react with a mix of fear and uneasy solemnity. The scene contrasts the stern, varied faces of sailors with the captain's calm, chilling demeanor.
A dead man slides into the sea as the Whaler’s crew braces for a sou'easter. Wolf Larsen orders full hands on deck and reefing while the ship battles rain squalls and fog near the California coast. The narrator contemplates life’s relentlessness at sea.
Humphrey Van Weyden endures humiliation and danger after joining the Ghost as cabin-boy. The cook, Mugridge, grows domineering while storms lash the voyage and his knee injuries worsen. Wolves Larsen and the crew show cold indifference as Van Weyden contemplates his shift from scholar to laborer.
Humphrey Van Weyden, a critic, is swept from a ferry in fogbound San Francisco Bay and awakens aboard the Ghost, a teasing schooner bound for Japan. He witnesses the mate’s death and hears Captain Larsen curse the dead man. Larsen refuses to shore Humphrey and makes him cabin boy for the good of his soul.
Fragmentary naval prose describes the schooner Ghost battling rolling seas as it pushes toward the Pacific heart, climbing moving mountains and plunging through foaming valleys in a grim, ongoing struggle at sea.
The narrator moves into a tiny cabin aboard the Ghost as Johansen’s sleepless daylong patrol irritates Wolf Larsen. A purse theft leaves him with only silver while the cook rants and threatens violence, forcing a frightened retreat to the galley door.
An auction sold several historic war relics including a Napoleon table service fetching 3250 dollars and other items such as Lord Cardigan’s Balaclava sword. A court case revealed a hearthrug made from fallen comrades’ garments. A Besancon windmill yielded a pigeon's mummified body with a 1870 love note from a trapped courier.
The soldier recounts a long battle from eight in the morning to seven at night. The workman questions the tale and asks how the soldier managed to fit a dinner hour into that lengthy engagement. The exchange mixes humor with a double take on time and endurance.
In Porto Rico plants thrive on unusual hosts as they lodge on telephone and telegraph wires. The warm atmosphere aids growth as insulation rots and roots establish, producing unexpected plant life in resident communities.
Cleveland Indians manager Lee Fohl offers unconventional ideas on managing a team. He argues against giving batters strict orders and cautions spring training should not overwork pitchers. He urges taking bold chances when trailing to spark a breakthrough.
A Yale Athletic Association special committee announces the unanimous selection of T A Jones as Yale football head coach for the next three seasons. Jones, Sheffield Scientific School 1908, former quarterback and baseball captain, has coached Phillips Exeter Academy in recent years. Michael Sweeney named athletic adviser for 1916 and 1917. Committee to oversee football affairs includes Vance McCormick, Boro, Kilpatrick, Swap, and Walter Camp.
Tommy Daly of the Cleveland Indians may get a chance for regular work in the lineup this season. He could play behind the bat or in the outfield and show latent ability, something he lacked against the White Sox previously.
Umpire Bill Bernhardt returns to Southern league duties. Howard Camnus to manage Ridgeway in Class D Inter state league. Joe Corbett attempts a comeback with the Frisco Seals. Vander Common signs with Jacksonville of the South Atlantic league. Ralph Works plans another try. Missouri Valley champions Nebraska to face Oregon Aggies on October 21 in Portland. Frank Chance connected with Angels. Joe Pate and Lou Gulsto noted in lineups. Charley White extends run of outs over two years.
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