THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
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The crew usually consists of Supt.
l earn, captain: Mike, mate; Willie,
engineer: Patia «»r Lvcoiulra, Peter
«»r Philip, ileck luuuls.
Not long apr<>ait H!imsimc incident
occurred ill which the launch (inured.
We were going in the early morning
to tal-e N’ic*>, Mike and l’ati i across
Devil's Bay to rake ami stack some
hay, expecting to lie back Inane in an
hour anil a half or two hours. It
was a tine morning so Miss Johnson
ami little James went along for a
riile. We reach.si the place, laluleil
the boys ami hail gotten across the
bay again when the engine smhionlv
stopped, ami it was discovered there
was no fuel in the tanks. Before
leaving home Willie was going to till
the tanks, but Mike said "(til there
is < nough in them,” being in a bur
ry we did not stop to investigate but
took bis word for it with the result
that we were stalled o or (i miles from
home. \\ e anchored alia lor nearly
an hour tried to attract the attention
,,f the hovs we had left on tin* other
aide, as they had the otter limit with
them. They were working In hind a
bluff and could not see us. Fortu
nately there was a little hay near at
hand so by using what priming we
had we managed to run into the bay.
Willie then took off his shoes and
socks, rolled his trowsers up to his
knees and carried Miss Johnseu and
James ashore.
Philip and Supt. learn poled the
launch out into deeper water with the
boat hook, drop]led the anchor and
waited while Willie walked to Kodiak.
It was a long hard walk, as there
is no trail, and theday was warm. Me
reached there about one o'clock, Imr
rowed a dory, rowed over to Wood
Island, got Andrew Agizza to bring
him nn»l S'*111 e gasoline in his laun« h
“Kliziiheth’’to where we were wait
injf.
It was about H.45 when the launch
st pped, ami about an hour later when
\\ illie started on his walk to Kodia k.
While we were waiting the dinner
hour came and went. We had noth
ing on board he launch, not even
drinking water. Miss Johnson and
Janies fared better, as they found
some nmlena berries. At 1..'in we
shouted to Miss Johnson and remind
ed her that it was time to get ready
for a party she was invited to attend
at Mis. Folsom’s that afternoon.
James had a happy time catching lit
tle fish left in the small pools by the
receding tide, and sailing bits of
driftwo«sl f< r schooners on the bay
In the launch we passed the time in
watching what marine life we could
see at tin* bottom of the bav. It was
interesting to see the salmon or cod
fish trying to catch tin* little caplin,
or a seal coining up to some rocks
near by, while out a little further
s. whales were spouting. In the
olid's near by a nuinhi>r of sea pur
ruts bail their nests. Their cries re
iiiinil .me of the ‘‘hee-hawing’’ of a
donkey. The time passed much more
quickly than we thought it would, so
that when the Elizabeth came bring
ing our engineer anil gasoline we
had hardly begun to grow tired of
our forced vacation.
It was probably a fortunate occur
rence after all, that the shortage of
gasoline occurred when and where it
did, tor in future we will be more
careful, and not start out without
being sure of having a sufficient
supply fuel on board. It will doubt
less be many a day before Willie will
hear the last of trying to run the
launch without oil.