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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

The SHIP that was

NOT LOST

AT ALL

T

O the man in the street, crossing the Atlantic in anything smaller than

the Queen Mary is a bit

of an adventure-to cross it in a small sailing vessel about the size of the ship Columbus used is suicidal.

nover

Yet the people, of Tollesbury, Essex,

Kave up hope for one moment-never even doubt. ed that Endeavour I would come home anfely. Why shouldn't she? Well-found ship, in perfect trim, with a useful set of storm sails and a sea anchor for riding out the gales. What more could you want? they ank simply.

Ocean sailing is one of the hardleat of pursults, yet there are hundreds of amateur sailors throughout the country who would give their right hands for the chance of sailing the En- deavour from west to east.

The men abonni her Inconically regard it as just another job, and Although a great fuss was made of thom when they got back, they will be the Inst to claim or even to realise that they have done anything out of the ordinary at all.

Come with me aboard an Imaginary racer, on her way back from the States. It has

en an exciting day for the crew aboard the Trier. Half a gale has been blowing, and doesn't show any signs or letting up. The tow rope with which she was being dragged back by the luxury yacht Evviva has carried away, and there was an exciting and hectic time while the pin which held 90 fathoms of wire towing line was knocked out, so that Trier's bows will not be pulled under by the terrific weight.

Then there was a bit of fast work while a soa anchor was put over forward, so that Trier will drift easily with her bows into the wind. Uncomfortable, for she is tossing like a good

-To-day's Thought; BUILD me straight, 0

worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly

vcssci,

That shall laugh at all disas-

ter,

And with wave and whirlwind

wrestle.

-LONGFELLOW.

་

of

The mystery Edeavour I 1003 cleared up yester- day. She is near- ing home and never 100g "lost."

un, but safo, at any rate for tho time being.

The ordinary sea-anchor con- sists of a large canvas bag, with one end held open, something like the wind-sock you see flying over. an airport. It is wide at one ond and narrows rapidly.

It is made fast to the yacht with a long length of rope, and as tho wind blows Trier antern, the pull of the water on the sea-anchor keep her head-on to the wind, so that very slowly she drifts sister, preventing the heavy seas trou breaking over, and riding easily and gracefully itko a scaguil,

To the layman the revelation of what a sea-anchor means amazes

him. To ride safely through half a gate, with hatches and door- ways battened down, and all hands save one down below snugly piny- ing cards and smoking peacefully

And to hear of Captain Voss, the Inventor of a special type of sea- anchor, who sailed right round the world in a canoe to prove that he could ince any kind of weather so long as he had his sea-anchor with him.

The yacht Trier has been speci- ally rigged for crossing thỏ Atlan- Lie, to be prepared for any emer- gencies, The Western Ocean can be very nasty towards the end of September, if it likes, so in addi- tion to the ordinary working sails she will carry her storm salis and two or three different sizes of spininkers.

Probably she will carry a square sail but will not use it-square salls need so much gear to set them that although their easy steering is a great advantage, they are too much trouble to be worth bothering with.

Probably on Trier all hands ex- cept the skipper and the cook-the two most important people aboard -wil be on Swedish watches, which mean 14 hours on duty one day and 10 the next, giving each man a change of duty every day. Leisure time will be passed in sleeping, in repairing tears in sails and wear in socks, In tidying up, in playing cards and in reading.

The gale blows itself out within

by

Edward CARR

the next few hours, and the men of Trier settle themselves down to make the best of a steady north- westerly wind which logs them about 1 miles an hour in the direction of the Irish const, couple of thousand miles away.

Life regains an even tenor. The only worry is listening in to the wireless messages which are flood- Ing the ether. (Trier has a receiv- Ing set aboard, to get the weather forecasts, but no transmitting set. For what would they want a trans- mitting set? They are doing a job of work like any other sailors, and they don't particularly want to talk to the shore till they get there, all ready to discuss the Arsenal results over a bot of beer).

Destroyers are searching for thum. Aeroplanes are searching for them. Hope is being aban- doned. Some ship has reported seeing them 500 miles east of their actual position.

Another ship has seen them 150 north. Hope is not being aban- doned. Their wives are facing the situation boldly. ("And why not? demands one of the crew. sturdily." It's only these hysterical shore folk that are makin' all the fuss.") Now hope is being aban- doned again.

"Shut that dratted thing off," someone demands.

"Nay." says another armly. Tune in to the English stations. It's Henry Hall's farewell party to- night, and I want to hear Gracie Fields,"

And so the days roll by-the wind comes on strong, and they reef down, and then the wind dies down, so that they roll and sint about heavily in n flat calm-but it's all part of the day's work, and Trier reels off the miles between her and the Irish coast for they are northing all the time) until

eventually the skipper, bending

NOVEMBER 2, 1937.

STREET GAMES In

Bygone DAYS

"HOSFEE! Hospeel" comes

the

long walling cry from far alon the street, and the boy who has been hiding his eyes in a corner called the "den" issues cauflously forth and scelta for the hiders.

on

Presently, having gone some dis- tance along the street, he gets glimpse of a red head poking out from

entry, and immediately shouts, "In for

Tamson!" you, Jock and rushes for the den before the "blued" boy can catch him up.

That mysterious word "hospee" is Just a corruption of "I Spy," known as hide-and-seek, which wor one of the most popular street gamer

often

were

of our boyhood, many years ago.

"King" Was another exciting running game, where the boy in the centre of the road having shouted "king," all rushed from one side to the other, and those who captured in the cressing joined forces with the solitary beginner.

"Cavey or prisoners' base, way umething similar, though played and giving great along the street, scope for budding sprinters to free "prisoners" and win victory for their side. These strenuous

games quired breathers in between, when Why according to season, for all games should there be? Maybe even a "came

at regular periods, mar- little

disappointment because

"low-nickly" bles, "high-nickly" more days more dollars in could be enjoyed; or if peeries were other words. on weekly pay, the in, doughly deeds could be performed longer you are at sen the more by the owners of Glesea' splitters. money you have to draw when you evidence then, though usually in

The fighting spirit was always in get back.

and found relief ood-natured

red way, and

over the chart, points out the noon position and announces, "We'll sight land to-morrow."

There is no exellement.

And next day arrives, and land is

or

sighted. And the first ship in tournaments, where the combat- sighted, too. She has a wireless actants fought pick-a-back, and Scots and English. This was a mighty on board, And within an hour or struggle, though it was at times LWO 4 a large tug makes her way out atmcult to provide "temporary, Eng- of harbour towards the Trier. ish," as they knew that in the end

"We're from your owners. We're they must be vanquished. to give you n line and tow you in when you get nearer to land, they Hounds and Hares yell through a megaphone.

And as they get near to the har- bour another tugboat comes out, loaded to her bulwarks with wildly enthusiastle newspaper men and

women.

A greatly enjoyed game, which extended beyond the street to back greens or even meadows and links. was hounds and hares, and many youngsters got their first taste here of cross-country running. A vuria- tion of this was the gaine of "bobbles and thieves.

To return to the street, tippny- Trier hauls into the wind, and suppny (leap-frog) with all its many down come her sails. She lies roll-stages was a favourite, as was batty. ing easily to the gentle Atlantic where the caps were placed in a line swell. Her voyage is over.

Theainst a doorway and a ball pitched newspaper tug gets near enough to which it landed having to retrieve

hall her.

ut them, the owner of the hai into

of

CIL-

"What sort of a trip, skipper?"

the ball and hit one of his flying com- "We'll

pay top price for your panions with it. Dully, or rounders. story, mister."! Cameras are lev-dulls, and

was played with the lamp-posts ar

often the windows elled and clicked.

houses were eighbouring dangered.

"Cat and bal" was another same- what dangerous game, where

the sharp-pointed eat was sent fying from a narrow cavity in the pave- ment, and thereafter struck on the point and batted when in the alr Boys even In those"days"bad ̄com=" siderable mechanical made their own

"harity,

ou! soap-boxes or similar packing-enser, to which they attached wheels. the front set being fixed loosely by aut, so that gulders could be used;

"D'y hear that, mate?" one of the crew demands, "That man wi' the black hat offered me 15 for what I can tell him-more'n I've earned all the trip across. An' what can I tell him? We've had n quiet trip, and we're back home. -and-we-were never missing for ̄n moment, because we've known where we were all the time."

Ism.

He wants to hear about hero-

docs he?" says the frat, sides squaring his shoulders. "HC shall.

11.

and

"If you think he'll g' ye £15 for and so rapid was the movement that that," says the other contemptu-home-made

often the wheels smoked, in

those and many ously." Don't ye know ye're a livro,

races were indots, mon 7"

A game of never-tailing attraction was "durruntes trades," where two were picked, and occupied opposite sides of the street. After consultation, one lot advanced to the aller and went through a perform- ance in the style of a charade, but When the audience were successful |without a single word being spoken.

in discovering the "Irade" or story, they in turn gave a performance.

Before the Motor Eni

The far-away look of the Ancient Mariner, first known shellback to spin his life story to the public. fills his eyes. . . . The public shall have their story, if they demand it....

A Night Out With Poachers

found. was

A

One winter game which it will be somewlint dificult for the present generation to realise or believe in was "guesses." It was played at lighted shop windows, often in the busiest strects, and one member of the object in the shop window-T.D." company gave the letters of some (Turkish delight) or "C.G." (ciana- mon gundy), etc.

Whoever guessed the object cor- rectly shouted it out and made for. another selected shop window, usual-

others, who battered him with their

can

HANKOW-NANKING TIME TABLE

(FOUR TIMES WEEKLY)

East Bound (Read Down)

Tues. Thur. Fri. Sun.

Wast Bound (Read Up)

STATION

Tuos. Thur..

Fri. Sun.

(Dolphin)

(Dolphin)

7.00

LV HANKOW

Ar

14.00

8.15

LY KIUKIANG

LV

12.45

9.35

Ly WUHU

Iv

11.25

10.20

Ar NANKING

Ly

10.40

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(DAILY SERVICE}

East Bound (Read Up)

West Bound (Read Down)

Mon, Wed.

Fri.

(DC-2)

11.45

Suri. Tue,

Thu Bal.

STATION

Sun. Tue. Mon, Wed.

Thu.

Sat.

(Loening)

(Loening)

Frl

(DC-2).

8.00

Lv HANKOW Ar

17.10

11.15

0.40

LY BHASI

Ly

15.45

10.40

Ly ICHANG

Ly

14.45

13.00

LV WANIISIEN LY

12.25

15.00

14.40

Ar CHUNKING LY

10.30

0.00

Mon Wed.

Fri.

Sun. Toc. Thu.

San. Mon, Wed. Frl.

Sat.

Tuc. Thu.

(8(lasan)

Sat.

(Stinson) 15.10 17.10

_(Stinson) 15.10 -17.10

LV CHUNKING Ar Ar CHENGTU Lv

(Stinson) 10.00

14.30

8.00

14.39

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1 The preserving industry is not especially prominent in this part of London (two words, 7, und 4).

7 The ship's crew.

0 What Baby wants is behind

time about nevertheless.

10 Quite a lot in a bargain, 11 Tree.

12 Can be made from two games

and a piece of string. 15 Seltled cosily down. 10 Pace hit high

Russian.

and And the

17 There was no skeleton in her

cupboard.

20 Irishman and his girl always on

one's knee.

22 Sounds a prosperous noise.

23 Levi's gone all wrong. 24 Common Kool.

7

27 "The round, the common task. Would furnish all we ought to nak." (Keble).

was eleven p.. The children absolutely dark throughout the night were in bed sleeping soundly, and alded us in the

We decided to move on. The nets "I'm hungry," he promptly broke a first part of our were concealed round the waist. I twig from a bush and sticking it be I was enjoying a pipe and the even- journey along the village,, where we picked up the hare, which I was told tween my teeth, said, "Keep your jaw lag paper. My day had been like all picked up two dogs. And what to conceal. I pointed out that I had shat." Laya for the past three years dogs! 1 never heard a cheep out of made no provision for such a con- deed!

A cheerful companion In- washing, cooking, and tending tiree them from start to finish. Inotherless children, and I was en-

tingency. Whereupon Jimmy open- We soon reached a nolghbouring ed his jacket and buried the carcase pying the tranquillity when I was village and avoided roads by cross- in a huge improvised pocket which fleld surrounded by a dry dyke. They across the street, pursued by the

Farther across country we came to a disturbed by the ringing of the front ing fields of newmown hay door bell.

and stretched, from side to side. Eyeing inevitable gate skirting flelds of corn. The

dogs my middle-aged span, he remarked, poacher's paradiac, provided a game hats. He then had the privilege of were straining at the least I hastened downstairs, wondering reached the first field of operation.

as we "Too much beer."

keeper didn't erass the dyisel The giving the next Kucas, We what was wanted. Imagina iny eur 1 was enjoined not to

net was fixed, and with the usual Imagine what would happen at such prise when two nion,

talk as the Jutny

We plodded over many fields and "Hide yourself behind that tree," the

a game in our streets to-day! Bob, stood at the threshold and in-game, which would curry to safety, bankment.

and sound of my voice would warn the across a stream on railway

those Besiden cm- dogs were turned loose. Soon 1

universally vited me out for a night's adventure. That the ground had been well sur

heard the "music." Wishing to be at cognired gumen, there were specials "It'll do you good," mald Jimmy, veyed in the daytime was evident by

"liave a umoko," sild Bob, We ft place, stumbled over a stone, upset visits to Cook's or Newsomes, and it the death I rushed from my hiding-ch as the "elreus," originating from "You've no life looking after kids all the ease with while they discoveret up and I watched iny companions Jimmy, and three hures escaped, day. Comna on and have a bit of the "un" to thy gate.

closely, Bol was searching the em- pass over the Innguage used,

was no uncommon thing to see boys *., uxorelau,"

24 One of the things I'd be if you standing on their hands or making unalment, with a keen eye, and soon Crushing down we soon resched

gave me a thousand. pyramids on each other's shoulders,

20 Pink, от La "Is it not rather an uniuunt hour the Hate, where we staked our first hotes were net-covered and a for exerobe, I queried. In reply not, about nine feet wide, With ferret. Two rabbits later joined the bers of the family to "beat" it. Dawn game of endurance), and "ducky" The fleld was of no further use, as Cross-tig and lame-tly, with tug-of-

Highland "eat" put in. The "ent" was a blind the nerecching had warned all mem- war, "buff the bear, "weights," ta

bloom? they both unbuttoned their yeats ance x feet of 'elther side two other nots are in Junny's pocket. revealed trapping nets und stleks were plakes. I was instructed what

wan now approaching. Wo came in played with large atones, were other By-shaped as on mul

to do in the event any sums bes

sight of a form Old Granny Moon was ill duzing somebody was stir Smoke woskers"

hatine. Already amusements, and there woro always is noted." I hind to pounce on it, beneath her dark quilt, but there was eating from a chimney and a light "penny bloods" for wet days. Haw Hurriedly I switched off the hall screw its neck, rent the net, which no time for admiring the celestin iurned in a window overlooking the spouts (the English pen-shooters)

(for lifting slonca) light and invite them in, I was worked with a running bowling, and beauties, zu with a curt Come on" fold. unattred that nothing would happen, They had been at the game for many Jump back to cover.

we moved. A feld of freshly-cuit and were rewarded with

We agreed to comb the farm, and boutery guna (the Englial pop- lusy was our next objective.

another guns) hnd their season, and many My

inro

happy hours were spent "playing I dodged under a bush. I was not companions, dropped on thelr

We made for home, and within horses" or having an impromptu per- Nothing was to be seen, 80 on

It will be observed that almost nil exploit yielded two hares and ton those games were bom in the boyish

Trouble.

and Jnd gist amen enevinitored

•

it

DOWN

ond

2 After. tals,

century.

1 'Arm of the sea.

iles become fast

In one's room,

4 IL a girl may have buoyant spirits, surely a boy may have this kind of courage.

More or less precious stone. Sour tin upret.

7 Yorkshire customi for the sports-

woman (hyphen, 6 and 8).

CROSSWORDS

18

401

.9 The men Paddy twisted round,,

laking nothing with them (hyphen, 5 and 6).

13 Make an absolute profit

14 The rising generation.

10 Familiar pursuit on "Change to

bring about all right,

19 Reckless mischief,

30 Doesn't exclude tips, but it isn't that part of the hands that it lubricales (two words, 4 and 3).

21 May describe a lizard, but not

a busy insect.

25 Whether you've finished to bird or not, you'll get this after the coffee. 20 A mild imprecation involves a

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yot accutone to the darle, mint I 10 Birvoy there the tau further twenty yards of my domain combed formance of Dick Turpin. On my grasing Jo accompany had the greatest difficulty in keepint We tried wyoral, folds thereafter, Anuthör fold, and all told our night's Be I was instructed to don my one eye on my not and the other on but the cry of the "pen-weep" com- Cabbits, which were shared. I received community or handed down from oldont clothes and a pair of rubber the approach for a gamekeeper. shoes. "You can get of your mark Out went the dous, and after a few piled us to hurry out. I once four rabbits. I took my companions generation to Heneration by long hufekty it may one comes on the minutes the "anualo" was heard na à loved that ery, but to-night I hated hanè, propaved teu and toast while tradition. Few proper well, for presents very accurately the late of the old days, but much was learned

wene," said Lob. No thought of any lure, closely pursued by #inches round the middle!

"rattled into Bob's not. angerly pounced on and killed.

it.

tlog.

before it was written, the leaderette fit they lad ? I wonderf wore re- on "Chikiren in the Street," which It was a mugh-and-tumble Bila in

Bob "dressed" my dinner. I did sot quired, and this was just as go to bed, but after the withdrawal as a rule a boy's finances in those affairs, to-day. That great play-of the team spirit, and many charac- of my friends proceeded to curry out

ground has been lost forever, but ters were moulded in the carefree" would the present-day children, with days when our street was our play- their big pocket-money, and the con-ground and sur chums the world. stant appont, of the plctures, use it.

Geo, W. Cooper.

I wan fa a fow mbutes we were on our was thrown to me, nut shortly after-

The economy of the focal an wants both dogs returned inaccoin partaken of any mipper before aiting for the next adventuro.

It was now about 9 a.m. I had not my daily task. Now I am waiting department in having side streets panted.

out, to when I remarked is Jimmy

Amatour.

why.

days consisted of the Saturday penny or halfpenny.

The writer was delighted to see. after deciding on this article, but