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Some of the waves were so high that the water came clean over the flying bridge forward, and some of the officers were thrown down and badly bruised. One of the other ships lost a man overboard, and although we hunted for him an hour and a half we could not get him, and had a boat smashed in the endeavor. SOME OF THE WAVES WERE SO HIGH THAT THE WATER CAME CLEAN OVER THE FLYING BRIDGE FORWARD AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS WERE THROWN DOWN AND BADLY BRUISED ONE OF THE OTHER SHIPS LOST A MAN OVERBOARD AND ALTHOUGH WE HUNTED FOR HIM AN HOUR AND A HALF WE COULD NOT GET HIM AND HAD ABODE SMASHED IN THE ENDEAVOR
st the three days when Mother was there. But I was so well received and had so many things to say which I was really glad to say, that the whole trip was a success. When I left New Orleans on the little lighthouse tender to go down to the gulf where the big war ship was awaiting me, we had a collision. I was standing up at the time and the shock pitched me forward so that I dove right through the window, taking the glass all out except a jagged rim round the very edge. But I went through so quickly that I received only some minute scratches on my face and hands which, however, bled pretty freely. I was very glad to come up the coast on the squadron of great armored cruisers. In the gulf the weather was hot and calm, but soon after rounding Florida and heading northward we ran into a gale. Admiral Brownson is a regular little gamecock and he drove the vessels to their limit. It was great fun to see the huge warcraft pounding steadily into the gale and forging onward through the billows. SE I ENJOYED MOST THE THREE DAYS WHEN MOTHER WAS THERE BUT I WAS SO WELL RECEIVED AND HAD SO MANY THINGS TO SAY WHICH I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SAY THAT THE WHOLE TRIP WAS A SUCCESS WHEN I LEFT NEW ORLEANS ON THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE TENDER TO GO DOWN TO THE GULF WHERE THE BIG WARSHIP WAS AWAITING ME WE HAD A COLLISION I WAS STANDING UP AT THE TIME AND THE SHOCK PITCHED ME FORWARD SO THAT I DOVE RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW TAKING THE GLASS ALL OUT EXCEPT A JAGGED RIM ROUND THE VERY EDGE BUT I WENT THROUGH SO QUICKLY THAT I RECEIVED ONLY SOME MINUTE SCRATCHES ON MY FACE AND HANDS WHICH HOWEVER BLED PRETTY FREELY I WAS VERY GLAD TO COME UP THE COAST ON THE SQUADRON OF GREAT ARMORED CRUISERS IN THE GULF THE WEATHER WAS HOT AND CALM BUT SOON AFTER ROUNDING FLORIDA AND HEADING NORTHWARD WE RAN INTO A GALE ADMIRAL BROWNSON IS A REGULAR LITTLE GAMECOCK AND HE DROVE THE VESSELS TO THEIR LIMIT IT WAS GREAT FUN TO SEE THE HUGE WAR CRAFT POUNDING STEADILY INTO THE GALE AND FORGING ONWARD THROUGH THE BILLOWS
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