The diary of a soldier of fortune by Stanley Portal Hyatt
English Tramp: his experiences as an engineer, sheep station hand, labor agent, explorer, American soldier, blockade runner, tramp
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| Author: Stanley Portal Hyatt (1877–1914), British adventurer and writer. |
Stanley Portal Hyatt’s The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune (1910–1911) is a vivid autobiographical account of his adventurous life, spanning roles as engineer, sheep station hand, labour agent, explorer, American soldier, blockade runner, and tramp
Excerpt from the diary.
which the ordinary traveller would not understand. On the average mail boat, with its hundreds of passengers and its fixed time-table, the skipper is the " captain," a gold-laced personage, possessing a bland smile and showing infinite patience in answering the questions.
He appears at regular intervals, suave and shaven, in the saloon, on deck, in the smoking-room, and, before one out of a score of those on board has learnt to know him at all, the voyage is over. On a sailing ship, however, the " captain " becomes the " old man " omnipotent and always present.
If his liver is out of order, everyone scurries to cover ; if he has a fit of religion, everyone shares in his gloomy depression and hums alleged hymns ; if he looks on the whisky when it is yellow, the entire ship's company becomes afflicted with what
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