REEF KNOT ARRIVES: (Cont. from page 2) ^
"Tt roomed the very noises of industry and
commerce roro stilled in honor of the -
occasion. Clcngor of street cars and the
busy chug of harborcraft and trucks along
the raterfront died out in the stillnoss
of' the afternoon as hundreds of pairs of
unbelieving eyes'rat died the storied Re
lief chip tie up.
’lord of the oid ship's coming had boon
hired to Seldovia from the anciont farming
community .of Homor, and a relcoming com
mittee- had been hastily assembled to greet
the officors'of the ship, Catchers rero
stunned; and unbelieving, and there v;as an
air of mourning over the croud as the
splintered gangplank crasbd into place.
Those nearest the rharf could see tho
faint' and illegible lottors of the old
Ship*s. name. They had boon almost unshod
aray by the years. R—f K-a’ac all that
remained on tho nameplate of tho onco
proud Alaskan Steamer,
Not ever, a uolooming blast from the stran
ger’s vhistle marred the arfUl stillnoss
of the occasion. Long since, the rintery
months of ice and snor through "hich she
had rendered in Alaskan raters had frozen <
the old ship’s rhistle mechanism. She car-i
riod mementoes of those arful months on
every ice-sheathed line and timber.
The croud stirred as officers began to
appear on the"dock and prepared to descend
the gangplank. Dressed in tlircadbare end
tarnished remnants of a Maritime uniform,
which had been, smartly nautical and very
fashionable in'the mid-1960’s, the Captain
and his aides stopped from the deck of
their ship and advanced tft meet the wel
coming committee.
As the men made their feeble, tottering
descent to the wharf floor, a pitying mur
mur arose from the crowd. Hoarded, long
haired -and grey", they needed only a shep
herd’s staff to complete the illusion of
Biblical patriarchs.
The mayor and his welcoming committeo step
ped forward to greet the sermon who'had
indeed returned frori a living gravd. As
he clasped the hand of the captain, tho
string section of the Soldovia Municipal
Orchestra'burst into the slow strains of
"Tho Long, Oh Too Long, Rave You Tarried."
( A lengthy account is givon of tho mayor’:
spoech'.and the unloading, of the ship of**)
—"lisa+ that would equal the choicest din- 1
osaur steaks in freshness;.eggs but a sholl.
of their onetime selves; oranges and grapo
fruit wasted to mouldering rinds—"
"Again the string orchestra broke into
music. To the cadoncod and solemn
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strain of "No Lettuce Today, Dear,"
ending vrith—
As they marched, the crord ras chanting:
"Oh, good grief not, Can’t bo tho Roof
Knot."