Argosy All-Story Weekly, April 19, 1924 — page 11: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ARGOSY-ALLSTORY WBE K bY VoL. CLIX SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1924 NUMBER 4 r4: CS V2 N —>, By ARTHUR HUNT CHUTE FOREWORD HE events recorded in this narrative took place between the years 1854 and 1857, when New England was supreme upon the sea, when the Yankee clipper queened it over every ocean. In the clipper ship era, America reached her zenith on the sea. Then every town and hamlet along the New England coast was dotted with shipyards, while the Yankee house flags were known in every quarter of the globe. ‘Then all the great fortunes of the United States were derived from maritime endeavor, hence the interest in ships was more than a sentiment. James Baynes, of the Black Ball Line, Donald MacKay, and Bully Forbes were dominating characters of the clipper ship era. In the Louvre in Paris is the bust of Donald MacKay, the foremost sailing ship designer of all time. He was born and bred in Nova Scotia, he built ships in New- 1A abi ; CORDIC OLS MEAS Pa as ed tel = | ”