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None of us can forget the horrors of the night." Heavy rain fell and the dugouts became wet and filthy. "Our sleeping-places were full of water. We had to try and bail out the trenches with cooking-dishes. I lay down in the water with G-. We were to have worked on dugouts, but not a soul could do any more. Only a few sections got coffee. Mine got nothing at all.
Pablo had the brasero and the wood, and Tonio and Tita brought up the rear with the molasses jug, the cooking-dishes, and their Judases all carefully packed together. "Now, mind you, Tonio," said Doña Teresa as the procession started, "don't you get to watching everything in the street and forget that jug of molasses."
There must have been hours of distress for the older and the delight in adventure which is an unchanging trait of the young of every race. Wild winds carried away some clothes and cooking-dishes from the ship; there was a birth and a death, and occasional illness, besides the dire seasickness. The former captain was in Virginia, in September, 1620, according to this account.
Tita gave her the cooking-dishes, and Tonio was just going to hand her the jug, when bang-bang-bang! three fire-crackers went off one right after the other almost in his ear! Tonio jumped at least a foot high, and oh the jug! It accidentally tipped over sideways, and poured a puddle of molasses right on top of the baby's head!
The cooking-dishes, saucepans, &c., come next in order; and here the wire dish-cloth will be found useful, as it does not scratch, yet answers every purpose of a knife. Every pot, kettle, and saucepan must be put into the pan of hot water. If very greasy, it is well to allow them to stand partly full of water in which a few drops of ammonia have been put.
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