. St. Nicholas [serial]. jjptA vdy cDoojpcy it dtft&fy fa fat f. A CITIZEN OF THE DEEP. By Lida Rose McCabe. To walk the bed of the deep as you or Iwalk upon the land is the every-day life of thehero of this workaday story. It is over thirtyyears since Alfred Pahlberg made his firstplunge as a diver. No man, it is said in divingcircles, has spent more time at the bottom ofthe sea than this doughty Norseman. Whena lad of seven he shipped before the mast. Itwas the dream of his boyhood to see the NewWorld, amass a fortune there, and then go backand live out his life in his beloved land of thevik
. St. Nicholas [serial]. jjptA vdy cDoojpcy it dtft&fy fa fat f. A CITIZEN OF THE DEEP. By Lida Rose McCabe. To walk the bed of the deep as you or Iwalk upon the land is the every-day life of thehero of this workaday story. It is over thirtyyears since Alfred Pahlberg made his firstplunge as a diver. No man, it is said in divingcircles, has spent more time at the bottom ofthe sea than this doughty Norseman. Whena lad of seven he shipped before the mast. Itwas the dream of his boyhood to see the NewWorld, amass a fortune there, and then go backand live out his life in his beloved land of theviking. How much of that dream came true,his is the story to tell. The life of a sailorthirty years ago, however rich in adventure,was no royal road to fortune. Two dollars anda half a month was all that the Swedish sailor boy could earn when he faced the New Worldto find the turning-point of his career aboard aschooner, engaged in hauling stones to buildthat marvel of the last century, the BrooklynBridge. The first time I dived, said Pahlberg, was off Race Rock
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