hen was a of sixteen a good sailor and all round my the � rs was by the fish commission and i became for the time being a after a deal of work among the greek of the upper bay and rivers where knives flashed at the beginning of trouble and men permitted themselves to be made prisoners only after a revolver was thrust in their faces we hailed with delight an expedition to the lower bay against the chinese there were six of us in two boats and to avoid suspicion we ran down after dark and dropped anchor under a projecting bluff of land known as point as white and yellow the east with the first light of dawn we got under way again and hauled close on the land breeze as we across the bay toward point the morning mists curled and clung to the water so that we could see nothing but we busied ourselves driving the chill from our bodies with hot coffee also we had to devote ourselves to the miserable taste of for in some incomprehensible way the had sprung a generous half the night had been spent in the and exploring the but the labor had been without avail the water still poured in and we doubled up in the and tossed it out again after coffee three of the men withdrew to the other boat a river salmon boat leaving three of us in the then the two craft proceeded in company white and yellow till the sun showed over tht eastern its rays the clinging and there before our eyes like a picture lay the fleet spread out in a great half moon the tips of the fully three miles apart and each fast to the of a but there was no stir no sign of life the situation dawned upon us while waiting for slack water in which to lift their heavy from the bed of the bay the chinese had all gone to sleep below we were elated and our plan of battle was swiftly formed throw each of your two men on to a whispered le grant to me from the salmon boat and you make fast to a third yourself we ll do the same and there s no reason in the world why we shouldn t capture six at the least white and yellow then we separated i put the deer about on the other tack ran up under the lee of a shivered the into the wind and lost and past the stem of the so slowly and so near that one of the stepped lightly aboard then i kept off filled the and bore away for a second up to this time there had been no noise but from the first bv the salmon an uproar now broke forth there was shrill oriental yelling a pistol shot and more yelling it s all up they re warning others said george the remaining as he stood beside me in the by this time we were in the thick of the fleet and the alarm was spreading with incredible swiftness the decks were beginning to swarm with half awakened white and yellow and half naked chinese cries and of warning and anger were over the quiet water and somewhere a shell was being blown with great success to the right of us i saw the captain of a chop away his line with an axe and spring to help his crew at the of the huge sail but to the left the first were up from below on another and i rounded up the alongside long enough for to spring aboard the whole fleet was now under way in addition to the sails they had gotten out long sweeps and the bay was being in every direction by the i was now alone in the seeking to capture a third prize the first i took after was a clean mi s for it trimmed its sheets and shot i white and yellow away into the wind by fully half a point it the and i began to respect for the clumsy craft the of the pursuit i filled away threw out the main sheet and drove down before the wind upon the to where i had them at a disadvantage the one i had selected wavered before me and as swung wide to make the boarding gentle filled suddenly and darted away the shouting a wild as they bent to the sweeps but i had been ready for this i suddenly putting the hard down and holding it down with my body i brought the main sheet in hand over hand on the run so as to retain all possible striking force the two sweeps of the were up white and yellow and then the two boats came together with a crash the s hke a monstrous hand reached over and out the s mast and towering sail this was met by a yell of rage a big remarkably evil looking with his head in a yellow silk handkerchief and face badly marked planted a pole on the s bow and began to the entangled boats apart pausing long enough to jet go the and just as the cleared and began to drift i leaped aboard the with a and made fast he of the yellow handkerchief and face came toward me but i put my hand into my hip and he hesitated i was but the chinese have learned to be white and yellow careful of american hip pockets and it was upon this that i depended to keep him and his savage crew at a distance i ordered him to drop the anchor at the s bow to which he replied no the crew responded in uke fashion and though i made my meaning plain by signs they refused to understand the of discussing the matter i went forward myself the line and 