The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-06
ONE TOO MANY.


never exactly lone Sonle, IN ulle HiaeS'i IA
fact sense OF the word, but like company,
ami there's not too much Of that com'' 10
this out-of .he way room. Sit down.
Have cigar | wish | could offer you
glass OF wins, but it is forbidden mo by the
doctors. They say it increases a sort Of
cerebral difficulty | have somHtlme', but
they doa't know every thing-The doctors.
ii we had bottle Of Ia Rose, now
grand vin-we woul Int caro- if there were
half loz'n too many. would wes'
Shall tell you tiryi | will, then 1t
Is about a certain Captain de vaiSse au, Jean
Martan Not me. uaderStanl, though that
i, my naine too AMI my calling when l
have oae. but remarkably like me Tho
Sans aye, the sams height, tho slms tall
frame, tine sauo black beard streake1 with
gray, the same steel-bla3 eye, under heavy
eyebrow grizl'ei AMI shaggy. My faith
when LOOK in the glass | SEQ that Jean
Martins imagsl But not mo. This CAPS
Jean Martin, whom ha was - years Old,
which was just llvo years ago, was As happy
a man as you would elre 10 sea. He had
VITO AMI three children, o family adorable.
lie had tho respect AMI contiieacs of tho
ministry AMI bureau Of marina He hal
Ia It won hOnurs in tho defense of Paris
III had the swif5ss5 AMI trimmest fris.
ate in the French navy. He had
the dearest, worthiesr bestowed friend In
the world, and this friend was his second in
command, as he sailed from Brest on fine
June morning, under orders for Cochin,
China, and the Mechon river. o, l do
assure you, this Capt. Martin had CRATE
ful sense of his blessings, AMI loved his
friend Clement Mazade with a deep and
true affection
This Capt jean Martins frigato was
called the Calypso, and she had as fine a
complement of officers and men as ever
sailed out of Brest Besides the lieutenant,
Clement Mazlde whom Capt Jean Martin
loved 50 dearly, there were the LieutS.
Figuieux, Appert and Casimir, the Ensign
Maleville and Quentin, AMI the very genial
Surgeons Louis Ormond and Ellie de
Nohant The Calypso arrived in the straits Of
Malacca in August, and in few days
dropped anchor in the Cambodia. Now
there was nows in Saigon OF n feet Of Malay
proas in tho CORVALLIS islands which had
been preyipg upon the commerce of that
coast, so the captain, jean Martin, after
tarryng only two days in order to take on
coal and have some repairs made TO his
steam launch, sailed eastward in search OF
the pirates. HE frigats was well adapted
to such @ chase for she was of light draught
and, with sail and steam combined. of al
together matches speed, And then, she
had a seven-inch pivot gun amidships thai
would drop she'll through the head of g
wine-cask atthe distance of two miles Woe
to the proas which csme across the path OF
the Calypso.
The monsoons of the China sea were blow.
ing from the south aud west, fully charged
with vapor AMI rain, and ominously instinct
with prsmonitions of typhoons AMI lorna
does, when Capt. jean Martins Calypso
came within the re,f regions Of CORVALLIS,
where it was no longer safe to carry full
steam or sail The cruiser sounded her way
among the slets, with keen lookout at the
masthead, when pfngl bang! dozen shot
were fired at her from amongst the low
mangrove islets and reefs, and twenty swift
- proas, accompanied by fair Il set of canoes,
appeared around her as il by magic
Evidently the pirates mistook her for G
merchant vessel But they were not long
in finding their mistake. The Calypso
made short work of it. Mon Dieul In five
minutes her shot and shell were scattering
them like ducks, men bowling, splinter.
flying, boats sinking, shark feeling Tn
rest He'd through narrow passage amOngs
tho mGngrove,, and from the mastheac
Capt. Jean Martin could see the shattere.
remnant OF the fleet hauled up on tn
largest island of the group, beyond broal
lagoon five miles away long. Low
islet, with fringe of mangroves, and in thu
center bare saudmound with low hut.
Il fell suddenly night, AMI pursuit wa
impossible. The Calypso dropped anchor
the hoarling nettinss were put up an,
Capt Jean Martin went tn his hammock
leaving tho deck in charge Of the secon.
officer Figuicux, AMI OF his beloved frien,
and c1mrale Clement Mazlde, first office
o, the CALYPSO.
Now. in the middle of TIE night this Capt
Jean Martin, sleeping peacefully in hi
hammock AMI dreaming happily of his wifi
and children, was aroused by the voice o
his beloved friend, Clement Mazade, cryin!
aloud to him in great agony: "A moi, Jeal
Martini Aux secours, Jean Martini /
MOL a moi! moi' So hs sprung from hi.
hammocl; with bolni and rushed uplr
deck, and these stock Figuiex by tn
wheel and Clement Mazade on the bridge
They rallied the Capt Jean Martin upo
having eaten too much turtle for his sup
per- and told him there was nothing tht
matter, nobody had called, an to go to bs'
again. He did so, ami fell asleep, and pres
emily the dream again and the horrible cry
"a moi Jean Martini Aux secours, Jsal
Martini A mai! g mi! n mol!' And thi
time Capt Jean Martin. anxious bu
ashamed, popped out Of the cabin doorway
and knew it was dream, for there wa
Figuieux walking OH the deck, and Clemen
MazIde, the beloved friend. smoking hi
cheroot upon the bridge; and besides that n
other noise but the grooming and creaking o
blocks the hum of the subdue1 steam il
the boilers, the sound of innumerable in
ssctS buzzlns in the damp night air. to
gurglinZ swish Of the wave, and afar OF
the cries Of the night.birls, the macaw
AMI parrots, in the i,lanl groves So tn
Capt Jean Martin w,nt away to his ham
mock and to sleep again. And a thir,
time, after he knew not what interval, thai
terrible cry broke into his SAUNDERS again
"A moi, Jean Martini Aux secours, Jeal
Martini A moii moil moil' 81 will
sleep no morel' cried Capt Jean Martin
So he puts on his clothes and poured him
self with trembling hand demi-tasse O
arrack ponci, well iced, lighted q cheroo
and went up on deck.
The Lieut.. Figuieux and Apper
were there, but the beloved friend Clemen
Mazlde was no longer visible upon tn
bridge, and it was now $50 o'clock in til
morning. Tne Capt Jean Martin aske
where was the Lieut. Clement Mazlde, an
FiguieuT made answer that they had seen
great fire upon tho bsach of the island b.
You'd the lagoon, as if the pirates were burr
ing their boats, and the Lieut. Clemen
Mazade had takon cutter and crew {
eight men and gone to reconnoiter. And g
that the Capt. Jean Martin resemblei
man distracted. lie ran up to the masthea
and looked and listened. He descended an
went to the bar-room of the vessel-notl
ing, only the sound Of water AMI tn
steam and the insects, and the distar
cockatoo. Suddenly he seemed TO bsar til
roll Of n drum over the water, and u sharI
shrill cry, like that of heart wounded an
In agony, and then all was still again Th
Capt. Jean Martin ordered watch Gale
nP from below, manned his gig, orderei
Caslmir AMI Appert to follow him in tn
second and third cutters, with howitz,r