Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-11

blood. SO Nurkead made complaint;
AID when the Saarbruck reached Bonn
bay. fled and buried himself among
eight hundred thousand peopla. and
did not sign articles until the ship
had been month gone from the port
Pambe waited too; but his Bombay
wife grew clamorous, and he was
forced to sign IN the Spicheren to
Hongkong because he realized that
all play and no work gives Jack q
ragged shirt. In the foggy China
seas he though a great deal of MUIR
keed. and. when Observation-Disclosures
steamers lay in port with The Spicheren,
inquired after him and found he had
gone to England via the Cape on tho
Gravelotte. Panty went 10 England
on the Worth. The Spicheren met
her by the More Light Nurkeed was
going out with her to the Calicut coast
Want to find friend. my trap
mounted coal scuttle?" said gentle
man In the mercantile service; no
thing easier. Wait at the Nyanza
docks till he comes. Every one comes
to the Nyanza docks. Wait you poor
heather" The gentleman spoke
truth. There ere three great doors
in the world whereat If you stand
long enough. you shall meet any one
you wish. The head OF the Suez ca
nal is one, but there death comes also;
Charing- Cross station is the second
for inland work--and the Nyanza
docks Is the third. AT each of these
places are men and women looking
eternally for those who will surely
come. So Pambe waited at the docks.
Time was no object 10 him. and the
wives could wait as he did from day
to day. week to week and month to
month by the Blue Diamond tunnels.
the Red Dot smokestacks, the yell
low Streaks and the nsmeless dingy
gypsies OF the sea that loaded and I'M
loaded. jostled. whistled and roared
in the everlasting fog. When money
failed kind gentleman told Pambe To
become Christian and Pambe became
Christian, and Pambe became one
with great speed. getting his religious
teachings between ship and ships ar
rival. and six or seven shillings a
week for distributing tracts to mari
ners. What the faith was Pambe did
not in the least care, but he knew II
he said Native Kills ti-an. sar" to
men with long black coats he might
got few coppers, and the tracts were
vendible at little public house Tat
sold shag tobacco by the 'dottel,
which is even smaller weight than the
half screw" which is less than the
half ounce and a most profitable retail
trade.
But after eight months Pambe fell
sick with pneumonia contracted from
long standing still ia slush. and much
against his will he was forced to lie
down in his two and-six-penuy room,
raging against fate.
The kind gentleman sat by his bed
side and grieved TO find that Pambe
talked in strange tongues instead of
listening to good books and almost
seemed to become benighted heather
again-till ono day he was aroused
from semi-stupor by IA voice in the
street by the dock head. My friend
he" whispered Pambe. Call now
call Nurkeed. Quick! God has sent
him. He wanted one of his own
race" said the kind gentleman; and
going out he called ''Nurkeed" at
the top of his voice; and an excessively
colored man in rasping white shirt
and brand-new slops. shining hat
and breastpin. turned round Many
voyages had taught Nurkeed how TO
spend his money and make him a
citizen OF the world.
Hi! Yes" said he, when the situa-
ton was explained. Command him
black nigger-when l was on the
Saarbruck. Old Pambe. Good old
Pambe. Dem Lascar. Show him up
sar. and he followed into the room.
One glance told the stoker what the
kind gentleman had overlooked.
Pambe was desperately poor. Nur-
keed drove his hands deep into his
pockets. then advanced with clinched
fists on the sick man shouting: '.Hya,
Pambe Hya! Hee ali! HULA! Hehl
Takilo! Takilo! Make fast aft, Pam
be! You know Pambe- You know
me. Dek-ho. ice. Look! Dam big
fat lazy Lascar!'
Pambe backoned with his left hand
Ills EABub rs NuT-
keed removed his gorgeous hat and
stopped over Pambe till he could catch
faint whisper. How beautiful"
said the kind gentleman; "how these
Orientals love like children!"
Spit him out" said Nurkeed, lean
ing over Pambe yet more closely.
Touching the mater of that fish
and onions" said Pambe-and sent
the knife home under the edge OF the
rib bone upward and forward.
There was thick. sick cough. and
the body of the African slid slowly
from the bed his clutching hands let
ting fall a shower Of silver pieces
which ran across the room.
Now / can die" said Pamba
But he did not die. He was nursed
back to life with all the skill which
money could buy. for the law wanted
him; and in the end he grew sufficient