Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-12-11

night the sheath-knife dropped from
the fo'c's'le. and this time it drew
blood. So Nurkeed made complaint;
and when the Saarbruck reached Bonn
bay. fed and buried himself among
eight hundred thousand peopla and
did not sign articles until the ship
had been a month gone from the port
Pambe walled too; but his Bombay
wife grew clamorous, and rs was
forced TO sign In the Spicheren To
Hongkong because he realized that
all play and no work gives Jack a
ragged shirt. In the foggy China
seas he though great deal Of MUIR
keed, and. when Elsass- I.otheringen
steamers lay in port with the Spicheren,
inquired after him and found he had
gone to England via the Cape on the
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.
..Yant to find a friend. my trap
mounted coal scuttlep" said a gentle
man in the mercantile service; mo
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 are three great doors
In the world whereat, IL 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 to 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 nameless dingy
gypsies OF the sea that loaded and un-
loaded, jostled. whistled and roared
in the everlasting fog. When money
failed a 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 q
week for distributing tracts to mari
ners- What the faith was Pambe did
not in the least care, but he knew If
he said Native Kills titan, sar" to
men with long black coats he might
get few coppers. and the tracts were
vendible at a little public house t,:.at
Oh fnk h,y h. -
which is even smaller weight than the
half screw" which Is less than the
half ounce and 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 one day he was aroused
from semi-stupor by voice in the
street by the dock head. My friend
he, whispered Pambe. Call now
cali Nurkeed. Quick God has sent
himw 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 a rasping white shirt
and brand-new Stops a 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! Yesr' said be. when the situa-
ton was explained Command him
black nigger-when 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 ah! Hullal Hehl
Takilo! Takilo! Make fast aft, Pam
bel You know Pambe- You know
me. Dek-ho jee. Look! Dam big
fat lazy Lascar!"
Pambe backoned with his left hand.
His right was under his pillow. Nur-
keed removed his gorgeous hat and
stopped over Pambe till he could catch
a faint whisper. How beautiful "
said the kind gentleman; chow these
Orientals love like children!"
"Spit him out" said Nurkeed. lean
ing over Pambe yet more closely.
Touching the matter Of that fish
and onions" said Pambe-and sent
the knife home under the edge of the
rib-bone upward and forward.
There was a thick, sick cough. and
tho body OF the African slid slowly
from the bed, his clutching hands let
ting fall shower OF silver pieces
which ran across the room.
Now 1 can diet" said Pambe
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
ly convalesceut to be hanged in due
and proper form.