The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-28

most costly and least diaphanous robe, he
expressed to Jharny his desire TO see the
sights. At the same time he requested his
teetOtum to carefully observe If any black
and blue spots were tracaable through the
drapery. They were not, and Jharny's
return was soon followed by that of one of
T. d. McKay's interpreters.
AbOut 80 o'clock they climbed into
hack, the blinds were drawn to keep out
the gaze of the curious, and they were soon
at Sutro Heights. All thu efforts of the
interpreter 10 interest 500 in the statuary,
the grounds. or TIE owners candidacy for
Mayor fell fiat. The eremitic diplomat
only yawned. Jhaony. who hopes to be
one some day. yawned in a secondhand
sort of echoey way which was very
grating.
In despair the interpreter at last be-
thought him of the seals. Down the grade
he took them without saying a word,
across the road, through the curio shop,
which con tanned nothing so curious as
themselves, and onto the balcony OF the
Cliff House. The interpreter pointed at
the rocks. The visitors looked down and
could see only the wafer flashing up against
the wet sides The interpreter pointed
again, and again they looked. This time
they were rewarded. The nose of Ben
Butler, the oldest deniZen of the rocks,
appeared. bis shiny body soon followed,
and as his full length was spread on the
rocks the Koreans pointed at him and
cried out in gee.
In an instant more noses followed in the
wake Of Butler and the Koreans became
frantic. in their expressions of delight.
Losing all regard for etiquette, dignity or
the aggravating bruises one might have
received at a miners boOtheel, the Korean
Minister clambered onto the railing.
Jharny followed instanter, and both ex-
tended their hands for the glass which
they knew the Interpreter carried. Over
the rails swung the feet of 500 and over
went those of Jharny. The glass was
passed to the Minister. and for the next
minute his eyes were bulging close into
the lenses. Smile chased smile over his
cheeks and rippled beneath his beard. and
little chuckles of delight followed each
other in rapid succession. And Jharny
smiled and chuckled snd-fdgeted. He
wanted peep through the binecular, but
etiquette forbade and he had to grin and
bear 1t. Then Jharny was afraid of losing
his job.
But while the Koreans were in an costa
tic delight. the seals seemed suddenly to
be taking an intense interest in the pro-
ceedings. Ben Butler rested his wripkied
old nose against the highest point of the
rocks and yelped first as if his life de-
pended upon it. Then the dowagers of
the happy family joined 10 in their shrill
treble. followed by the tenors and So
nTanOe Of tho fol- nd haantiTui
mothers. Even Charlie Ross, the only boy
seal soprano, who is quite high salaried
performer, joined in the chorus.
The highly decorated costume of the
Korean Minister had evidently done its
work. Ben Butler had never been known
to act so strangely before and. later on,
one OF the bystanders was heard TO remark
mat the spoons on SOo's robe might
nave called up pleasant recollections.
AT any rate the amphibians were
singing, or barking. in the merrest kind
Oh cherus, never seeming to tire and al
ways at the Koreans. And 500 hung on
TO the 6inocular and chuckled, and Jharny
ndgeten so much more that the interpreter
was forced TO rush in and hire him pair
oil glasses to keep him from jun ping
overheard. Then Jharny settled down
10 gaze in rapture on the scene. the
chuekles which followed expressing the
JOY he ielt and was not feigning.
An hour passed. the seals disporting.
the visitors watching them steadily, while
the chorus had given place to all kinds OF
solos. The interpreter was in despair
de had no authority to compel his charges
TO come in out of the stiffening breeze, and
he rellshed not the prospect Of becoming a