Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-25
WINNING HIS STAR
OR THE ADVENTURES OF PAUL
TRAVERS.
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY SAM 7.
CLOVER.
Copyright, 1S34.)
CHAPTER XIX.-Continued.


occurring beyond the death of a Storage
passenger. who was buried abreast of the
| Island of Ushant, making the third death
during the voyage. The new Eddystone
| light house was passed just before dark,
and at O'Clock the anchor was dropped in
| plymouth bay. Here a few passengers
went ashore, but the majority went on up
| the English channel to Gravesend, where
| a general exodus occurred.
| Their departure was the signal for an
! unwonted activity among PauPs messmates
whose spe culations for days previous had
! been based on the size of the tips they
| hoped to receive. This was a novel expert
| ence to Paul, but as he was there as a
| Roman among Romans he thankfully &C
| cepted The larsesse that fell to his lot, a
| gOodly portion of which came from the
parents of the children whom he had at
tended SO assiduously during the voyage.
Among the passengers whose acquaint-
| ance he had cultivated was the manager
Of the Beaver line of steamers. plying be-
| tween Liverpool and Montreal Shortly
| before Grayesend was reached the gentle
| man gave Paul his card and told the lad
1 mat when he was ready TO cross the At
\ !2ntic he would help him TO a berth on one
Gf mis- boats Naturally this kind oder was
| gratefully received, for the boy had not
| forgotten the veXatiCus delays and disap-
| poiIlsments experienced At san Francisco,
| Dunedin and Sydney while trying to get
| ! ship"
| The crew was paid off at the Royal Al
| bert dock in London, where the lad recel, Ell
| Las sass account and certificate OF dis
| Charge, with its accompanying reward o.
merit voucher. This evidenced that Pau
| ITdvers. shipped at sydney as general ser
| s&nt ana discharged at London, ac-
| counted 'Nesy SooI al whatever capacity
| engaged, and with an established reputa-
| tion for excellent conduct These Precious
/ documents Paul carefully slowed away
| as SoaNc.il;S OF his voyage, always 10 be
| preserved. lie was back ia the glory hole,
ia fdct placing The papers in his Nalise
| when jonas dropped down the companion
| way.
Look ere. Yank." said the latter. hold
| ing out his hand, I s'pcse you done bear
| Iany malice, DO you? l was a bit nawsty
| whel you FIRST came aboard, but L 'ope
| you've forgotten all that, hold chap. 'aven't
YOU
"Oh, YES long ago" returned Paul heart
| iiy, giving the proffere,i hand a good shake
| When We fought it out and quit / buried
| the natchet. and L think you did the same
II you ever get to Chicago look me Up,
Jonas. and l shall be very glad to show
you around. Good-bye, old fellow, remem-
| Der me to Rricksey.''
AS Paul stepped ont the wharf with
| mis- satchel in his hand lie halted To- take a
| farewell look at the stout vessel, now given
over to the noisy steam winches and shout
| ing dock laborers engaged in unioading her
cargo.
| out a well-known voice, and the next min
ute Scully had seized his bag and was hur-
rying him across the dock to a cab he had
! i'll waiting.
"Myte 'aste, Yank" he urged: 'honly
| got arr a iiffy to get to the Pig and Whis-
| tie. were the rest of the blokes is. Just
httle good-bye sort of blow-hout you
~
Laughing and half protesting, Paul suf-
| Tered himself to he hustled into the cab
| and heard Scully tell the driver TO clap on
| hall sail fer the Pig ut which coy inn
Paul found eight nine Of his late COM
ra'les of the glory hole.
1t was a very jolly dinner. Good English
roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and a
demolished Sooseberry pie that would have
| made even Carlyle grin, were the chief
concor1itants. with vegetables galore on the
side and genuine oil English ale right
| from the tap ye know" rs the waiter
assured Paul. It was almost dark before
the la1 finally hrok. away from the harry
youngsters. whcsA farewclis wound UP with
;he ringing chorus of
For he's n Jolly good fellow,
| which his friend Scri,y hal started.
CHAPTER Xxx.
Pauls desire to get away from the Pig
and whistle was due solely to his anxiety
to obtain the letters which he knew mus.
be awaiting him at the American Exchange
in the Strand. to which address he had
directed his People to write. 1t after
o'clock when he registered at ''Giilig's,''
and on payment of small sum was
corded the privileges of The exchange for
one month. But better than his card
of admission was the budget OF letters
which The clerk handed out all bearing the
Chicago poSL.Adrh There was one among
then. that caused his heart to iiutter wildly
ond perhaps all his boy friends Will sympa-
thize with the oS empowering curiosity which
tempted him 10 tear that open before read
ing the home news.
On The envelope, in bold black type, was
printed The Ch.csgo Mercury" and the
easy-runnns stpersCription was clearly
professional that Paul knew instinctvely
IL Was from Mir. Wilder. He was not mis-
taken. the aiasing editor of the Mer-
curry wrote follows:
Dear Paui-lCur two breezy letters were
received in due season, and were promptly
printed in the Mercury. 1 want to ccmpli-
ment You on the excellent story OF the ship
wreck, ari 10 say that it has been favor
ably mentioned by a number Of competent
critics. Your visit to Fiji was also well
told and proved an interesting feature OF
The Sunday paper. l am convinced you
have not mistaken your field, and ia You do
not set drowned crossing the Atlantic that
position on the Mercury staff will be ready
for you on your return to Chicago. Feeling
certain You iii need little cash when you
get to London, L am inclcsing you a draft
for fiO iii payment of the two articles al
ready published. We have one more on
hand. which We shall use next Sunday anC
il you send me your New York address, 1
will remit to that point. Your people are all
well. but very anxious to see You safe home
again. With warmeSt regards and con-
graduating you on your plucky journey, /
am, sincerely your friend,
FRANC b. WILDER"
Paurs checks flushed with gratiiied pleas
ere. Praise from Sir Hubert was praise in
deed, and that the great eaitor meant what
he said was evidenced by the handsome
check he inclosed. oh, it was too good, too
delightful TO be true, and for five minutes
he iad could do nothing but gaze at the
piece of stamped paper he held in his hand
What lot of presents he could buy for his
Gather, mother and the girls! And how
tnouGhtful of MIR. Wilder to forward the
money to London instead of waiting until
ne reached Chicago. He must write an ac-
i-nowledgment at once, thanking his KIND
trend.
But there We're his other letters awaiting
q reading, and as Paul glanced at the un-
touched envelopes he blushed to think how
nearly he had forgotten them in the con
compilation of Mr.. Wider's words of praise
For an hour he was oblivious of England
Of London, of Gillig's, as he read the CLOSELY
w-itteu pages that cbronicled the fortune
o; the Travers family on the other side o.
q IN