Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

tai until he roared with pain and let go has
grip OF the American colonies forever. The
eagle and the lion have been good friends
ever since bar one two little spats that
have long been forgiven and forgotten. The
real American IL 80 closely alliel to the En-
glishman that IL wouldn't surprise me at all
IL could trace relationship To half you fell
lows in the glory hole. But life is short.
and there are things more pressing before
US. As an American l am glad To welcome
you To- this humble feast. and as good En-
Ilishmen 1 shall expect you TO sweep the
board l will now propose the health of the
American eagle-long may she scream. 1Ah,
thank you, gentlemen. that was very hand
some) -Nnd now, please. a bumper In honor
OF the wel-fed ana eminently Respectable
British lion-long may ne roar
The cheers were given with n will. and as
Paul leapel from his perch the lads gave "A
three-ti.nes-three for their host, after which
they fell To on the lemonade mild beer and
.d,aoies ne had provided. Then the long
"ohurchwardens' were brought out and the
pipes OF peace pulled until the smoke in the
glory hole was thick enough TO cut with "A
KNIFE. But the big ventilator running from
when the fog lifted the boys called on Paul
for song.
Come. Yank. pipe up" they insisted.
Yes cut loose. old fellow. give us Yankee
No. no. laughed Paul. mot that; IN
give you an air with which you are an
ian liar. Your countrymen swear we stole
III from your God Save the Queen but nv
people declare you adopted IL from an OLD
STAY ar, so L guess that evens IL up.
Ihen. In clear voice. Paul began:
Ny country. tits Of thee.
Sweet land OF liberty
The boys listened intently 70 the end An
encore being demanded, with graceful tact
ne started God Save the Queen which
brought all the loyal lads TO their feet and
Looming IN with will. they fairly made the
boards creak. Pauls Fourth of July cele-
pration was voted a magnificent success
cape Guardafut WAS sighted next day
the nrst land raised in three weeks after
| a run OF nearly Goo miles. The coast In.
| Is very bold and rugged and is so danger
Gus that mariners give IL a wide berth In
aduuen, the natives are NOTED for their
.reachery and inhospitality. few castaways
ever escaping from their clutches
FIVE days later the Chimborazo passed
the port OF Aoen on the Arabian coast tn.
coaling station for the pennsular and
orient steamships, but the orient liners
coal at Port Said no stop was made Next
morning the big steamer entered the Red
He'll
''Sizzling'' hot better describes the Al
mospheric condition on Shipboard than ann
other term, and IL Paul had previously
wondered at the significance OF the Arabic
Tor hell gates he no longer questioned is
appropriateness. Several wrecks were
sighted on the way 20 Suez, the desc gted
hufks standing high and dry on the sand
close TO the African snore.
Naturally enough the lad was eager to
get first glimpse OF the famous Suez
canal, that marvellous triumph of engineer
ing skill which 50 endeared tine inGUmrta-
Die DE LeSsepS to the French people, whose
confidence in him not even the disastrous
Panama canal venture has entirely shaken
The white stone government building ad-
joins the entrance to the great canal SO
closely that the architectural details could
be seen frCn the deck Of the ChimsDrazo
Vessels going through restricted 10 a
speed of five miles an hour. which makes a
tedious passage. particularly as no travel
| is permitted after dark.
AT the second station, where the Chin
borazo was held over night. Paul and
Scully took "A plunge overheard, swimming
| from the African to the Arabian shore.
But the current was so strong that wren
they landed on the sandy beach they found
they had been carried fully three hundred
| yards below the vessel In returning tney
ran along shore until the boat lay a cor
responding distance down stream, when
they took to the water, and after an easy
swim brought up alongside ana were hauled
aboard.
From one station to another the snip was
attended by brown-skinned young Arabs,
| who ran along the sandy shores of the
canal begging "backsheesh." TO obtain
which they plunged into the water when
ever the pennies were flung from the quar-
ter deck. Boys and girls. anywhere from
| ten to fourteen. followed tho vessel a
| dog trot for hours. none OF them wearing
a scrap OF clothing. Another feature that
| impressed Paul was the number OF small
| wooden crosses that lined the upper banks
| of the canal. marking the burial places OF
! hundreds OF aborers whose lives were for
| feited during the process of construction.
Ii Is said that the building of the Suez
canal cost the lives Of over FIVE thousand
human beings.
motley crowd Of natives Offering ali
kinds OF barter awaited the steamer at
Port Said. which was reached early on a
/ Sunday morning. Almost soon as the
| Chimborazo dropped her anchor she was
| surrounded by a frantic lot of boatmen
who yelled their wares In execrable En-
glish. and sold alleged curios to the pas
sengsrs at ten times their actual value. Rig
| lighters loaded with coal soon appeared
and gang of scantily dressed fellans, each
provided with a ''coufin," or willow bas-
ket, began trotting up the runway leading
| to the coal bunkers, into which the con-
| tents of their baskets were quickly dump
| ed. the procession never stopping for three
hours, when $50 tons had been deposited In
the steamers hold by the indefatigable ma
tives. Port Said and Singapore are consid-
cred the two fastest coaling stations in the
world.
Leaving Port Said in the afternoon, Paul
soon had his first sight of the Medlterra-
| mean sea, through the blue waters Of which
| the Chimborazo glided as II her nose al
ready scented the white cliffs of England
The lights of Alexandria were discernible
| at dusk, but to the lads great regret no
call was made at this most ancient of Med
iterranean ports. Past the Island OF Crete
where Paufs sainted Ramesake is said to
have been wrecked on his voyage to Rome
and on past the ma ssive cone of Mt Aetna
with its blue flames dancing upward
steamed the Chimborazo, until the Straits
| OF Messina were entered, Strombon left in
the rear and the bay of Naples reached at
| last
After a magnificent night spent In the
beautiful bay. with a pyrotechnic display
from Vesuvius, that Paul knew was made
extra fine for lis sole benefit, the big liner
| lifted her anchor and bore away for Ply
| mouth. her next port IF call. The rock
OF Gibraltar held more o. interest for the
young traveller than any ether spot In the
Mediterranean, and he gladly arose an
hour earlier than usual to gaze on this his
toric pile. glass borrowed from the doc
| tor the night previous enabled him to take
| good look at the famous stronghold,
| about which clings SO many old world ro-
mances. The signal station on the higher
! Of the two peaks he could see quite plainly
and he fancied he caught a glimpse of a
redcoat on sentry duty. Cape de ST. VIM
cent VAS passed the next morning, and at
Z In the evening the bo'sun, pointing to a
few scattered lights In the distance, told
Paul they II arked the location OF Lisbon.
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