The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-25

houuAge Tor el9lt months, Doyonu tno
taintest pTOtensel OF civilization, you
know what true independence means,
for you become tho hApplest OF created
tRinPs-na,ural man.
Tho governor told the crew they
wero evil, and they asked for food.
When he saw how thGy ale, aud when
no remembered that none OF tho pearl
patrol boats werO expected for two
months he sighed, But the crew
OF the HalioIis lay down in tho
vsrAuda, and said that they were
pensioners OH tho governors bounty.
A gray-bcarded man, fat and
bald.headed, his one garment q green
and yellow loin cloth, saw tho Haliotis
in the harbor and beloved with Joy.
lhs men crowded 10 tho VerRnda rail,
kicking aside tina long cane chairs.
'PhOy pointed, gesticulaled aud argued
freely without shame. Tho militia Fagi.
lnent sat down in tho governors garden.
Tho governor retired to his hammock,
1t was as easy to DO killed lying Us
standing, and his women squsaked
from the ahutlered house, E.
"Sho soll?" said tho gray.bearded
man, pointing to the Haliotia. lie was
Mr., WRrdrop,
mo good" said tho governor, shak.
ing his head. mo one come buy"
"!lo's takep my lamps, though" said
tho skipper. lla WnrG a half pair Of
trousers and his eyes wandered along
tho verRnda, Tho governor Quailod,
There Wcro cuddy cRmpatools aud tho
shippers writing table In plain sight,
They've cleaned her out, o course"
said Mr., WArdrop, "lhey would"
"Wo'll 20 aboard and take an inven.
tory. SOsW lilo waved his hands over
the hMbor, Observation-Disclosures.
sprry2'
The governor smiled q smile Of relief,
"lIo's glad OF that" said enc OF the
crow, relectiveIy. II don't wonder"
They tlocked down 10 the narbor
front, the militia regiment Gathering
behind, and embarked themselves in
wha. they tound--it happened 10 DO the
governors boat, rhen they dlaap-
psarei over tho bulwarkI Of tho Hall
otis aud the governor prayed that they
might lind occupation inside.
Mr.. Wardrop's fret bonud took him
into the engine room, and when tho
others were patting tho wsl.romeln.
boroi decks they hoard him giving God
thanks that things were as hN had left
them. This wrecked engines stood over
his head untouched; no tnexpsrt hand
had meddled with his shores; tho steel
wedges OF the s.oreroom were ruStsd
home; aud, best Of all, the hundred aud
sixty tons OF good Australian coal In
the bunkers had not diminished.
IL don't understand H." Gaid Mr..
Wardrop. "Any Malay knows the use
o. copper. They ought to have cut
away the pipes. Aud with Chinese
lunks coming here, too It's special
Interpolation o providence.
"You think sn?' said the skipper,
from above. There's only been one
thIat here, and he's cleaned her oil out
our side"
Here the skipper spoke less than tho
truth, Tor under tho planking oil his
cabin, only TO DO reached by chiiol,
lay q little money which nevar drew any
inlereit-hii sneat anchor 10 wind.
ward. II was all in clean HoVerelgns
that pass current the world over and
might have amounted to more than u
hundrad pounds.
"lle's left mo alone. Let's thank
God. repeated Mr.. Wardrop.
Hes taken everything else-loofW
The Huliotis, except as TO her engine.
room, had boon systematically and
scientifically Quilted IRON one end to
the other, aud there was strong oyi-
dence that an nncleau guard had
camped in the skippsr's cabin to reSu.
late tho plundoL She lacked glass,
plate, crockery, cutlery, mattresses,
cuddy carpets and chairs, all boats and
hor copper yentilaiors. These things
had been removed, with her sails, and
as much OF the wlre rigging as would
not imperil the safety OF tho mRStS.
"lle must have sold those," said the
skipper. "The other things arc in his
house, 1suppose.n
Every fitting that could be pried or
screwed out was gone. Port, stRrboard
aud masthead lights; teak gratingi;
sliding sasheS oil the deck house; tho
captains clIeSt Of drawers, with charts
and chart table; photographs, brackets
and looking GlaiGes; cabin doors; rub.
bor cuddy mats; hatch irons; half tho
funnel STAYS; cork tenders; carpenters
grindstono and tool chest; holystones,
SwRbi. squecgOes, all cabin and pantry
lamps; galley fittings on bloc, flags and
flag locker; clocks, chronomoters; the
forward cimpa" and the ships bell
aud bsltry Wero among the mskng.
There Worn great Scared marks on
tho deck plankinG, over which the cargo
dsrricki had been hauled. Ono must
have fallen by the way, for tho bulwark
rallI wero smashed aud bent and tho
iron Slup plating bruised.