The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-11

the men attentive, for he said this was
no time to teach the crew pigeon Eng
lish. The more way they could get on
the junk the better would she steer. and
as soon as she felt little confidence in
her Jim ordered the big rustling mat
sails to be hauled up tighter and
tighter. He did not know their names
at least any name that would be like
ly to interest a Chinaman-but Erh-Tze
had not banged about the waters of the
Malay archipelago for nothing, and as
he went, he rolled forward with the
bamboo the sails rose like eastern in
carnations.
Early as they We're on the river big
American kerosene ship was ahead of
them in tow, and when Jim saw her
through the driving morning mist he
was thankful. She would draw all of
seventeen feet. and if he could steer by
her they would be safe. 1t is one thing
to scurry uD and down the James and
Mary in a police-tug without RESPONSE
bility, and quite another to cram a
hard-mouthed old junk across the same
sands alone, with the certainty of
thrashing if you came out alive. Jim
glued his eyes to the American and
saw that at Fultah she dropped her
tug and stood down the river under
sail. He all but whooped aloud, for he
knew that the number of pilots who
preferred to work a ship through the
James and Mary without a tug was
strictly limited. IF it isn't father it's
Dearsley," said jim, "and Dearsley
went down yesterday with the Ban
coora. If I'd gone home last night
instead of going to Pedro I'd have met
father He must have got his
ship quick, but-father is a very
quick man." Then Jim reflected
that they kept piece Of knotted rope
on the pilot brig that stung like a wasp,
but this thought he dismissed as be-
meath the dignity of an officiating pilot
who need only nod his head to set Erh-
Tees bamboo at work. AS the Amer
lean came round, just before the Full
tab sands, Jim raked her with his spy
glass and saw his father on the poop
with an unlighted cigar between his
teeth. That cigar Jim knew, would be
smoked on the other side of the James
and Mary, and Jim felt so entirely safe
and happy that he lit a cigar on his
own account This kind of niIotine
was child's nIav, His father could NOT
make a mistake If he tried; and jim
with his siy faithful nip-tatIs I'm his two
hands had leisure to admire tbe narfect
stvls in which tbe American was ham
dled-how she would noint her hov-
snrit ieerinpIv at n hiddan bonl, nc
much as to saw. "Not TODAY thanl
Won. dear" and how down lovingly
over buov as much as to saw. ..yon're
q gentleman, at anv ratau ond oon,a
round sharn on her heel with q autter
md a rustIa and q elou staod, su,ins,
something like y woman staring round
a theater through onera ,laeses n
was NOT hard uorl, to l,oen the i,nl,
near her thougb Erb-,rza set everv-
thing that was nv anv means settohIe
and used the hamhoo verv .enero,,sl,,
When thew wore almost under ber
counter and n little IN tho left lin,
yould feel warn, and bannv all oI,or
thinking of tba nauticai ord rirotio
things no knew When tbev fall n,nra
than half mile behind ho u,os oo,d
and miserable thinking or oil tho
things that he ala NOT krou, o, MN,
unite sure of And en- tboy went do,,,,
lin stearing nv bie fotIo,, t,,,,, sa',
turn over the Maenur hor ,,,ith tha
semanbores on oocb h,nI, s,1ra.,t,s.
the dentb of water tbro,gh tha W.,