The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-16

ne Ran the FsIIew 20 the BaIwaFiss
hast 10 a sudden and tragic termina-
nation.
was 1t Hong Kong taking on board
my lorcha, the most profitable cargo Of
the season. when the news reached rs
that the notorious Commissioner Nei
had arrived upon the scene OF action
and begun his work 10y Offering a re-
ward Of 50 for every white mans head,
$50 for every prisoner and $50 for
every barbarian officer captured and
brought before him. Following close
upon this eheerfnl information came
rumors Of plratcal craft swarmlng the
creeks and channels Of the Canton
river from the city 10 the sea; aud u
the capture OF several traders aud the
lnhuman butchery Of their crews.
In spite Of these startling reports
however. ! determined 10 make the
trip Tor waich iae Marie was even
then half laden. II would add several
fascinating figures 10 my bank ac-
count, aud Tor such an end Yankee 4
willing 10 run considerable risk. More
over, | knew aud loved my beautiful
gteed. felt that she could show a
lively pair % heels % the fastest war
Junk afluat, aud as for the smaller
craft. she carried guns enough 20 blow
them clean ont Of the water.
My chief mate was an American, a
sturdy y0ung fellow, Tom Hawkins,
who hal been IN my service a consld-
cradle time. My second mate was a
tall. powerful Fpnchman. WHOM We
called "JOe." Then there were six
Manila men. and twenty-five Canton
csc. Offered by my father-ln.law. A
Choong Se-she. my pretty little Chi
nese wife. was also on board. for al
though she tried hard 20 dissuade ms
from this perilous voyage. she would
not consent 20 stay behind Aud Il
was exceedingly lucky for me that SD,
wouldn't
The Marie mounted two pivot guns
long eighteen.p0under amidships and
n carronade Of the same calibcr In the
bow. In each OF her broadsidc bat
tories were three nlne-pounders. and
besides these she carried n goodly sup
ply OF small arms aud also number
Of those terrible su1Ocating hand
grcnades common 10 Chinese naya
warfare.
Everything being IN readiness. W,
weighed anchor and started up Oh,
river II was delightful morning
and Se.she aud sat on deck drinkin.
In the soft. sweet air and enjoying tht
sweet air and enjoying the beautfu
sunshine that danced and tiickere,
upon the ripping water. Along abcu
I o'clock We passed the Boca Tigris
aud two hours later reached ia
mouth OF the channel which had heel
advised TO take. IS the darkness wa
approaching. however, ! dared not en-
ter the narrow stream, 80 determines
90 anchor where | was until the mex
morning.
Scarcely had our sails been dtoppel
when a boat came alongside and Their
scrambled up 90 our deck yellow
skinned. bony. squirting and altogcthe
villalnous- looking Chinaman. who mad
his way aft and inquired whether o
not we wanted pilot
] III ANAAs w W. y NNM AAAN
answered roughly, for the fellow
oountcnance almost turned my ston
ach
The intruder dld not bulge. however
hut gahhlcd away. Offering 60 suppl
any need we might have, from that q
fruit nd vegetables 20 that OF a gan
OF coolies 10 work the cargo on on
reaching port. As he talked ! notice
that his horribly squirting eyes rOame
around. a. though taking survey q
our vessel and her armament.
Look here Hawkins" said !, satli
fed that our ugly visitor was 81!
, "this fellow Is no more pilot than
am Give him a lit over the side.
Tom was only too glad of the chanc
gelzlng the Chlnaman's plglail clos
M with ore hand. aud the amp
bosom of his inexpreSsihles with u
other. he ran the fellow 10 the bu
warks, aud. amid the laughter Of u
crew, pitched him unceremonlous
into his boat
Never shall | forget the fFlghtful q
preston OF malice on the Chlnamau
countenance as he booked up ut
from his position below lie shook !
list at Tom, aud chuckled to himss
with a nendlsh sort OF glce, as thou
revealing by anticipation In some awt
revenge. Presently he seized his O
and sculled hastily mp the channel
Leaving strict watch on deck, |
tired to the cabin and joined my vi
at the supper table. where we indulg
In hearty laugh over what had hl
penCd.
was just finishing q good clg
when the face Of Joe. the Frcnchm,
appeared suddenly In the skyllght
captain, Captain he yelled
cliedly. "comc up TO de deck, VI
Quick quick. De Chlnols-de nam
rims are coming"
Rushing on deck I beheld two
, war junks sailing out from an amhl
cade formed by projecting point
land little way up the channel abe
OF ua
up anchor, there. Joel" I shout
taking IN our chances az a CLAN
. 'Clap the sails on her. Hawkins.
must run for II. That Internal pilot
at the bottom Of thlsr'
While my orders were being carr
out the tl.piungs bore rapidly do
J. upon Us. Seeing that We were liza
to escape. they fired several shots
N. one o! which oaine clashlng lhlo,
r our t0psalls.
4 We replied 70 this with broadsl
which swept the deck q tAe forgu