The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

country. and by which they may keep
! their pipes lishted.
! To each OF these places there is male
! attendant whose business il is to induce
the passerby TO enter. These men fell upon
CshIto al every step, his passage through
the district being a constant quarrel.
II was after l O'Clock in the morning
when We got back and over bridge be-
yond where We had started from and |
was dropped at Cooks Hotel. Ushito, as
means OF securing his engagement the
/ next day, refused TO take money for his
nights work He was at the hotel gate
/ before was up next morning.
Train came ashore at davligh.. After
! breakfast we visited the American Consul
/ IN his palace on the heights ofthe city, got
J out special edition of the little English
/ paper, the Rising Sun, mailed it to nota-
! bles all over the world and sailed away al
noon.
! In the meantime, from 6 O'Clock in the
morning until noon, the Werder had been
coallng up. An army of bows and girls.
standing as closely together as they could
upon inclined planks extending from the
vessels deck 10 barges beside her, had
passed up, in baskets, coal sufficient for a
i've days journey. And all the time they
were testing and laughing as though at a
picnic.
We steamed away with fair wind and
sky for a straight run 10 Hongkong, q
day and a half behind the steamer
1me-an excellent reason for giving Us
the speed that played 10 our purpose.
The distance is 1907 miles from Nagasaki
TO Hongkong. The Werder began burn
ing her coal literally enough and left a long
black smoke-streamer clear down to the
horizon behind her.
1t is four days run under favorable
circum stances, and for the first time at sea
the indications were excellent. The yell
low Sea, where the typhoon tears the
weather to tatters upon occasion, spread
sway as level as q tennis court
AS we neared Hongkong, however, on
the afternoon of the fourth day a fog set
tied upon the sea that brought US to a
standstill. The vicinity of Hongkong is
very treacherous, there being an archi-
pelago OF small islands along the coast,
through succession OF narrow and de-
vlous channels. So there was nothing for
II but TO stop and whistle and wait.
Captain Eichel began to perspire and
swear deep German oaths in his anxiety
Occasionally the fog lifted, and we would
rush forward for Knot or two, to be again
brought TO stop. The currents were
strong, and the vessel would swing round
with the leg down, so that when it lifted
the captain would have to fizure out his
reckoning.
In this slow fashion we made our wav
toward the city until night came, when.
al hough the log lifted, we were com mpeIled
70 anchor IN the stream to wait for morn
ing and pilot with still the question m
answered-was the Preussen waiting?
With Captain EicheI it was very serious
question:
Train strobe the deck perfectly at ease.
studying the phosphorescent water or the
dim outlines OF the land that lay on both
sides, or IN little room on the lower deck
he mad telegraDhe0 from NagasaEi that
Ne would lecture there this THURSDAY
night AND here he was out in the chan
mel, perhaps twenty miles from the city.
W nether an audience was gathered in
some theater awaiting the rise of the cur
tam 70 see and hear him did not worry
him IN the least. He couldn't be there
and so that was settled He would make
some new plans for the short stay by
winch other sensations might be created.
II they also failed then, also. no matter
He never had doubt that we would
catch the Preussen. II she was gone. how
ever, then something else must be done.
emergency arose
With Captain EicheI, however. If was
the missing of the mail and his freight
bills for Bremen, and all on account of
this proyokingly polite and deviImav-
care American, going around the world
lor the mere Iun OF going around. Here
he was. lying Just outside, in doubt for at
least nine more wasted hours.
The fog at Hongkong has the peculiar
habit of gathering in the early morning
hours, lifting just before sunrise and fall. |
ing again as suddenly. Preparations were
made 10 take advantage OF this interval
the pilot was on board, the anchor up and /
in an hou-, with the sun just coming our |
Of the sea, we ran into the noisy harbor of |
From her berth, just across |