The sun., 1897-08-29


feared man that was born Of woman, but the
q hS Saigon $ osf Snen aS
what might happen to her .,
He went back again inside the chart house, |
round inside I the collar Of his white drill coat
DO you like cheroots, sirT he said to his tat
Nice Gheroo.s," said Cortolvin. Wonder
how many III smoke Those True Believers are
PrSsty sSqsh hs
you notice him He's been a big war sheik In
his day. He helped to smash up Hicks Pasha's
Mahdiism about a year back, and set out to per:
He shall nave my first shot" snid Kettle.
ever went in for this ,nisrim.carrying bust;
,s ness at al. You must have been pretty hard
Hard wasn't the word for it." said the ship
masier TSe. with sigh. met misfortune. sir, In
a lady, and went of cruising in a boat by my.
self. tea steamer picked mo up and put me |
second matS of TSmp 'nSsS SoaSn Do
old mans tongue, and went ashore without my
5 an % syy E4Hf in
SsS the bssr nPKSs In 0a
papers to show that would do me any good; and
none OF them would give me ship tho size OF
mast, Gsrdiii man s once S knew nc CAME to tho
sosnry % Red sacked
didn't deny ~ for drunkenness; he'd not drawn
prospect OF changing his habits. and there was
the berth vacant, and l might have It for tho
month and percentage on profits; and the owner
was a Parsee. I'd never been low enough down
was past being very nice in my tastes just then.
The owner was fat and oldish, and wore thing
Snd h' viii HiIs kS did Pot hIs sve h @ch poe
ness. But he knew his place; he sahibd me
quite is respectfully, and he said he'd be honorsd
was all he'd got, he said. he loved her like his
life, and he'd not trust her TO any, one except
all natives do that; and he fixed up our bargain
80 that Ia little to win and mo nod good deal;
was always most respectful, and In the matter
OF victualling he really surprised me: Why. he
actually put Bass's ale on board at four annas
I'VE cleared from Bombay in corn and cot:
| tons and carthenwnre consigned to Jeddah, and
| the owner told me I'd have no trouble in getting
| cargo Of dates and coffee to bring back But
| the Jeddah merchants seemed TO think different.
| cut down freiFhts to near vanishing, point;
but they wouldn't look at them AM anyhow; w. !
on the globe no. not II I'd offered to carry It for
nothing The Saigon might have swung there
and expenses were running UP, all the time.
| The climate was sickly. too. l lost my serang
of "a OGs Coolies sf c n he Gns next S1 s
ss;s rs, i; 81 sSsSs
She's small, she's iron decks. she's only two
and not enough wassT apk H
shipped second rice steamer and signed the
party smpE b It wasn m Ss Ss 4 a sSs
ports; the pilgrims had only to be taken across
TO kosseir; and squaring an Egyptian customs
You do know your trade" said Cortolyln;
The under side Of It. , said d, Kettle y, with va
everything is square and above board: He can
you've got to make dividends for somehow and
no questi ons asked. or else Just up and take the
and keep me to it. But desPise myself all tn, the
me ashore. give me a farm and let me bend yell
low CATERS and a large-pattern coat. and there
between here and heaven"
The had swsp. the peT'prn.0n from his
ons Tor
the owner Of acres near Richmond, and Il 4 l
sn% S i've the s
Just in the way you think you'd like. But
Perhaps you have no wife. sir" suggested
His guest gave a short laugh. 20 Lord. yes: -
and an i then threw his Salf.smoked m cheroot say.
agely out into the sunshine. You can take #
you see I've always been an Arabic scholar.
and thought I'd come out 10 the Hedjaz TO
pleasant & @s Change % after the milk and honey Of
country life. don't seem to have got killed.
I exciting, and know more about bastard Arabic
than any European LYING no.e1an soT thas pHoI
chose to go home now, could pose as no end Of
big boss. The only thing Is. can't quite make
: yond the doorway. "oh. yes. I've a wife
ss es dG snG not uts Of
ma al hn aeama
, your hair of whether should recognize you.'
1 ,"cortolyin,S the little man mused. I'm SURE
I've seen that name before somswaerSe s,,,.
nor any Of my people have. been celebrated
enough TO have come into public notice, skipper
was was famous. @ % horse named % Cortovn won th,
. Grand National In 81 That's what you hav'
Capt. Kettle stirened. IL beg your pardon
sir, he said with acid Politep1ess, but Iba, S9n
am at sea / am what circumstances make me
Q When am ashore in England, would have yo'
niar w nttender e ' at chapel. and man ho toatsd
business matters) tries to Keep cntirely straiEht
SIR Facing hn ssex
Q / have 1t on the word OF minister sit under
: that there is very little to choose between tn
=. Cortolvn faced the situation with ready tact
= That this truculent little rufan who could mir
" with homicide without q second thought shou
o 80 strongly resent the imputation OF being IN
ID terested in horse race did not % suapfise pd mr.
o And he smoothed down Capt. Kettle s rufhe
. feelings with the easy gibncss OF man OF tn
y, again recurring TO hin, with violence, aud h
1 broke of artislicaly to refer to them.
= Don't you thnk, he said, my fellow pi
r II will be OF and make up hit Of surpris
20 packet for them" said Kettle. Excuse M
4 sir for two minutes whilst ! go and give II
"a structions to my chief" And he swung on h
10 pith helmet ana left the charihouse.
IA III.
,y The sun climbed higher into the fieckless SIX
ic and oed above the Saigon III insolent cruclt
i. The Red Sea heat grew, II anything, YET moi
T. dreadful. The mems veins stood out in rop'
II. upon their stream ng bottles. and y scOrche
NJ them 10 draw in u breath. Drink, too VI
II. scarce. The HruJaH is region almost wate
or less. Tn .cscrt al he back drains up az u
40 moisture. ana J.c Sjasol hid left 10 idah wit
III her tanks only half h.lci. she had to depen
IN upon her ontCn-cf. hnt this was small. An
re In the iropI,s condenser E,ier nust be dea