The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20

being very busy. for the brute, in spite
over, while, TO make things warmer. tho lantern
biazcd ZIP ali about us. Also tho hSss, With n a
big club in her nst, was dancing around scrccrh.
c%ntnnglcd were we. I still grasped my knife.
could SEQ Peters. also CLEAN ms VIC turned and
shoulder, and know l was stabbed That madTSs
mo real mad, and rs We rolled away a bit from
the fire the bag bag made n a "a a smack mack at ne, but miss.
causing him to drop the knife. He stretched
out to recover it, and got home on, him iii
He went limp aii in a minute, exactly like
ono Of those bladdcrs tho children play with il
a bank into a bit of n swamp, and when the har
saw what had happened she gave one yell and
3 WapE IN f Ersay s 9n Iop a %s % yoS ana mag g0 In nS5 st'Tk x to
by this pretty well knocked out, and | don't
know how matters would have gone only that a
boats crew of the Badger just then came on tho
scene and dragged the hag off me. swearing.
kicking. and striking right and left, until one 81
she suddenly Gained down and startod 10 raise
the Malay death wall.
before we got him. on board. Mine turned M
TO be nothing much worse than n flesh wound,
although I'd lost n lot OF blood from 1t.
AS you may guess, the skipper Of tho Badger
tainly 1 had no witness. and the bag Kept her
that. There was a Malay INTERPRETER Hs 0V on
board, and he gave the Captain a hint.
be taken back to Perak, her native place
and there handed over TO the tender mer..
fricnd-sho made a clean breast of everything
including. the. ATTEMPT to poison mo with the
sulfd OF ' Was s' the prios Of ofr Peter,s G sonn nRnared
and promotion TO ono Of the Java lights II tho
plan succeeded.
This confession of the hag's was a bit OF luck
for me. and CAPT, Cardigan complimented ma
In presence OF the ships company on the way I'd
whose officer Of the wa, oh was steering by ths
false light when II suddenly disappeared. Tho
S eond a@s s1S the sa Hdm ahss he T xnd that rspSbs he kent, II,
word" said Harding as he rose to go on deck
, sou'f I remii the kettle kmI P I'll so back ho again IrN IN a v,1 Il
"".Ay.' replied Harding. as he reseated him.
But you mustn't think that I came here straight
away. ,This-the prize OF the service among The
I've worked my way up. helped OF course by the
little matter I've been telling you. and together
fsir e Ghat IN my % SSInf fh as CAPTAIN %Sf e al sSe a E Ssry
sit quietly down and let the Dutchman go scos
seen throughout the Straits OF Macassar. S,iil
we kept on searching, til at last the skip
seen her of Breton. an island round in
tho Banda Sea. Sure, enough. one morn.
native town. Now. she was both faster, Garfield
more men. and was more heavily armed than wa
were; But Capt. Cardigan had made up his
mind that there was to be no international row
over the matter. 1t had to be settled as privately
rs possible and strictly between the two ships.
out, and the old Badger stripped for fight, we
ranged up to the Dutchman in great style, with
orde ned N yat ord E5sT oh sh sli fna1!fsTc a aesei and 10
come on board, And whether it was the sight
know. but. by CAD, sir. he came, he and his Firss
Lieutenant and they were received at the gang.
way as IL they'd been princes of the blood.
"Thpn nnr akinnnr and Efrat tanynpant, al
the Dqtchman. ali went below. What passed
there l don't know, But presently they came
party got into her. / managed to slip in, too,
pigeon shooting, as i heard the srst ins
whisper to the doctor.
nut their hands iiniP pbpeis S noat kee,r a L,du serniTnS
away into the bush. Presently. our second luz;
s stTdll tae at aeGt tbsm each Sob% ssaTFy d5ss "a. q h ian hoss.
then two more Sports good said one ofth.
the boat, never winked.
After a while the, party came ~strolling back
walked lame and had his arm in a sling. And
there was blood on the doctors hands as he
board again; / noticed from Where 1 sat thai our
soiRReGd1h a nad and q n tsss t Gogp So,d hG lace ' 6B n: ,,t h,
the Dutch Lieutennnt-he was the same fellow
and l said in the best of his lingo that I could
manage, least that's one Dutch rascal who'll
think twice before he sets traps for a British
man-o'war.'
hand went to his sword like a flash. But
our second luff. who understood. tapped him on
the shoulder and pointed to the boat, and, with
a scowl, he got in.
Also the bag was politely escorted down tho
gangway and transshipped We had those Dutch.
men fairly cowed, biuffed By our audacity and
their own bad conscience.
No, l never heard a word about the affair
afterward. 1stayed with. Capt. Cardigan until
he was promoted to the Polyphemus corvette,
and ! dare say l might have stuck to the service
only my shoulder was always a bit stid and got
rather worse. il anything. as time went on. SO
left. and. through the Captains influence. got
a light, and then others, and so on here. Now,
it's n wild night and you'd better turn in here
Till morning. No use trying to get back to town.
I'm going to the telephone to talk to the pilot
station"
So 1 went to bed and dreamed of Mat Arts and
the haR. for whom / took Harding when he woke
me for morning coffee.