The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
BRE'R SINJUN
RETURNS TO
HIS HAUNTS
Sir Chauncey Hides
His Coat Of Arms
in a Vault.
Local Keeper of the Royal
Crest Causes
Trouble.
Fancy Dances Soon to Be In
troduced Along the
Water Front.
THE LEADER WORRIED.
He VIII Patch Up His Many Political
Fences and EnjOin
Silence.
Fancy Dances Soon to Be In
trOduced Along the
Water Front.
THE LEADER WORRIED.
He VIII Patch Up His Many Political
Fences and EnjOin
Silence.

There was ripple of excitement in
the Custom house yesterday when it
was whispered from desk to desk that
Sir Chauncey Sinjun had arrived from
the Capitol at Washington.
1t was noted that the man slated to
become Chief Deputy Surveyor of the
Port within few hours after the
merry-makers of ancient Yerba Buena
ring out the last hours of 1897 bore an
expectant look as if he could not
shake trouble from his eyelids, which
were heavy and red.
POUNDS" exclaimed he, there have
been mischief-makers at large in my
absence. The keeper of the seal of the
house of ST. John has made public
me crest; the Surveyors helpmeet
has rushed into print, and there is
spirit of unrest among those who
should be loyal to the end"
Then Sir ChGuncey ruminated on his
various achievements as inspector of
Government measurements, an office
as nigh as that held by any ancestor
in feudal times.
I have been of some little service to
the State, unused he, Saving the Gov
eminent some scores of thousands bv
introducing new systems of computa-
ton. Shall 1, as vice president of an
a back
for your RGddells and HoImeses good
men in their way, but fellows. withal
who cannot tell Saturn's rings from
the paraIlaX of blazing Arcturus?
Never, never-not if I fight to the
coffin"
It is suspected that Sir Chauncey
removed his coat of arms to the vaults
OF some safe deposit company early in
the day, together with a few family
helrlooms such as relics of the ward
robe Of Sir Henry Sinjun, one time
cleaner OF the Kings harness and SUI
perlntendent Of the royal stables This
rumor gained currency in the big red
building about o'clock yesterday aft
efnOoL, I0i surveyor Spears protege
was seen hurrying from the vault
where Chinese certificates are filed for
safe keeping with a bundle under his
left wing. Whether the package con-
tanned Chinese punk, with which Sir
Chauncey intended to drive evil spirits
from the precincts he is soon to OCCUPY
or equally valuable symbols of family
origin, Secret Service Agent Harris
was unable to learn.
Captain Barber of the pilot service
yesterday heard rumOrs along the
water front that the social leader who
recently presented a cane to the Presi-
dent is seriously considering the ad
visibility of introducing cotillons
among the tars, with whom he will be
obliged to associate. Some of the sail
ors have expressed a great desire to
abandon fishers hOrnpipe and jig and
pick up a few fancy figures. They do
not expect TO use them very much
themselves but hope to introduce
them to ambitious tribes among the
South Sea Islanders, where such ser
vices might win royal favor and result
in social preferment. This plan they
will try with queens, basing their
L l. i -
tory affords in the case of Sir Chaun-
cey, whose social accomplishments
have been extOlled, greatly to his ad-
vantage, in the tickle race for power.