The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Malay pirates up the river kicking up
row; but it never seems to come of.
There is one thing Harry-there is
always something to look at, for there
are canoes constantly going up and
down, and there is plenty of variety
among them-from the sluggish dhows,
laden with up-country produce, to the
long canoes with score of paddlers
and some picturesque rufflan sitting In
the stern. It adds to the interest when
you know that the crews are cut
threats to q man, and would make but
the shortest possible work of you II
they had got you in their power.
Yes, Dick. Look at that canoe COM
ing up stream; what a gOod-loOking
chap that is in the stern, although, by
the way he Scowls at US, ! can quite
believe he would, as you say, cut our
Threats if he had the chance. That IS
a pretty little child sitting by him, and
what a gorgeous dress she has, There,
you see. he can look pleasant enough.
when he speaks to her. l fancy they
must have come from long way up
the river, for they look wilder than
most OF the fellows who pass US. II
that fool who is steering her does not
mind what he is about, Dick, he will
either run into that canoe coming down,
or else get across our chain. There, 1
told you So"
The man at the tiller was, in fact,
looking with mingled curiosity and hos
tility at the gunboat that he was pass
ing but a few yards away, and did not
notice a canoe, manned by six rowerS,
that was coming down with the stream.
taking an obiique course across the
bows Of the Serpent, and was, indeed.
hidden from his view by the hull of the
vessel, until h6 had passed beyond her.
Then there was a sudden shout and a
yell from dozen threats as the two
tx.
ceeding up the river being struck on the
Garter with a force that almost cut
her in two, and in an instant her oc-
cupants were in the water. As the Ma
lays were to man almost as much at
home in the water as on land, the in
cident would have had little effect be-
yord loss of the boat and its con-
tents, had il not been that the stem of
The other craft struck the Malay chief
with such force as to completely dis
able him, and he would have sunk at
once had not two of the boatmen
grasped him and kept his head above
water.
What has become of the child?''
FAIRY ParkhurSt exclaimed, and he and
Dick Balderson leaped on to the rail,
throwing off their Jackets as they
shouted to the men TO lower a boat
Nothing could be seen of the child I'M
til, after half a minutes suspense, a
little face suddenly appeared in the
swirl of the muddy water some Is yards
from the vessels side. 1t was gone
again in an instant, but as it disap-
peared both lads sprang from the side,
and. with a few strokes, reached the I
spot where they had seen the face
disappear; then they dived under water, |
and soon grasped her. As soon as they 1
came to the surface, a sailor. who had /
seized a coil of rope, flung it to them. |
and, grasping that, they were quickly !
by the side of the gunboat.
A minute later some sailors who had /
al once tunbled into a boat on the /
alarm being given. came up. The child /
was first handed into it, then the mid /
shipmen scrambled in, and, by their di-
rections. two of the sailors standing on /
the thwarts, lifted the child high above
their heads to the hands Of the men
leaning over the bulwark.
Take the little thing to the doctor"
Dick said. Now, lads, row on; let's
PICK up some of those Malay fellows"
A babel of shouts and sounds rose
from the water; the bow of the second
canoe had been stove in, and she also
had sunk to the water level; fierce
fight was going on between several of
the Malays; the chief, who was being
supported by two of his crew. was
shouting furiously; and others of his