Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-22

luggage, and 20 minutes later we were
climbing the Countess Of Deyon's ac-
commodation ladder out in the bay.
The Spanish mate stood al the top and
touched his cap. IIalstead looked
along the gangway and said:
"All the passengers aboard, Mr..
Dinz2"
"Si, senior"
"Pilot come Off with Mr.. McPher-
son ?"
Isl, senor."
"All right. Get your anchor up and
find how much she's drawing. Tell
Mr.. Moreno to he careful that iron
buoy doesn't foul the screw this time.
and have the quaTtcrmaster bring Mr..
Stevens luggage up 10 my room. The
steward can give the passengers bis
cult. and coffee II they want II before
turning in-thcrc are only dozen, ]
think-and seat the ladies' party OF
nay table ~ the morning. Now, old
chap" Nurning 10 mc). Tin going 10
give YOU the extra berth in my cabin,
and you can do IS YOU please on board
Go 70 sleep now. If you like. or bring
stool up rn the bridge and smoke.
shau'i turn ia until after breakfast"
Ell that's the ease, I'll stay with
you. Jus; 10 humor my fool curiosity,
! wish you'd explain why you start at
such an ungodly hour There's no bar
TO cross, 50 the tides can't make any
difference"
"No; there's plenty Of water, but
after passing Cape Santiago there
isn't another light in the strait. There
| are two dim ones on the no'theas' cor
ner Of BURNS island. but they're not
| Visible 10 west'ard, and | want 10 sec
where I'm navigating between Burias
and Ticao. Wen get there about five
| o'clock tomorrow morning, ought to
! pass Santiago at breakfast time to-
! dny,-so that during the night well
have plenty Of elbow ROOM
Suppose you strike rain or fogP"
"Wc won't This ig the morning OF
March 20, isn't 1t? Well, two weeks
from tomorrow it'il be sultry, and
still, and hot as IOphet. After that
| the airll smell like Il furnace until
| April -. Then thcre'll be n hurricane
In this bay that viii send pile Of ships
roofs ali over the land scape, and from
that time 10 about The fret OF October
the wcathcrll be simply hcIlish-r rain
hurricane, fever and mud. In other
| words, the southeast monsoon viii
have grt In for six months. You ought
TO know when the mons oon changes.
n you've been out here two ychrs."
"Wcll, suppose should, but I've
sLcnt the summers Ia Yokohama and
shanghai, and they don't make 70
! much difference up there
II was perfect night The wind
had died down until there was scarce
!v ripple On the water and each par
ticular star was reflected In IL. The
liphts Of Cayitc, on our left, were fast
dropping ustcIu. ard. approaching
Corrcgidor island at the entrance Of
The bay, about three O'Clock, the noun
Trims Of N. Piquito on the south head
with the Sierra dc Mnrisclcg on the
north rose like dark blue rhosts 1000
feet in the air CorreRidor itaclf stood
over coo feet above high wntcr, the
light ON is summit filing the rocks
With RrotcFquc shadows ns wc passed
close under II.
Halsicnd occasionally called my at
t,ntion 10 some protniqcnt point, but
be was too closely occupied In watch
inp the different bearings to talk very
much; and, although wc didn't drop
the pilot until well past Cape Santiago,
: could see that my friend preferred
10 know himself just how his ship was
u II. l.
breakfast we turned In and slept un-