The Irish standard., 1898-11-26

''By all means. From what I've seen
of Mac like Kim very much; and, as
you say. we need all the assistance we
can safely get"
Halstcad sent one of the quarter
masters below for Mcpherson, and in
few minutes he appeared in the door
way. CHANGING along the deck to see
that no one WIS. within hearing, the
captain closed the door and said:
"Mac, Tveknown you andSteyens so
long that thought you should be bet
ter acquainted with each other. We
were talking of the voyages you and
I have sailed together, and thought
we'd like to have you Join with us in q
little speculation. Whether there will
be much of anything in it or not we
can't say; in fact, it wouldn't be fair to
raise your anticipatjons by going into
the particulars. But we are willing to
agree that if the scheme should be
successful We'll do what's right. !
guess you know me pretty we'll, and'1ll
answer for Stevens. Now, are you will
ing to help us with no more Of an ex-
PLANTATION than that?'
"Aa think We medina ask me thit,
Haalstead. Ye kin maxi yersel' easy
thit Aa'll do onything ye saay wi lit
tie adoo ABBOTT it. We be three amang
FARMERS DOT in this part O. the warld,
an IA fancy we'd best pull tagither."
CHATS what I thought you'd say,
Mas. Now, it seems to me necessary
that Stevens should get to Guajan as
soon as he possibly can. He will go
ashore there and start things moving.
Whether We will be able to communi-
cate with him again this trip is rather
doubtful; but If we don't, you and I
have got to put it up for another voy-
age out here when we see Ramirez. If
the compania happen to'have the other
boat ready, it'll be no fool Of job,
either. The question just now is, how
IRE we going to change our course
without getting into trouble with the
government: With some ironclad,
reasonable excuse, we might do it.
How much coal have you?"
"Sacmthing oonder thoosan' ton.
Tha government ill pay for but nine
knots an hoor, an thitrl leave
plenty for emairgcncies, DOVER an
abuve what Au'll burn in tina foor
wiks."
'Then you could safely shove her up
to IL or 10 knots, if we wanted to hustle
little. without running short?"
cay; ye can have mair eff necessary.
She's made her foorteen in smooth
water"
swell, the zap people are the only
ones who would really kick. Even they
would stand five or six days all right
as far as leaving for Manila goes. But
if we happen to have any sea-sicls pas
sengers. they'll never forgive the extra
days of unpleasantness as long as they
live; and don't remember whether
any of them are going to Tomil or
not"
There's but enc for Yap-tha cura-
tina youngest of tina twa padres"
"And one padre is fifty times worse
to deal with than the ordinary pas
sengcr; the chances are that he can
turn the whole machinery Of govern
ment against fellow if he chooses"
cay, thit's vera. true. But eff ye've
tina PADRES confluence wi We, it's quite
anither matter. Aa've thocht in ma
haid thit yc may arrange it wi these
twa."
Lets have it, Mac. That's what we
want to get at"
''Weel, tina oold PADRES vera een-
flential mon. Aa'm toold thit he's
tae be tina haid @ all tina Ledrrones. an
he's vera anxious tae reach Saipan at
once; he's bezziness there on Padre
Julian's account. Tha yoong one says
but little, yet IA nootice thit he's
vera deefercntal whin tn ither's
Oroond. Moo. Aa'm thinkin' thit CT IA
wair tao stop tn aingine-say three
days from ths-an' gaive DOT thit ma
shaft wair cracked, We might say ye
wair FORCED tae put in at Apra,
where yen get a coople O. rings from
tina wrickaige O. the Dutch tramp thit
wair cast ashore there twa year agoo.
IA kin scratch tina shaft sac twill haze
tn appearance O. crack tae ma
Spennish aingineers, an there's ma
ither pless where yen be laik the find a
bit O. macheerery. Then yell ak
plain tina seetuation tae tina padre, an
saay thit eff he'll gle report in
Maneela hoo tina chenge o. the coorse
KEN ABBOTT, yen carry him tae saipan
tibet he'll not hae tina treep tae maxi
on a prooa."
Halstead and looked at each other.
McPherson's idea seemed practical
and plausible. There was no question
whatever that padre of sufficiently
good standing could smooth over
about anything he pleased, and, If an
obligation to himself were part of
the regularity, it seemed very likely
that he would see there were no ques-
lions asked. While we were discussing
the matter, I couldn't help mention
ing my instructive dislike to Padre Sc
bastian. He was one of your plausible,
fat and oily men, who study human
nature almost from their infancy and
read your thoughts in spite of you.
in fact, my acquaintance with the
Iesuits in the cast had given me a
wholesome respect for that marvellous
penetration which is so important a
factor in the influence they exert
upon all classes. Both the captain
and the engineer agreed with me that
the padre was Il dangerous man in
more ways than one, but could see no
reason why his peculiar influence
should he eXcrtcL against us.
Having come to a definite under
standing that we would investigate
the wreck of the galleon as far as lay
in our power. il was difficult 10 get