The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-13
A SAILORS HOME COMING.
THIRSTY TRIP PROM THE PAfIyro
win S5OO AWAITING HIN.
Meeting IN the Train with q Fat, Genial Lock.
ins Man who Aroused n New York D,t.c.
tive's suspicion 90 Quest for the None,
A samaritan From Chicago Appra,,

when the train from Pittsburg pulled into
the Broad street station in Philadelphia IN.
bluciacket who was sleeping in the rph,.
hand end Of the smoker was awakened nv
the scurryinR past him Of men whose ionrnsv
was done He rubbed his eyes with his huvs
hairy paws nnd gaznd about him,
What port is this, mate7" he injured ~
one Of the departing passengers who cana
alongside his seat.
philadelphia" said the passenger De
YOU finish here"
NO. I'm for the big town, : SAID ne hrs
Jacket. pulling Of his cap and scratching hs
head. and then settling back in his seat YEARLY.
with the cap over his eyes
He drove his tongue in and out Of his mouth
! as if he were pretty dry. But there was no
moisture there, and his lips retained thpr
parched look. He was a big, hroad-sholl.
dered man. under ~, with Il rudy. open, rather
| fine countenance. albeit somewhat swollen,
| mixed gray hair, and muscles that svpIed
prodigiously beneath his mastering shirt. Ia
can ribbon bore the name of u ship recently
returned from the China station. and nov
| living al the Mare Island Navy Yard, Cali.
fornia. On his starboard arm was tho
| silver eagle with the worked wheel beneath.
and below that the chevrons that proclaimed
him a ouartermaster. frst-class. United States
Navy.
When the train began to Ali up for tbs trip
on TO New York a fat, genial-looking man
| entered the smoker and took the seat directly
in front OF the blueiacket, who kept his zap
pulled over his eyes, and retained that ind.-
Unable look worn by men who cannot see many
better things in life than a good, stiff drink
when they stand in need Of the same. But
no drink was in sight and so, when the tran
was again under way, the bluejacket gave
his cap an additional tug forward over his eyes
and settled back still deeper in his seat.
When the train was well out Of Phladel.
phia the fat. genial-looking man in the sen,
ahead OF the blueiacket opened his valise, Nshed
about in il for a moment the while he looked
out OF The window, and pulled out a large.
chased-silver flask. He turned about in his
seat and extended the flask TO the parched.
looking Quartermaster.
Hey. pal, " said the fat. 9enlal-looking man
to the sailor. take a hack at This. It's soms
o my own goods. and it amt a-goin' Z twist
your neck out O shape while it goes down,
and that's right,
The bluejacket took the extended flask and
grinned wanly.
Thanks, mate" said he. ! wouldn't care
a dam II II was mixed shellac and sax SIS
II : kOl inc JOll. ! III III pIOItI Hrr VI u u'Nl,
and that's right, too"
Whereupon he put the flask TO his lips and
let three heavy gulps roll down his muScei
throat
"Tha, amt no drink said the fat. genial
looking man, deprccatingly, when the sailor
offered back the flask. Take a real dip, and
then I'm with You"
The sailor took two more swallows, and
handad tho flask hnIk IN his dplINprpI who
took a pretty good drink himself,
"Mavbe that wasn't inst like cettln' MO
q coral-locked port half n bell before a ~
phoon." said the sailor, wiping his lips VIII
the sleeve OF his shirt, y needed that mate.
First I've had since breakiu' ont o Pttobnrc.
Wait iii We get TO the big town and blow
you back.
Then they got to talking.
bunch before j LEFT Frisco" aid the salogI
whom he had become a bit better acquainted
with his benefscior with the flask, 1T vs'
swingin' around for n long watch. been trNI
10 get back home to the big town for twelve
years. Meyer made u stick yet, Always TOOK
all me payday along with me when me llrus
was up out on the Pacific station or the ,hNa
station. and always went broke before got
half way along here. This time pinched oi,
5000 for pocket change after buyin me i'd"I
straight through from Frisco TO New (gfh.
and scEt meselI 10 New York tn" Other $500" me-
| IA -dll. vi u E'A " Wv ~ . ~ ~
call at the express Office and pass en- me ndlU':
Then take a brace aud 60 and zee The old one,
How bout tn 500 pocket change, aoh"i
the fat, Renial-loOking man, not lnUuuNNlNrN'
but lust 10 keep the ak going.
went this way aud that got lrft every iros
got. q. Tho IRAN once al a place called re
Needles, dow ia y Mexico, ! think that T. aud
again at a dap little place called To Jll,.'
Colorado. | think that j.. and NJ Kansas ! nv.
and at Chicago, aud lat n riit>hurs Don !
know whore me XII =. but guess II went rs.t
on and /. waiting Tor me IN Ier-"l, Inl o. w..
bed nd br down below AT ali those place, HId
! blew me Ia I ven in Pitt-bure. i nd h" boon
AL the same if I'd had ia" other $500 al"u+ WIZ
me. and that why l'm giving m''"I 'a'''"'
for sending II on ahead
\ New York detocuve happened 10 b" ,cal,i
righ, acro.s ne way from n" ial grp'1n,'GJ.. .
tective hat the blue jacket wa dl.goIrlli \
tribe too much informal" on 10 u 'lf'litI WI,
reference to the $500 bGnd,o awaiting him ~
Guided to follow after m" pair When ~" l''iF
reached the New Work -Ide. To 80" II me '"'
genlnl-lookiug man had any idea a 4" -"l.'-
thing doing with r%"ferrn"" to ll" 500 aN'.,.+
the -ailor in he express oiNcc. FOLLOW 'h'l
he did. He wail"d di>intereCt"d' ot',..'
while they dropped into one ol the Nal"'' ''
saloons for n drink and 10 wa ~ ihf 'l'''
elevated train car with them whom they -l''''1
for the, main ofi, uptown % the "Apr',>
panv tine Saliu' had bl.inp>~ WITH ~" -"..T
appeared To b. real giod and Happy Wli ,.'-
self by tins time, but To" iHi g'p1||"'h.
mar a'fnlntalhliE mn wa II '' 'l"l h-' ..-
Tine objective NI-r1 far dNa' rom -
express off - coIri"r when the -aHu' lH'
lurching n bit waiNcd NJ AVID d"wdr,i"d i,
$50. The iat grVHl-iuoKing man InSr :
hi vnli>p VA right t"hIud lEo hHlr I''''.
After pulling -lImIrN and diver, better. 49,
dressed TO him from h~ Do,oiu and ihl, Mo-
fving him sell. the -iiipr got his $500, an r1.''
up with treble 'eal~ ~ q tnlck Mantt r'N'I'I''
He broke open the nvciope. "ouu,ei ne" NOV .
rammed II into his shirt bosom A. ~ "'I' :
ba1danna handkerchief aud turned 10 lN"
genlal-lookiuE man The detective, elaL",.H
idle a bit away. watched N" moves 81 nv Nv
genial-lookirE mnnClo~ely.
Come on. Eli. said the Tar, and on >
blow you It's the first peck ~" had a' ''s
dam old town for n dozen NeHr-, aud ! t''S
] can spare n hundred Ia mix M within soln' Al.
Hey, whore do the old 'olk~ I'VE, 'Iuu'
said the fat. genial-l0oking mantuih" sailor
The tar named an address IN Tenth dN"U,'r
But ! amt a-goiug there lci. sh' ny
deepwater man. I'm going 10 huN you '''
biggest bunch OF wet .
The lat. grnial-lnoking man. Wa ~
for Il cab The Cabman pulled his ~ ''l'--
side the curb aud aliGhtrd. The lni gem"
looking mn pushed the tar lnNId" V' = "
and the detective who had been Tracing
from behind and ask him what ms game VIZ,
when the fat, gpnial-loukiuV man, with one ''''
on the cab step, addressed the sailor thus
Twelve years is a long time. pal, ana ''N
that you've made il thu Tar You wall iu Nh,-l
the job guess the old folks ar" wHlNs F.
Won. all right You go on home ana - 600
Then he slammed the door ~, and adf'-@''
the driver. Who stood waiting for direct -
Take him TO Tenth avenue, Nnid'h' IT,