The sun., 1901-08-11

vouaut OF tnxonuy vpneu. Wero not th<
entire forty-two ct this hour IN tho hand
the nsutenant spoke very. knowingly -swad-
dled IN miles and miles Of bandsees'.
'weIl?' said the skipper-and I grievs
TO cay that he winked In . most undigni-
fed manner At the executive officer, who
stood by. What do you want me TO dor
The Lieutenant was only instructed
to make the commanding officer the most
respectful ealutations Of his General, and
to Inquire II Il would be desirable and con-
venient for the so-much-beloved tom-
manding officer 10 dctach tho gigantic
Americana With tho Gargant,ian strength
and jag-from the confines Of the ReEib-
lie OF Mexico, thereby insuring peace and
whole carcasses to the citizens thereof.
-Foreseeing possible international COM
plications. the skipper sent a corporal OF
with tho Instructions to fetch O'Hara back
20 tho ship forthwith. IL they had 10 saw
and split him into sections OF one cubic
inch. The weary corporal and his three
men returned TO the ship at about O'Clock
In the morning saying that their under
standing Of the situation was that OHara
was bound overland for the City OF Mexico
as boss teanster with bullion trans
porting outfit.
'On tho following afternoon O'Hara
was seen by a quartermaster A weary
Greaser householder with whom O'Hara
was temporarily doniciled had complained
TO him, Il seems. that his chimney smoked
Q great deal When observed by his ship
mate. the quarterrnaster, O'Hara was oblig-
ingly engaged In cleaning the chimney,
using for the purpose his expensive serape.
The quartermaster said that while O'Hara
was sure q sight. he didn't seem to mind
hn In .,.se
merrily o. he let the serape, weighted by
an unbaked brick. up and down in tho
chimney
'On the following morning. we heard some
strange music from the silvery aet Of
chimes In the bell tower OF the church.
There were long intervals between each
note. yet there was no doubt that the tune
was Believe me, y all those endearing
young charms We learned later that
the chime ringer, as we Of course sus-
pected, was O'Hara, practising. When
the horrified Greaser sexton had come
upon him in the bell tower, O'Hara soothed
him with a gold piece or 30, and went on
playing East Side. West Side, all around
the town, until the priest made his appear
ance and shut down on the performance.
This 10 a poor. barren outline OF the
On the ninth day Of O'Hara's absence the
skipper became really worried lest O'Hara
should fail to show up In time to escape
the deserter's brand. The result OF his
worriment was that went ashore at the
head Of the marine guard to get O'Hara
established q chain guard, and we
gradually closed on O'Hara and besieged
him IN a two-story 'dobe He had the
when he saw US coming, and he leaned
out Of the second-story window and sang
me most pathetic ballad when demanded
his surrender on pain Of having the doors
Of his hosts house broken In. There were
then but two hours remaining for him
befoB he would be declared q deserter
from the ship. He suddenly disappeared
from the window. few moments later
US In. Commandant Ojerof Oh, he had
departed. He had gone only moment
before We entered.
And 20 he had. We secured the town
for him half the night, and then put of
10 the ship. l was contemplating much
wrath In my commanding officers eyes
over my empty-handednees.
But O'Hara was aboard. and sleeping
In double irons in the brig. Il
and fifty-fve minutes after O'Hara had
left the ship, a sampan had come along
side, and 0'Hara, still with his silver
sOmbrero and a fresh serape,
but barefoot. had with great difficulty
ascended the gangway ladder and reported.
He had made FOR the ship when had told
him that his time Of grace was short and
"O'Hara's thirty days in the brig-five
II them in the solitary brig on bread and
quickly enough, and then,
'estored TO duty. he took his place at the
yangway, as was his former wont. and
hook his head sadly when he saw the
,oozed lberty-breakers tottering over
he officer on watch.
But right down to the present day,
md all this happened nine years ago,
wound up the naval officer, Athe natives
II Acapulco inquire Of every American
nan-o' wars man, officer or man or'ard,
what has become OF the mighty Command
INT Ojero. who once visited them ashore
md spent more than a million dollars In
aaa than tan daya y