Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-01-18
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"E'cii. there's ouc good ,hing abont q
Chlnaman. anyhow hos grntoful,'
rem.ulsccntly remarked n Washington
man who pat IN a couple Of cruises as
TN apothccary in Tie United States ma
Wy. "You nlny Of late. In the great
mass Of rubbish that's been written
about tho slant eyes. have seen that
fact disputed. but / just happen to
know that a ChinGman's grateful. How
eNrr. la order to make the point clear,
III have to begin at The hcginting. So
here gees:
when ! - serving on board q
cruiser en- the Pacific station. had as
a shipmate a private marine named
an. s-cli. Toin Kingsley is nenr enough
to Il. Some Of bis people. of good sta.
ton. are still living in Philadelphia.
ana tiis boy burt them enough, so wen
Just maize II Tom Kingsley. Kingsley
went to the ship with a detachment of
marines quite awhile after | was at
tached 10 TIE vessel. ! noticed him
particularly as socn as lie came aboard
not 80 mach tEat lie was & ;a.i. broad
s%hcuidcicd. fine looking chap, who
Completely ouiclassCd the bunch LIZ
Joined With In appearance and bear
Inc. az because | saw what his trouble
wa7 rs soon as ! clappcd my eye oh
lin. I understood as SOON n } made
tiic discovery why Kingsley was wear
Ing the Uniform OF q buck private In The
marine corps. II vas bccauae a STAY
cry 10 which he lad become addicted 10
civil life had rendered lin unit ana In
compe;eo, 10 keep Up with the process
sioa n civil life.
THAT is 20 say. ! didn't need two
locks at Kingsley 70 see that morphine
bad him. His gray eyes focused to
p!u points. aGd he Ind all Of tlic other
exterior Indications OF the man chained
In the morphla b0ndsge.
At the Inspection on the Sunday
following Kiugsley's coming aboard !
WATCHED my immediate chief. the ships
& narrowly to see II he was go
Ing TO get on 10 Kingsley When he
passed by tic marine In following aft
or The commanding officer. When the
surgeon passed by the row OF marines
drawn Up In their mastering clothes,
eyes straight ahead. | observed that
be gave one sharp glance at Kingsley,
and that WAS ALI
'Belew. In my statcroom, after In
spcction the surgeon looked at me out
81 the tall OF his eye.
Have you noticed that marine.
Rpothecaryf' lie asked me.
"'Yes. sir | replied.
"Hum. I'm glad to be %corroborat-
cd. get ! was sure | couldn't have been
mistaken said the surgeon. Better
have en- extra eye 10 your store OF
morphla. Keep Il under cover
"Howeyer, Kingsley didn't become
Incapable. lie was an admirable sol
der Of The sea. lie was always righ.
on She minute, n top notcher on guard
duty. a sp,ck and span mai always
The marine officer 10 charge OF The
guard never. OF course, suspected that
there was anythlug'wrong about Kings.
by. and lie thought so much OF ths
mans f%aitIfulncss that lie had hin
made a corporal n couple Of months
after Kingsley Joined us. Kingsley
was always under the influence OF th,
drug OF curse. He never ran out OF
the stun. You know how morphine
slaves provide against that awful con
fiugency. lie kept OF edge all tho
time and never appeared TO overshooI
his limit. Kingsley surely was n maj
Of powerful self control In that respect
However. ! knew that Il would gel
Aim in time and throw him. 1t always
does throw It's victims II they give II
rope enough. yOu know. and morpllDt
10 one Of those things hat just dc
mands ell the rope Il wants.
kingsley knew 10y Intuition that
knew about bis habit. md be avoided
me very deliberately. Que Moor hour
however. | happened 20 be smoking {
pipe at the gangway. Kingsley was
looking our over the beautiful harbol
Of Acapulco 10 bis dreamy. dopy wal
Ibis way. that Is TO say. when he wal
on duty. Well. l edged over 10 Kings
ley. We were quite apart from Tbs
rest OF the men.
"'Bucko.' said 7 lr rs kindly a wa!
as ! could ! felt sorry for Kingsley
who was most obviously a gentleman
You want 10 cut Il out. you do fOr
fact. IAN nail you It's a game 20,
cant beat. Nobody can beat II. I car
rcduce you gradually eighih Of a grail
q day. BriiOr mt rie tnkc bold OF you
ytll bc en- The pulsi.'
That's gucd Of yon, pal, replic'
Kingsley. rrver iasins bis eyes ava.
Srom the horizon 10 look ~ me. 7 won
forget i. hui I've tried reducing be
fore. ar going % make the ngh
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