The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-22

Nss'
but Indifference 20 the world In geler.
al. But they would light mp some
times with n merry twinkle, when the
old rogue would narrntc some OF his
past villainies.
He came 10 Samoa Ia the old days.
long before treaties and iDpcriil Com
missionrrs and other elldcd vanlties
were drcamt OF by W. poor, hard work
ing traders. lie scenes 10 have
dropped from the sky when II after
noon, as Tom DenisOn and some OF his
friends sat on Charley the Russians
ycranda. he marched up to them, sat
down on The steps aud said Good
evening"
Hello" said Schlutcr, the skipper of
the Anna Goddcffroy. "Who are your
Where do you come from
lie waved n short, stumpy and black
clay pipe to and fro. and replied vague
ly, oh. FROM somewhere
me one laughed, sutnising. cor.
rectly enough, tina, he had run away
from a ship. Then they remembered
that no vessel had even touched NJ
Apia for :. month. Later on he told
Denisop that he had jumped overheard
from n Bakers Island guanoman as
abe was running down the coast and
swan ashore, landing at n point TWEEN.
~ miles distant from Ap'a. The ma.
tives In the various villages had given
him food, ~ when he reached the own
he was moi hungry.
What do YOU want. any way asked
Schlutcr.
Some tobacco. please. And II dollar
OF two, ! can pay you back"
When" said Hami ton, tn, pilot.
iu%credulOusly.
The pipe described n semi.circle.
"Oh, tomorrow nieht; before per
haps."
They gave him some tobacco and
matcGes and -four Bolivian iron" half
dollars. He got up md went across
10 Volkncr's combined store and grog
shanty over the way.
Hes gone To buy n bottle Of square
face said Hamilton.
HE deserves IT," said Denison,
gloOmiiy. "A man of his age who could
jump overheard and swim ashore to
this rotten country should be presented
with n cast and II knife 20 ,ut his
throat with after he had finished IT,"
Ia about ten minutes ,he old fellow
came ont oil NOlkncr's store, carrying
two OF three stout fishing lines, sew
eral packets of hooks and hair u dozen
ship biscuits. He grinned as he passed
the group on the veranda. m, then,
sQuatting down on the sward near by,
began to uncOil the lines and bend on
the hooks Denison wa Interested,
Wen over to him, and watched the
swift, skilful ann in which the
thin brown fingers worked.
Where are you going 10 tishY' he
inquired.
The broad. fiat face It rp. Outside
In the deep w~ater-sixty. eighty
fa'am."
Denison left him. aud went aboard
the ancient. cockrOach infested Graf,
Of which he was the eartbroken su
percargO. Half an hour later Re,
padded past the schooner In n wretch
I'd old canoe, whose outriggcr was S,
~insecurely fastened that II ~,hrcaIene,
to come adrift every instant. The 81,
man grinned as he recognized ID nison
then, pipe In mouth, he went bold!
out through the passage between TN
llpes Of roaring surf into the tunhliui
blue beyond.
At 40 o'clock, Just as the supercarg
and the skipper Were turning in, tn
ancient slipped quietly alongside in hi
canoe and clalnbered on deck. In hi
right hand he carried a big salmon
like fish, weighing about invent
pounds, Laying II down on Tie decl
ut pointed to II.
"P1enty more in canoe like mat. 70
want SON morey"
Denison went TO The side and locke
over. The canoe was loaded down
the guDwhale with the weight o FISH
fish that the lazy. loafinS Aplan N
tiyes caught but rarely. The old ma
passed up two or three more, and pa
died ashore.
Next morning he repaid tnc be
rowed money and showed Denison )
the result of his first nights work
Samoa. The saloonkeepers aud 9th
whit. people said he was a treasuI
Fish IN Aaia We're dear aud hard
get.
On the following SUNDAY a marriai
procession entered the Rarotong:
Chapel In Matafele, and rarreo 10th,
wise 'Reo) was united 10 one of I
prettiest aud least disreputable natl
girls in the town, whose parents recc
nized that REQ was likely to prove
eminently lucrative and squeezab
son-in-law. DenisOn was best mi
and gave the bride a hye.dollar &c
piece thaving previously made a pr
ate arrangement with The brldegroC
that he was to receive value for II
ash).