Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-05-21

the sailors call him Sackett
The following evening the general
and his staff dined at the beautiful
home of one of the old and wealthy
residents, and towards nine o'clock
Mr.. Stuyvesant asked his generals
permission to withdraw, as he had
two calls to make before returning
aboard ship. They were to sail at
dawn.
bidding good night and good-by to
his charming hostess and declining
the hospitable offer of a post-pran-
dlal peg" from her genial lord, the
young officer stepped blithely away
down the moonlit avenue.
1t was beautiful summer night.
The skies were cloudless, the air soft
and still. Somewhere, either at the
park or in the grounds of the Royal
Hawaiian, the famous band of Homo
lulu was giving concert, and strains
of glorious music, rich and full, came
floating on the gentle breeze. Here
and there the electric lights were
cleaning in the dense tropical foliage
and sounds of merry chat and mu-
steal laughter fell softly on the ear.
The broad thoroughfare Of Bere-
tania street was well-nigh deserted,
though once in awhile the lights of
cab on noiseless wheel flashed by, and
at rare intervals Stuyvesant met or
overlook some blissful pair whisper
ing in the deep shadows Of the over
hanging trees.
1t was quite walk to the consul
generals, his first objective point,
but he enjoyed 1t and the brief visit
that followed. Naturally the affair
of the previous evening came up for
discussion, and there was some con-
lecture and speculation as to the
identity of the leader of the attack
on the Denver boys. Stuyvesant re-
peated what his friend the brakeman
said. that somewhere he had seen the
fellows face before, but he had only
seconds glimpse of it, for the mo.
ment he launched in to the aid of the
volunteers the man in the check suit
caught sight of him-and a stimuli
taneous crack on the nose that sent
him Keeling towards the open win
dow, through which he darted the
instant he could recover balance,
leaving the field equally divided, four
to four in point of numbers, but
otherwise with Overwhelming advan-
tage on the side Of the clear heads
and trained muscles of the soldiers.
A grewsome sight those sailors had
presented when called up for SEN
tence in the morning, and remorse-
full quartette they proved. Moreover,
to the consul general, who had been
called in in the interest of fair play
for Jack, they declared that they
We're innocent of all evil intent. They
only went in for q little fun with
the soldiers. It was that San Fran
cisco fellow who called himself
Spence when he was sober and Sack
EFT when he got drunk who brought
on the row and then abandoned them
to their fate. He had owned that he
"had it in" for soldiers in general
hated the whole gang of them and
wanted to see them well licked. He
had plenty of money and would pay
their fines if the police ran them
in" and now had left them in the
lurch.
They had no money and were con-
fronted with the probability OF
months labor with the Chain gang"
on the public roads if the consul gem
eral couldn't get them off. So that
amiabie official had gone out to the
fiotilla and had talk with The Colo
RADIO officers and the three brawny
heroes of the billiard room battle,
with the result that everybody agreed
to heap all the blame on the vanished
culprit in the check suit, and the
sailors got off with nominal fine
and went home to nurse their bruises
and their wrath against Spence, alias
Sackett. That fellow shouldn't get
away on the Miowera if they could
help it.
All this Stuyvesant was bordering
over as, after stopping to leave his
P. P. c. at the Pacific club, he strolled
down Fort street on his way to the
boat landing. The big whistle Of an
incoming steamer had attracted his
attention as he left the consul gen
erals to make one more call, and at
the club he heard some one say the
Miowera had reached her dock and
would sail for Australia in the morn
ing.
The sky, that had been SO cloud
less early in the evening, became
somewhat overcast by II, and the
moonlight was dim and vague as he
reached the landing.
In his several trips to and from the
transport 1t happened that he had
fallen frequently into the hands of a
bright KanaRa boatboy whose adj
mirable rowing and handling of the
boat had pleased and interested him.
BE ready to take me out about
11:30," he had told him, and now
where was he?
Several officers and soldiers were
there bargaining with the boatmen,
and three or four of these amphibi-
Gus Hawaiians precipftated them
selves on stuyvesant with appeals for
a job. but he asked for Joe.
Him gone" was the answer of an
eager rival. Him other jobs" but
even as they would have persuaded
Stuyvesant that Joe was not to be
had and his selection must be one
of their number, Joe himself came
running from the direction of ware
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