The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-15
\ CHIRAEIANS
 GRATITUDE.
Story of a Morphine Taker.

man who put In a couple of cruises as an 0pothccary In the United States ua ". "You may of late. In the great mass ot rubbish that's been written about the slant eyes. have seen that fact disputed. but Just happen t' know that a Chlnaman's grateful. How ever In order Co make the point clear Iu have Co begin at the begirning. Sc hero goes:
 When ! was serving on board Q cruiser on tbc Pacific station. | had as % shlpmatc a private marine named ah. well. Tom Kingsley is near enough Co iL Some of his people, ot good sta ton. are s,ll living in Philadelphia and this boy burt them enough. so we'll lust make .t Tom Kingsley. Kingsley wen, Co Che ship with a detachment Of marines quite awhile after | was at tachrd Co thc vessel noticed him particularly as soon as hc came aboard not so much that hc was tall. bread shouMercd. lnc looking chap. who completely Outclassed the bunch hc lojucd with in appearance and bear irg. as because ] saw what h,s trouble was as soon as | clappci my eye on him. | understood as soon as ! made the discovery why Kingsley was wear ing Che uniform of a buck private in ,h~ marine corps. lt wa, because s!sv' cry Co which hc lol become addicted 's civil life hal rcnJ,ycd b.m unit and ln. competent Co keep up with thc proccS slon la civil life.
 That is co say. ! didn't need two looks at Nln-sl Co see that morphine had him. Dis gray eyes focused Co pin points. and hc hal all of the other exterior lr' cations of thc man chained .n Che uorru,J houdlcr.
 "Nt Che inspection on Che sunday foleyiuc K.uc,.cy's coming aboard z watched my immediate chief. ttc ships surecou. narrowly Co see it hc was go. mg Go l. ou Co Kingsley when he passed ly frr marine in following att. CT Che c... lui.u- officer Nr'u iHr surgeon i.-rI uy tac Tow ot mag'rr- 4rawn up a tlu.r mastering clothes pycS s'ra.-Ut ahead. | observed that 2, save cuc sharp glance at Kingsley. iud that was alL
 ~Ee,ow. .1 my StJtcrOom. after z. spcr,iur tl. surgeon looked at mc oui oC thc ta.l ot h,s eye.
 "Iiavc you noticed that marin" apoth,clryE lc asked wc.
 "'Ycs. sir.' ! replied.
 Hum. I'm glad Co be corrobora' cd. yct | was sure ! coullu't have hcct mistaken. sa.l rlc surgeon. 'Betiei have au extra ,y' Co your store o' norphla. Keep t under cover.
 However. Kingsley d.dn't become incapablc. lie was au admirable sol diar of thc sea. Ilc was always right on the minute. a top uotchcr on guard duty. a sp.cs and span man always The marine officer in charge of ;hc -iarl never. of course. suspected that there was anything wrong about Kings ley. and hc thought SO much of the mans faithfulucss tlat he bad him ulfIe a corporal a couple of months after K,n-slcy joined us. Kingsley wa. always under thc influence Ot the drue of course. IIc never ran out ot thc stu0. You know how morphine slaves provide against that awful con tiu.cucy. He kept on edge all the time and never appeared Go overshoot hi, Um.t Hn-slcy surely was a man of powerful se,f control iu that respect However [ knew that lt would get him In t.uc and throw him. lt always does throw ijs victims if they give it ropc enough. you know. and morphine l, one ot those thiaes that just dc. nauIs gll thc rope it wants.
 -E.r.Slcy knew by intuition that | know eDout his habit. aul hc avoided m, very deliberately. one noon hour. however ! happened Co lc smoking a pipe at tlc au-Vay ku-,lcy. v's locking ou, over tat beautiful hagAor of Ac.p..,1 .u hts dreamy. dnpy way -.b.s way. tiat is to say. when hc was oT Juty We'll edged over Co Kings hy. We were quite aplrr from th~ s,st ot Che u,u.
 "Eucto' said la as kindly a way as [ c,ulI-l l.lt sorry tor Kingsley. who vas most obviously a cculcman- 'yau want Co cut .t out. You do for a fact. IJu ulI you. It's a game you can't beat Nobody can beat it l can -.lucc yCu -railally-cighth Of grain l day. Better lct me take hold of you ltll bc ou tlr quiet
 Tbe,'s good of you. pal replied Kingsley. newer taking hls eyes away from tbc horizon Co look at me. T won't forget ,L but I've tried reducing be torc. au going Co make the fight alone. Tu going Go hang on If it kills me nol'h Is only a little thing. any bow. compared Co tlis slavery. When We hike away from lcrc for the islands next week rm going Co hcave an I've got of 'i' >,uQ over the side. Then aucw al. .HuJ making some changei h her r., ~lr could uut hc recognized Even .l ~hr ucr, what would her own. er~ dar, Jo aiUut tt To have set up a claim would have been to convict them. selves uf suu--i.rE As for wipiug out score of Europeans. he would consider that as sort of duty under any circumstances.
 Before We made hgrhor everything was prepared and every man instruct cd. In response Co ogr signal dozen sampaus appeared. and tue first man on our decks was the rascally old Ch,,-Winc. Su He was enuslve. good naturcd and slick as grease. He said tlcr, was cause for haste in unloading as thc custom officials had suddenly become active. and he was permitted % order about % men on board Co