The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20

VIII W.T. NANNEN W "AN'AaA ~
with high-class liquor most OF the time,
were sorry to SO him 60: hut the of1ccrs
weren't. Among other compen-ailons
his retirement from the post permitted
them To resume at/ue TWO
clubs. which they did
Tbs but hone the less cher
ished only son Of a wealthy California
shipper announced In n moment OF Ninous
enthusiasm a few, years age at a dinner
given Ia a number Of fellow-roysterers
In san Francisco that he wa all for a life
on the raging main and hat henceforth
and forever he desired nothing better
for his than n wet sheet and a howtng sea
to the attainment Of which end he piC-
claimed with great earnestness and posi-
tiyeness hi he intended OF the follow
ing morning Ia repair TO the Mare Island
navy yard ana ship In the naval service
of Cncls Sam. They double-dog -dared
him 90 do Il. Of course. but he said mat they
didn't need To darc him. that h" was going
20 do Il any way. and then he did a neat
hornpiua on the table. and his compan-
ions figured that he would forget all about
his aspirations before morning
However. they reminded hin, OF u IN"
next morning. and h. showed himself to
H. a pretty game sort 81 young fiy-hy-night
lie went right up To Vallejo. crossed 10
Mare Island, boarded tn. receiving ship
Independence, passed the doctor, ana was
duly shipped AS a landsihan hls pals
had ACCOMPANIED him to Vallejo. He
showed up among them that sane even
ing in Vallejo IN the rig Of a fatfoot ~ IN"
: sea service, and they spent the night m
dancing the MayIole dance around. him
and pouring ~lihation- 81 izz upon his heavy
weather togS
The next dav he was assigned to a cruiser
booked 20 depart for the China station IN a
week. Thp-' DAYS l--fpre the ship was
T. get w her mudhook fpr the long crul-'
the wealth and fashion 81 san trancisc"
began to descend upon the weasel Tor ~"
purpo-a 81 bidding ia" rc1pegrace hnds..
man. who was really a good fellow and
extremely popular, goOd-by II wa nara
for tho officers O.! ia" ship % $50 pfrtF
women bv the soon. talking auimatedly
with this landsman a. IN" gangway, and ~
was CALLING To- those sam" "ih'ers 10 -,
the warmcst members, 30 a. speak. ana
the most popular, Of IN" clubs oi Sei
I i ancisco. ~clapping this extraordinary
scaIS grace tar on the lack ard telling nm
thev hoped ned return an Admiral
When the ship put down the narhor
and out through the heads ~ San Fran
cisco Bay. three tugs. loaded down WIN
the well tar's pals, accufnpahleSi h'r, AZ
most to the Farallune Islands. having Their
good wishes aud climbing their glaS-"-
10 him ~ that he could ~ least 80" them
In the act from bic perch on IN" topgallant
fo'c'sla ~ the man o. war
Thcr" thing and probably some others.
such a. swahhtug DICKS At gray dawn ana
icing howled NJ by ancient bu.ru''s mates
and dining for week. together on al horse
and lttl. or no dun. naturally had a de-
pressing "fs~' poi the Young man :
spirits. A. they perhaps would upon NE
SPIRITS e any man similarly placed, te ne
ever 49, game. and hv tho time he reached
.Japan he was distinctly ~ the opinion that
the raging main and everything dpI-r-
tanning thereto was n cold. o~uf-and-ou'
frost However. he had the good sense
20 bring his teeth down Win q "llch and
a. resolve to lake his msdlciu"
WIau The shin rsnfh.t japan none pf
the ports was safe because the cholera
was raging. n y wac iu most ~ ~" pore
81 China 50. for nearly thrt@ months,
the vessel moved back and forth among
the different japanese ports. with no shore
leave for auvbudv. officers included Al
the end 81 that time. when the vessel wa
In tine harbur - HakodAt", hat place was
proclaimed 20 he FRYE - the ~orurge, and
G was decided a. give th" hands their mrs.
l.nch liberty for something more thar
a quarter Of "a wear. The starhoard watCf
was 10 ~ first, for twent v-fuur hours. AND
then the port watch wa Ia have Us mn
on the shore. The scap"grace tar belongeN
To the starboard watch.
The young man had n ounl" az thousan'
dollars In loose change under his blous,
when he went ashore that time with hal
his ships company. He decided 10 CIV
them a good time rs long as his none
held out. Two thousand dollars VIII mol
out about our times a. long IN Japan a
II would IN the states under similar CIR
Cum-tanC,s.
II was ~uuuk'shas or nothing for all q
tins young mans mates 81 th" siarhnaf'
watch For TX day- the merchants ana
other citizens and their wives had 10 d
without jinrik' shas. this landsman hh'
all II the 'rk'shas and the haulerN there
In Hakods,e cornered for himself an
hiuoiacket pals He wouldn't hear Of an
81 them walking a block He fcd them o'
saki until the liquor ran out OF their "ye'-
he led their storming parties upon ~
tea houses and geisha plants he was u
short, the guiding spirit, a. well as W
fuancier ~ this effort on the part ot "a
hlueiackets To make Hakodate look like
pile 81 Stats and TO fire a volley over III
debris.
Al the end Of eight DAYS and tho star
board watch, ~ stated. had received hb"rt
for twenty-four hour the young ma
, wont aboard his ship. looking very limo
cent. ard was straightway clapI~d int
irons The ret Of the bunch were ST.
riding around Hakodate In his hired IN
rik'shas. and every time the marine guar
went ashore after them the 'rk 'sha pullen
would sprint for II and maui the shoutin
tars out ~ sight In a iify
? They all got back To- the ship within te
= DAYS. In time to prevent their names soln
: down a. de-erters Most OF them ~er
? whipped over the side IN bo'sn.s onairs
. being too wabbly with saki TO climb IN
. gangwav. and u was a strange and amos
unprecedented thing to see a whole man
o'-war watch in double irons in the brig a
4 the same time.
They permitted tho young California
, To take HIS ditty-hag and 60 when the SIN
/ reached Yokohama HE superiors regarde
, him a. a likely young man and sll tina
hut they nerded men Ia work the ship !
/, port a. well a. at sea and they didn't ~
P much show 81 ever having them while thl
moncy-laden youth was a member OF Oh
. ships company He executed a gloriou
getaway, lasting a w,ek In Yokohama
and when the mail steamer on which he va
, a passenger steamed by the man-o'-war -
which he had only rs~,utly h@an a sailo
all hands for'ard manned the rail and gaV
him such a thrcc times three, with n tigr
To- boot. ~ PERHAPS was never before hear
IN Asiatic seas.
DIv ORCFS ~ MAINE.