The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-04
BEFOGGED.
The Story of Captain Twizzie S
Revenge.

The little steamer Pudsey Dawson tnm-
bied frresponsibly upon the heavy roiiers |
of the Farallores- She had uunoieo
DOWN the coast from Coos Bay. and now
in a dense white fog. she was waiting LOT
| 4ha weather TO clear enough to show the
Heads.
| were pretty well out" said Captain
Twizzle. but it's better to be way OUT
than way in
| ..strikes me-" said his mate. that Were
| ,oo+,a roo far out. Some blame liner
~, ,olxa her nose in here and scott us
| Nonsense" responded the skipped
sharply; "if / can't get in, there's not
man on the Pacific that can
1T dunno" continued the mate; IKE
lac not the Emperor will siosh through
lshe's due. And cap'n Van olinda' since
ne got his big ship isn't paying much
-espect to weather And he is gooo
man
Cantain Twizzle yuffed out his chest
under the blue jacket, believed with fos'
and shifted ..Oh. yes! he's good man
p,t LOT me tell you. young fellow, that l
Idon,t reckon Van OIinda's any smarter
than / am. .,, HE
| urba mate pondered slugg1shiy- Ills
Ieffort to think was agreeably put az emu
| tn and he pulled the. whistle rope "a
lnaarsa booming below rose into the air,
land the fog seemed fairly 10 curoie.
I take il there's craft off there to wind
| ward he suggested
| IAN right all right" said his superior
| gruffy; Il guess that WnlStle VIII "
! EN- know were around
| ~ reckon it will said the otner;
| ..vhat in blazes did We put big trumpet
! like that on this dinky boat forE II 5
sacramentally Che meant sacriiegiousiy'
indecent.
III .sReasons plenty" returned Twizzle-
/ Now. I'd like you to reconnize, young
Il chap, that when 1 do things there rea-
/ son behind 'em. Van Olinda, II ne Is
H master of a big steam plunger, isn't al
II wavs able to give good and sufhclent
II reason for what he does. We tauSht i
II things myself.
Hi The mate sided over respectfully. nc
| Ilhear Cap,n TwizzIe, of the Pudsey DaW-
II son, speak Familiarity, nay, contemptu-
I Iouslv, of Captain Van Olinda, who ruled
] the immense Emperor. and always wore
| la MAGNIFICENT uniform with tails TO the
| coat of it, was near approach to glory
II Taught him things?" he repeated in al
/ insinuating tone. as though the s'ors
| must be delectabe
Il eyes. And I'll teach him more!' roar
II ed Twizzle quite Infatuated with th'
Il memory of his last meeting with th'
II naughty aristocrat of the Emperor
II whats he done?" asked the mate
II bluntly.
II "Done, Why, his heads turned / car
II recollect when he skipper OF the Saf
II Anton the Iaughing-stock of the coast
II And he actually told me, the last time
Il saw him, that 1 ought to live ashore
Said had no chance of reaching his higi
position Said 1 was getting too old t
N learn But. by Jimmy Grips, I'll teaci
him something before very long. II
L lust make old Van get up on his hin'
y legs and toddle."
There was a sudden shrek from
lsteam siren in the invisible. and maste
and mate peered out into the fog ahead
That's must be the Emperor sal'
the mate.
Captain Twizzie pulled his sou-weste
lover his eyes and cursed gently. Welt
he said finally. IF it is. Capn Van don
make port tonight. He'll just have 9
stand being a day late. and l hope III
owners will fix him for it. too
Hes evidently headed right III now
answered the mate.
Ywizzle turned half around and eyei
Ibis subordinate Young fellow, II
teach both you and IAN something =
Idovn and tell the engineer to open hi
hampers We are going to cruise aroun
bit Tell him we want lot of steam
fot the whistle
The mate left the bridge to execute thi
commend ard the skipper looked oye
his craft. she's small and sets low, an
no masts to speak of. He won't see me
but I'll see him..
He didn't exactly see the Emperor wit
his eyes. but all his sea-bred sense toll
him that the big liner was fussing arou7
quarter of mile ahead
The Pudsey Dawson swung around un
der her masters hand, and headed 10
the invisible craft The fog was dense
and wetter than before.
Suddenly there sound as OF
bulky cow in tall grass, and TwiZzie pun
ed the vfhistle-cord. Again there issue
that horrible, unearthly roar. The cap
tain of the Pudsey Dawson put his whee
lover little and edged toward the still
invisible Emperor. They could now hea
. (the mate had again Joined him) IN
lthumping thresh Ct propeller The dis
- tproportionate trumpet of the coaste
aga1n rumbled forth, and its rolling bel
| low shook the fog though it wer
jelly. When the last mutter had die
away. Twizzle and his mate listened IN
tensely. There was silence.
That's lesson number one, said Twlz
gle; we've stopped him. If whistle
again by Jimmy Grips, L believe Va
would reverse.
whats up? What's your game. sir?
! asked the mate.
Captain TwizzIe cast glimmering ey
over the mufffed waters, and gave his OF
ders curtly Keep that blasted, silver
plated Emperor always in hearing. When
ever YOU see a good chance, run clos
and foot that whistle you were criticism
a bit ago See?"
The Young mate saw enthusiastically
Il savvy sir We won't give her rooI
TO turn around in. Cap'n Van Oiind
will suppose that there's about five deeI
water freighters knocking around herr
and he'll sweat for his craft. Oh yes
think I see.
Never was there such night on I'll
pampereG Emperor. Now from one sid
now from the other. and apparently a
ways imminent, came the hideous, ovei
powering thunder of the whistle of til
Pudsey Dawson. Captain Van Olind
himself stood on the bridge of his favor
tie command. and around him clustere
the officers of both watches.
Sound like a Kosrnos boat" suggeste
his brass bound mate.