The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-29

Two months advance for each
man." demanded Seattle Mike. Just
: $4o-twenty for us and twenty to
square up the mems accounts. SYou'ye
got TO pony up same's the rest of
en-
You bet added Al Black, drinking
his beer with a dark frown, I'VE does
mt stand no foolinI'
Captain Larsen's mia blue eyes wan
| dered YEARLY about the dingy office
Twenty dollars shipping fee is too
/ much he protested meekly. 81 am
willing to gift the men months sad-
vance, but Won't gift you more dan
81 apiece as shipping fee. Dat is choost
vat de law allows"
Two dollarsi" snorted AL Black saw
agely. I'VE say $40, and we mean it.
If you don't come UP with that price,
you get no men,
| But they came to no agreement. The
Aloha's skipper reehrnedsaboard with
war against the Boarding Masters
Association on his hands.
| PLANNING TO GET EVEN.
| Next day he opened negotiations
with Chinese Charley for crew of
| kanakas and Cinnamon The United
Boardings Masters smiled-that meant
| trouble for Capt. Larsen with the
| union. For a while they decided to let
| it go at that, but Seattle Mike con-
ceived plan whereby they might have
even more complete revenge. This
he at once communicated to his asso-
| ciates and they grinned more broadly
| than ever. 1t was game they had
, played before, and always successfully
| Perhaps you have heard of the mutiny
Of the Harvester.
Next day they sent note to Captain
! Larsen stating that they acceded to his
, terns-a months advance for each
| man. "And a nice Christian crew We'll
, send you,'' added the note
Wen give him Three Fingered Jack
for bos'n." chuckled Seattle Mike sig
nificantly, and the idea sent the beer
down Al Blacks wrong throat.
AN Lager Beer Pete" suggested Al
Black, when he recovered. He gets
out of choky tomorrow; an Wen give
him the five chaps off the Sioux Queen,
an Bill Simmons and Big Steve
Whereupon the two plotters chuckled
immoderately over their beer and
nudged each other in joyful anticipa-
ton of what a shore person would
consider a CHASTITY joke.
Next day the new crew of the Aloha
went aboard-sixteen notorious ruff
ans. Trig Olafsen, the AIoha's chief
mate, received them at the gangway.
Olafsen had been on the coast long
time. and he knew most of the men.
Perhaps he even then realized the
f1of ~,
commander, but If he did, his stolid,
high cheek-boned face betrayed no in
dication of the discovery.
That afternoon the Aloha was towed
out to sea. On the glass-covered
veranda of the Cliff House. overlook
ing Seal Rocks and the Golden Gate,
sat two men, slipping brandy and soda.
Taking turns through glass, they
were watching the Aloha set sail.
They'll never get beyond the Faral-
lones,' remarked Seattle Mike, as the
big topsails of the Aloha We're being
sheeted home.
The tug had left her, and alone she
ducked to the big blue incoming rollers
One by one her white sails were loosed
and bellied out to the northwesterly
breeze, driving her through the water
at increasing speed. All the square
sails were set; then, one by one, arose
the ,topsails. The two boarding mas
tiers watched with keen interest.
TROUBLE ABOARD.
why don't those felSers begin the
fun?" growled Al Black. irritably.
His companion took the binocular.
They're at it," exclaimed Seattle
Mike suddenly. THE ball is openin'
upi'
Aboard the Aloha strange things
were happening. Her foreyards, brac-
ed up on the starboard tack, swung
loose, swaying until the wind had them
aback. Through the binocular Seattle
Mike made out figures on deck in
violent commotion. The poop was
clear, but amidships some great event
was taking place. A confused mass
of men were surging about the deck,
but distance made it impossible to dis
tinguish just what was taking place.
Suddenly the lee clue at the mainsail,
which had been raised to the yard,
came down on the run and hid the
scene of trouble from view.
Now he's getting it, chuckled Seat
tie Mike.
Al Black seized the glass gleefully.
They'll be raising police signals
presently" he remarked.
Yes, or squaring in for shore, y pro-
phesied Mike.
But none of these things happened.
10 the amazement of the two boarding
masters, the foreyards of the bark
were suddenly braced up again and
she plowed on to the southwark, send
ing out long foam whiskers from her
eutwater. Smaller and smaller she
dwindled, until she was hull down on
the horizon, beyond the Farallones.
Then Al Black and his companion arose
and returned cityward, much perplex-
ed and not well pleased.
The Aloha was gone for almost a
year. The usual reports Of her safe ar
rival at Melbourne and Port Adelaide
were cabled by the underwriters, but
beyond that no news came to Frisco OF
Capt. Larsen and his crew for long ;
time.
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