Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-03
SCOOpsnI ONCE nORE GETS
THE WAR IN SHAPE.

to go dead replied that citizen, peep
ing out OF the door to see if any Of the
marines were eavesdropping. What
want TO know is, how did Shoopski get
cut of this?.
"A rouble,s said the Cape Town
correspondent, refIeetively, ard as il
not hearing the question, lis pretty
coin; l have number of them in my
pocket and really like them. They viii
buy houses and lots when exchanged
for English pounds sterling"
The other occupants of the cabin
looked at each other in silence for
moment. 6efcre they could speak ad-
miral TakahifaIl rushed eXeitedIy
down the companionway and began
gesticulating wildly
ITO put it mildly. admiral said the
Shanghai corresp pondent, what would
you say was the matter with the isos-
celes triangle that we used t. read
about? ."
Il have zem," exclaimed the admir-
al, as he fairly danced up and down in
the narrow space that separated the
end of the cabin table from the door
way through which he had entered.
Don't look a bit like it, old man;
never saw you soberer," replied the
Mole ST. Nicholas correspondent.
Not man ze jim-jams,' said the adj
miral seriously. Il mean ze coed
words to express to you my
feelings abeut ze resignation. Here
zey are-dam, dam. dam. plegg gon-
nit. dam some more.'
Sound llhe bad words to me- said
the Cape Town CORRESPONDENT, look
ing at the others without the suspicion
of smile on his countenance; what
de- you think about the question:
"Those words are bad they replied
land We know now why the admiral
has ben cut down-he actually cusses,
and it is probably the first time on rec
ord where a sailor ever used such ex-
pressians. The only other known
instance was when Rear Ad-
miral Bob Evans, OF the
United States navy, found himself
nearer the Spanish ships at Santiago
than he thought healthy. Accord
ing to history, he said something
then that mad the men in the for
ward tur-et fire before there was any
ammunition in the guns.
Admiral Takahiball stood locking
from one to the other in wonder; ne
did not catch the sarcasm in their
remarks and he waited for enlight-
ment He got it. The correspondents
knew now that he had been fired
from his command of the ship, and
that the captain was in command OF
the squadron for the time being.
They feared him no longer, and they
had already annexed all his ready
money and various promissory notes.
They spoke their minds to him.
.To HI with you,' said the Mole,
St. Nicholas correspondent; "ycM old
busted skate, why don't you get
move on you and fight a little some
times? l can climb the mast and
see four Russian cruisers, in spite OF
cur sinking them, standing boldly in
the harbor of Port Arthur. Go in
there and get EN-
"They don't belong to him. put in
the Shanghai correspondent, "and |
admire him for not going after them.
Let the old cuss alone; first thing
you know he will get riled and go
after big game-and you remember
WE are on this ship"
drop that" said the Capetown
correspondent, "and I'll tell you
about how Skoopski got off the ship.
Gimme that tobacco-thanks. That
chap was wonder. He possessed one
of the brightest minds that l ever
came in contact with. Now, he had
not been locked up more than a few
hours before he sent for me and asked
me if l needed any money. OF course
| didn't need any, but just to ease his
mind | searched through his clothes
and found a large hl1nch Of rOuhlaS