The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-29

I hand With one end over his shoulder he
jrudEed along the bank. and for a while
! tile boat made fairly good time, probably
US much as two miles an hour. But there
came some brush along the bank and he
had 10 return TO the boat To work around
I n. by this time the tide was setting out
/ strong. and II was slow work getting
around the brush. When he got 10 earth
| again the boys followed, and there began
| Ia" thing that came near proving our ur-
doing. In the same old ovsTzealnus spirit
"i which We already had sufficient OK
hihitiuu they started off on their own
hook filed with tn. idea OF getting into
IinS-NarC ahead Of Mac and m. and
doing something or other indefinite for
which we would be- extremely grateful
when We finally arrived. quite fCrretful Of
the automatic TACT that an Interpreter two
or three miles ahead OF You is not Of
much account in carrying On a Conver-
s1tion iu which you are interested
BY the time all the interpreters had got
50 far ahead that there was no bowling
them back the boat came abreast Of two
large Sampans anchored out in III" stream
Mac and / succeeded finally IN indicating
L" the japanese VINO had come alons as "a
passenger that II would be desirable To get
another man or two from these sampaHs
To- help out our poor chap.
He graSped tn" idea with enthusiasm.
and after a vigorous ia. OF Korean yer
naCular persuaded our b1atman to get
back into the sampln and Sriil ont to
those at anchor. Then he went aboard
and there followed a demonstration q the
maSterfulness # his spirit. For ont Of
the comfort Of their dry cabin he rlyiShed
two strong. husky coolies and got them
into our boat.
know not what threats or promises he
made. but the sound Of the language ne
used was awful and II dire necessity had
not been urging me on | should certainly
have sent for the police or humanitarian
agent. Eut he got tho men. and for th.
time being that was the main thing Back
tp the hank we went, and with two tow
ing and one sCullinC We forged ahead
again at the bTeath-tali!nE rate of about
a mile m hour.
our Japanese DrcServcr walked along.
scanning the river and shaking his head
At intervals h" talked To US in the smiling.
persuasive manner OF the man who knows
perfectly that you do not understand "A
word uf what he Is saying. His gestures
toward the stream. however supplied the
meaning his words failed 10 convey. II
was touch and go whether We should get
tide
SIN It rained. the. same old driving.
ahead we're out Of sight and We were
plugging along at less than 4 mile an
hour. But we were getting on. which was
better than coming 20 stsndstill. Now
the iuiquiiy Of the Interpreters developed
IN It's fullness. They had landed on an
ISLAND, and We reached The spot where II
was necessary to cross the stream 10 tie
UIs no communicating with them.
our japanese philosopher ran on ahead
and hOwlcd his lungs nearly out. trying
come in sight OF them. In a village n few
hundred yards from the bank he learned !
that they had been seen following the
shore line some time before and were TN
going clear around the island
There was nothing To do but sit down /
and wait for them. and there We stopped. I
For two hours We waited. and every min |
ute saw The rising tide grow stronger !
and tho water along the bank that had 4
been cumpa ratively quiet. so that by great 4
efTcrt We could advance through II. be- \
come swift and impossible for us. II was .
all over. The only hope Of Pin6Y Yang 4
was on the next tide.
At last the boys came In sight again far
behind MS We watched them follow along
the bank. and supposed. OF course. that
they could tell from the footprints that
We had come on. But when they came 10
the place where they had turned of in
land before, to make what they thought
would be a cutoff. they turned back on
heir own trail. and We said In our just |
-age that II We had the time We would let |
hem walk again all around the blessed
sland. But time pressed. for we meant TO
make yet one effort. and SO our Japanese
'riend hurried down after them and
brought them back, very shamefaced and
1cnitent-
Now We crossed the stream to try to