New-York tribune., 1904-10-05
The Bully of t6e Red Sea.



snt to see 81 him in swing round with the old eosr~a
levelled at the Russians
You confounded buIltes" he hisssd his Eyes
blazing with wrath. up with your hands or yoil'rs
dead dead "a, men; You We & played il on me ions enough.
UR with Jnen or III shoot you Ike dogs"
-s7s ne Fe5s,Sn 5- ssa2LaIn staggered back Win
His lieutenant. however. was made OF sTsrnsr sfuf
win deep curse be sprang az our skipper regard
he dsd not reach him. Before he Could do so ~
japanese dropped his cigar and Ieaped upon him
and then a sroan- The Japanese had used one ot
the Wrestling tricks for w1ich his country Is famous
You do risky thing. faltered the other OF our
visitors ralslns his hands az threatening move
ment 0I me revolver pointed al him Your gov
ION no. they won'tr' retorted the skipper. 30
you know that one OF your shells struck US: How
RIIssis ~ lind bearinc- az tbs HttIe AFFAIR ana
gentlemen have any cOntraband Of war in their
Lord Ringmer smiled and rapidly took the Rus
@of Course he said as he die so. we shall
treat you very well the voyage-
"On the voyase?' gasped the infuriate6l Russian
YES, We are bound for shangh2at.., all
Why. guns VIII SIM you oelore YOU 8ae
with YOU or boardq'
yes. with Us or board. The Lieutenant in
sure YOU He viii consider himself more thsn
won't sink US: they won't even hit US That LAST
shot OF yours was an accident
shout. '' and ihsn another and another. from ths
stateroom- The words were Russian: prison.
''That won't reach the cruiser remarked our
.'2o, but it win the boat replied the Japanese
The boat he meant was the ore that had brought
our prisoners to US The sea being very s-nootn-
Sayonara but had lain on their oars alo1s&iaA
holding TO the gangway Nov 2 as our T1l1y ~ ~ 70 70
avoid being swamPed. they shouted louoAS N a.
They y get It hot. chuckled the skipper "vhsn
they report themselves as returned W4lhO1N --S-N
minute passed. Night had row closed In com
peteIy As by the slippers 9TGfIS 3i e ~ 1hs cris
err but her IoEg. black length n9 Up - may
.'FIarf!'' cried Lord Ringmer. They're speaking
TO US through theiI raegap1Ons- - - .rT,.. -
Starlingly plain the words reached as: L@y =
or well sink yOu.' Again and again tney We-S
repeated and at the same time the cruiser began 70
aT Tsyve got their boat and know sys5t,ssias ,ss
siak us They've got 70 ind Us ,tiE aEs5 .ss-.,I,s
swept Tt out Presently it discovered US and dFsctly
sfterward a shot was fred from the cruiser; oG5
our Stern it was not likely they would hit
'No more megaphone now, remarked LORD
Hs was wrong The Russian megaDho1a was
Tl9aSe5s 5e{ eu vas speaEng through It % the men On
the cruiser He used their language. and hs
told them that one little japanese had run or with
gunnery. laughed az their engines. laughed at tnsar
O: g5 hqt + % t a sT from nos2 sa' Sy 5s sSs 5oss S
/ touched US And while the sayonara vas rushing
ahead at fun speed the Russian Lights Wsrs fading
'safsi'' exclaimed the skipper at last. 'sws'rs
out OF range both OF their guns and their electric
We saw more OF the cruiser and our voyags
looked wistfuIy at the shore and pleaded hard 70
/ be allowed TO land; but our skipper refused He
| had sworn. he said with grim hunOr, to "Shau8-
haP' them and accordingly TO Shanghai they muss
60 IN the mean time, they could play deck quots.
| chat with the ladies. or discuss naval Strategy
As the sayonara nearsd her destination the Quss-
| lead 20 trouble with the Russian government was
\ much discussed. We were all a little apprehsnsiVs
| That q Cruiser had ared a shen and nearly sunk
/ Us. And the japanese supplied another almost as
/ Fhip which thew have ovsrhauled The R.ussians
make her officers certify that they have been well
should be got from our prisoners And our skipper
who saw how useful It might be, insisted on their
/ They were the first to be put ashore IN Shanghai
/ As they left the Sayonara most or Us waved our
( bands IN friendly farewell but the japanese was
"Good6y.'.. Re shouted: Take the road 70 the
north and keep On walking TIL you strike the ST.
/ bsriaa Railway That's your best way home
/ Our skipper griuned and then looked expectantly
/ Shanghai newspapers which had been brought
/ aboard
J "telegraphic item OF the 18th: The Russian
/ cruiser ". lately patrollins the Red Sea. has
home waters, The " 10 the boat that has
earned The ttls OF the bully OF the Red Sea. and
rsss1Tst6ns res made by the British sovsr5rss7s
/ through their ambassador at st. Petersburg to
seIs ss5 aF0i'IaFS treatment OF certain SFi'''h YES
More probably to the strong representations
i'But somehow I don't think we shall hear anything
| officially about the matter The Russian govern
5's2 Ts2f VII hush X Up 'oF me sake OF is own ds
Time and :hs newspapers VIII show-CThs TatisH