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

no less. than siN;y-oue operas. including
| 'E:winls.'
Of them. Some of the .Jarauss, waiting
| Tor the stmpGnS that did not come ~Uok"
: to one Of tile interpreters IN mild protest
fl prejldice'i their chance of getting q
/ boat.
Yes" said Mac. "hut it got ours
/ EFFORTS To GET ABOARD
Because / have not mentioned i"y s,y-
B eral lines the fact that it had continued
I al! this time to rain steadily it must not
! be inferred that there had been any let
up III the downfall of water. That WAS
going or dt the Old rat. a. ii tn Io.l
business OF IN" summer had only just been
Z st under way. II NaS operating Iutan-
, pcred upon In" baggage. 10y frontal attack
! aud on both wings AT the same time
II came on in extended order. in erheinn
I charged steadily with al arms Thcr. was
No point Ot III lin" that did EO' feel its
{ iuI force. unless II WAS the irf. elbow
( Effect. IL is cheerful thing on q hike to
/ have your i.ft elbow Wet. That sensation
i OF coolncSs has such a tendency - The. X
AIRY rising warmth Of feeling when things
l DO nOi 20 Just a. desired.
We b-Ean 1" swing the baggage down
/ into TN" sanlpHn and the waiting IsI.i 'f'.>-.
| gathered about and iutiInat..li politely that
! they We're prepared To consider faVufatly
! any pr"positinu looking {" their going
q
! seemed gTieyeI To- think that they w,Ie
( not urged NOR II-ist-utiy.
At last III" baggage Wa all in and Mac
| and l followed wi;h The. Interpreters IT,.
sampsn showed of ami il.- TWO men at
| the sweeps strained with all their might
at the long sculls 10 keep n" bnat headed
against the til" Slowly III, uuwI-lIN craft
moved up the stream. hUEGiur the SH1r"
tu avoid the greatest rush Of tG, I!jai
current The SLOW OF IN" IIpvr lanterns
on the pier IaI,d AMI grew dim. Tn"
faint outline of the lI-.IuIiat s-L
into blaCRnesS.
We were actually off Ping Yang In the
water there was such phospliorvsceuCr as
one sometimes sees in tropical waters.
when every drop of rain that fell struck
in "a little hall OF fire. and the crest of the
little bow wave OF the SampIu Wa ridg.d
with a streak OF flame. several boat
lengths ahead OF the steamer the sampIu
men took their clumsy craft before they
turned out into the stream 10 make the
Between us and our destination lay a
big schooner. with two anchors down and
siTaiIins hard against her chains. ".
were 10 60 under her bows 10 reach the
steamer. With all their might The two
boatmen struggled. The heavy sweeps
threshed the water in short. sharp strokes.
hut strive As they might they could hard
Iy hold their own against the swift tide
Down on the how of the schooner We
swept. and J.: seemed certain for a f"w
Yang for some time.
But by a last Gespsrata effort the heavy
saTnpart was forced little way against
the tide. and We cleared the nose Of the
schooner by a scant SIX feet. In q minute
the tide had swept the sampan over To-
the keiho Maru. and with another hard
pull by the hoatuscn we were close
enough alongside 10 grasp a friendly line
and be hauled UP 10 the ginl.way. IL
was too risky to undertake passing the
luggage mp the Eangway and SO tn. sam
pan was hauled up TO a cargo port and the
duffie was passed through.
II was worth the whole thing t0 see
the head sarnpan man climb up the side
and grab the ten-yen note that Mac gave
MIN. He Cluug TO the side OF the shin
like monkey while he spread ont the
note in the light OF the lantern and OK
amined IL. II mattered noth;u To him
that the rain was soaking II .ltu pulp
HIS eyes CLEANED as they feasteI IN the
rare treasure.
Ten doilar"' he cried in glee. Then he
scrambled back 70 the tiny cabin of his
boat. and. opening the door. thrust the
bill into the hands of some one inside
handar-loE.
But NOT TO PING-YANG.
We were on the way to Ping-YanG. Mac
and I sought our cabin. We We're 10 he
together in ore statsroom. It was about
four feet wide and Il little over five feet
long. with two hunks fore and aft There
was just room between the hunks and the
outer wall 10 put my saddle packets. There /
was not room in the bunk TO lie out at
full length
The room had been freshly PAINTED with !
the new Japanese paint that is supposed |
to be insect proof. and II there & any |
sense of smell In the insects IL certainly |
must be proof against them. Its aroma I
reached out into the dark nigh; II power /
lIl manifestation or its presence. Never /
theless. We turned In and actually slept. |
Tor we were carrying out a high resolve,
and obstacles were not 10 be considered.
There was a hoy OF tn. shin who IS
probably ON her list a. cabin boy He *
about three feet tall and his face IS about
as round as the mans in the moon. lie |
came 10 US SrHvely ana said many things
We responded quite politely and neither
knew word that the other had said, vet
both were satisfied.
lie brought us tea that Was hot. auI in
The morning served UP basins of piping
hot water and watched the laviug ANA |
Then he produced breakfaSt-toast more
hot tea and a thing he thought was
hs.fs;eak, which had been frying IN ran
cid grease for the last ten years
Now we learned that We were not going
In the steamer TO PinE-IauE. as We had
s,npPossd. supp There Is a place down the
goes by the mellifluouS name uf Man |
hyeRg-Dai. although It IS pronounced
Man-an-day. There the steamer stopped.
as II she had grown tired Of threshiug
orward In the rain. and We were informr!
that the rest Of the journey was 10 he
rade In the sampan.
when We left thinnampn. instead Of mid
light, and the result was that Ne reached
MS town OF the sweet but difiClltiy |
PEELED name just at the finish Of the !
ioot tide. In fact. the current had al !
eady set down stream when We anchored |
Their was the same reluctance on the
lart OF the sampsn men Of Man-KerE-
Dai to work in the rain that there had ! ,
'eer among those Of Chirnampo. hut one | ,
nan finally came along in 4 hug. lrIm-
'erinE boat that was as broad nearly as IL ,
vas long, and after a few minutes Of |
agreed 10 take uS all with our | ,
up to Ping-YanE.
II looked doubtful proposition for he !
vas alone and there was place I'm his boat .
or only one scull. but IL was the only ,
hance and We took IL. :
When we were all loaded VI there was ,
n appeal from one OF the japanese pas
engers for permission TO go along in our ;
-oat, and by rare stroke Of genius one ! /.
I the Interpreters told him H. could ! .
ONE Thus we entertained our angel ! .
for he IL was who got US | .
through TO Ping-Yang.
JAPANESE PASSENGER USEFUL :
A hundred yards from the ship It be- {
anne apparent that we were overloaded. 7
II not meant TO founder" !.
he heavy sampan only crawIed along n
gafnst the stream. and every minute we (
aw the current increasing At last the b
oatman ran her close inshore and Z
lmyed out with his long tie rope in his