The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-07-06

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cd OF revenge.
"I'd best have Dashed him and left
him laying on the Front" said Smith,
land here's Tom and Bill know the
whole racket I've half a mind to
have them put out of the way. In
such a place as this, who can a man
trust? Bah, II sickens me, ii does.
1t fair sickens me"
How in the name of all that was
holy and unholy had the admiral man
aged to rise from the foc'sle to the
command of the California?
And | thought Baker and Simpson
was both menl" said Smith with dis
gust. There Amt any trustin' to APP
pearances. nor to reputation neither.
But how could the swine have done
it,"
An early evening paper had the
whole story, and as Shanghai was
still up town, all his crowd OF crimps
and slaves roared over the yarn.
"He fo'te the mate and was give
is billet" said one. II say, but old
Baker was sport. That's real old
Western Ocean packet law. And then
Baker went luny with psalm singing
and the hadmlral locked i'm up.
'Strewth, but il must ave bin a pic
nicl I'd ave give months wages
to see the show. But 90 was II
shang 'aied a hadmiral?"
He spoke with bated breath.
Who'd it be but Smith," asked the
speakers mate sulkily. Hes a devil,
a notorious devil, as we know. He'd
shanghai his father Tor a quarter, II
he was dry. And a month back my
own brother that shipped in the
Cyrus F. Brown told me as Shanghai
had a down on this very man."
Then ! wouldn't be Smith for all
is money. Thisll be a government
business"
1t would have been II the admiral
had been any other kind of man. But
Admiral Sir Richard Dunn was one of
those. and they get rarer every day
who prefer handling their own affairs.
He had a gift of humor, too, and was
nightly pleased with himself.
Whoever 1t was that laid for me,
he never meant to make me master of
the California" he said, as he came
west on the cars. And whoever he
was. will fix him. The mate was
pretty certain 1t was this Shanghai
Smith. II It was"
II II was, 1t seemed healthy thing
| for Mr. Smith to leave San Francisco
and hide somewhere in the islands.
But all his interests kept him where
he was, even when III. M. s. Trium-
plant came down again from Esqyk
mault and lay waiting for the admir-
OF Goat Island. NJ
The crew of the Triumphant, being
very proud of their own special ad-
miral, were in so furious rage
against any one connected with crimp-
ing in the city. that no liberty" was
| granted to any one of them.
ITS hall very fine" said the Tri-
umphants. unanimously but these
ere Americans are too smart by 'alf.
Them and hush part brass-rags one
of these fine days. But amt Il fine
to think that Dicliy went to sea as a
man before the stick, and come out
right on top?"
They chortled with exceeding pleas.
ure-with pleasure founded on his
achievements and on the unexpected
experiences he had had of sea life.
ITO think of Dicky bunking Il
among a crowd of merchant Jacks,
said the crew WED give a lot tc
ave seen him shining up aloft fol-
dear life"
But all the same, they loved hin
dearly, and when he came alongside
five days later, not all their sense oil
discipline prevented their breakinl
into a storm of cheers that rang out
, across the bay and was almost heard
at Oakland. Hard as Dicky Dunn
was, he went to his cabin rather in q
hurry. For once in his life he could
hardly trust himself to speak. But he
received the congratulations of the
captain and officers, including young
Selwyn. who had been with him wher
he had been kidnapped, with the great
est calm.
Eyes, I've had some experience" hC
said, "and | don't know that il has
done me any harm. know more OF
the conditions on board merchant YES
sells than | did before"
"And what do you propose to do
Sir Richard?" asked Selwyn an hour
later, THE authorities and the police
seemed very anxious to do what they
could"
The admiral lighted one of his owl
cigars, and found it more to his tast,
than the ships tobacco of the Cali
fornia.
Il don't propose TO trouble the pc
lice" he said nor need there be any
intel Aional correspondence so far a,
I'm concerned. I'll play my owl
game. think. Selwyn, that know
who laid for us that night. And from
what ] learnt in the California {
learnt lot, by the way, I've no
ton that ordinary justice would neveI
get hold of the man, at least not II
San Francisco, not even IL | paid TO
IT,"
Then what"
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