The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16

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ing. because ! always like to keep Wen
''pOliced,' as BOles calls it. even at
sea, when a below OF rage from Knapp
brought me flying up the companion
way. under the impression that some
calamity had occurred. And appar-
entity il had.
We were rounding the point. and
there. Just off the village lay a
schooner very much like our own,
II was certainly Giscoura gins. To
have worked and worried as we had,
won our race through dangerous and
unknown waters. and then to find an
unlOoked-for rival already on the
ground was enough to make one swear.
Knapp evidently thought so.
We held little conference. and it
was decided that Knapp and ] should
go ashore and see how the ground lay.
while Boles remained on the schooner
as a sort of reserve. Here was able
to be of some service to my mates. as
l had spent several years studying in
Europe. and could speak Spanish like
native. BOies could speak good Span
ish, too, but Knapp. when speaking to
. any foreigner, simply raised his voice
to shout, making up i'm volume what
he lacked in intelligibility.
We dropped into our dinghy and
pulled ashore i'm some uncertainty. 4
/ few natives came down to the beach
Z to see us land, and seemed quiet and
| friendly. one of them showed us to
/ the presidente's house. He told us on
! the way Chat the preSidente was in
| conversation with the senorS from the
/ Other vessel which had just arrived
| that morning from Cebu
As We drew near. we heard the quick
! Datter Of voices raised in argument
/ and occasionally "a stacCatO laugh.
! Then we were discovered for the voices
/ ceased, and the presidente himself
came out to greet us.
/ / wished him ''goOd-day." and for a
/ while we talked in Il circle. exchanging
/ compliments and fluctuations. He was
J a rather good looking Spanish Visayan
mestizo, and seemed person of
| breeding and pOise. Soon I introduced
/ Knapp, who. crumpled his paw. and 1
explained that we We're FSngliShmen
| and on a little trading cruise. and hear
I Ug 50 much Of the wealth and re-
/ as of the great personal charm of its
| preSldente, We had put in while pass
/ ing. 10 give ourselves the pleasure Of
/ paying Our respects and making his
acquaintance. and casually to see if
! perhaps. he might happen to have a
/ few bags of coffee a little tobacco or
! possibly some hemp. which just now
/ was of little value owing to the cursed
/ AmeTiCanoS.
{ He threw both hands above his head
+ with d gesture of>despair
I All. amigo. wh> did not the blessed
J Virgin send YOU an hour earlier, It
/ IS true that the stOrehoUse yonder is
/ full Of hemp which I have been saw
| ing for the rise in price that / thought
/ WAS sure to come as a r suit of the
! interruption of the industry by these
! cursed Amercanos. But at last L am
. obliged 40 let il go. for how otherwise
! can my son Emilio pursue his studies
/ iu Paris. where he has gone to become
; famous artist -
"Alas,' said I. Il can indeed feel for
/ your anxiety as a parent. which does
/ You infinite credit also your solicitude
/ concerning your sons career. I also
am an artist i'm a poor way" and 1
! showed him my half-flIed sketch book.
3 He turned the leaves in great delight.
san DiegO,-but the senior is great
! master. seldom has it been my for
4 tune to gaze upon such work
/ 1t grieVeS me, senior said I, that
/ Emilio might have to be disappointed
/ ian the amount of his remittance
I it not be Wen, perhaps. TO let us have
/ this hemp at a little higher price,"
All, the English senior is indeed my
| friend. but it is impossible. These men
are old acquaintance of mine-and
/ desperate characters. IF were 70
/ play them false. who knows2 1t i
/ possible that they might burn my vii
Iage,"
1 held a short conference with Knapp
/ i'm which / told him what I had
. learned. his lltOutll pNthtAtNr anu lAN
drew his great brows together in
thought. Then his face expressed a
/ sudden inspiration.
ASK him when he's got to deliver
/ the cargo he said / did SO.
Tonight" replied the Spaniard. "as
/ soon as the coolies can bring the cas-
COS down the river. which VIII be about
10 o'clock"
Ask him if he minds telling you
how much he is getting for his darn
/ hemp Knapp said again
The senior hesitated a moment. but
( thinking no doubt that il really made
no difference since the stuff was as
good as sold told me. The price was