The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
The Last Haunt of Shanghai" by Frank t Bullen

for all OF them arc candidates for L.,
honor. or serve long terms OF imprlspn-
money and mcgaphoning tho tale OF ~
amazing virtues md powers To the %.
tendant Winds. and she has no time
inclination to attend TO this plague sgeS
in her midst. And sc the sailor stu sp!-
fers. Is still bought and sold like n sheep
in tho shambles, still says here when
the United States Official causes him to
be mustered at tho capstan before thN
chip sails and puts the canonical ques-
swer or misanswer II he dare. only In
fairness let It be admitted that Jenny
the Turk. or his prototype. no longer dare
go aboard of an incoming ship and. revol-
yer In hand, chase hor crew over the side
into his boat and sell them again next
tide. No, he must needs now employ his
liquor. the law being powerlcss apparently
TO keep him out OF a ship where he 10
not wanted, as his like (but far less po-
tontlally harmfuD have been long kept
out OF homeward bound ships at home
How the Plan Works.
rcminisccncc OF the good old days OF
shunghaing. which should bs OF interest
TO All who love the sea and the good ma
Iured fools who live upon II The Mon
aroh' British ship, has just arrived In
| Portland from New Zealand in ballast
She ia n good ship and her crew. half
| they havo been we'll treated always More
! over. the pay is fairly good She has
como to Portland in ballast TO load wheat
| for London and Is duly towcd up to her
| berth ut the wharves She Is hardly fast
before horde OF ruffians board her and,
| bottles, saying here Johnny. take a holt
| o that; hoin't had nawthin' but lime
| juice for long spell, L bet" The invl-
| tntion works. Indeed, II may be relied on,
| and presently when the mate or bosun
sings out clear UP decks the new com
ers have much difficulty In restraining tho
L lv,.IIa uNhF fT. 11Na u
| assaulting them Presently behold llne
! OF sWaying men, bags on back, making
Tor the gangway, shcpherded by tho YiS-
| itors. Accostcd by the officers as 10 their
| destination, the visitors proxy for them,
remarking that this Is free country,
and. anyhow. no God-dam lime-jutcers
| have got anything 10 say In II In which
| lauGaole sentiment he would be upheld
| by - per cent Of his fellow citizens en-
gagged In similar Illegal occupations.
| 4 wagon Is waiting and the deSerterS
| who arc leaving their pay and all com
! fort behind, and don't care. entcr there
| in Arriving at the boarding house there
are moro bottles and cigurs-did you ever
| see n sailor with cigar? Then drcnk-
| en- sleep and another passage, moro swift
than the last, to where the 'Gemso9k,
| a big Yank Is waiting for her crew. Her
| four officers are "heeled' with revolver
| and knucklcdustcr, and no sooner Is the
| crew on board and the farce OF the United
| States Commissioner at tho caDstnn gone
| through than
The Breaking In.
OF the crew begins. Great Heavens! are
| these white, Englsh-spenking men. who
| can dash O fellow white man TO the deck
| kick him. Jump on him. until he Is sense
| less and yet call themselves mon, citi-
| Zens of a great free Republic oh. yes
| In America And remember that thcse
| outrages are always perpctrated at ABOUT
| four to one to say nothing OF the In,
| equality i'm weapons America is Il land
| from which has been eliminated the word
| "rairplay." and Its meaning. II Is n iano
| of cownrdly and brutal assaults upon un-
| protected men and nowhere IS THIS more
| evident than on board ship.
Well this kind OF treatment brings oul
| shenghaiIcd crew 10 their senses IhcS
now learn for what they have exchanged
| their British pay and privileges, and Incl
| dentGlly arc made fully conyersant witt
| the con1ugatlon OF the very Ito shang
| hal" a word which they have often light
" used before but never realized the In
ner meaning thereof. They find them
selves bcreft of all their precious hare
earnings, and working now under condl
tions quite evil as those OF any slavt
at any period OF the worlds history, witt
about two-thIrds OF their pay already II
the pockets OF the brave American citi
zcns the confederateS OF the officials o
law and order. who have thus used them
blame the poor fellows II you Will for be
ing fools (but really they were scarcel!
able to help themsolres), but ask TN
earnest question, how do American oitl
zens with all their brag about their fre'
Institutions endure that great Ameri
can city shall be the last home or shang
hal? Have they no shame2
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