The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-18

| coaIed, and steamed as hard as pos |
/ sible for Valparaiso. and when within |
a few miles of tho north side Of Easter /
island had fallen In with the English /
| barque. whose rudder gudgeons had /
/ been carried away. 1t was a dead calm /
| at the time, and the barque'S boats /
were trying Intellectually to tow her off
| the iron-bound coast, towards which |
| she was being carried to destruction by |
a strong current In response to Cap |
| tain Grace's urgent appeal for assist !
ance the Chilian commander, although !
| time was of vital importance to him,
| consented to at least tow her into Han
ga Roa roadstead to an anchorage.
The barque was from Liverpool,
bound to Sydney via Samoa and the
Fiji islands, and almost the first words
which Captain Grace spoke to Tom was
TO offer him a passage home.
Tom looked at Clancy with a troubled
| air, then said: 81 thank you, Captain
Grace but I cannot decide just at the
moment"
Tate and Grace then left the room,
| leaving Clancy and Tom with the two
/ Gillian officers. The business, impor-
tant as it was, did not take half an
hour. Briefly, it was this: Clancy had
already contrived to make Commander
TompsOn understand that the Warr1gal
carried very valuable cargo, amongst
which were some thousands of small
arms and ample ammunition, and that
he was willing to sell the cargo, and
ship as well, to the CHILEAN govern
ment; and the commander had eagerly
taken upon himself the responsibility
of accepting the offer on behalf of his
government of the price which Clancy
asked to be paid as soon as he and
Commander TompsOn handed over the
Warrfgal to the senior naval officer at
| | Valparaiso.
Tell Captain Clancy, Senior Denison,
| 7 honor
that my country will not repudiate my
; action in this IT atter." He spoke with
such sincerity that neither Tom nor
i Clancy could doubt his integrity. And
) long after Tom learnt that they were
| not mistaken.
, Clancy was as eager to sell as the
: naval officer was to buy, and a ten
tatiVe agreement was drawn up in Eng
. lish and Spanish, which was duly
] signed and witnessed, much to the de-
] light of the two officers, and Clancy as
r well.
Q Then it was agreed that as 1t was
possible the two steamers might fall
S in with Peruvian cruisers on the South
!, American. coast, and have to fight, that
l. part of the armament of the OHiggins
4 should at once be transferred TO the
: fWarrigal. with the first lieutenant and
g forty men. The two steamers were to
: keep close company, the Warrfga1 ac-
@ commodating her speed to that of the
g cruiser. which. although the Warrigal
came alongside, and her crew, heavily
q armed for her size, was slow.
- The commander and surgeon with
# Tom and Clancy then went off TO the
!. | warship where. after a considerable
d number of bottles of champagne had
a been drunk with the other officers, work
n was proceeded With in earnest. Six of
the cruisers Armstrong; were dis
# mounted, and their traverses taken I'D
/ CT 1o wiz n
O IOunged about the decks or went on
. shore; Clancy, after having explained
r what had occurred, having given them
d a whole night and days liberty. Then
l. he and Tom had q long conversation.
e Much as ! hate the idea of our part
# ing Clancy, 1 know that what you say
= is right, and that I must accept Cap
l. tain Grace's offer. But, oh! by JOve
n it IS hard"
1T is that, TOm,'' was the sympa-
$, thetic reply, lard when we part IL
= have a hole in my heart that a noun
q tain won't fill; but"
Il 81 know, CLANCY, I know. I daresay
IS if it were not for the thought of my
+ poor sister Sable waiting and longing
y to see me again, that the temptation
e would be too strong for me-" He
% walked away and looked out upon the
+ harbOr through one Of the stern win
ID dOws-
- You will not fail to write to me
n. Clancy" said he, without turning hi:
N face to the Irishman, who sat at the
saloon table with a pile of papers be-
re fore him
re- Indeed I will not, Denison o.
r course I can never put foot on British
IS soil again. but maybe we shall NEE
d again. I hope so, most truly. And a.
m for writing, I promise you that you vii
J. have many and many a letter from tn
8 man you have befriended."
< And I shall answer them, whereve
Re you may be. Clancy
nf South AmeriC a-ChiIe, most likely
Of will De my home, Tom. / have neithe
III kith nor kin in the world except al
10 uncle who is priest somewhere II
New Zealand, and whom have neve
"a seen, and don't want to sec" Then h
te added with his infectious Irish laugh
r. It's a Spanish or a Mexican, or !
A ChilenO grandee I'll be. wild a sOmbrert
tn an velvet jacket, an silver spurs, an
me own special father confessor.
m II wish you we'll, Clancy, whateve
I'd you do, or wherever you GO Thel
ne Tom turned. and, hiding his depression
a under a, smiling face, added:
or You're nice sort of mani Yol
have. not told Tate that you won't nee
o. those natives, now that the Warrigal
turned into a man-of-war. So &c
o. on shore and tell him, whilst / go OF
as board the barque and let Captain
Grace know that I am sailing wit
nd him. l see that he IS heaving down hi
f. ship so as to get at her stern post an
I'd repair his rudder. And, oh, CLANCY
as VIII you let me have Pohiri? You Wi
have no need of him on the Warrigal.
ee Take him with you by all means
tie Tom. He is, know, very fond of yoJ
ed Christie and / picked him up in Sydne
r when he was stranded and in want of
lie. ship, and although he doesn't know tn
", true story of the Warrigal, 1 think h
IL guesses a good deal"
nd Tom laughed. II am sure he doe:
although he has never said anythin
Sc. to me beyond that you and Christie me
ed him one night as he was loaf1ng abOu
D the streets and asked him if he wante
of a ship"
is Clancy went off on shore, and Ton
o. in mis- own boat, pulled over to the Me
ut Me-rilees She was a fine, handsom
D. barque of 700 tons, and although sh
,r- was now hove-dOvn, and all her stand
TX ing and running gear in disorder, Ton
D. as soon as he clambered on board, sal