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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
The Man from Abo.

William, or, as he was usually
called, Bill Noyes, was a citizen of the
United States, and like most citizens
of that part of the Western Continent,
he was accustomed to do as he
"darned pleased But besides | ling
an American citizen, he an Amer
lean shipmaster and such are accus-
toned to having their own way and
giving no one else a chance. He ex-
planned this to the crew in the State
OF Oregon, bound from San Francisco
to Bordeaux, with wine which was
going to be converted into claret. For
this was some tim go, before the
wine growers there had it all their
own way in the French Republic
You're dog, and ~ me man With
the whip. You're nd I'm your
driver Pm boss, captain. and
governor, and congr and the SEN
ate. and the side and cont any
of you fora Il it, If | lat been
brought up religious I'd go a step
farther still Let me hear growl out
OF you, and I'll make Won wish You
were in hell Do your Grty and I'll
make this ship paradise 1t shall be
as sweet to you as full roost OF
chickens to buck niger on dark
night I'm u good man, ! am. and
know it, You'll know it, too. I'll
see to that. Now then, Mr.. Bragg,
start them TO. Dye see that damned
.Dutchman? He looks as if he didn't
understand United States Jolt him
on the jaw for me-"
And the unfortunate Dutchman who
was really a Finn from Ado, got
crack 9Th a closed fist that made him
see moro stars than even the Ameri-
can flag Of liberty can boast.
What for? | done nuttinS" he
yelled, a. he PIT his hand to his
lad; tut never anctler man opened
= est.
EaH aaother wcrl" said Bragg,
ant III rlm a hsI'siag pin cross.
80 as rcGi Treat and this was
t'sa ,.fsaie9
~ Good i.aaed." said Noyes
NO every one understands, Mr..
Frees aad 10 one can say everything
warnt explained to them clearly,
Work the Fink out Of 'em. I'm
for a holy -..althy, happy crew."
And Noyes we, ,:ow for drink,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

Ihey were well to the norard and
eastward of the Horn before Move
happened to try, and it was blowing
shorter from the southwest. As the
men came down on the poop after
slowing the lower mizzen. topsail
Hans, having gum boots on. slipDed
and fell against the skipper The
next moment Hans was on his back
and Moves had his l1mcldes TO his
own mon Il.
Great Scott" said Noyes. with a
face like comic door, locker or n
Japanese grotesque, and he turned
about and went below.
1T serves him right" said Hans.
"Oh, no, ain'i hurt 1t is nuttin'"
And though he showed nothing. not
even a slight puhiness on his high
cheek bone. the skipper wore a nit.
ten on his right hand fer days. Moves
even conceived a certain respect for
the Finn.
Il thought I'd hit bollard." he
said. 1 ought to have hit him on
the jaw or whore he keeps his wind"
By dint of these object lessons Hans
gradually got an easier time. II Bragg
ever went for him he kicked him, and
the marks he made, if he made any
did not show, for Hans came on board
clothed, and never undressed till they
reached the line in the Atlantic. There
he took a bath. AS he said. he always
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16
The Scuttling of the
Pandora.

There are ships with good and evil
regulations independent OF the men
who own or sail them Some, it
would SEEM had their keels laid on
lucky day others were assuredly-
Built i tn eclipse and rugged with
curses dark.
Many have furrowed all the seas of
ocean and have lost no lives, and
have cost neither owner nor under
writer's money. But some there are
(and those who follow the sea will
know them1 which have never
achieved a single passage without he
ing nearly cast away. without killing
or manning men. For such a ship the
very shoals themselves decrease in
depth through the unluclIy set Of some
abnormal tide: for them the trades
spring up far south and die in prema.
ture calm ten degrees from the Line.
They are we'll built and highly
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

And he deserved it, he said an
erily.
"If you wanted to hit him you
should have done it with your hand.
But perhaps he would have beer too
much for you without weapon"
suggested the consul suavely.
Not he retorted Noyes incau-
tiously.
Mr. Johnson looked at them both,
and shrugged his shoulders.
Il believe he would lick you in a
fair fight, he said with a slight sniff,
and Noyes exploded.
Il could pound him to almighty
smash in two minutes he roared.
And the crowd began to see fun
sticking out foot" THey edged up
closer and Lost their shamefaced look
He could knock hell out of you
said one of them from behind and tho
consul said:
Hush hush.'
Then he turned to Hans.
Gould he ok you my MANI"
Not mooch." said Hans deiantly,
and subdued cheer rose from the men
behind.
do you hear that. Mr. Noyes?'
asked the consul "Oh yes, YOU bear
It. Well, it's all highly irregular, OF
course, but you understand you d1
wrong to hit him with a telescope, or
with anything for the matter Of that.
and as the ship seems to have been
anything but a comfortable one, | sug-
gest that you apologize to this man at
any rate, and pay him off.
''Ya, va" said Hans, who at any
rate understood the last three words.
q apologize" gasped Noyes by
God, I'll lick him first and do that
after! Apologize"
Either that, or | shall back him
mp in proceeding against you. Unless
you would like to settle 1t with him
now in my courtyard with couple
of pairs of boxing gloves" said Mr..
Johnson persuasively, and the crowd
behind hummed applause.
Lick him. said Bragg. and lick
him good"
He was not anxious for the job him.
self, but was as eager to see the scrap
as the consul 1t is so seldom that an
officer gets chance of seeing a real
fight. and besides, he did not love
Eoyes at ell.
And insidN of two minutes tie inner
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

him when and where | pleased in the
second | had 10 look out; in the third
he used to get there once and finish
me for the day Like Hans. he grew
quicker as he grew warmer, and yet
Hans never touched the skipper at all
in the first round. He was knocked
all over the place. aud to any out
slider it looked a thousand 10 one on
Authority. But the odd thing was
that Hans's ribs seemed as hard as
his head. and his wind was inyuner-
able. Twice he went down, but he
rose quick enough and when time was
called no one pulled but the skipper.
In the second round they clinched,
and when the consul called on them
to break away Hans fairly threw
Moves from him.
Hell lick him yet sad Johnson,
and now Noyes had To defend himself
Any one of Hans's blows would have
killed COW il il had fairly landed
The skipper, half in desl =, hill ut his
opponents head and got there. lie
stopped Hans, but was Jared to the
shoulder. When he recovered he
landed and Hans went down to rise
again like a liyes bah ON a hard court,
and though Noyes iahbed him again
and again straight in the face, he
never left any mark or blood behind
him. And every blow of the Finn
came nearer, quicker, more liercely
Time was called in time to save the
captain.
Il believe he'll do me-" said Noyes.
81 believe it, too said Bragg. 1t
was not an en- 1ra mark to get
from ones second, al Noyes felt
hurt While he was sitting on Braggs
knee Hans was walking round feeling
his arms and talking.
VA. va, | lick him goot," he said.
81 lick him goot."
And now he was warm and like
fail. Both arms We're equally good:
he went at his man ro' ID arm, and
missed him ten times by mere
shave In the middle of the round
Noyes. who knew he was going.
worked his glove off in close rally,
and before the consul could intervene
he struck Hans full in the face with
his bare fist. 1t was timed blow
that ought to have ste d a rhino-
ceros and Hans threw his head up. as
the consul jumped in.
"Nein, nein," cried Hans, take de
oder Off | fight him so. | fight goot
now"
And so he did, for though the glove
was put on again. there was no sign
of his havinS been hit, and Noyes's
right hand was useless. y left-hander
finished it, and Noyes went off his
feet When he came To re was tired
and weary and found ! nself in the
hospital with a bandaged jaw.
Il tell You there's always suthin'
queer about a Finn" sa' ! the crowd.
at took bra IS to draw blood from
him, now didn't it,"
And the man from Abo was paid
off
Il fights OF that day" he said,
when he got his money. and the con
sui Who Is now a magistrate at home,
says there wasn't a bruise ON him.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

wicked by nature they amt silly by
choice. | tell you Gardiner as gone
to wind'ar of you He's laughin' this
very minute"
And so he was. But Edith Anterior
was by no l. ans amused at the sud
den disappearance of the two men
who were supposed to stand highest
her favor. Whether she cared
UGH or little for either of them, or
not, it was unpleasant to have them
fail to keep their appointments, and
to leave San Francisco without word
of explanation. Her first and very
natural impulse was to let every one
infer that she had rejected both OF
them. But when old Mr.. Gawthrop
called on her during the second day
she had to own that she understood
the mystery as little as the newspa-
pers did. And all the papers were
very keen or any scent.
But, Mr.. Gawthrop. they both said
something that l could not under
stand. Mr.. Hunt said that he was
sure that your son would soon go to
Europe, and not ten minutes after
Sibley said the same of Mr. Hunt.
The explanation seemed easy to the
old man. Bot. of them imagined that
his rejected rival would travel. The
rest must be coincidence. He went
away to the police, and the police in
vented mans hypotheses.st They were
learned in the matter of disappear
ances in San Francisco. But none of
the hypothesis seemed to fit Both
the young - l were althy, and 1t
seemed certain that one or the other
OF them was bound to succeed with
the lady in question. Nevertheless,
old Gawthrop learned some things
about his son which surprised him.
There was one newspaper which
suggested that they might have been
shanghaied 1t was the Chronicle, on
which Gardiner worked. For though
he had made up his mind to do very
little more work on any paper he was
loyal to his flag as long as he hoisted
1t, and meant that the Chronicle
should be able to sail In at the last
and say, I'VE told you So" And
when every one else on the paper
faiieu III SSttlu5 an INTERVIEW with
Miss AtEerton. he volunteered TO try
You must understand. however,
he said 10 his editcr. that even if I
see her | don't promise to write any
thing lhlut it. You sea knew her
little whea she was in Ne" YORK two
years eso. ana though Ia net in the
giit-edeei crowd ha ID fas kaee,
4nv.n hrr -a.1pthiTo
And Ed,th Atharton aw h5m, Il.
Enough she Gi4 consider rcaa on u
newspaper Little, If anything higher
than a d. ok hand in a hay ferry boat
She had never understood what he
was doing in California at all. He
went to interview her and she inter
viewed him.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

American in the crew. ct looks like
as if he played the pair of you for
suckers
You hear that, Hunt?"
Il hear" said Hunt sulkily wait
till see him"
You amt told us hail. said Shad-
we'll, with a gloomy air of suspicion.
Il knows somethin' of life, and some.
thin about women and there was
woman in this"
MIR. Shadwell is right" said Cav.
throp.
Il was to have taken her for
drive this morning" said Hunt; land
a pretty sort of a man shall look, not
turning up.
Never mind" said Gawthrop. Il
was to have taken her out this after.
noon"
Old Shadwell nodded gloomily
What ave | often told you about
'em, boys!" he said 'This proves it.
A womans like a cat with nine lives,
and nine sorts of dispositions and If
she don't satisfy 'em with nine sort
OF man fool she amt happy. I've
known them as nine wouldn't satisfy.
And they're all the same; there's diff
ferent nations of men, but women is
all one nation. You can bet your
boots, you two fellers, that your girl
is out with some one else. This here
wage will do you good If it rams
that into YOU"
10 tnrun1 tn tho ut hnrc
Dye believe what this young Teller
has told you?"
They said they did Shadwell
turned again to Gawthrop.
Its ard lines on men as is sailor
men, and ships so short 'anded as
they always is with greedy owners, to
ave shipmates as cant do their work.
But you look bright, young Teller, and
if you sldps quick and does your best,
there amt no reason as you shouldn't
be some kind of use in the world be
fore we're off the Horn. And | say
the same to you over there"
Go to the devil" replied Hunt,
sulkily.
'Sailormen don't go there. They
goes to Elders Green, said Shad
we'll And mark me! Put the girl
out of your minds. This was a put-up
job, and she was in it. She'll marry
this here Gardiner"
He hasn't a cent" said Gawthrop
contemptuously.
1T don't follow" said Shadwell
stubbornly that because woman is
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I'm here as a man from the CT: =
lcle. Miss Anterior" said Gardiner.
lie spoke almost timi.ly. 1t was tie
first time lie had ever been alone VITA
ner.
You are not here as a man from
ne Chronicle" said Edith.
You mean?' said Gardiner eagerly.
i mean that" said Edith. lust
that. You are here as the Mr.. Gardi-
ner | met in New York.
Gardeners eyes sparkled. He
looked at her, smiled and then
laughed.
But mayn't l ask you anything
about the-mystery? he asked.
Il don't see what it 5 to do with
me, replied Edith. But see your
paper says they have been shang-
haied? Tell me what that means"
He explained; no man knew better.
you mean they have gone to sea
as common sailors?' she exclaimed
That is the theory of the Chron-
icle,' said Gardiner drily. IF we are
right it will do them both good"
Pm rather sorry for Sibley CAV
not SO young as to be discouraged
by her sympattv for sibley
May be sorry for him too?" asked
Gardiner. boldly.
Edith Anterior stared at him and
dropped her eyes.
How is your father?" she asked
irreleyantly. He was very nice old
man"
SO he is" replied Gardiner; "the
only trouble was that he believed he
owned me. He came from the South.
and was one of the few Southerners,
who, losing their slaves. played their
own game on the men from the North.
He and quarreled about a subject in
which considered he had no right to
interfere"
There was no obvious Implications
in the way he spoke, and Edith Ather-
ion saw none.
What was that?" she asked, inno-
Gently enough.
His view was that l shouldn't mar
ry until he let me. | wanted to marry
you"
Edith gasped little and took hold
of her chair as she bent forward.
Indeed. Mr.. Gardiner"
And ! still want to, Miss Atherton
And as the lady whom he wished me
to marry was married month ago.
think he will forgive me. il ask him.
IL was always understood, even when
we parted, that he would reinstate me
as his partner if succeeded for my
self"
And have you succeeded?" asked
Edith with bent head
Gardiner rose from his chair and
went towards her
That is for you to say" he cried.
And when he returned to the office
he handed in no more than a para
graph. II was considered in some
quarters an adequate explanation of
the disappearance of Hunt and Cav
throp. Yet it was not adequate for
Edith. 1t was Only when she became
Mrs. Gardiner, and they were on their
way East, that her husband told her
the truth.
I'm really very sorry now" said
Gardiner. Nevertheless, ii will do
them lots of good. They required 1t.
You never really liked either of them,
Edith?'
Moo not that way, said his wife.
But size said to herself, Next day
| should have accepted Mr. CAV
throp!"
They ran into Laramie Junction,
that horrible center of sH"e-brush and
alkali A bitter wind drove dust
against the windows Of their car.
It's CHASTITY prospect" said Gar.
diner, as he looked out on the prairie.
ut would have been" replied his
wife absently.
1T would have BEEN" asked her
husband in surprise.
81 mean it is, of course" said Edith
hastily,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

then two other chaps chucked him
out. And next morning he was as
cheerful as you please and never
faxed not mark to him. | give him
ten cents for drink to let me look
at him close Dutchy's just such an
other, he's a real tough, so he is.
Hans marvellous capacity for being
hammered was soon noted aft.
Why don't you take a pillow 10
him?" said Noyea with a sneer TO
see you hit him, Bragg, makes me
tired, and you used to be hard man,
too"
The mate was injured in his ten
derest point
Il done my best" he said suddenly
a can't help it If the swine is made Of
injy-rubber. | pretty near skinned
my knucl1les Oh him yesterday, and
he's as fresh as paint to-day. Try him
yourself, sir
81 hired YOU retorted Noyes; but
II do get at him you'll see something
ay."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

Joe's comment. Every time she it a
sea out o the common she'd shake
shearpoles off of 'er, as a dog shakes
water"
But Jack Marchmont was not con.
soled.
Il amt denyin' that the owners and
the old man do their BEST he said.
but if they rove silk gear and bent
silk sails, they'd not alter the nature
of her. I'll feel safe when | grinds
gravel under my heels, and not Till
then"
They told each other dolol GUS tales
of the ship when they ate, and in the
second dog.watch, which was all their
own And yet the wind was fair ami
put them through Bass Strait. ana
well to the south and cast, day by
day.
It's too good to last" said Jack
Aft much the same feeling existed
though no one knew it or'ard. Y,..
NJ L.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-16

Ito be continued)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-18
TO FIGHT PITTSBURG.
The Pennsylvania Objects to HeaUy
Increase in ASSesSnl

Pittsburg, Feb. It (speciaD.-Pittsburs has been
Informed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
that It will not submit to being taxed 100000
its right OF way, and that II viii fight the matter
through the highest courts in the land. While the
railroad has not yet received its official figures
new taxation rates, which VIII make Il pay taxes
on S1i.O00.0O0 assessment instead OF S1.000000.
formerly. It has served notice on the city
assessors who are preparing the papers to have
the 100000 right Of way assessment made out sep
arately 1t intends 10 fight The Pennsylvania
has never paid taxes its right Of way through
Plttsburg.
The railroad people say that the city fathers
who have run the assessment up are angry at the
cutting of OF passes by the railroad. 1t would
be. perhaps, difficult for them to prove anything
along this line however. in face OF the fact that
Mayor GUthrie's administration has readjus-Gd
values all along the line in Pittsburg.
Mayor Guthrie takes the ground that the rail-
road has for years ruled Pittsburg through the
political bosses, but that IL must settle with the
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad under previous re
Speculation. When Mayor Guthrie came into Of
flee he found that the Pennsylvania Railroad. on
its Union Station site. in the heart OF the city,
was paying taxes on $4,000 only. He took the
value and soon figured up that the Pennsylvania
should pay valuation OF 81 900 eco for the
property. He also increased the valuation OF the
yards from $4,000 $4,000 The East Liberty
stockyards had been assessed at less than $4,000
but Guthrie put the rating up 10 $4,000, and to
cap all he Chalked a valuation OF 100000 Tor
the right OF way and on this all the Pennsylvania
is asked To pay IS y mills 10 the dollar More
than that, all the branch lines OF the Pennsylvania
inside the city limits assessed advances cor
responding with those on the main line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-18
NEW CUBAN CANDIDATE.
General Garcia VeIes in the Field
for Presidency.

Havana, Feb. II (SpeciaD.-The latest aspirans
for the Presidential nomination the Liberal
platform is General Carlos Garcia Velez, for
merly Cuban Minister to Mexico, and son Of the
late General CaIixto Garcia. General Garcia Is
considered a possible compromise between Gen
eral jose Miguel Gomez and DR.. Alfredo Zayas.
The new figure in the bid for the nomination has
a large following among the laboring class, and
one thing that may injure his chances is that
already his opponents refer to him the
Hearst of Cuba" General Garcia has some
prestige in the eastern part of the country. par
ticularly in Santiago Province. of which his
father a native. He formerly lived in New
York
1t is reported that the American Tobacco Com
pany is to increase It's holdings in Cuba. ]. B.
Duke, president Of the company, visited the
island recently. and it is believed that his trip
had to do with the contemplated sale to the trust
of several largo Independent tobacco plantations
and cigar factories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-18
TRIBUNE "REMINISCENCES.
The Draft Riots Recalled by One of the Men
Who Guarded Horace Greeley.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The supplement Of The Tribune of Feb
ruary B. containing much Of interest relative
to the life and growth of The Tribune and its
home, strikes a chord that brings out memories
that cluster around the name of it's great editor
of a half century ago. I picture to myself Mr.
Greeley in his little cluttered editorial ROOM
which was always open to his friends, and near
by his associates Charles A. Dana, w. H. Eng
land, J. B. Fry, Bayard Taylor Scion Robinson,
etc. were easy Of access
Such memories are for the old, those who are
to-day only back numbers" but do think
that in the article of the Sd inst. something
more than just a mere mention of the fact that
the old Tribune Building was threatened by a
mob in course Of the draft riots in July. 1868
should have been emphasized, II for no other
reason than to let the world know that the
editor and his editorial articles found no favor
with that element that trying to destroy our
government, and that during that trying ordeal
ne was protected not only by the efficient police,
under the radical and capable Chief of Police
John A. Kennedy. but that Mr.. Greeley was sur
rounded by his warm personal friends-a body
guard-who volunteered to protect him at any
cost.
It may not be aIniss for me TO recall a few Of
the Brooklyn BLACK Republicans" who served
on that guard. There Charles w. GODDARD,
afterward Captain Of the Port OF New York;
Joseph Reeve called the wheel horse of his
1nOnnaS IL Snearr1aTl attorney ana COun-
sellor-at-law; Nathan Comstock attorney and
for years Albany correspondent Of The Tribune;
George Merritt, Of the firm Of Merritt Brown;
Richard F. Brown, John NJ. COmstock, later
deputy naval officer of New York: Jerome B.
Wass, who secured hand grenades from the
navy yard. and I recall only one other besides
myself, now living, who formed that guard from
Brooklyn, ex-senator Stephen NJ. Ciriswold Mr..
Greeley's friends from New York and Brooklyn
were prepared from basement 10 roof with
steam, guns and grenades for any emergency.
and remained until the Governor called his
friends" off. The principles promulgated by
The Tribune so thoroughly ingrained IN
their very existence that when the life OF the
grand whole souled editor and man, Horace
Greeley, and his business home were threatened
and needed protection that bodyguard was there
for that purpose
To the present generation. knowing only The
Tribune of to-day, this little suggestive thought
may prove Of interest, that The Tribunes friends
Of those trying times still believe in fits liberal
lied views and general opinions.
EDWIN A. STUDwELI.
South Salem. n. Y, Feb. H. 1907.