Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

herself by cunning for me that's her con-
Germ. But / don't shoot back.
Captain Image shook his head sadly.
Well. me lad, If you won't lift hand to
help yourself l don't see there's anything
more to be said He put his pipe in his
pocket. stood up and prepared to 60 'Oh.
BY the way, did any one tell you about old
Swizzle-Stick Smith,"
Not dead. is hep
Lord bless you, no, me lad Very much
the reverse. Look here, what was your
idea of that MANI"
In what way?'
What was he before he became the dis
reputable old palm oil ruffian you first knew
at MALTA -Nulla?"
He'd let himself drift, that's all
One does get into frightfully slack ways
in those lonely factories
Did he strike you as the usual type of
man factory agents made Off"
Why. no"
gentleman. wasn't he, or had been once ?
Always used to hitch up the knees of his
pc jamas when he sat down; spoke well:
knew Latin: could swear round any man on
the coast when he was that side out; and
had pleasant way of making you feel you
were Dirt when the mood took him that
way
carter laughed. He had some character
lStiC little ways"
Ever strike you he'd been a soldier
once
Il suppose IL did
Well, me lad when ! was tied up by
trat Edmondson factory. boat swung up
To- my ladder and military party stepped
ont. Quite the swell. can tell you; nObby
white helmet, hair cut with scissors. smart
gray mustache gray imperial bristiing IN
derncath it, clean-shaved chin. white drill
coat with concertna pockets. white drill
pants with a crease down the shin latest
thing in pipe-clayed shoes II 1t hadn't
been for the old trick with the eyeglass
and the black ribbon, l take my dick 1
shouldn't have known him.
IUflIN Sa-fz Ctf 18th,
aye a bowler. Whose XII, have you been
Trbbins"
Capt. Image says he. allow NEAR
to present 10 you Mr.. Smith. new ac-
duaiutance. 1t Is not-ar-my wish to be
mistaken for any of your discreditable-ar-
pot companions of the past That to me.
and ON my own deck. me lad. What do you
think Of thatT'
II bet you boiled
Capt. Image scratched his head vexedly.
The rum part OF IL Is l didn't Somehow
took the man at his own valuation. There
didn't seem anything else left to do. He
went into my chart house and sat there
solid as il he'd been governor OF a colony
with six letters after his name. Just drank
one cocktail and took three swallows at It.
IN trouble you. and actually left a second
to stand by itself on the tray. When 1
harded him the tobacco tin to see II he'd
got that frowsy old pipe in his pocket. I'm
ha-Sed If he didn't pun out book of
cigarette papers and roll himself a smoke
with those. Well. me lad. when l remem-
herCd SwizzieStiok Smiths opinion Of CT
Sar"ttes. you might have knocked me down
with teaspoon"
tie scared me out of cigarette smoking
at Malta -Nuila. sid Carter. He was
p:ttty emphatic over the weakened
I'D tas he called them) who only smoked
Cigarettes. But why all this revolution in
NJ Siniths habits? Did he give any rea-
son for it,
That's the amazing thing he didn't-at
leaSt not a proper reason. He just let me
that the new Mr.. Smith, cot to call
Ing dim major, by the way-was no rela-
ton 20 the Sw!zzle Stick Smith that was
and then went back over the side to his
boat
i suppose" said Carter thoughtfulIy he
wanted the reformation to be advertised"
Well. you don't think I'd keep a choice
biz K. that to myself" said Capt Image
Naturally l spread the news. though I
certainly didn't tell all the coast as I've
told v"u. the way that the lac Swizzle-