The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
JACK LONDON
!. QUITS SHARK
CONES BACK TO FRISCO ON THE
sTEAMER MARlPosA.
WILL START ANEW
Novelist Has Had !, Pleasant Voyage,
But Comes Back on ! Business Trip.
Asserts That He viii Make An
other Start Ia 4 rev, Weeks.

San Francisco, Jan. 25.-Jack Lon
don, the author, who left here last MAJ
on a seven-years' trip around the
world for the "Woman's Home Com.
panion" and to procure material fol
other literary work and for whose
safety fears have been entertained,
returned to this city today on the
steamship Mariposa from Tahiti.
London Is accompanied BY his wife
and says that he came back to attend
to some business matters. He will
leave again on the Maripesa on Feb
ruary !. The Shark, the 50-foot boat
in which London is. making his trip.
was left at Papeetea for repairs to
her gas engine.
we have had absolutely no adven-
tures," said London" and the reasons
for our delayed arrival at the Mar.
Quessas islands which gave rise to the
reports that we had been lost. were
trouble with our gas engine
and because we spent some time cruis.
ing among the various islands. When
resume our voyage in the Shark.
shall have an entirely new crew.
Those who sailed with with us when
we left San Francisco last spring,
ldeal1zed adventure and when they
found that actual adventure had a lot
Of hard work in betimes, they lost in
terest."
Enjoyed IT..
Seen on board the Mariposa shortly
after the vessels release from quar-
London looked the picture Of
According to him, his cruise
las been wholly successful and he
las not spent an idle moment since
lis departure from this city in April
II last year.
q have not taken a day of from:
ny writings" he stated, ''and return
With q novel Of about 100000 words,
which is all but completed.
y left Hilo in the Shark on October
last. and made the Marquessas in
ust 60 days. This was a little longer
han I had expected, but was due to
contrary winds encountered. After
to sea, we found that the
Iortheast trades had shifted around to
he southeast and 1t was hard work.
IN the voyage from Hilo we had a
nost delightful time. For three weeks
school Of bonita followed us and we
ould catch them without the least
rouble. Upon one occasion when
900 miles from land, I landed a. big
ca turtle, and as for man-eating
hanks, we caught those, too.
"Our stop in the south seas was at
ne island Of Neukahiva, at the port Of
'aichaibutachai. After a stay of two
here, we proceeded to the val
" Of Typee, made famous by that
ritter of early sea novels, Herman
lelville. Later we shaped a course
Papeetea, where the Shark Is now
nchored and will remain until our
9turn." @s
Met by Socialist.
In relating his adventures in the
mark, thus far, Jack London laid par
cular stress upon his reception at
apeetea, where he vas met BY OAR
ng, the nature man, who came out
a small boat, waving a red flag as
salute to his. brother socialist. Dur.
g his stay at this port before the de-
arturo Of the Mariposa, London was
sited daily by the nature man on
e Shark and both held socialistic
According to the author, Darling is
y % poor In pocket as was at first
ported. but on the contrary, seems
be doing fairly well on his south
a island home. 7,
When reminded Of the fact that he
d been given up for lost BY many OF
q friends In thias cffv hn launched ar
thinking Of tying the Shark up at !,
small island and returning here
til my wife and a story Of hardship. I
i later changed my mind during the :
yage upon the Mariposa,"" London !,
.nounced. !.
Asked as to his future plans, the !
liter stated that the cruise of the
ark would be carried out as first
AIMED and that he would visit in
IN Samoa, the Fills and all the