The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-15

when | came and in few words
told him what ! had seen and heard
We decided to stay up all night,
velopments.
1t was little after midnight when
the mate returned. He cheerfulIy
bade us good night and Immediately
went to bed Shortly after We heard
him snore loudly. -
The captain and | went below 10
watch. We stuffed one of the cap.
tain's shirts with blankets and pill
lows and placed a dummy in HIS
| berth. Then we sat down and wait,
ed for o'clock.
The clock in the cabin struck ..
! Five minutes passed and five minutes
more. The captain was just about
to give up the whole thing when we
heard steps outside and the door was
! opened
1t was the mate. He was very
pale, and it was easy to see that he
was in hypnotized condition Per
i spiration was standing in beads on
his forehead and his eyes We're Wide
| open and staring. In the middle of
| the room he stopped and carried his
hand to his forehead, as if trying to
think of something. The captain and
| remained motionless and followed
his movements with intense interest
Suddenly he went over to the berth
| nDlIn1 hA
For moment he hesitated then he
tore the knife from his belt and stab
bed the dummy. The captain caught
hold of my arm and | could feel how
he trembled all over his body.
could hear my own heart beating and
| it gave shock to both of us when
We heard the knife fall Gathering to
the floor. Again the mate carried his
hand to his forehead, then he put his
hand under the captains pillow,
Went over to the safe opened it and
took out the vessels cash box.
As he turned to leave the captain
would have stopped him, but | quick.
ly placed my hand over his mouth
and told him to be quiet The mate
passed by us evidently without see.
ing us, and out on deck, We hur.
ried after him
Put this in your pocket said,
handing the captain revolver I'VE
may need ii before long"
As we came on deck the mate had
already passed down the gangway
and was hurrying away. The watch.
man, who had been aroused by the
sound OF the cabin door closing. had
continued his walk as he recognized
the mate. Now he stared at us in
surprise as we ran after the mate
As he reached the third pier we
saw form emerge from the darkness
and walk toward him | immediate,
ly recognized the man from the cot
tage, We kept close 10 the wall.
saw him take the box from the mate
and heard him say something. He
vas just about to leave when the
captain and | pounced upon him
With a shout he threw away the box,
tore himself loose and ran away
] sent two shots after him. but !
must have missed him, for when |
reached the street he had disappear
ed
At tho sound of the shots the mate
had fallen lifeless to the ground. We
carried him on board and put him
into his berth, where he slept with |
out waking up until nearly noon the !
next day.
In the afternoon we steamed down
the riyes toward the Mexican gulf |
TIE captain and were again sitting |
on tho bridge talking Of the happen.
ings Of the night
The mate was busy superintendine |
the closing Of the hatchways, He
looked happy and did not seem to
feel any i'll effects Of his nightly adj.
venture
The captain looked at him and
shook his head
1T was lucky for me, Doc. that |
was not in my berth last night"
Il should say It was And for Hoist
too His bloody knife on the floor
Six Thousand Drinks.
1--WE have 5000 intoxicating drinks
in America" said temperance lee
turer That. / believe is the record.
Expert as our metropolitan bar
tenders are they have none of them
mastered the entire American drink
question, and they would throw up |
their wet hands if a man asked for
bak-no-ma-shalo, a casasha, a sam, a
larangna or even a mescal.
"You see, all the races that compose
America introduce here the drinks OF
their old homes. Bak-no-ma. shalo
and sam are Oriental cordials, sweet
and perfumed and nasty, that our
soldiers and sailors learned to like in
the Philippines.
"A larangina is a delicate, slightly |
acid, refreshing drink from South
America. 1t is a wonderful mixture
of the leaves, flowers and fruit of
tropical plants-orange banana, lime,
lemon, chocolate, mango,
guava, tamarind and don't know
what
''Mescal is a Mexican abomination
made of the cactus IL goes down like