The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28


the Chi1aman and marched him away. It was now
the string Of ships still penoratea the fog A' The mas
terat,arms came back and reported:
all down in the brig On twelve oOnamen' BIZ
Just g then there vas sudden cessation of the wall
ward like a disturbed ghost. '' ''A' w. 'e
Tourneau jumped to his feet
How [ wish I could see the denouement of this
my friend' But you vii let know as
To To this Alywin replied significantly:
r shall 60 aboard the Drake at 10 o'clock tomor-
pie and the Junk to Admiral Harbord.5'
az TINS the two young commanders grinned SYM
and o The had s 9s ESt sleep since the
last visit 10 the deck Stubs conded to him the be-
en o1o '%af An FoRg G would not be likely to weaken be-
ing ordered at g. 1t was therefore agreeable
still being black night the chief quarermaster sI
sInbbly bearded face was poked into Alywin 8 sleep
nl put the Chinec into the sweat box, SIR" re-
marked Stubs with an accent Of suppressed triumph
sPGpt n5ga gsg .hot the eG6ss and re admra
steal few revolvers, them being easy hid but howl
ttbbs{{ E got IN the rifles puzzled me It turns Out
Drake 3 boats not aheedin the eleventh rule of the
is commanded by damned jaclass and give him al
WIDE i at s1Eo Ss result
recalling something that occurred there and then.
=, Yes, sir. You remember at the celebration of
the, the Drake IRA and in gettin back to the ship about
dusk the last boat got run into by big Chinee raftl
without lights, accordin the custom Of them heath
a 5 some RSat Of was snd in all the
an unluckv number, lost their rifles The Chinee
the sweat running off him in rivers; that he in
charge OF the raft and run into the lannch apur:
and swearjn from the coxswain and from everybody
IN the Drake but the native divers that night got
Alywin heard this with open rapture, and would
hor Trng nor + YEAR pay ~ have missed the Joy of
The quartermaster could not refrain from saving:
"I don't consider, sir; as Captain All Fong really,
toorish IN The way he broke down and told every
1nf 5ng M he 1dao ant & Of the stuff to make rstclass
81 He couldn't be better for my purpose, respond
eyes Of his coming visit to the Drake and the Ad-
nIraI S countenance when the rifles should be
The morning dawned dali and stormy, but to
Alywin 1t was one of the brightest days he had
even an ensign, TO take the Chinaman and the junk
TO the Drake but concluded, by Macchavelian reason
ing, 1t would be more respectful, considering his
twenty-sl2 years, to 20 in person-and far more in
At 10 clock therefore, the launch was lowered,
and towing the junk with the twelve Cinnamon pulled
m ond r1e 9r6f "d8er 70 where ne Drake lay
the launch m put off from the Aletta another launch
L 'Hrondelle's launch reached the Drake some MIN
ues IN advance Of the Alettas launch, and as Aywin
the gangw9y talking to the ruddy lieutenant who
Handing Over the Loot
The sight of the Alletta IS launch towing the junk
full of Cinnamon attracted the attention of every
capfnn awaited Alywn on the deck, Foowing Ine
Alywln came three sailors bearing the arms and
ture could compass to have covered up the loot when
bringing it ON board and in particular the admiral g
Respondent.
-, A Admiral mir HaTbord took in, everything at glance
dc
have much pleasure, admiral'' said Alywin
S swSsety in returning you your personal property
Like sgbPf the admiral easily accounted for the
form, as well the revolvers,
..stolen," he said briefly,
CLEAN shot into his eyes Which bodod III for everW
body in the Drake; The Drake's captain, small, J.,
stolen it meant court OF inquiry for him and prob
ably the ending of his naval career, For the British
officers from whose ships thirteen rifles are stolen
Alywin himself suddenly and lately, became conf
''Tho rifles were those lost from the boat that
was Prearranged scheme by these pirates. and you
had women aboard That night however, the rifles
were were all fshgd up. So All Fong the junk's cap
The Drake's captain drew quick breath and his
eye lost its troubled look
''This junk continued Alywin, 'Egot lost in the,
fog last night and took the crew OF and searched
it with the result before you
6cer Of the deck saw Admiral Hafbords red face
grow rcdder. Everybody in the Drake knew haw
things stood between the Harbord girls and the you,
American and French commanders; in fact il mighti
be called piece of international information, far
as the ships at Hankow concerned Some iu-
NOR ieqtenants. remembering how things stood be-
tween Aywin and TouIneau and the admiral, grinned
sNy at each other. The officer Of the deck loolcdi
slightly uncomfortable. Tourneau had mentioned hav-
ing dued the Aletta the night before and it looked
to the officer of the deck if the young French
commander and Alywin fellow conspirators
The admiral, after awkward pause, looked men
acnglY at Alywln and murmured:
''ThankS awfully.''
The cnptan would have liked to ask Alyvvin to
remain at breakfast, but dared not do it under the
admiral's Efurated eye.
CurouSly enough Tonneau went the side at
the same time AlywIn and accepted invitation
to 90 back TO the Alletta for breakfast AS soon as