The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28
And you won It never have no collusions.

The chief quartermaster, for some occult reason
preferred to use the, word G0luson where the die
10 means objected to by the Alletta temporary COM
maDding officer, a smooth faced pink and white
twenty. year.old lieutenant, Aiywn by name who
banked God from the bottom Of his heart that in the
present emergency he had Stubbs at the wbeel-a
sort of maritime Casey at the bat
slight nervousness on Alywln S part was natural:
,ho Alletta captain was laid up at Shanghai with
lheumstism, while Richardson the executive officer,
was nursing broken leg in the Chinese hospital at
Hank0w, and the command of the Alletta had de-
yOhcd upon Alywin. Instead of being, comfortably
housed in at Hankow or Shanghai, and the officers
gong to European balls twice week. the Alletta was
nosng about the oyerhowed region of the Yangtse,
in the month Of November, when the water was
rcceding, and not the native pilots knew all
sbou the ever-changiug bottom.
0stensibly the gunboat was looking for Chinese
pirates, but the presence of the third class German
tnser Cecilia, apparently the errand, told
Alywin plainly enough that there was something else
IN the wind besides junk loads Of Chinese freebooters
Il looked more hike an uprising, with murder in the
the river the British torpedo boat destroyer Viper
With couple of torpedo boats, casually appeared
LHirondele much smaller than the Alletta, having
come up from Shanghai, the British second class
sroser Drake, without any apparent reason, also ap
Looking for Pirates
Aywin knew this little popularity of the British
navy: that whenever few war ships gathered
pgether in foreign waters there was certain to ap-
pear, within twentyfour hours, British naval force
least twice rs strong as all the other ships com
In the present instance it was given out that the
Drake, which flew flag officers pennant, had come
up from Hankow in obedience to a freak Of Admiral
HabOrd's concerning torpedo boat practice The ad-
nral, large, Vindictive explained this, IN lam
euage soft as lady's magazine, to the command
ing officers of the other vessels, This pretty tale
celsyed by all except the people on the Allett9
great consequence to Alywin, and also to Tourneau,
sho commanded the French gunboat by seniority, and
rot by accident
For were there not two beautiful Harbord girls. of
whom II was openly known IN Hankow, Shanghai and
and 'l1T1cc hI-
Andit was also known that Admiral Harbord adored
neither Of the young American French officers, and
aangghters to come to China at all.
The Alletta had been cruising around in the great
On thls particular afternoon was returning to her
aion in the vicinity of the other ships, where there
The chief quartermaster's relief having reported,
sSSoos ssd ooeying signal from the BRIDGE went up
Ana engaged in cheerful conversation with Alywin.
o - ,ns Tas ABOUT o'clock on dqll AFTERNOON ana
Gt me &Aetta powed her way across the muddy waters,
teious currents Afar of was the low line of hills,
S pSo which the people clustered during the overflow
M sho strung out in semi-circle, down the river were
M e BTtI5h torpedo boats The Drake cruiser holding
men re middle Of the line At end lay the German
sueT while at the other the little French gunboat
ugged festlcssly al her anchor
Stnbbs in his heart yearned like mother toward
p, apld fire guns and secondary battery Of 4-inch
sT"s snn was was big command for man whose c3mms-
adm mI o1J oIy ye Years @ od ana who aad o66a
w. & stubbs would have considered it rank insubor-
t'oh 10 instruct his commanding omcer, ncFefthc-
S' nc managed to convey good deal OF information
Mny%ln, the twenty ty-siN-ycar-old
I've been In the service twenty yseven years tour
noalh5 and seventeen days. sir. remarked Stubbs,
S Sau am never been in foreign port nor seen no
h. Shlp there with much 6-nch gun on her,
,n s IN day there warn { couple OF British
,ogS alongside and n very polite young lieutenant
snng aboard with the captain compliments and the
Usual remarlcs.'
uoa Aaywia encouraged Stubbs by nod and muttercd
"'tq or two to continue
II the race to the swift and the battle TO the
n;ag Sir, wouldn't stand show at all with the
tsh navy. But IL you look back you ii remember
lad IL gave em severe Jolt in days past We always
Eb notion SIR that the scrpter alluded to the BIT
e nail9n atS when it SAID Blessed the meet for
iai. seaL inherit the earth What them Brtlshers
Isy od. Inherit they grab and that's fact, and SO
yWln was in the mood then TO be critical of the
i,eamo, isn navy and who would not in his shoes7 He
isncd with Joy in his heart that the Alletta was
Il G~y @ out Of the dry dock mt Shanghai and could leg
10y comfortably at il seyontecn-hnot gait. LIKE"
sol sI she had supply Of extra good coal, and her
T"Sq M could not be than five miles away.
}kS iprake, however, had experienced extraordinary
Tss ueR concerning coal and at that very moment
10 ourhing mixture of dirt and Stag, and out OF
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