The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05

par of rough shoes, surprisingly
small for cook S mate After a mo-
ment or two Mckenzie said with great
politeness:
Have n seat, Mr. Jones, so that we
can talk at leisure. Yonr name, ! pre-:
sumo, is not Jones, but the title of
Mr.; is yours by right, Judge. y
Bill Jones affected TO start. and con
| tinuIng to twiddle his cap looked du-
| biously at Mckenzie. But seeing
authority in tine commanders eve, he
slid into chair on the opposite side
or the table, meanwhile assuming a
hangdog expression.
And now, Mr.. jones' continued
Mckenzie atfably. "will YOU kindly
pronounce for me the name of the
plateau which fronts the town Of Ply
mouth9''
The Hoe, sir. mumbled Bill Jones
| ''That is perfectly satisfactory, Mr.
Jones. No cook g mate in the service
prononpces that word iii that manner,
or ever did. They say 'Oe, Now 1
have theory concerning vou, Mr..
Jones. 1t strikes me that YOU came off
an American ship and that YOU have
| slipped on board No. , 70 find out n
few things concerning British methods
| with torpedo boats, | may be wrong,
but shall ACT upon assumption. | shall
put You in tne brig and keep you there
for the next FIVE days when we are
due at Hankow.
Bill Jones received this information
in singular manner, for he could not
suppress a grin OF delight,
~ NAV remind you,' continued Nc.
! KenZie, ''thar the brig affords few, If
| any. opportunities of studying British
naval eyolutions.'
He touched his bell and 'Jimmy.
legs appeared
I.Take charge of this gentleman.
said Mckenzie 10 Benson. ''aud keep
him in the brig until We get TO Han
iow and have an eye on him mean
while
Bill Jones, being thus dismissed. turn
| cd at the door aud touched his cap
again with look of ecstacy which
puzzled Mckenzie. As Benson and the
alleged cook S matc disappeared. Me-
! kenzic felt perccptible increase in
the secret pride which wcllcd up in his
Scotch bosom over the performance Of
No. ., lie had evidently bagged a spy
in Bill Jones, and when the disclosure
was made 1t wond not be at all bad
for Lieutenant Kenneth Mckenzie. This
thought required TO him several times
during the day and each time with an
agreeable sensation. At night, how
ever. there were other and more i'm.
! portant things on hand.
On each of the next FIVE mornings
| Benson had n report to make concern
! ing Bill Jones.
- 'E's game to the backbone, sir. :"
was Benson s account the first morn
( lug. 1.-The brig, as YOU know, sir, ain Z
| the abode of luxury, but c acts like
! twas the cabin of one Of the r'yal
| yachts.
On the second morning Benson S re-
port was as follows:
THAT ere chap. sir, beggiD Your
| parding. sir. is an OFFICER sure. Gcstcr-
| day afternoon e was layin' asleep and
brcathin soft like baby. and | went
mp to i'm and called on, quick, Lieu
tenant, 'E was on is feet before
the word was out of my mouth, !
/ laughed. and then e started in with
is pleasant way OF lyin' and swore to
me e didn { know what l said
Mckenzie heard this with renewed
qualification. No. D had kept up its
record aud the sky of life looked rosy
then TO the vessels commander,
On the third morning Mckenzie ask
ed of the master-at-arms when the daily
report was presented concerning his
prisoner:
50 How does the poor devil stand it. -
Like a dandy, sir, Is happetite is
| rood enough, but @ ain t used TO eatin :
without napkin. It's downright COM
! zeal to sec I'm tryin TO balance is tin
plate on is knees, aud e don t under.
stand no more 'ow To get pea soup
out of a tin cup than the Prince of
Wales does.
Mckenzie 5 light blue eyes scintil-
lated with delight The more he heard
Of his captive the more pleased he
was
Benson 5 report on the fourth morn
ing was as follows:
sFThc men calls i'm the 'Umsn Black
bird g sings and whistles so cheerful
.
Brig Of No. ). 'E SAYS to me this
mornin. 'Mr, Benson, says e, take
the deepest interest in the perform
auccs of No. ), and if we've, if
YOU, please, sir-'if we don't get a
| first class report 10 the admiralty ] III
forswcar the ships galley and go for
| the stokchule.
On the fifth and last morning Ben
son wore positively detected air when
he came to make his final report, The
roofs of Hanltow lay on the horizon and
the harbor, alive with shipping, gilt
tered under wintry sun, The work of
the torpedo boat division was over for
| that season. and the five little vessels
kept dccorously in the wnke of the
/ Drake AS she steamed III with the bow
and smile of a cruiser entering the
company of other cruisers which sat
at their ease within the harbor.
BY professed accident broom was
left outstanding in the very middle of
No, 5's forward deck which might he
taken as hint that she had swept
everything clean before her, No. 5
had clearly the best Of the whole tor
pedo boat division during the week.
Mckenzie, on the bridge, glanced to-
word the white. walled consulate, over
which floated the British ensign. With
IN those white walls. he thought. was
| Mary Harbord. 1t would be good to
see her. and 1t would also be good TO
see Admiral Harbord s stern face and
mcnacing nose. and TO hear from him
some word of chary praise, such us
Your performance. Mr. Mckenzie,
was not at all bad He was reused
from this pleasant train of thought by
Benson,
"Mr. William Jones seemed gay
enough all the time. but this mornin
e's 'ilarious. sir, + done some more
of is agreeable lyin' to me, dcscribin
the lowly 'ome from which e fled to
seek is fortune and 'ow . was so