The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20

rained about my head. A
moving very close TO me. Ovnr q
! saw the red OF come Of nv tue c||
and i'll the stern was Nine. gurchnH
madly working the big crooksa SaI
iusei coil' 'riVance OF IL cord fra,,,,'"
craft to aid him In turninp ING ,ne OF Y
sculling. 'ne oar
He was Yelling something io.,
! could not understand in ibo a1 arc wh||
gathered that he meant for ma ,, u, ou[
away from shore until he conlS No.. 10 ~
up. p'cf
With a good strong s,rol,o
was. ] set out 10 swim nm; ufeu
of the nurderous crew, BIZ, -
gone thirty feet before | sao, ,a ,,aa
troubles were Just begun. n u,aa sat
70 me that Ming Po Sam had NO
ton OF taking me on board W. -!
pretending that he meant To do
cach litnc mat ! got near, hin
seemed 10 become unnanareahio
oar would slip and il would si,ds or
II he got me far enough out he cnu,S5
| me over the head aud confIn,,a
way In possession Of my proper,v on
small in value though II was. wa. 1nn
larger than the price OF many a %
mans life in oriental ports.
| Inc nob on shore was not TO De cA>
ed. however. Some one had jIS
and by its light as [ looked back
I fully dozen sampens filed with ~
ated knife men coming In hot r,,.
The swiftest Of these very onict,r =
took me and two Chinese beran -
Ing at me In the water, one vis1
knife and the other with a club a.
IKE butterball, 10 come I'D on
other side OF the boat while all AZ
occupants were watching the watsr
| had disappeared II was n dear
chance, but I took It. gTabhsN
stern and swung myself up. tore ia
oar from the hands OF the mar
was sculling and began ramminr
crew with the end Of ii, 1t made a n
tiful battering ram, and after ~
hutted two or three into the water
remainder began jumping.
The other sampans were CLOSING ar.
now, and ! saw that | was In ~
situation than ever n it had not h
for the bamboo canopy | could r.
moved about in the boat 10 defend
but the hood prevented my eettins h
one end 10 the other with suSieej
rapidity. Sf'
Fate Of Another.
Just about the time that there =
enough yellow cut -throats clambsrInr
my sampan to sink II, Ming po 4
rammed his sampan into the melee
] heard him shouting TO mo to io
aboard. II is easy to Imagine how ouI
ly I obeyed
When | Jumped I landed close hs.
my purchases and | saw what n
| had been. On the top was An
Manchu sword. with long, rusty h
and heavy carved ivory hendin. n
had J not thought OF II when the 4
first started?
ripped 1t clear of the bundlss
turned TO meet the first comers q
the other sanpans, crowding up 30 Il
that Ming Po Sam could not get ,in
way. The sight OF the blade was en6r
got ono fat fellow with good 4
in the upper arm that sent him squea|
Into the black water and the oil
hacked on enough for us to get az
One more shower of missiles ana
fight was over. though some Of them
lowed half way out 10 the Ringlead1
AS I cooled down a little bit a real
ton of the queerness In Ming Po s.
conduct came over me and | said
him:
You yellow dog you would kim
in minute just Ike any of the
of them II you dared. Why did you ID
In to help me?"
Dead Mclean boy no want SAM
Poor Ming Po Sam no git him ssu1|
CASH"
! !t Culb blDDCeu ieN1ls he Only l.
son for his saving my life wsa h
he might not lose his sampan fare
know the Chinese from my esperi4
In the trade that is very hne an
OF their attitude toward the Whit d
and of their logic In matters Of lIi8 4
death in general
When | got hack to the ship told
mate, and. after calling me various q
OF a young fool for my Ignorance
| carelessness. he took me TO BIZ 81
who laid me out with as choice "a
tion Of language as | ever heard d
from him. According to the skippe|
was more kinds OF a fool than n
any one man could be, Among my rnl
forward the thing created depres|
OF spirits.
Il tell ye, boys, that white wafI
wasn't for nauEht," said old Barry
an ominous shake OF his head.
Three days later old Garry and ana
man went ashore, but got separated.
the other man came back alone
night badly scared, We were nnHhi<
find any trace OF Garry. but the
trip on, the mate saw a cousin OF Z
Po Sam sporting a little coral chl
which was very like one that the mir
man used to wear. whereby we knew
warning had been for old Garry.