The San Francisco call., 1910-01-30
The San Francisco Sunday Cab

fork of the stream stood Hree efJs 6prt seemed de-
seTfed' although there were many houses on .o'
shore Number Two's people did not Ano" 'N@' 'H'
feast OF lanterns 2 w1 no heed OF the launch as it 4w
~sor The Admiral kneelng down with ms r>He rest
ing the gunwale red the mrs te buffalo souare
on the side He beloved and drved unuer "teI, ana
it took several more to hniSh III niir ;a up and So dd
those of Aylwin and Hyde, but shooting parties
made up of junior officers and an adnlirai are NOT
arranged on Hbn was enough for the buffalo. He
+aggered TO the shore and fell to rise no more me
shots had brought out all the peoPS III o dead bmFo
boring houses who swarmed around the oeaa PeIao,
SbrieIs and cries resounded and women ana chldren
threw themselves weeping on the great carcass; ass;
Then the people in the boat knew t1aO r Sugy 1au
LII NOT the Son-of- -FuryWithOut- Eight II
tnes hut the sole fortune of large family.
Tbe launch was run ashore and Aylw1n ana Hyde
;,nir1 ont emptied their pockets on the ground.
The result was money enough 10 Ouy Two Wd'5l
buffaloes and the weeping and tne "4nns s @ SeISeu,
Rehind them though, they saw the TWO herman
launches going rapidly up the other fork OF the river
A light dawned upon Aylw1n -
"That scoundrel All Fong gave us false lntornla-
ton" he cried "The mad buffalo IS on the other
fork of the river. ,,
over and pointed to the stern There rudey scra"ied
in charcoal was the picture OF a turtle
"That story will be told all over Tles sin that a
Chinaman drew turtle on the stern OF a PIluSh
launch" said Benson, who knew something OF most
things including Cinnamon ut will go down IN An
Fong's family as honor, and may make MIN
The two sailors we're already securing the turtles
portrait off the boats stern but there was no SeoqI
of the Germans from ChaO-Chau, had made a 0under
of gigantic proportions. Admiral Haroord req Iace
GREW redder and a sulphurous silence prevailed IN
the launch as she the open water and took
her way up the right fork of the river.
The launch was gaining on the Germans every
minute and afar Off above the churing of the engine
in the water could be heard strange sound OF roar
ing and believing. Then the narrow river suddenly
widened into another great temporary laKe mace Oy
the overflow and they unmisakably the sonora
Turtles-Egg and Devoid Virtues. There
was no doubt to the wckedness and Jury OF the
Son-of-a-Turtle's-Eg
He was huge beast with enormous branching
horns and plunged about the lake, keeping up
frenzied believing So far from avoiding the launches
he came plunging toward them The two German
launches had the first volley at him. but the result
in the least He suddenly dived just the rifles OF
the British launch cracked out, and the next minute
throwing every man into the water except Benson
and Admiral Harbord, and incidentally the box con-
tanning all the rife cartridges. The beasts great
horns locked somewhere with the machinery, and
the engine suddenly stopped pulsating
AS the launch righted itself Benson seized coil
of rope and, making a lasso OF It. threw It cIeyery
over the bufalos horns and the moose knotted That
seemed to be just what the Son-Of-a- Turtle s-kgg
wanted He turned and dashed the wide
water towing the launch after him. with Benson
vainly tugging the rope There were no more r1tie
Cartridges but the Admiral laid his hand promptly
on some shot cartridges and in his Berserker mad
buffalo
Aylwin and Hyde, the engineer and the two sailors
burst of laughter, which was likely to cost
them dearly. But having laughed once they con
cluded they might we'll do it again the SOn-ofas
Turtle's-Egg towed the launch straight toward the
German launches From them came the hoaIse
outlaws of the Teutons. Not for moment did
Benson cease his desperate tugg1ng at the rope or
the Admiral his voleys of bird shot As they neared
the German launches the Admiral, as wild as the
buffalo, bawed to Benson: Look out tor those
damned Germans. They will FIRE at the buffalo and
very likely pot US both
His Bitterest Moment
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Germans, caused them to lower their rifles, and
the buffalo, snorting and believing, came within
20 yards of them German sailor jumped overheard
with revolver in his hand. He dashed through the
water, skfully avoided the buffalos horns and sent
three bullets into the buttalos head at point blank
range. Half a dozen sailors drew the launch, not
ashore which they might have done but alongside
the German launches, The British boat filing
with water. and Admiral Harbord had to step aboard
the German launch to keep from going down with
The buffalo had towed Number T4vo's boat across
the wide water and German launch had to it
back to Chao-Chau. On the other German craft lay
the great carcass OF the s-kgg and
Devoid of the -Eight-Virtues.
The sun shone brightly still, but the fair day was
dark to the Admiral and Benson Nor was it alto
gether halcyon time to Hyde. Aylwin, however,
sat and chucked inwardly. A scheme profit him
!. self terminating in his mind.
The bitterest moment to che Admiral when
they reached Chao-Chau Bay, and all the ships in the
harbor the melancholy plight of the British boar
| and her company. The Germans made straight for
the Melampus and transferred the Admiral and his
compatriots. Aylwin, taken to his ship.
That evening Ayl1in happened to have an engage
ment to dine on the Meampus. As he came over the
side, Admiral Harbord standing talking with the
/, officer of the deck Aywin went up boldly and
greeted him. There ignoring the events Of
the morning.
Most embarrassing accident we had" said the
. Admiral, clearing his throat
What accident may / ask?" replied Aywin.
, "The-the-accident, the unfortunate acci-
dent should call it, with regard to the wild buffalo
this morning"
II think" responded Aylwin gently I'VE had
most successful expedition We went up the river
succeeded in killing the wild buffalo, while the Ger
mans unfortunately killed one which the support
of family of rs persons"
Admiral Harbord, with a rudimentary grin upon
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