The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-02

Ana L was slNtN-InIcc minutes d'
mine. Bruce, you know, would be my
man. said Trevor, in a commanding
officer S voice,
"Oh, Lordl" cried Halkett in rap
lures, 81 d give n month S pay ii
Bruce could hear that tone in your
voice. But Bruce is frst-class man
and | would rather Bruce should have
the deck than any other man in the
wardroom when there s trouble brew
ing.
''Don t be afraid, Halle" said Ire
vor, kindly, ~ mean to be a father
TO You and ] dom mean to take ad'
vantage of any little slip You may
make and report YOU to the admiral.
"Thanks. awfully,' was Ha!kett Is
dutiful response. "shall I knock my
head nine times on the floor. as the
Chinese viccroys do before the en-
prcssy''
''Oh, no, indeed, just tell me all the
ship news, ! don I know anything that
has happened down here since / went
up the Yang-tse in January.
''Dull as ditch water. except [ think
VIC have n larger complement of of
fccrs than the regulations allow in this
ship, Japanese, you know
"Ah,' answered Trevor, ''this
grows interesting. Proceed -
~ think your cook outranks you.
II strikes me that he is Il commander
ut least, and a nobleman besides. One
Df onr japanese boys in the wardroom,
l believe, is a midshipman, He was on
shore leave last week. and came back
to the ship drunk. Your cook, Hoshi,
was in the boat with him, and hauled
him aboard. Tho boy blubbered and
called the cook Excellency' and
Baron. The cook in return gave him
a laundering beating, and the boy
Bottle of Beer is his name on the
ships books, the japanese name being
too complicated for every day use
appeared next day with n black eve.
The doctor asked him where he got it,
and he answered, Hoshi, he give me
hell Your Chinese steward saw and
heard the whole business and twice
since has called your cook by the name
and title. grinning And thcy'vc had
a scrap each time, in which the China
man got worsted.
"Where was the ster-at-arms?'
asked Trevor, sharply, in the first flush
Of commanding officer S responsibility
"Sitting by the forward hatch read
ing the Ladies Home Journal re-
piled Halkett. 'It is the unwritten
law in this ship that when scraps &C.
cur among the black or yellow races
bi4' uidSh'i lUS is noI ~ pt Ills
turbed until everything is over.'
GLOW many japanese and Chinese
are there in the ship?' asked Trevor.
'About dozen all told. Bruce
doesn t like them and they have
grudge against him. so the wardroom
boy lets out when he gets drunk. BY.
the way, Bruce s fancee, Miss Egerton,
is here with the Cotesworths-camc
from Manila with them. But | don't
think Bruce has seen much of her"
And he will see less,' answered
Trevor, darkly. 81 like the society OF
Miss Cotesworth, and I cam leave
lot of boys like you to keep ship, so
Bruce will have to spend much time
aboard while we are in Hong Kong"
Trevor Gives Dinner Party.
Trevor kept his word Miss Egerton
proved most agreeable, and as she was
Emily Cotesworth' s guest, Trevor gave
a dinner in honor of the two girls
With Hoshi. satsui and Hop Sing din
nergiring was a merry Jest. OF course,
Bruce had to be asked, and so was
llalkett and another junior, as mates
for couple Of English girls. Emily
Cotesworth was easily the loveliest girl
present. Miss Egerton. looked, as did
Emily Cotesworth. a perfect type of
American beauty. The two English
girls, with their abundant hair done
up In buns, warranted to spoil the
beauty of Venus, and voices of mex.
pressible sweetness. were also fair types
of the daughters of Albion Bruce, who
was a bashful man, kept as far away
from his fancee as possible, and ap
peared relieved when the found him.
self placed at the other end of the table
from her.
Everything was most promising, ex
cept that Satsul appeared to have more
altar of rose upon his sleek black
hair than was altogether agreeable in
ii small cabin. No mention was made
Of the state Of affairs between the
charming Mary Egerton and Bruce out
Of regard for BIruce,'s feelings. But
Hoshi, whether he had a grudge or
not against Bruce as the tipsy ward
room boy said. contrived to make the
executive officer wretched during the
whole dinner.
When the soup was served Miss Eyer
ton found in her plate a beautiful
heart made Of sugar candy stabbed
with an arrow and tipped with large
b, while Bruce saw floating in his
plate similar heart tipped with an
II. Bruce's complexion turned as red
as his hair, and although the tcmpcra-
ture was only about % it felt to him in
the neighborhood of 200.
Miss Egerton laughed rather family
at this, and the scarlet Bruce glanced
suspiciously at his commanding officer.
~ swear ! m innocent" said Trevor
''My acquaintance with the cook is
still too recent for me 10 know Of these
accomplishments,
After that the fish course was hand
ed. This time the blushing Bruce and
the smiling Mary Egcrton received
heart-shaped portions ornamented with
love birds made of sugar and labelled
respectively B and +. Bruce was evi.
IDENTIFY in torture.
With the roast duck came another
painful surprise. Hoshi had managed
to construct a couple Of Cupids out of
cucumbers. with bows and arrows Of
sugar candy, and bandage made of
a rose leaf over their eyes. BY that
time even The two English girls had
discovered the joke and were softly
laughing, while everybody except the
unhappy Bruce was in raptglres of
The rest of the dinner
was only long succession of hearts,
darts and Cupids.
1t was all very amusing until the
guests were gone and Trevor and Hal
Rett were having q final cigar on the