The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09

- SAVING, SAID tho alleged taitao
rlsihg and offering his hand and smiling
a, broad lllbcrnlau smile - m Father
SIatterN, of the missionary station here
born IN Fall River, Mass, and sent here
10 preach the gospel TO the hcathcn and
the consuls -
AT this little Ford S ewes nearly
Jumped out OF his head. but IIalkett.
who knew the missionary custom of
wearing native dress, was not at all
surprised, and he shook the reverend
gentleman 5 hand with great cordiality
Cause of the Muddle
lou see, continued the yice-cons
frankly. - we We been having a hell Of
n time here. The muddle all came
about This way. You see. ali the
steamers IN this part Of the world have
scotch engineers. It's perfectly safe TO
call down the engine room hatch
Hello. Mac. and the whole cngine
room force will como tumbling up the
hatch; Well, MacBcan and ] were good
irl"nds-hc S fine judge of whisky,
| IS MacBean. He told me that tho
Presbyterian preachers in Glasgow, his
native town, used often on Sunday to
preach against drunken men. saving
drunkenness may lead 10 vice But
Mac Bean is sober for Scotchman.
and. strange To say, very thrifty. He
was chief engineer on one of the big
river boats that got burned up last
month. and while waiting for another
regular steamer TO be sent out 10 take
her place he got holiday. SO he came
20 Hwang Kwo
John got TO worrying because he
wasn't making but half wages for 4
whole month, so ] said TO him one
night, when the whisky got low, Why
don { YOU rattle yourself off among
all these women here. .John7'
n L
fairs. Mr.. lialkett, exists in the
European colony at Hwang. Kwo. To
every other European colony in China
there are more men than women. more
bachelors than spIDsters, but here there
IS Il regular famine of bachelors. All
the European men arc married and they
all have old maid sisters and spinster
daughters. You never saw anything
like it.
Merry Widows in Plenty.
Then rs ia merry widows, there are
80 many of them here that [ can I help
thinking some of them made away with
their husbands. There Is big board
ing house run by Mrs. McNob, the
widow OF a Scotch engineer. with Two
uaidcn sisters and three unmarried
daughters. and there is u European shop
here conducted by half dozen widows
OF various civil employees. IN fact. the
whole place is overrun with widows
"Johm and I talked 1t over that
night, and the next day he came to me
quito seriously with a large sheet of
paper, on which he had made out a
prospectus He proposed 10 offer him
self to he ratified on at SEQ 4 chance
and ten chances. The lady that got
him would also get the 600 in good
round English sovcreigns. and he asked
mic if | would guarantee his respecta-
bility and would superiutend The draw
ing for him. told him yes, | would do
ii with pleasure.
"Wcll. John sent ouf his pros.
pectuses. and, if YOU will believe me,
ten women were found who were
willing 10 put up that $50 for the
chance al him. There were good
mans more than len who were willing
10 negotiate. but Mac stood pat on the
G20, and that discouraged all but ten
The British consul. Iascellcs. ono
of the most lady-hke men | ever knew
in my life. got hold of the scheme and
called upon Mac for an explanation.
threatening him with proceedings for
fraud. but Mac convinced him that
there was no law or regulation any
whore that could hold him, because
ihnrc was no fraud attempted. He was
ready 10 give valuable copsiderst ton
that is 10 say himself--and $500 to
the lucky winner. SO Mr.. Lascclles
couldn 4 block tho proceedings.
Chances All Taken.
In about fortnight the chances on
Mack were all taken. and Mac was
bcrc. all shaved up and dressed spick
and span. was dressed up, too, and
the S20O in gold sovereigns was piled
up on my desk. Above the building
ioaJed the biggest American flag on
the tallest flagstaff south Of Hong
Kong.
Well. the ladies lined M. ten of
them. must say my heart sank for
John Mac cBe5n They were certainly
the homelicst crowd | ever struck. and
eight Of them were widows and The
other two were spinsrers. and extremely
Shopworn AT that. ] made them = speech
culngizing Mer and telling them that
thc United States flag hying over their
heads was 2 guarantee that everything
would be done on the level and on the
square. conducted the drawing my
self. putting the enNelopes in my hat,
as We seen them do il church fairs
in Arkansas. And Mrs. MacNab. the
widow that kept tho boarding. house.
got The envelope with Macs photograph
in IT, ] won Z say ANYTHING about Mrs
MacNab 5 appearance, ought ], Father
pim2'
"Well.'' said Mr.. Gowdy. pouring
some more whislSev iu a glass aud wa
tcring It family, | II admit Mac looked
very chopfallen. One of the spinsters.
however, tho sister Of n German NOR
chant here, spoke up and said she didn {
believe The drawing was fair. Mac,
seeing Il chance 10 escape, at once pro
posed another drawing 10 satisfy every
body. but Mrs MacNah refused To en-
tcrtain the idoa. and asked mo it |
thought the drawing had been falr. I
was bound 10 tell her II had hcrn.
Then shr reached over, snapped up The
600 with ono hand and caught Mac
with tho other. and was about 10 march
him nh Then occurred n miracIc--a
miracle. sir.
= Herbert Spencer sand there we're no
such things IS miracles, and so did the
late Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Can,er.
bury. rs stubborn an aGnostic as ever
I heard Of aud 50 Saws Dr Goldwiu
Smith Of Toronto, Canada but | deny
IL. sir ! saw a miracle with my own
cycs | saw John MucBeau. a Scotch
man, propose 10 give Mp 5000 10 Mrs.
! MacNab 20 be let of from The bargain.
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