The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20
By FOxcroft Davis

steamed for 1t as fast as, she could
run.
boI Two Hronn men wv within hin the wooden tcwsr
smoke and flames were appearing. The
TWO lamps were upset and one had caught
iire; The inrush OF water prevented
about wherever the oil was splashed,
The launch. as II prepared for this
| catastrophe. produced a fire hose which
fl.e, incidentally drenchng the two men.
who already were as wet as a couple of
water rats.
hauled them aboard. The first man was
an ordinary sailor. the other was an off,
GER In the German naval uniform, AS
stood rigidly AT attention." bringing his
hand to his head. upon which there was
no cap. and bowed stlffly.
Il am Lieutenant Count Won StIend-
hail." he said, 'of the imperial German
navy
Glad to see you" said LangtoI,
II recollect meeting. you last year at
| K!cl Don't you rccollect?"
Lieutenant Count Won Stiendhal. hav-
ing slow TeutonIc mind, Mt first did
not remember. and besides he was just
| out OF the jaws OF death by fame and
water: Langton, however. went. on. the
ousiy attaching O big hawser TO the
Don't you remember the Kaiser's bail
at klel, and what II jolly time we had
| the daughters OF the American adj
| mlral? Nothing Ike ON. They have
both got married since. Well, 1t was
pretty risky business for Il launch as
small as this 10 go bobbing about for
| n floating lighthouse. but we don't mind
danger when we are trying to save
life"
Some Pleasantries.
by the "reminiscences of Kiel and the
daughters OF the American admiral but
when 1t came TO having the lighthouse
rammed and a couple of oil lamps tunn-
bled on the floor and the perpetrators OF
this outrage claiming to be heroic life-
| savers, IL was more than he could stand.
He replied. after moments reflection,
| sarcastically
DO you not have any lookouts on your
ship"
"Oh, ho That's goodr' chuckled Lang
ton. 'Ill have to tell that 10 the first
lord of the admiralty. Nice old cock he
is. and fond of joke. No lookouts on
one. OF his majesty's cruisers, Ho; hol''
II Judged So replied Won Stiendhel
blandiy. ''by the manner In which the
| cruiser was steered,"
versatlon then. Another boat from the
Seahorse was lying alongside with an
other hawser. also with half a dozen big
buoys, such as wrecbers use and are
not always found aboard ship OF war.
| The sailors swarmed all over the half
submerged wreck. and In about half an
| hour the lighthouse appeared to nave laid
| down on the water for a nap. and TO have
| been caught In a spiders web of hawsers
| from the Seahorse.
| The Seahorse meanwhile, had got her
nose smashed In the encounter, and
plates OF sheet iron were broken and
| bent and ploughsharee and axe nelves
were dropped into the water, and the
| native sampans were already putting off
with their long tongs TO seize this pre-
cious plunder.
| Another swarm Of sailors climbed like
| flies all over the Seahorse's broken nose
swinging incandescent lights. Another
gang was engaged in dumping scrap iron
astern.
| While this was going on Won Stsendhal.
| looking more like Lohengrin than ever:
sat at dinner in the cabin with Hyde.
| There seemed TO be no particular rea-
| son why Won Stiendhal should remain,
| as he could easily have got ashore In a
| sampan, but the British do not possess
| all the wits In ahe world, and Won Stiepd-
| hal had Il few brains under his curly
blond hair. He promptly accepted Hoye' S
| Invitation 10 remain and dine In the
| cabin. and even said that he would not
trouble Commander Hyde to send him
ashore, as IT would be equally convenient
| for him TO go down TO Wei-hai-wei and
| take the train back.
| This proposition was ioyfully accepted
| by Hyde and private Instructions were
sent 10 the cabin cook 10 serve the finest
dinner that the timed lNuries In the
ca bin pantry would supply. Langton also
| was asked to dine In the cabin, The