Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-04-08

are got u good thing in that bag Of mine"
Hello till his money give out. and
He wouldn't talk about his married
life. just shivered instead.
"'But wat about this good thing you
was mentioning. Mr.. Rosebury? asks
Cap'n George, polite, but staring hard
at the bag.
That's it, answers Rosy, cheer
full.
WAITS itT
why, the things in the grip, the
photograph things. You see. my expe-
rience has convinced me that there's a
fortune right in these islands for a
photographer who'll take pictures Of
the natives. They're all dying to have
their photographs took. Why, when
was in Hello island l could have took
dozens, only they didn't have the mon
ey to pay for 'em. and 1 couldn't wait
till they got some. But you've got
one island to another, me taking pic
lures and you getting copra and-and
pearls and things from the natives in
trade for EN-
"'Old on" Cap'n George had been
getting redder and redder In the face
while Rosy was talking, and now he
fairly billed over, like a teakettle. ''Old
onv he roars. DO l understand that
this is the good thing you was going to
let me in on-me to cruise you around
from Dan to Beersheby, feeding you
and giving you tobacco to smoke
"''Twas my tobacco breaks In Ju.
Illus.
''Shut up! Cruising you around,
and you living OH the fat Of-Of the
the water and me trusting to get my
pay out of tintypes of Kanakas! Was
that it? Was it,
'Why-why, yes answers Rosy.
But cap'n, you don't understand
Then says George, standing up
and rolling up his pajama sleeves.
there's going to be justifiable 'omicide
committed right now
julie said that ii it hadn't been that
the shippers sore back got to hurting
him he don't know when him and the
cook would have had their turn at
Rosy, cause they wanted turn on
account Of the tobacco and the din
ner, not to mention the stone bruises.
When all hands was through, that
photographer was spilled negative.
"And that was only the beginning
They made him work his passage. and
every mean and dirty job there was to
90 he had to do it. They took his
clothes away from him, and while
they lasted the skipper had three shirts
at once, which hadn't happened afore
since he served his term In the Sydney
Jail. And he was such comfort to
'em Whenever the dinner want cook
ed right, instead Of blaming Teunis
they took it out Of Rosy. By the time
they made their first port they would
not have parted with him for no mon
ey, and they locked him up in the
fo'castle and kept him there. And
when one of the two Kanaka boys run
away they shipped Rosy In his place
by unanimous vote. And SO it went
for six months, the Emily trading and
stealing all around the south seas.
"One day the schooner was of in an
out Of the way part Of the ocean, and
the skipper come up from down below.
bringing one Of the photographing bot
ties from the cdrpetbag.
See ERE says he to Rosy, who
was swabbing decks just to keep him
out Of mischief, wat kind Of devel
oper stuff is this? 1t has a mighty
familiar smell
"That amt developer. SIR answers
Rosy, meek, as usual. THAT'S alcohol.
use it
Alcohol says George. DO you
mean to tell NE that you've 'ad alcohol
aboard all this time and never said a
word to one Of us! II that amt just
like you! OF all the ungrateful beasts
as ever T.
when him and IT,. other two got
through convincing Eosy that he was
ungrateful they took that bottle into
the cabin and begun experimenting
Julius had lived few months in
Maine, which Is Il prohibition state,
and SO he knew how to make alcohol
splits -one-half wet Gre and the rest
water. They split for five days.
Then the alcohol was all out and the
Emily was all In, being stove up on a
coral reef two mile offshOre Of a little
island that nobody d ever seen afore.
"They got into the boat-the four
white men and the Kanal.a-h'isted the
sail and headed for the beach. They
landed oil right and was welcomed by
reception committee Of fifteen husky
cannibals with spears, dressed mainly
in bone necklaces and sunshine.
'Thc darkies tied 'em up good and
proper and then held committee
meeting, arguing. SO Julius carlated,
whether to serve 'em plain or with
greens. While the rest was making
up the bill Of fare a few set to work
unpacking the bags and things, Rosy's
satchel among 'em. Pretty soon there
was an awful jabbering. They was
wildly excited, and two or three Of 'em
was waving square pieces Of cardboard
in their hands.
"And here's where the Emily's gang
had a streak Of luck. The Kanaka
sailor couldn't talk much English. but
it seems that he could manage to un-
derstand little Of their lingo.
Picture" says he, crazy-like with
joy. Picture, cappy; picturev
when Rosy was new on board the
schooner he'd taken the cap'n's pic
ture and Julius and Van Doozen's.
The pictures was Il rogues' gallery
that would have got 'em hung on sus-
picion anywhere in civilization, but
these darkies want particular. Any
how. they must have been good like
nesses, for the committee see the re-
semblance right OF.
They t'ink witchcraft,' says the
KanaIa. Want to know how make
Lord! says George. You tell 'em
we're witches from Witch Center. Tell
'em We make them kind OF things