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

oil Neptune. In the pale Sllmpsco "
the morn the old fellow with his trIden
and his crown of sea shells may he seer
rising from the waves of silvery greer
and prinning with delight at the mum
Der of his iunks RATS, liners, cruisers
battleships and their attendant vessels
For ships require attendants. from TN
launches those maids and Wallets of tn
warships, TO tho parent cruiser, which
takes care of her troublesome family OF
torpedo boats, which must be mothercC
and protected from the wicked destroy
ers.
Neptune. however, retires to hi:
ocean caves when the typhoon signals
are hoisted, and the ships scuttle of
sometimes a couple of hundred of them
to sheltered places. where they huddlc
together like frightened sheep mill the
signal from the tower comes down.
The monsoon. however. had succoedc;
the typhoon period on a brilliant Octo
her morning when Trevor, Il lieutenant
commander of the most recent vintage
and looking like a pretty boy of %
hoisted his flag over the dispatch boa,
Seagull at Hongkong for n cruise NJ
the Choo-kiang river TO look after some
consular affairs. The ship was TO STOP
at town called by the Chinese Kwang
lung and by all the est of the world
Canton-a town of a million cutthroats
some mandarins and a handful of Euro
of sailor men.
Trevor had had one or two commands
about as big as a teacup, but tho Sea-
gull was a big thing for him, though
she did not quite reach the lS00ton
mark. She had complement of ten
officers and 107 men. and only lacked
a chaplain to be really important. She
was a pretty thing in her white dress
and buff tunnels, and could leg it a. a
lively gait when she had coal that suited
her digestion.
Trevor got the ship by series of
shifts and changes incident to a foreign
station, aud he calculated that he would
keep her for at least six months before
another series of shifts and changes
would take him out Of her. He could
have gone to the European station, but
the east had cast her spell over him,
He was learning both the Japanese and
Chinese languages. and wanted six
months more before he could express all
the feelings of his soul in Chinese or
japanese. and here was chance in
which everything was combined that
could give him JOY. His executive of
ticer was Bruce, a redhcaded, capable
man, whom Trevor admired and trusted
and hated cordially. His former chum
ST the United States naval academy
Halkett, three classes below him, was
merely a watch and division officer.
Trevor, however, meant to be kind
10 him and told him so, the first night,
when they dined together in the cap
tain s cabin-cosv places arc these cap
tains cabins. And as if nothing were
wanting to complete Trevor g Joy, that
first dinner showed that the japanese
cook. Hoshi. and the Japanese boy, Sat
sui, and the Chinese steward. Hop Sing,
We're all precious legacies left by Ire
vor S predecessor. The dinner was Sc
Il
simply ideal; the table, with lis soft
glow of candles and vases of scarlet
gladlolus, was n dream. And Emily
Cotesworth, the admiral s daughter, was
at Canton with her father. and Trevor
felt his chances OF winning Admiral
Cotesworth s good opinion would be
much improved by giving him dinner
selected by Hon Sing. cooked by Hoshi
and served by Satsui, the beautiful Jap
auese boy
Japanese or Chinese.
All Japanese look alike unto most
people. and so do all Chinese: not so
to Trevor. He made q brief but search.
ing scrutiny OF his domestic staff and
concluded it would be well to keep from
them the fact that he was fairly fluent
in both the japanese and Chinese Ian
guages. Hop Sing had name like
a laundryman, but had no other char
5cterlStlcS or mat Gaining
Trevor noticed a strand or two of vel
low silk in the queue that hung down
Hop Sings back and was tucked in at
the neck Of his snow white blouse. His
hands were exceedingly delicate. and
Trevor noticed that the right was Ga
writing hand-a thing easily detected.
The thumb is enlarged and the middle
finger is shaped to the handle of the
pen. Hop Sings infections, too,
.alr IS h.. ughA fn,. II TA.l,
and his brother, the beautiful boy Sat
sui, Trevor never had the least doubt
of their caste. Hoshi was as ugly as
the boy was beautiful. He was short,
with prcternaiurally long arms, but had
perfectly military carriage and a walk
no civilian could initiate, Satsui how
ever, was thoroughly unmilitary in ev-
OF his small hands, had never done any
work of anv kind. His eyes, which had
only faint upward slant, were Of vel
vet blackness, his skin clear and smooth
as old ivory, and he. had set of per.
feet teeth that cleaned as he smiled
his slow, lazy and incomparably winning
smile, In short, Satsui was regular
pocket Adonis after the Japanese model
Trevor reasoned the situation out cas-
lily enough There is much poverty in
China and Japan, a Chinese profess
or and a japanese naval officer get
about enough to keep body and soul to-
gether on an economical plan. Hoshi
and Hop Sing might both be spies
Satsui was nothing but pretty boy
with taste for decorating table
and sinnous grace of movement and
a faint odor of rose perfume about his
hair-or all three of them might simply
be gentlemen desiring to make living
as best they could. After all, spy
could do no harm on well-regulated
ship. They could only tell what every
body knew-that the discipline was
good. the target practice the best in
the world-in short, all these things
which make an enemy 10th TO attack.
Nevertheless Trevor thought it well
to unpack his own kit and to take his
Chinese and Japanese grammars and
histories down to Halkett's room and TO
ask that friend OF hang syne to take
care of them. This was late in the
evening. after the delicious dinner and
before Trevor took his final cruise
around the ship to see that all was safe
for the night.
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