The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-17
CHAPTER VII.
The Beau Gallant.

/ EARADAYrS something Of a jour
ney" proved to be pretty consider
able OF a journey before we were
through with it.
It took us down the Bowery to Park
Row, and so through 70 Broadway and
down 10 south Ferry There we took
q. morning boat. by the clock In the
ferryhUuse. I saw that il was past .
when we reached Brooklyn
And, once across the river, we were
somewhat put 10 Il 10 md the place
where Faraday had tied up mis- slOOp-
He, Of course, had ve.y little knOwl-
edge OF the iuCriCaCIes OF Brooklyn,
GnG only knew that the wharf was
: Erie Basin
While l. despite my metropolitan
news paper training must confess that
] have never been able 10 venture on
E ether side Of Fulton street without a
guide OF e street directory in my
uCClSeT-auc even In the latter case
was accustomed 10 lose my way and
10 be put on a car ana started toward
civilization bT a friendly policeman
50 1 was able 10 offer him very little
assistance but in the end, BY dint OF
questioning every body we met, and
consistently going in precisely the OPP
Z puSlLe direction 70 the one they
thought We ought 10 take, We man
aged % sex 20 the wharf somewhere
about o'clock, I suppose
The rest is pretty much OF blank
. 10 me- I GlDly remember stepping, AZ
F'aralay's tnslstence, on board deck
thai sU1yed with the movement 0f the
. water. and being GREETED by a gigantic
and spmnGleuL negro boy. whose black
cOuu1euaCce split ~ half IN the most
astonishing fashion every time he grin
ned which Uas every time he opened
his mouth
And I recall more hazlIy stumbling
down ladder, which 1 relieve is called
coupan3ouway, into q stufy cabin
and bein. conducted by Faraday 10 q
{ bunk-aud there memory deserts me.
I must have tumbled over into q dead
sleep the minute my back struck the
bedding FOR that matter. Faradav
could have been in little better shape.
Tor we both slept the clock around al
most.
II was . O'Clock Of the next after
noon when I awoIze and saw Faraday's
friendly smile greeting me above the
Dedrlothins q the opposite berth.
Eor want Of something 20 say, I con
for I found shortly that one eve had
been closed Up during cur fight in the
CLrys-ie street tenement and that the
whole side Of my face had swollen ont
of shape IN sympathy and so I must
. have leered-
.Howdy2'- inquired Faraday cheer
fully -HOwdy and howdy come on this
. fair and beaureous afJernoOnT''
90 Tn feeling pretty fair" said
Poorly. sir. middlins poorly Peck
/ II could eat the deck" I averred, sud
Z denly conscious Of most pOiEnant
gIaw1ug az my vitals
Leb's been cooking E-sakfast, or my
nose deCeives me-" he continues
smells ike bacon ana fried eggs and
coffee
Don't 7 protested. sitting ID and
rerna-r5Sirs that I had been too wear
70 1ndreSS before going 10 bed
" Ell, / won't then sir Wen have q
wash and tackle the grub"
This we did. TO my grateful content
ana without delay Whether or not Zeb
was an adept at frying bacon and eggs
1 cannot say but ] know that none that
E ever Z ate tasted so good as those we
had that day on Faraday-s boat the
Beau Gallant
and now said Faraday. when we
nae Eorged TO repletion and I was lux
urlatins IN pipe which he loaned me
and my how good tobacco does taste
[ after an enforced abstinence Of several
( weeks and now. Mr.. Hammond. sir
what DO you propose to do2''
7 hadn't considered that at all - saf5
I olSmally Let me finish the pipe in
peace, viii you kindIy?-'
Why, certainly, SIR. But-bIt was
gong TO make you a n proposition IN a
( 1usll1ess way. II you TANK you might
I'll consider anything that VIII nro-
/ vide me food three times a dav.~ 7
said
That's the worst part of nv prono-
stuon,' he returned. 7 don't L-0OT
about the three meals daily. but
but
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