The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-01

once, w III nave dr. =
aloncsi%n %et the launch AZ the eangway and
glare Of he cargo light Ito was agS face ii
had nat has happened'' cried idaa,f out whit.
and killed: and it made me foel !, s,eccideusly
lace had betrayed that something 'us ter.;r t9r cf
The admiraI's being held ,ri,o
Chinese on Tsu-chu island 7 founEune ny nal
boat. You We got to go into the iaIn ny ny way d
na,nhca' n'gRlns sent his words oui a. ucse ef aV
Win aS ueh expression as Colt gun in ac1IPa aPd
Guarded by Forts.
1t isn't the law. YOU IDIOT ansuo,,,
afraid not overpolitely. ITS those g., aug
They II fire at US certain, and il wouId La L;.i
row, besides vcntlating the admiral, nns,. up
perIence. daat
Can't he hclpel'' Higgins cx.cIsim,, ),
excitement, He S got 10 be rescued ~ o..
God! He may he even now s,ranpled ,,d ~.
those filthy, ignorant coolies, who don,
he is
Calm yourself, Higgins ] said, as er.,,.
could. and listen 10 every word saw, tn
ster nodded IN suppressed excitement but in Al
60 over there to the beach where Won sse A.
iunks bring one alongside Immediately. Ofs,
skipper more money than he believes is :, n, 4
of England if he hesitates, but get him here
''Higgins thought ! had bade goodbye 10 M !.
Wor.
lost in the night.
ftcr the launch had gone ] ordered tbe a.
ready stopped the dvuamos and put ont nil 80
for anchor lights instead Of the electric ones
Within half hour Higgins returned yas
junk and she soon hanging on 10 our ancho, N
with our oil anchor lights burning forward spS
an officer and five men in charge 10 see Amt
remained at our anchorage. and the steam launch 4
side lights burning, hanging TO the Junk sids
the gunboat backed noiseesslv away. eyery n
masked, looked, back with ,pardonabe pride Il
gunboat still anchored securely in the river shi<
astral body steamng at fifteen knots 4
straight for the entrance Of the forbidden lake.
'|By Il miracle we did not touch any Of tbs b
Kane continued with wink ''Langworthy has H.
TO sign me pilot license for the navigation
night. | showed the gunboat s nose almost On to1
the place pointed out by Higgins, and logethrr
led three quarters of the crew. armed TO The d
upon China S soil. Fortunately had no diff
in finding imprisoned commander in chief
natives had built honfireS, and we surrounde3
bagged the whole bunch.
'tNo sooner had we appeared than Lsngeo1
made wild dash for the leading Chuaman and
in his bearke hug there was no escape
lust an hour before sunrise repassed tbe
forts again without detection, and before the
streaks of dawn appeared the gunboat ndn
her anchor chain and the junk being towed /
To the shore by Higgins its captain enriched BY q
pieces of Mexican silver and sworn to secrety|
Langworthy by means Of one of his many UsheS
. Higgins told us in fragments how he had a.
his bag OF birds, lost Commander Sato, and sls'
turning lubilant to the steam LAUNCH when hs
upon the party, calmly holding the admiral and 4
worthy prisoners. How he had narrowly escaped
ture himself. and for tho last hundred yards
fought his way single handed. At last hv SWIM
and abandoning his shotgun and birds no bad [
hauled into the launch and had set out for ihs
How he had run upon sandbar and had beea.
layed nearly three anxious hours before the efeY
by superhuman effort at last gotten her free