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

ws7E HAD left the Shanghai club and were
NM speeding in 'rickshas down The Bund on
Wv our way the shop of the well-known H.
Charles ship chandler and comprcdor The
rug had left with passengers Tor the Manchuria anu
I had missed the only regular transportation foF
the steamer for which my passage had been booked
Nv COMPANION, Lieutenant Kane OF the lnltca STATES
navy commanding gunboat operating on the fanetse
river for the protection of missionaries, had sus
restod the never failing Charlie. He could get me
to Woosung in plenty time take the liner Charlie
in the mind of naval men was nfalllblc'
As we ratified the bridge spanning the slug
vish yellow Soochow creek-one of the branches or
that great system of inland waterways the Grand
canal threading it's way many leagues to the Paris
NJ tbs DRAGON empire, the Fu City Soochow, where
are made the silks sstins and embroideres for the
butterfly court at Pekin--we were hailed our OF the
gathering gloom by hearty voice which We knew be-
loueed to Joseph Langworthy, American sailor
man. merchant interpreter and now pilot for the
great yellow river, the Yangtse.
"Going to Charlie 's7' he repeated as | explained
our destination. 'tThere's need of a rush Just
left the Manchuria pilot at the cave. That's the
Pilots club he hurriedly explained % He II be GO
ing down in few hours Come in and we II fix 1t up
with him to take you along. -
had heard much Of the Pilots club at Shanghai,
ard with such an easy solution of my difficulty
was not long in accepting Langworthy's invitation.
AS we three entered the small dark club emerged
into an atmosphere of pipe smoke acrId that no
longer wondered that in American clubs the pipe is
barred. We turned from corridor and
tered fair sized room; about the walls my eve dis
covered pictures Of ships, and entered closer
look showed the pictures represented vessels that had
been either wrecked else in collision; gaping
wounds prominent in the foreguard
E'The Chamber of horrors,' Langworthy explained
noting the direction Of realistic plea for
the service Of men of calling None OF those
sells had pilots board
About the table engaged in game of chess
two men; their pipes in their mouths and their
eyes the game before them. The noise of pres
had not disturbed them, When Langworthy
called their T two tanned, weather beaten
faces of than forty look up half resentfully
and then the pilots and shook hands in grave
silence. They were formerly shipmasters and now
pilots for the great river which the Dragon king
dom in twain from the towering snowclad heights Of
Thbet to the sea
Scotch and anson lay cold and inviting in glasses
before us.
''Glad to be of service the Manchuria g pilot as
sured me- 81 go down in launch in about three
hours. III be here until them
thanked him and wondered if those taciturn salts
could be aroused. The opening came from a quarter
/ least expected
Sc Blake plotting the Ikuki - Langworthy said
turning to Lieutenant Kane; fmaybe he can tell us
something more of our late unpleasantness
Captain Blake my pilot and 7 saw his red
iovial face light up with amused yet cynical smile.
''Did YOU know their game at Kuling7'' Lang.
worthy asked, turning to Blake.
Captain Blake puffed his pipe thoughtfully before
answering.
'sTbey didn It. tell me anything he finally re.
Piled 'tbut had my eyes open / knew something big
was up, for the little Jap commander running
over to the yiceroy yamen every day for week be-
fore your admiral When your two ships were
sighted coming up the river his face told me that he
WASH t exactly glad to you"
''Who was the tall japanese with big scar over
his right eyer Lieutenant Kane asked quickly.
f'He was friend of Commander Sato He lived
with him In the cabin and not of the ship IS
officers Blake answered readily.
Langworthy nodded his head geefuIy
81 thought much he exclaimed s'and he
would have him beheaded without batting an
lid up. But we getting ahead of the story he
interrupted himself to say, ''and I know Mr. Bruce
wants to hear the tale from the beginning
Lieutenant Kane seemed the point Of protest
ing but Langworthy overruled it with cnching
remark.