The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-09

zfEaS OF TERRY eyed Sydney Iarbor from
~ n n the signa-bridge OF the L, S. S. .4yieona
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All sB ps her anchor thurdered overboard and
k-d..rui$ she swung beside her sister, the Iasgdii
#AfaA SNN Intimacy with the ports Of the world had
IL '@Ey1hw touched young Joseph with something Of
MEgV h NHM that tired wisdom which distinguishes
#HxAkdSSr sailori1nd Here now was Australia 10
IA sMAx$ II paronizc "tnd you ought from the
#HcNI a looks oi you he informed the land, TO
tsspAxafa1 make good Tor about liberty
~8%s So next evening. as the coliers with
fa$ their spdcry hoists alongside, and
Ensign Ralc stood over the ibcrty-booh
OIL the tripod by the port gaugway Joe
emerged upon the quarcrdeck redolen Of saltwater
soap and aiming for the beach His Lanyard had
hoystoncd bleach and the letters Of his hat hone like
actual gold oh he's one OF Our gentlemen la-feet
Railo had told visiting Briton at Singapore whom
oc had guided about tho ship and inspired TO ask who
that sbl6omn wc-sct-up, intelligent Jack was we
catch them at county fairs nowadays Raile had eX-
planned and this one is wiser to the harhor lines and
politics of Cape Town and Calcutta than any Of his Of
hcers. But just now Joe plain ordinary seaman
debating whether 10 hire a bicycle or saddle horse
from which TO see the town Anyhow he would as
usual shuu all pool-parors bar conferences with
strangers upon the mingled perquisites and humiatons
OF Service life, and dance-hals for Joe was instructive
" an anchortc cursed with a pitiful ignorance OF
He shouldered confident way among the unclasscd
men seeking shore leave, for he had rated special
hrs-class on the whole cruise No overtimes, no re-
ports whatever, marred his record that Rale who
commanded Tocs division, checked off the name OF
Terry T. O. S. with a smile, as he reminded the le5s
santly throng 1--WE coal ship at seven O'Clock To-
morrow morning And the patrol from the Haapd"
Jugs any Of you on shore found late in getting to duty
at your whips
The paragon sautcd, plunged down the gangway
and seized the last vacant IN the saii'ng-lahcI
But when the dock was in sight Joe drew small
volume from his blouse "a Guide to sydney us
syercd lettering allowed lie had just received It by
mail from his father who taught in the h'gh Seloo
at home up York State. But instead OF opening 'lie
book Ioe gazed upward at the carly setting june
sun. and reflected that the Geological Gardens and the
Museum would surely be closed by the time he could
reach either Of them And then sudden impulse
qrinned him. He Strengthened bolt upright and guilty
flush dyed his oval hgh-cfceked features ne ShpPeu
he book OVERSIZE anu dropped 1t INTO the cutter
wake.
II was high time he rcnounced this ROCKY trick OF
visiting ponts II popular interest his DIVISION were
beginning 10 think tha' he was prig deSpae ms
t3iddlewceht victories the Saturday nghl nuns ~
IN. fo'castlc He would like to make ngh' q ~
IA for he first time in his ife regretted that tenn
,;s nature Too long he had respected the ofeai p,o'
f "t ,r years Of education by the cities OF the "ollu
hoard one Of Uncle Sans bateboats, grup iree anu
,ocletnonev 70 boot on the terms OF which he SENIOR
Terry had con; 1ned his enlistment apetleu ~ -
snetoscone man .am the Buffalo recruiting on0e' W.
,ad allured him with Yankee Iars at Mexican Dun
Sight" in tho Y NJ C. A. Hall
II the dock Joe let the blue-boused ooalul s"eep
,aa. him over the string piece, as nc snu O1i'"1
rta he
{ b., ,orar 10 hide the on them ana Drawing
J.. stee vromme from his hat, dropped It eomPfesse',
~; uat, l. snring into his blouse lhus nc lou"u
n,ssA- . love passenger upon the next fl' o''ee'
shoul Al last he was in whire-mans country
whore YOU could understand an actor 'n9o' = Ao'
offered a compromise between the puritan p'e' ~"1 m
~ abandoned future He had rcsoNeu = iu'' -
.beatres when the car cove to TO Iet aoo@fa " ''"
vounp "cit" in a striped foVa SiHt anu W." ~
49, eyes He sat opposite Is and hxed hin Ei'n i
pae' w. & .ta., ,,axcd extstant He was skele&on-
.h ,nd deenIy tanned as if i,ured to the ione! ,ie
or dcserts-and that keen face peneath -
b.,ad felt hat did suddenly appear ian'd'
49,. rarner Terry as ! liver the man eNpl2o -
| en-. ~ IL don't remember me" &c added al the
ouzzled blink which Zoe returned
ooh mavbe do toe hazarded Whe' t'e NE sa''.
see Won amt British Haustralsn And Il 20" :
-. tl,atx LEI
a Yank you're likely one OF tne"i "'A, .;.l
h.ck % Gods country No offence but w no''1ee
that tbs farther mans from home the "''e '''
fr;endlier courtrynen he has - 49,.
But the other broke into laugh ou't y. s@1'
YOUR name yped. Joe'@ he SAID %eoN0n ''"'
in the name Of the old Cnmb"ridn0 H., IL. .;t.
IL l;ns parted as if he had sighted the C't!
yoeS ,,roreb hp tbe car window. The training shiI
~ Newport was name to coruure oy -.
At .yon Sen' brighwort Niger Apten yon Joe ,r,9G |
0' Az And Joe settled back to hear he exile & tell %
hi, two The AUSTRALIAN 51d sa,9 his .seesrsncbsr eopsn
since buving his discharge from sn0o1' at IN nnn IN
Philippines and casting in his lot WIN Tue 'n'p
and stayed in the outft, fene'seu -, o' record
n,,,s, diff nor deep-lead drifting on my reeolo
@oa''~', san,o ronnd Of drills and inspections dow