The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-30

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TRTHTLE / was chief of the detec
$H| tive police ! remember to have
WV taken but few holidays. Many
a time had / packed my trunf
in The hope of spending a week OF
fortnight in a secluded spot among
nesreable citizens. hut somehow or oth-
er fate ordained that the train was 70
carry me away should start, leaving nle
and my luggage behind, -,
Zone of these days you VIII COZ
lapse,'i my friends used to say anu,
like all evil predictions, theirs came
trne. / had been fesrfully busy Inere
had been an avalache OF crimes, aau
tho strain had begun to tell on me, ~
an oblieato accompaniment OF heau
ache eleeplessness and other unpleasant
svmptoms. With a mistaken sense OF
duty | tried to cling to my post, @ put
when I saw | had the medical taculty
against me / gave up the battle auo
promised 20 take rest
The following day, as ] was waking
down the Rue de Ia PAX voice iIks
thunder called out my name. oiu
NOT see the man, but | knew tnat N
tbs whole of France only one person
onsseesad such an orpan-my old friend
Stanislas Tilon. a captain In the "iei
chant navy. -.
Good old Stanslas, who stood SIX
feet three. had not only TREMENDOUS
voice-everything with HIM was pig.
He seized both my hands IN his hon
rrip and. having knocked my stuck OUT
Of nv hand. and my hat of my head,
he conducted, or rather dragged me
ia the Cafe de la Palx,,
"Faney meeting YOU ne IoaleuI i
"I came back on Tuesday last. ana
am off again the day after TOMORROW
But what's the matter with your You
look out of sorts.
= 1.-THE fact is, I said, - am not
verv we'll. The doctors say L must take
Down came Stanislas's fist. upsetting
all the dominoes on the table next 10
ours. ..l;a.7 JuI
rive Won one. You may bless your
stsr. vou met me. We are running a
reoular line of steamers from Bor-
deauy Ia St. Louis, on the African coast
stonninp at Madeira and Teneritte. Ihey
are capital boats, carrying only small
number of passengers. ] am In com
mand of the Gambia, the most comfor-
table of the lot. You III be my guest,
and the sea will put you right IN no
time. We are going only as tar as as
Teneriffe. so that You VIII ne PACK ~
three weeks, ~ q i've yom one OF tne
two deck cabins, and YOU I'll be as nap
nv there as a king. We have splen-
did cook. and as nice lot OF passen-
gers as YOU 4 wish to meet.
SianisIas's proposition tempted me
Nv shaken nerves clamored Tor a rest
sucb as ] knew ! should find on the
HIGH seas and, after few objections
Immediately overruled by my friends
! accepted his invitation
The following dav at IN the after,
mon | arrived at Bordeaux, and went
straight ON board. Stanislas welcomed
me With unaffected Joy, and after an
excited and whispered discussion be
tween him and the steward, the latter
took nv valise to the deck cabin Oh
the starboard side.
Our steamer was An ancient tub, and
no doubt. bit of roller, yet. she
Looked comfortable enough, and In or
dor 10 shake off my first unfavorablt
impression ! made for the companion
way to have look at my feiiow pas
sengeTs
The steamer was crowded with per
sons who were saying goodby to thei
friends and partaking of lunch will
them. 30 that it was impossible TO
me TO know who were the passengers
81 o o'clock. however, the hawser
were cast Off, the engine room bell be
gan TO tinkle its standby and W
had started on our voyage.
The rain was coming down In tor
rents as ] descended TO the saloon t
;oin my shipmates. Several person
were sitting at the long tables, som
writing. others reading. and | notice
one. pronounced German type-hi
name was Won Winter-drinking chan
pagne and playing solitaire.
Before the dinner hour had struc
Stanislas had introduced me to every
BODY. Besides Won Winter there wer
VI. Van Vloot rich wine importer
with an aqueline nose and the. shortes
legs 7 have ever seen belonging to
man of his size, and his wife, stou
ladv. afflicted with toothache; Mr.. Ay
mer Knowles. a Scotchmau with an e.
pressionless face. accompanied his VIII
and daughter the latter an unusuall
pretty girl; Father Glass, priest; MOI
sieur Waskywicz, of no nationality, wit
comic ewes, fat cheeks, blue with tn
razor, who turned out TO be eom
dian; DIR. Lopez, an oculist; and Senr
Gonzales. a South American Spaniar
a handsome. aristocratic looking ma
whose temper seemed TO be consider
hlv ruffled.
I guessed that our loquacious captal
had been talking about me. for not on
the passengers watched me with G
riosity. but the crew stared at me ope,
mouthed As there was piano in u
saloon, and none in the smoking ROOF
7 decided to make the latter my hea
quarters.
''Hello. old chap roared Stanisla
"How do YOU like your hotelI Whei
do YOU want to sit at table? Near thu
pretty Scotch girl, I suppose.
"Since YOU ask me. y ] replied, "yC
can place me between the German az
the lady with the toothache. Meth
Of thew looks talkative, and that ju
suits me-
''Poor Goron,' said my friend, gi
ing meta slap on the shoulder that SC,