Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-24

he had to combat opium and -bhan
and laziness in the natives under hin
the bird and his funny tricks ha
saved him from whisky. or worse Ii
camp he gave Rajah much freedom
its wings being clipped; and nothing
pleased the little rebel so much a
to claw his way up to his master
shoulder. sit there and watch tn,
progress of the razor. with intermit
tent "jawing" at his own reflection II
the cracked hand mirror
Up and down the Irrawaddy, at tn,
resthouses, on the boats, to those O
jocular turn of mind the three were
known as Parrot & Co." Warning
] tons amiability often misled the vari
Gus scoundrels with whom he was al
times forced to associate. A mar
who smiled most of the time anG
to be accorded much courtesy; until
one day Warrington had settled all
distinctions. finally and primordialiy
| with the square of his fists. After
that he went on his way unmolested
having soundly trounced one Of the
biggest DULLES in the teak timber
yards at Rangoon.
He made no friends; he had no con.
fidences to exchange; nor did he offer
to become the repository of other
mems pasts. But he would share his
bread and his rupees, when he had
them, with any who asked Many
tried to dig into his past, but he was
as unresponsive as granite. 1t takes
woman to find out what a man Is
and has been, and Warrington went
about women in wide circle. In a
way he was the most battling kind
of mystery to those. who knew him;
he frequented the haunts of men, took
a friendly drink, played, cards for
small sums. laughed and jested like
any other anchorless man. In the
East men are given curious names.
They become known by phrases. such
as, The Man Who Talks, Mr.. Once
Upon Time, The One-Rupee Man,
and the like. AS Warrington never
received any nail. as ,Ae never entered
hotel, nor spoke of the past, he be-
came The Man Who Never Talked of
Home
81 say, James, old sport, no more
going up and down this bally old river.
Wen 60 on to Rangoon tonight. If
we can find BERTH"
Eyes. sahib; this business very
piffle," replied the Eurasian without
turning his head. Two things he
dearly loved to acquire-a bit of
American slang and a bit of English
silver. He was invariably changing
rupees into shillings, and Warrington
could not convince him that he was
always losing In the transaction.
They tramped on through the dust.
The sun dropped. A sudden chill be-
gan to penetrate the haze. The white
man pulled his cheroot, its wrapper
dangling; the servant hummed an
Urdu lullaby; the parrot complained
increasingly.
Warrington laughed and shook the
dust from his beard. "It's a great |
world, James, great, wonderful
world. I've just two rupees myself. In
other words we are busted"
1.-TWO rupees!" James paused and
urned. why, sahib, you have three
thousand rupees in your
pocket"
But not worth an anna until / get
o Rangoon. Didn't those buffers give
'ou anything for handling their lug
,age the other day."
mot pice. sahib."
Rioters! 1t takes an Englishman
o turn a small trick like that Well.
veil: there were extenuating circum.
tances. They had sore heads. No
nan likes to pay three hundred thou.
and for something he could have
ought for ten thousand. And l made
hem come to me, James, to me.
made them come to this god-forsaken
OLE. just because 1t pleased my fancy.
believe I'm heaven born, after all.
he Lord hates a gutter, and SO do
l nearly quit myself. once; eh.
,ajah, old top? But l made them
ONE to me. That's the milk In the
ocoanut, the curry on the rice. They
lmost had me. Two rupees! It
ruly is great world"
"Jah, jah, jah! Jah-jah-jah-
screamed the parrot. cha
,o!"
Go on! That's the ticket. HI
ere a praying man this would be the
me for it. Three hundred thousand
1pees!" The man looked at the far ,
orion, as If he would force his gaze
eyond, into the delectable land, the {
den out of which he had been driven.
James. | owe you three hundred ru. {
ees, and | am going to add seven {
undred more. We've been fighting I
lis old top for six years together. and 6
ou've been good servant and good 6
lend: and III take you with me as I