The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

the Channel We struck a furious SOUTH
west gale. and were compelled to run
for the shelter of tho Downs on no
- than three occasions" The rOv-
age to Melbourne tool four months
Passage money" was tGj 80 $50.
first class, and $50 to $40 second class.
Third class %vuyagcrs paid flS 10 80,
and had wrctched accommodations.
Shipping advertisements announced
that zach liner carried AN oNpe-
rienccd surgeon. stewardess and a
mich COW Tho middies lived in "a
deck house IN the waist 90 the snip,
with sheep and pigs in pens a. either
side Of IT ana the poultry on the
house roof. Outbound Cor Australia.
the traveller was in for a trip
around tho cape of Good Hope. and
on the voyage home h" rounded CAPE
Horn. completing his terrestrial cir
COMMUNICATION. ASIDE from dirty.
gloomy quarters and skinny fare "f
poor quality. tho sailor summed up his
existence in the formula:
Sis days shalt thou "ok
Nl' 10 o. thou ,tt abs"
On the so,"u;h thou ahn't ho.,s''uc
Til" dock AMI scrtp" the cable
Then Mi. '"Nun "got into steam
ana almost secured - post as naval
officer To- tho Stauio% expedition, co.
which he says, with more emotion
than grammar: "on reading 'lp
plrkcst Africa where STANLEY liasn {
Il good word Z" say cut any member
Of the expedition except himself, most
Of whom are now lying dead where u.
loft them, | canuu, help congratulate
ing myself ON my escape His ser
vice in those years il typical Of the lie
of an old fashioned seaman. TN the
India coast. working Tor a Scotch
company, owner thai "kcpt tue sab
bath and everything else they could
lay their hands on he gut small pay
aud tug work. The vessel became o
%"troopor" carrying soldiers for tn"
war IN Egypt. ana the author nan
AGED 80 squeeze "a march in the desert
100 with hi, other adventures. An ap-
puIntmcr' to tho ROYAL Indian Marine
Service 'puk him ont OF sca slavery 80
and mad" him hrs. executive officer
on tho kWulEtIuC, g~uardsllp AT tho
.Andaman Islands. IN tho BAY of Ben
sal. When tho war in Burma broke,
out he got tu appointment as assist
ant superintendent ~ police In tho
kyaukSc district. Upper burma.
Burma Mas invaded and annexed
in 81 King Thcobaw had assured his
%couhdiug c~uuntrymou that hc would
dr Y" the Invaders into tho sea. hu,
IN" up-Irrawaddy expedition was 4
picnic" for tho BritiShcrs. In NJ
vemhcr Mandalry was occupied aul
tho king Wa Scut down river To Ran
soon. a prisoner. HIS army was scd'.
tered an over thc coun'r", and III" =
outlaw activities kept a largo military
|, force n tho police from cruUi.
When tho author wont into the coul-
, try I'm 1857 bands If brigauds werc
lootiuE tho villages. These maraud-r-
and murdcrcrs We're called. IudIa fash
ion, dacoits. They were as l,ird :,
: catch as they vcrn cruel. and their
cruelty. as reported. went 50 FAR as to
cruCitiNiou and mutilstion of thor
. captured cncnic aud other discustiu,
and harbarnuS forms of torture. AZ
kNaul,se e military polio" battalion
1000 strong was stationed.
Tho outlaw chiefs had prices on
thor head and Tho Iuiian police
hunted them jealousy. Oucc tho OF
s. fetal family OF the station wee
playing tom IN the carly evening
! whom some = wars of Tho ~ dcraha,
, contingent gillopcd up, %d>mouuted
and. Sa,utng tho Major. asked him
kindly 90 Identify suuc uoads." I'll.
i Eurmtns wore their hair long. and ono
Of tho mon had five hcads hanging y,
the hair To- his saddle. The recol.
lection Of tho grucSomc trophies roll
inn ., .I., ta.t,,. .aa,r. .,..,--,r,
gives the author "A good deal of
. pleasure.
Naturally. among tho host Of out
? laws there werH a few who were re
p Garied as the br PRO. ono sucl
va, tn" Setkya M.ntha. a near rclat.v,
: Of Thecbaw. When word came that he
. had been captured by tho rifle brigade
al Fort S;odmdn IN the Shan state,
and that Il detachment under 1--WE
- thoroughly reliable and Trustworthy
British Officers was to 10 sent {,
lrnC him in to- kyauks~. Il Wa o
course a great honor to the author {,
he selected as one of the TWO. Tn,
prince va, something Of a "hoiy man,
, and particularly dear cas- a CaptiNc) I,
the kyaukse battalion because +
>. hUd lost heavily In an amhuscad,
. which 10 had engineered against then
and their Mandalay brothers IN arms
The prince, "a poor looking crratur,
with a cataract in ono eye Wa dui,
taken over, recelptcd for, and hrough
, back to garrison after an anN.ous bu
~unoventful march. He was uuickl,
tried ana condemned To- bc publicly en-
eCuted. The officer who would prop
erly have commanded tho "hang.n
parade was fever stricken. ana the re
u Spons.hi,ity dcvolvcd upon tie author
The battalion was drawn up in tire
. sides of a hollow square. facing ont
The jan wall closed the square. an
. the Gallows too inside It. Outsid
the quar- was a Gordon of skirm.sh
ers- and beyond them the natives wer
massed.
The doomed prince was conducted t
the platform and asked if ne had any
- thing to say. His last request wa
for a smoke, and il was granted. |
may We supposed that Willie il Wa
being enjoyed the commander Of In
" troops passed some uNiuu minute.
The SurnaHs were permitted t. carr
- tn"ir nt',yc ~ ,rdS, and there was II
" little likelihood of their being in
: PEELED 10 use the weapons. either /
conspiracy of vengeance or ON the i'm
pulse of an ovcrwroueht moment
~ The danger wa that the crow
IL might, when tho fatal moment arrive,