The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-07

dt new maven 10 FOlnt JuQln. near Indt
Doherty has studied wireless telegraphy and
has been keeping tabs on the operators at the
Atlantic City station, and they say that every
time he heard my call he would phone to
Philadelphia for a side-partner, and then the
two of them would trail the poor operator day
and night for weeks"
Captain Jeremiah had returned to New
London with his pockets well lined, Aces was
at boys camp in the Adirondacks, three
weeks had slipped by and Billy had not heard
a word from the Captain. He was on the
point of going to telegraph Office several
times, but as be concluded that no news was
good news, he refrained from wiring
He kept close watch on the newspapers
for possible news, but saw nothing Of interest
aside from stray editorials here and there con-
demning the Government for its idiotic policy
in passing an act excluding the Chinese coolie,
and then passively refraining from interfering
with them, once they had been struggled well
over the borders, and had reached the Chinese
colonies in the larger cities.
Billy sat in dignihed silence. displeased
with himself and the world at large, consum-
ing rickey after riokey, and hoping for a FIRE
to break out or a riot to start in Times Square,
when his composure was disturbed by the
voice of diminutive newsboy who had tim
idly stolen into the cafe and with wary eye
on the walters was selling his papers.
Want an extree, Mister? I'll about the
Chinks arrested"
Tossing the boy coin, and quickly scan
ming the headlines Of the paper, Billy's eyes
devoured the following;
IMPORTANT CHINESE CAPTURE
FORTY sMUGGLEp COOLIES SEIZED ON
CAPE COD
HYANNIs MASS, AUG 10, 10. The most I'M
portant seizure Of smuggled Chinese coolies in re-
cent years was made to-day by special gent Wiley
of the U. S. Secret Service. This afternoon, in
full view Of the Life Saving Station below Province
town, twomasted schooner put in toward shore
and lowered four dories crowded with Cinnamon.
None of them could talk English The doTes were
branded f. B. ST. !" and each one held ten
Cinnamon. Special Agent Wiley arrived on tie
evening train and took charge 81 the case. MI
Wiley has stated to your correspondent that these
Cinnamon were probably brought TO the United
States by one Peter Mcbride notorious smUpgler
of Chinese, who purchased the Canadian fishing
schooner FIpS BrofaeTs at ST. John y. b. early
, last spring. Why he should attempt to land tie
coolies in broad daylight IN full view Of es wing
station, has not been explained but IS believed BY
Special Agent Wiley, that the commander of the
schooner, discouraged by his inability land these
Cinnamon at New York City, and growing desreT-
ate, deliberately chose this method Of Kidding him
self Of an improbable cargo The forty coolies
will be returned to China at an early date a the
expense of the United States Government
MY Godl" exclaimed the Mortified Billy,
as he concluded the article, the Cap must be
on a champagne drunk or elsehes a candidate
for the nut factory"
X X \ x
The stewards of the Ltsitd7ia were making
the rounds of the huge Atlantic ferry boat,
calling, All ashore that's going ashore -
The turbines of the liner had been slowly roll
ing over and over for some ten minutes in
preparation for the real start, when a man
arose from a table in a corner of the smoking
room, and observed to his companion:
I'm sorry that you're making this trip,
Billy They don't play faro at Monte Carlo,
and old Papa Blanc viii whipsaw you at
roulette. I'D rather have YOU stay and
look over the Mexican border with me,
but if you're bound to go may you have good
luck; and if you should 90 broke, wire me. y
Cap, old sport, l hate to leave you, de-
clared Billy Joyce, but I've been promisin'
myself trip to this Monte Carlo bank ever
since can remember. But see here. What
right have you got to advise me what to dc
after playin' a fool trick like you did of
Cape Cod last week."
You ought to know me better than that, 2
returned Captain Pete, as he glanced around
the deserted room. This is little Joke on
the Government that I've been saving up tc
spring on you. You know that an AsiatiC
steerage passage from New York to Hons
Kong costs Chinaman about one hundred
and forty dollars, including his railroad fare
Charlie Sing and Moy Chu dug up fort,
Chinks around New York and Jersey City
each one Of whom had made his little pile anc
wasready to go back to China. They banker
their money with the Six Companies and re
oeived verbal money orders on Hong Kon,
which are as good as gold to Chinaman, anc
: then the whole bunch came down to Ca
d narsie Beach. One Of the partners Of tn
o Mandarin Restaurant On Doyers Street keep
d power boat at Canarsie, and on certain
e evening the whole crowd packed into tn
n power boat and picked EN- up about tire
miles of shore and dumped EN- of Of
t" Cape Cod. Everybody seems satisfied
a You're satisfied because you are laughing
ic I'm satisfied because / raked of fifty dollar
n head; Charlie Sing and Moy Chu are salts
IS fed because they got ten apiece; the ST
70 Companies are satisfied because they go
y their commission on the money orders; Spe
lg cial Agent Wiley is satisfied because he
;. made an important capture; the forty yello'
{, men are satisfied because they save ninef