Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-01

lieye that the
possible ele
meat OF good luck or bad luck--lf there
is such a thing as luck-has influenced
your career or persisted for or against
you to such an extent that you were
forced TO attribute results to the Op-
eratiOn Of the aforesaid good luck OF
bud luck?'
This question (of almost the dull In
sOIence of legal phraseOlogy) was put
while we sat In Rousselns little red
tiled cafe near Congo square, In New
Orleans
Brown faced, white hated, finger
rluged captains of adventure came Of
ten to Rousselin's for the cognac.
They came from sea and land and
were chary Of relating the things they
had seen-not because they were more
wonderful than the fantasies of the
Ananlases OF print, but because they
were so different. And l was a per
petual wedding guest, always striving
10 cast my buttonhoIe over the finger
OF one OF these mariners Of fortune.
Thls Captain Malone was Hlberno-
Iberan creole who had gone to and
fro in the earth and walked up and
down In It. He looked like any other
well dressed man Of thlrty-hye whom
you might meet except that he was
h0pelessly weather tanned and wore
On his chain an ancient Ivory and gold
Peruvian charm against evil, which
has nothing at all to do with his
story.
MY answer to your question:" said
the captain, smiling, "wlll be to tell
you the story Of Bad Luck Kearny.
That is, II You don't mind hearing it."
My reply was to pound on the table
For Rousseln
"Strolllng along Tchoupitoulas street
ooe night" began Captain Malone, 81
noticed, without especially taxing my
interest, a small man walking rapidly
toward me. He stepped upon a wood
en- cellar door, crashed through 1t and
disappeared l rescued him from a
heap OF soft coal below He busted
himself briskly, swearing huenily in a
mechanical tone, as an underpaid ac-
tor recltes the gypsy's curse, Graft.
tude and the dust in his throat seem
ed to call for fluids to clear them away.
His desire for liquidation was ex
pressed so heartily that / went with
hin TO n cafe down the street, where
we had some vile vermoulh aud bit
tefs
Looking across that little table |
had my first clear sight Of Francis
Kearny. He was about Ave feet sew.
eu, but as tough as cypress knee
His hair was darkest red, his mouth
such mere slit that you wondered
how the food Of his words came rush
ing from It, His eyes were the bright
est ana ilghtest blue and the hopeful
eat that | ever saw. He gave the dou
bic impression that he was at bay and
that you had better not crowd him fur
ther
Just IN from a gold hunting expe
dit,on on the coast OF Costa Rlca, he
explained. Second mate Of banana
steamer told me the natives were pan
ming out enough from the beach sands
70 buy all the rum, red calico and par
lor melodeons In the world. The day
l got there a syndicate named Incor
porated Jones gets a government con
cesslon to all minerals from given
point For next choice | take coast
fever and count green aud blue lizards
for six weeks IN grass hut. had
to be notlded when l was well, for the
reptiles were actually there.
Then | shipped back as third cook
on a Norwegian tramp that blew up
her boiler two miles below quarantine
was due to bust through that cellar
door here tonight, so | hurried the rest
OF the way up the river, roustaboutng
on lower coast packet that made a
landing for every fisherman that want.
cd plug of tobacco, Aud now I'm
here for what comes next. And lru
be along, it'll be along, said this queer
Mr Kearny; itll be along on the
beams Of my bright but not very par
tlculaT star
From the drst the personality OF
Kcorny charmed me. saw In him
the bold heart, the restless nature and
the valiant front against the bunets
Of fate that make his countrymen such
valuable comrades In risk and adven
ture. And just then | was wanting
such men. Moored at fruit compa
ny's pier had a 500 ton steamer
ready 10 sail the next day with a cargo
Oc sugar, lumber ana corrugated iron
for port in-well, let as call the coun
trg Esperandolt has not been long
ago. and the name OF Patriclo MALONE
IA stlll spoken there when It's unset
tied politics are discussed Beneath
tlie sugar and Iron Were packed 8
thousand repeating rides In Aqua,
Frlas the capital, Don Rafael valde
via, minister Of war, Esperandos
greatest hearted aud most able pa
triot awaited my coming No doubl
you have heard, with q smile, OF IA,
iasignlaeant wars and uprisings lr