The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-13

i AMY AhAt 49, AaaA NAhfA AiAN menu hf
{ tho table raped Tor order aud an.
uounCtd that be- had received "a letter
from the venerable head u their be-
loved organization,
Shanghai. China. Nov .. 1894
Dear Boys
Without any Yicissitulss 10 spyak
o. unless 1 include a runln 1 had
with tho chief engineer Of the uiue
Star vessel upon which, accompanied
Z ~ my oyoriaithul body servant
FonE. I have dead headed my way
across the Pacific. / have AZ length
arrived ia the Tar East. aith0 not
az FAR az the East extends under
ordinary conditions. just az present
there IL a War raging iutt outside
the city limits which prevents me
from travelling farther east by the
simple uNpodiont OF going west mot
that there Ia grave danger OF going
west during "A Chinese war About
tho worst that can happen 10 you. n
sou are "a Chlnsman, ls that you viii
50 broken.
Tho incident OF the chief engineer
vas trlfiing. 10. happens 10 b. ono
OF tho CHIEF engineers neglected %
give the once over when Matt pc.t.
ley hired him. and us d result We
never met until oamo pr0WiiuE
down Into hia engine room unlimited.
shortly after we'd dropped the pilot.
ia been messing around on my
own nearly five minutes before he
discovered me, and then he read me
a severe lecture touching on the im.
proprlety o. passengers monkeying
with the machinery. lie said N
wasn't an Old men he'd show Ine a
short cut upstairs.
retired without further urging.
but before lcft told him. Ia paAS.
Ing. that tho low.presaurp cylinder
rod was heating az. thought and
[ it might be good idea 10 slack up
on the gland a tribe.
That night. whom DO saw me din.
ing with the captain. ho made In.
quirios and discovered was the
Little Old Man ~ the Sea who ~
responsible for his sob. And. NJ u
matter Of fact. the low pressure cylin.
der rod WAS warming up. altho thiB
chief. being Scotch, viii never al.
NIT II, nor do ! think no win ever
forgive mo Tor calling on him nux
vomica that way.
Naturally. AT this Juueture. I was
reminded OF old man Patterson. who
sont his son Bili up to ono Of tho
Mondoclno county dng.holes whore he
had little old two oatpower Saw.
mill cutting about 10000 a day. 1911
WA 70 manage the hawmlli and draw
drafts on father Tor the payroll. etc.
Everything went along nicely except
that tho first year tho mill lost
money. 10 tho old man went up TO
SEQ about A. 40 no came into the
cove ON ono OF bis own steam schoou.
ora he saw nice. new white house
pcrched high out on a heAdland above
the sawuill. looked aa II fellow
might have 10 have an alfplans TO
gtt up there.
Now. wonder who Nas tho tar.
nation fool that built that house .
says old man Patterson 20 his akip.
per. IT looks powerful expensive"
You were" tho skipper replied.
Turn around and take me home. %
says old man Patterson. tho mill
books have been cSpcrtedr'
hays always found that tho most
powerful tonic n shlp.owner can give
his chief engineer IN 90 let him know
that his department isn't exactly a
Chineao puzzle 10 tho boss--whlch re.
mark bringS mo back 10 Shanghai
and tho Chinese.
Upcnt n week tearing our shang.
hal office UP BY the roots ana wav.
INK the pieces under tho nose Of
Bin Peck. the Go.Gottcr / sent out
hero 10 DO manager few years
ago. After I'd gotten all thru max.
ing my recommendations for a
thoro reorganization OF all depart.
ments. Bill thanked me very kindly
and Informed mo that things would.
hereafter. continue 20 function cx.
nctly as they had Heretofore.
what do you mean. Bhlg" said.
The boys cool defiance made mo a
littlo hutfy.
Because this IN China" Bill re.
piled. when you established the
Shanghai office Il was established
on these lines, and as 20 per cent
OF tho organization Ia Chinese. the
modus opcrandi can't DO changed.
Out OF respect for you III make a
bluff ht changing Il while you're
hero but you might az we'll know
now that the HllRtstc yUu'vU Hunu
on 10 Hong Kong I'll quit. The
summers out hero are pretty hot
and ono of tho things wo never do
in hot weather iB kill ourselves try.
ing to make a Chlnaman do things
like n foreigner. Now that you've
had n good timo trying Il. Mr..
Kicks. como out 10 the local war
with me and I'll prove my theses"
Well, never having had an oppor.
tunity TO get closer TO real war
than rating as knights OF
Columbus secretary at training
camp (altho that's going some for a
High Church Episcopallsnl during
tho Great War, got into Blll's
car and we started for the front.
Bin only has ono arm, having lost
the other In tho war. so no drives
with tho residue and hook and
shifts gears with tho other arm.
meanwhile keeping the horn going
constantly by pressing the button
with his knee, MS he elidcs at 40
miles an hour thru millions Of jay.
walkers and rickshns.
ut wouldn't be possible 10 do this
In the United states" says Dill, help.
ing himself to tho cigar lighter with
his good hand and stcadlng the wheel
with his hook. "rho slaughter would
be terrible"
AZ that instant n brcech.clout
coolio darted In front OF tho car. II