The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-26

con or AnN AiiarHhiel tIuhf ana ii
were given you 90 have one supreme
wish Tratined what would y0ur wish
bsy'
II would wish for hickory OK
goad ana a good naiured tame elo.
plant, Ulysses. Cappy replied
Then ia waiiop that elephant until
he fell down exhausted
'-rhc old boys got bats ia iis bel.
fry." J Augustus Hedcll whispered
20 Eddie Smith. Aloud 10 Cappy be-
qucried. Why
Because u wouldn't huri the slc
plant "a particle he having "a thick
hide and I not beinE Uyrr.dhnFrrour
with Hn on Eoad and Il would DO ms
a world Of rood n couldn't have am
elephant IA like a Havana port Of
fetal aud cato'nlne.tnlls. and n
couldn't got a Cuban. any port officer
81 d South American or Central
American republic would do
what's your Crouch against The
little colorado mhdurO brotherg
Ulysses Grub inquired.
The Blue Star Navigation Com
pany IL helping 10 pay or the public
debt OF Cuba. Peru and all the rest
u Them Cappy complained. Even
time Blue Star ship touches az d
paraqueet port ana the boarding Of
ficer looks AZ her papers, and dlscov
era that the purner has failed 10 dot
an or cross = or N the photographed
copy Of the cargo or passenger mani
fest Isn't legiblc ia spots. they slaI
a fine on the ship; then they move
their navy over alongside the weasel
and glare az her with all their guns
until tho fine 10 paid. I'm getting
tired o. it-so tired. In fact. that one
Of these bright days I'm going "a
hire couple Of hundred bully boys
put some HlKinch guns aboard my
ships and put half dozen Of those
banana republics out OF business
They'll 10 too far with me yet"
"Are they getting worse than US
uai. Cnppys"
III that were posslble-yes. Just
AS we had gotten on 10 all their har.
Dor rules and regulations and govern.
mental requirements In tho matter
OF custom house records. etce,ry. and
were 80 perfect that they couldn't
possibly find the ghost OF an excuse
10 fino the hhipa. tho little aauirts
went and changed their regulations
without notifying our consul. and a.
result hair the meagcr profits on
every voyage arc wasted IN fines"
'Cappy." Mr.. Redell declared. you
arc a lobster. "Ali sou have 60 do u
90 instruct your captains 20 slip the
boarding officers 10 or s0.dollRr bill
and YOU can get away with murder. .
we used 20 do that" cappy com
planned bitterly. hut OF iato they
have been raising the tariff on us
and wo decided we'd be hundred
per cent perfect IN al Of our paper
work. 40 they couldn't possibly dis
up an excuse 20 fine hs. But they
have ua beaten. We can't keep ur
with them. Last week Chile didn',
require ballast manifest. To-day she
does. Two weeks ago Cuba required
but one copy OF our passenger mani
fest and now she must have three
By the Holy Pink.toed Prophet. I'm
beginning TO think some Of tho high
cr.ups are playing the racen. which
reminds me that last year the presl
dent 81 West Republic promlsec
me he'd put a stop 10 the GRAFT and
persecution. and In tho next breath
asked me 10 purchase for him. for hli
account. a couple OF good American
race horses and thip them down e
him on one OF my steamers. He woult
pay for them on arrival,
A raeo.horao friend OF mine pickct
up two pretty good nags. pedlgrc,
and all. at the Tia Juana track foi
$500 each. after tho said horses had
been claimed in selling race.
shipped them so the president ant
our agent tried 10 collect for me bS
means OF a sight draft with bill Of
lading attached. The president gave
him post.dated chook and took VI
my sight draft and bill OF ladlng
got the horses and shipped them C
race track about 10000 feet up IN
tho Andes. They had only been OF
tho steamer three weeks before that
and he entered them in a mile.and
n-half race the day he unloaded them
and bet the entire public bankroil or
tho result. They broke down In IN,
first quarter. no lie accused mo Of
swindllng him. ropudlated his CHECK
and slapped tbousand.doll fin,
on the ship that had delivered them
Said the vessel had anchored east Of
Il certain buoy instead OF south OF II
can't get the horses back and IL
order 10 dodge tho fine l cabled In,
scoundrcl quit-claim deed TO them.
'of course the West Coast Tradinl
Company's business Is entirely viii
those bandits" Mr.. Rodcll explained
but personally I never do business
with tho spigs. leave that 10 m,
Peruvian partner. Live Wire Luii
AlmeIda. Live Wire Luis learned al
their stuff rs n buoy; then he cam,
North and took n post gradual,
course under tho Stars and Stripes
and as n result he's practically in
vlnciblo."
THE dirtiest devils in tho worlt
themselves" cappy ravcd on. "witl
IA mortality rate that would soor
mako OF their worthless countries {
bowling wilderness II II were not FOL
their amazing birth rate. they hav'
an idea that sanitation Is fin,
thing--for North Americans. BubonI,
rats and yellow fever. cats and malar
lnl gnats sit at the table with them
but when toured South America tn,
last time had TO have birth Ger
tificatc. vaccination certificate ant
n certificate OF good character: ha,
TO have a general health certlficat,
before ] could go ashore and tn,
doctor who gave II to me was jlnglet
TO such an extent no didn't know
whether was a white man or n nc
gro. whether I was leper or n luna
tic. And he nickod me n FLYER for tn,
document After got Il nobody evei
asked me for IT,"