The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-03

n,us STAR Navigation COZ
AZ Sea. November 81. 1894.
DEAR MATT. ~ / write these
- few lines NC hFr passing up tho
Rod aea past tho spot whore ths
late Muscu led the progeuitofr ~
most Of our great banking lnsitu'
lions 90 safety. from Egypt 20 The
[ Promised Land The Hlblo has u
TINT Moses and his crowd got thru
an right but that Pharaoh and his
soldier. following. were a total l"Ha.
I've been up ON the bridge 81 tho
afternoon, sizing up at. slnh sra
both shores Of tho Rod sea thru The
skipIrrs telescope. and the rotult
D. take my stand With tho Mod
ornisis as against the Fundamental.
lts.
Matt. 1 don't believe "a word of u,
Naturally. as a shipping man. fairly
conycrsant with wind and wave, sea
currents and the rise and fall OF the
tide. ahouldut b. expected 70.
altho us morc or leEs practical
/ Christian { suppose I'm expected 10
swallow this iaIc aH Authentic
Fun willing TO admit that
Moses and hi, crowd crossed the
Red sea. but somebody fur
nishtd transportation, and after
my various experiences In the
Far East I'll bet new hat
that Moses did a little cont
dental business with the nd
miral Of Pharaoh's navy and
made his getaway la fharaohs
boats.
Consequently. Pharaoh foliowng
had 90 swim after the fuKiliyga or
gclmuWledFc himself licked.
Ray day with the troops was prob
ably due and overdue and the hans
was doubtless curiaiuuE Fhamoh'a
credit. 30 d bright idea occurred TO
him. lie ordered his army 10 swim
after Moses. and the army realizing
that I, wouli b. executed N II re-
fused. decided that death by drown
ing was preferable 10 sword swallow
ing. 30 Il went 20 " without removing
lts armor. and WIS drowned. while
/ Pharaoh stood on the Egyptian shore.
moppsd hls corrugated brow and said
20 himself
Wei. that blll's paid-'
Then he won't home and ordered
himself new army
Matt, since I've been in the
Orient I've lost practically MI
faith In Genesis and Exodus. u
has in Oriental origiH aud by ihr
Iloly Pinl,.To,d Prophet. he who
believes any Oriental, h iit
subject for a p>ychophatic ward
DloKcncsc went prowllng around
with "A lantern seeking an honest
man. What an op,lmist the old gem
ticman was Why. Mat hr couldn't
have found ono with "a battery o.
scarchlighlN because out hero the
word honesty. when looked up 10 tho
/ Oriental dictionary means n peculiar
trait noticeable IN certain white tribes
81 Ayran origin. the majority OF
whom arc crazy
Matt. II didn't have Tho most sub,
limo faith IN tho adaptabllity Of ms
fellow oouutryucn, would insist
upon abandoning this new service Of
the Blue Star Navigation company. n
did not know that as fast as tho
willy Oriental thinks up scheme for
doublc-crosslnE us We can think up a
/ scheme u notwithstanding him on
scale Of magniflceuco the JAP the
[ Chinaman. the Hindu and the Semitic
tribes hcrcabouts cannot possibly con.
ceivc. I would DO In favor Of aban.
douing the Par Eastern trade 10 the
British and tho Germans.
Every time ! set u small-timc trim
ming from one Of these smiling ban
dts. remember the incident Of the
United States marine who sold all the
United States glnboa,s on the Yang
TIC patrol 10 "A Chinese revolutionary
I general for 1880 and escaped IN day.
light. Then | am confronted. Lit
Z tic incidents Ike this arc about the
( only evidence ihut Asia was tho cru.
die OF mankind They make ono be.
lleve Ia atRyixm.
/ left tho ship NJ Singapore and
mo,ored down thru the Federated