Show Yellow men nd Morris By m Author of oj tiTHE THE VOICE IN THE RICE Copyright ht 1910 b by th the thA way company compan Copyright ht 1911 b by Dodd Mead fead fi Co A u. u CHAPTERS SY SYNOPSIS OF Jim b tb the narrator a II wr t writer r with more mort ambition than then ss and not strong nr has bus been Urine living In San Sin Mateo Matco nod nOli many debts debt Ills Hl big APPU apparently Otly Jolly u upen h hearted neighbor r Is I. Carrol trl II Parrish h fa Js told toM he be Is la going blind bUM And must abandon his ble w w- nark rk and oDd Jh live Iho In the th open oln a 0 year or more mOrT on his WAY war home bom be he a 8 murdered man mm life Just expiring In a gully be behind bf be hind bini bungalow The of the Ibl crimp crime Is III not cot clear but lut la is directed In fn the few words the can rAn utter to find flod n a wallet Vallet th the ra murden wore were Carrol Car Cary rol tot Apparently happens along but Parrish keeps th the secret rt lie Ill flail find tb the wallet t later latr and aDd It shows lIbow tint that tb the murdered man men W was 8 I of Cunningham and end ho bad had a nt telling th the loco loca 1 11 lion of ot the of ot tb the EspIritu Espirito banto auto a II rich treasons treason ship of ot time J lost t near r th the Magellan 11 1 straits P h tell tells the II secret C t to Carrol who proposes that they with tome om om friends friend who have bare already J secured n II th the CAllIope go Ro In to search of ot the treasure Parrish b D never neter IT ne r r that Carrol was wan Cunningham's Cunninghams murderer agrees Carrol Curol AD sod and hl his hie friends get lIt possession of th the paper found in In wallet and end drug Parrish In la Sin Sao bon Parrish los h he finds In 10 lb the t forecastle r a II at sea pea Lie He bad ben been left theto to smother to death but th the CUIa sc e crew crow rescue him and bring him on deck l where be again faints dints Continued l' l From rom Y Yesterday CHAPTER VII CAME CAllE to lying upon a a. doubled quilt I In the tho shadow cast b by the tho mainsail mainsail main main- sail and faced so that I could sou far tar off oft the purple hills of ot California sliding astern The same Chinaman that had drawn the knife was sitting on his heels ht-els beside the tho quilt lulU and ana of offering offering ot- ot fering fering- me me In a blue and white bowl bow a n fluid mixture of ot at water vator r and soft boiled rice How good It tasted Or Orl l' l rather felt for m my Insides burned like the pipes In a boiler boer Nor or could I take m my lips from the bowl to ask ank a k where Carrol was until I had gulped the half halt of ot Its Us contents Callol said the Chinaman with I h an amused and tolerant smile no crate uto o Bessie Callol-Bessle Callol Bessie come soon hint soon him very fine ee e womans Bessie Dessle I said Idiotically What Bessie Dessle 1 Him come now non said ald the tho China China- man Ho He scrambled to his feet teet and with a a. sudden nodding smile and antI open- open hand gesture indicated me to como come on and turning went softly for for- wardWell wardWell wardWell ward Well of ot all the skinniest said sald ft a womans woman's voice and I tried to rise But was pushed down again by the der Take It cas easy she she- said and came camo around where I 1 could see her and seated seated seat seat- ed od herself herscU In a a. matter fact wa way on n the quilts at m my feet She was no beauty thou though h young and Inclined to bo Le overweight ht But Dut there was a certain comeliness about her of ot coloring and of ot fine tine black eyes that twinkled amazingly I Her hair hung in two very thick but not ver very long on braids and was coarse coaree but of ot a lovely brown color with fth lighter ter streaks due to sunburn and very shiny her face face- was h. h the features features fea fea- tures Inclined to be thick but she had hadan hadan an nn expression of well being and Jo Joviality Joviality jo- jo that were mightily pleasant to the e eye e For costume she had a blue serge skirt spotted b by sea water a kind of or dressing Jacket of ot Chinese cut and material and little else I fancy certainly neither shoes nor stockIngs stock- stock Ings Im I'm Bessie she ehe said Raid thata all Who aro are you ou Z My Iy name is 15 Parrish I said and Im I'm part art owner of ot the tho Calliope hats that said laid Bessie Dessle Why h said I I. I this the Calliope 1 This phe be exclaimed d This schooner Not on your life This Jolly joll boat Is the Shantung And your your our hallmarks say stowaway plain as day And th tho Shantung would liko to know knon how you OU came to be In the tho forward forward forward for for- ward storeroom As to that I said ald though ver very much bewildered I was as put Are Arether there ther no white men on this ship Not a one but you said she Then said I I was dru drugged ged and robbed and shunted off ort where I could do no harm and tell no tales Indignation indignation Indig indig- nation rose and I found the strength l to LO sit up and I I plunged ed Into m my bad had luck story at a speed that produced upon Bes Bessie Bessle le a look of ot complete derment I She Interrupted good Ill tell you ou she he said Bald Just whore where you ar are And you ou can dope ope out how you OU got Kot here The Shantung belongs to those who work her Just her Just thirteen I of ot em cm and sho sailed yesterday mornIng morning morn- morn Ing InS in hardware for Peru Ieru to trade In ml miscellanies Now ow what's that to you ou I Yesterday morning I cried Have I been beon In that hole all that time No wonder ond r Im I'm done up Its It wonderful It didn't kill you said site she As As said I it was probably meant to o And a again aln I 1 began bogan my story but with more clarity and less speed And though hough intending to reserve tho the parts that hat concerned the lost galleon 1 I had soon told Bessie Bossie the whole of ot It But she ehe said when hen I had done If It there was all l that treasure and you told them where it was w why wouldn't the they take you along and lot let you share tR what I dont don't get Iet said L There seems seem to be millions of ot treasure treasure treas treas- ure uro and there were wore only five o of ot us and it was wt I that found out whore where the stuff stutt VB was Well ell said Bessie Dessle somo some men are areso areso so mean you ou cant can't understand it at atall all I wouldn't wonder I said ald If It It wasn't so 50 much meanness as Just plain thinking Id I'd all tho the time be In the way And I dare say that's rl right ht You see Bce Im I'm not up to much hard work and Im I'm not vcr very very practical And I dont don't see eee why they put you OU on board the Shantung It was wan a dead easy thing to do because we wo all were ashore at a w wedding In Chinatown and perhaps that's the reason It would woud have ha lave been a a. cinch to knock you on the th head lead and stuff you Into a manhole or orto orto orto to Just drop you overboard and whack you once with an oar oar They were all pretty drunk I said at nt least I think so so and maybe mabe the they didn't quite know what to do with me and maybe they thought they thoy wore were perpetrating a Joke I 1 smiled dismally dismally dis dis- mally but Bessie shook her hor head The They They hoped you'd oud smother mother yourself In n the storeroom she said Dont son see wh why you OU didn't and the they thought maybe your Our death would be fixed on us And that's one for tor your fat tat Carrol But sa say what hat about this treasure sure That sounds like gibberish I had to into go so pretty prett deeply early earh Spanish explorations and the te conquest of ot Peru before she understood and then hen she said Well Yell if It your address was bona tide fide youve you've played In dirt dirty hard luck to lose oso It it But Dut I dont don't see eco Ce what you ou can cando cando cando do about It it itOh Ob Oh said I I. I Ii the paper Itself doesn't matter Sties Bessie Guess you'd better botter sa say Mrs Irs Bessie basic said she Beg Deg pardon I said I will Ive I've got the paper prett well b by heart Indeed I 1 dont don't do anything well except except except ex ex- I remember things s. s You remember the bearings s she asked and antI I repeated them for tor her I About where whore is that on the map she sho said Bald I Wh nh said 1 T I r I T didn't 1 look V- V Vo at o t f It 1 It but jut Its It's t n not t tta ta far fo from th the tho Stal Straits of r Magellan maybe mabe In the tho Straits StraUs themselves themselves themselves them them- selves but south of ot them I think off Terra del Fuego I think Do you OU believe In it she asked In the treasure I mean 1 Mrs Mra Bessie Bessio I said the crewman crewman crewman crew crew- man believed In It it his murderers believed believed be- be in It It Carrol and hl his gang believed believed be- be in It and as ns I feel foci like a a. played played- out dishrag theres there's not much to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent me in it She thought a while If you said she aho were willing to togo togo togo go shares share sharo and share alike aUke I might get the company to take the matter up If It we make mako a good dicker In n Peru and are feeling pretty flush It t might Just app appeal al to the company to take a chance again It might not You mean the Shantung company I asked This ship In other words Yes Tee she said Bald and the tho kid and me Do you belong to the tho company I asked Why Vh yes I do do she said And the kid I asked Lichen said she sho and she smiled at tho thought of ot h him m. m Hes not awake yet et the lazy Iny little beggar But whoa when he Is la awake Mr Parrish Parrish didn't you say hell he'll hell he'll bo be good company company company com com- pany for you She leaned toward me ma confidentially lies Hes a child tool And then for the first time I heard her lor laugh laue-h. It was as not tho the ha ha-ha-ha of ot civilization but the great haw haw-haw- haw law chest tones of ot the African savage a a laugh at nt once stron strong music and the tho epitome of ot humor The Tho tears of ot 1 laughter rolled from her eyes oyes and I caught a a. glimpse of more than ono one Chinaman looking suddenly up from his tits work and smiling broadly toward oward the burst of ot merriment After a while she sho stopped laughing and roso rose to her feet teet Now for business she said BAld Do Bo I Ilay Ilay Ilay lay tho the matter before the company company- or or dont don't I I. I Its It's your our secret No Jo said Bald I I. I It Jt became yours too when you OU laughed like that Good I she aha said and flushed up under her olear clear tan But you won t find them coming to any decision right off ott Theres There's no mOon matt in this thia world so 80 quick quick to decide as a Chinaman Chinaman China China- man mOon if h hes he's B only got a Po second to make makeup up his mind and theres there's no man so slow If Sf hes he's got weeks and weeks Anyhow she ehe went on you'll be parlor parlor parlor par par- lor boarder and Im I'm hanged If wo we dont don't put a a. little flesh on oa your bones bonos There There- isn't a a. better tr trainer lnor In Gods God's world than I am I had a hu husband Land I she said laid with a sudden twitching of ot the eyelids who was a crank on I health health- Steep Sleep she Bhe said J Is the most Important thing so roll over o and when you wake up rn Til see nee ee that you OU do dothe dothe dothe the next most moet Important important thing thing next And I rolled over as I had nad been commanded and fell upon the instant into a quiet deep sea sleep CH CHAPTER PTER BIGHT EIGHT Y eyes oyos wore were no sooner wide open I MY VI than Bessie Bassle came oame up to mo smilIng smiling smiling smil smil- ing as upon a child and Now sir she sho said Bald stand up I 1 ISo So I stood up very ery weakly and said eald that I was waiting for orders Well Ven sho she said draw a R. deep breath try breath try to burst yours yourself yourself yourself-that's lt that's the way way and and now hold it It as long as all you can can there there that'll do and now no lot let It out as lo slow as ns you can Its It's to give you the right kind of ot an appetite and everything she sho said It t makes me dizzy I said Never Nover mind mine that that said sC she do do you see how its it's done Yes I said ald Then Thon said she Im going below and yeti it 8 go on breathing aa as Ive I've showed you ou till un you get your plot clot Jos Josoff os ot off and then you'll go and stand inthe ln in the tho tho scuppers lea and the tho boys Mill look after arter you OU Now she said t t look obstinate te Its It's for your own o n good good no pah no wonder youre you're She turned away Impatiently and whoa wilen she sho had hail disappeared 1 I began not h how naw- w- w over without 1 hesitation compunction Ion and a feeling that I Iwas was playing the he fool tool to breathe as an she had directed and to strip off ort my much created and Ind bedra bedraggled clothes And P SAd ly shivering Ihl in the tho wind naked n a al Adamand Adam in inand and trl frightfully ashamed of or to m mf thinness thinness thinness thin thin- ness I advanced up 1 three who smiling brond broad ap appeared appeared ap- ap to bo be awaiting me In t len lea Those three sudden Budden D' D and without warning but with lout grunts and exclamations seized sel me mo a aril commenced commenced commenced com com- to brush hrush me strongly a th dry bristly brushes They went o or r mo me from head to foot with a kind o good good- humored fury tury until from cold I 1 passed to warm from warm to fey fe and then Just as I tho l thought ht tho the I Ir was wag to skin shin mo me alivo tho the b bushing ehing censed ceased tho the three sprang aside and I received full tull upon the tho back a Bucket of ot Ice-cold Ice water thrown with With a n cr cry between pain t fr r and rage I turned only to receive a second second sec sec- ond bucket In the tho open mouth Turn and start and twist as aR I woul there thoro was nothing for tor me but hut laugh nugh r rand and water and behold at the very i when I felt about to die dlo I b be ran nn to enjoy myself And when that udden and violent bathing was waR at nt an nn d and andI I stood stand streaming water sea an glowing glow glow- In lag ing like a n new-cast new statute I elt In my whole being an nn Arati and freedom from care that were ere WOnder WOnder- ful tul j t But now thc they came at nt me with wit great reat handfuls of ot cotton waste nR as Is IR used usel for or cleaning brass and ands ACil bb d mo me dr dry and then thon on one flung mo kind II of ot pajama suit of ot thin white i and b being cloth clothed d In this n other brought ht a razor or and fr fresh sh wat and soap and sh shaved me mo tel delicately and quickly And drink then thon they made m mi down clown n 0 great rat bowl hot of or water an ant Kent ent about their business 8 smiling Isle Bonnie no now came camo out of ot the tho hin leading b by tho the hand a little bo Ho Hotho was dressed In amazing t to the tho n and anti to D Bessie Beanie h Indeed ho looked like a n min ture viceroy or Just out if tho the box band from th the little skull skull- skull p of ot brocade with It Its Jade button t the tho white snow-white sox or rather mitten for tor forthe forthe the hl big toe had a to Itself Itsel he was waR the pink I am flU su aim of or Chinese fashion tl and the mould of ot lorm arm Irm Ho In a 0 bright ht blue sky silk jack jacket ck- ck et 1 with white silk bands to the wide chic sleeves NI and white cording low q around und and tho the throat thront This celestial little had h en embroidered h but butterflies by witchcraft with Ith ut- ut In wonderful soft tints tad and shades and birds and flower pots Mth Ith flowers growing out of or th them m land landgreen and green dogs pupil with round pop In lag eyes eye's and little hl high arched h |