Show G GI I 1 JOSLYN U SA S A ByC B LEWIS T was an exclusive party varty of eight Sir George Minturn ad and I were at the head ot of It The others were lIr Mrs Woe i burn widow of th the ivi engl engi I fleer neer the Hon James ames nack nackman man wife and daughter a French Marquis and of oC the German Embassy In London They were al all In their way and theIr little tUe party had not been made up entirely by accIdent nt Sir George and the Honorable James had planned a ao voyage o to the Mediterranean and had as s a gueL The who had met 1189 Miss Blackman a feW fW times In London society deide decided that ho was tn In love loe with her and de t t ta the trl on his own ac to further his Interests mal diu dill not lCJ know oW whether he was vas In c p 1 2 7 I i r rI I I i i c r r 4 i r i r r L A I i Jo by with with widow or not As s he had l leave tl or of absence for four foU It t to him that he might as we well make mako a as remain a olt I But When th the steamer reached Gi the urI found the sand being cut from under its feet teet by the The undertow came aboard at that pint point He was a tan tall solid soUd man with a mer merry eye and a an open face and his manner was frIend ly I It was safe to Sr y that he was not the aion of aristocrat aristocrats and Ill he had a college diploma nor a knowledge of the rules of social EU eti etiquette q quette ete He Etc had td scarcely stowe stowed away his I in a stateroom when he made a boldfaced attempt to break down the ring Sir George was pac ing the deck with his cigar when the thc new arrival walked up to him and said rn Ill keep you company I if you dont dont mind captin captain Ive Ive ben been waiting here for tor a week and Im Fm ot of old Gib Plenty of guns and redcoats and andall an all that but do you know inow I find n a cocktail In the th place Never even heard of one Think or of a a town without a cock tam Sir Gerge George haled halted Then he Ie slowly raised his monocle and adjusted it it He stared at the stranger for fOl a long half minute before he exclaimed Sir are you ou addressing me meBy By Br George GeorKe but youre a cool old hoJ boy mused the other in tones of ad d Standing on etiquette eh 7 Well eU maybe I was too prevIous My names namos Joslyn of Da Dakota Dakota kota U S A Ive Ive got a sworn atI aft davIt in my trunk from our county sheriff that Ive never been arrested for murder Youve Youe got a name I sup suppose pose posa Sir Ir gasped ape the Englishman as he continued to stare And Im Im making a little tip trip al all by my lonesome continued the colonel Always saId I would If I ever got money enough How are you ou on poker I 1 pla played e 1 a game In three months and am beginning to feel homesick Sir Str G Georges orges hand went up to his glas glass The Tho gla glass was removed from his eye Hand and glass fell feB together he nu faced e about and walked off as erect as a West Vest Pointer Pointel Colonel Jos Joslyn 1 lyn n had b been en snubbed There were five or six people looking on and enjoying the affair and the they expected to hear orne ome outburst on the colonels Dar part Thee There was none nom however He merely mereb rubbe rubbed his hands bands together and smiled and said mi to himself The old cock is either a joly jolly or else hes standing on his dg dig because we dont rent pews in the same church churchIl churchIll Il Ill se see him later Only har half an hour heur had passed when Colonel Joslyn ran across the marquis marquis The Frenchman had just finished a promenade wih with Miss Blackman and lad had receIved what he felt sure was en Going to stop at 1101 Malt asked the colonel In his easy going way as he extended a cigar In hi his fingers The rhe marquis smiled faintly and shrugged h his shoulder shoulders He Be had seen een Sir Gere George snub the American and he felt It a duty to follow his example Dont understand eh ch Well Ve I It dont mater matter much I wa was just going to ask aski It there was anything worth seeing I If i you talk English Id Id alo also ask you 4 who that gIrl Is you ou were walking about wIth rn Ill be hanged It If she i nt the perfect picture of oC the Widow Tay Taylors lors Hety Hetty Ive Ive been a lt lit littIe tIe sweet on Het for a year ear or two pat past te and when hen I frt first s saw you with that hat girl my heat heart jumped into mJ my mouth month The rhe marquis marquis bit his lp lip and smiled and nud b his head and walked err eft but If he he had snubbed Colonel Jol Joslyn n he be was mistaken ken As he could not speak English and as the Colonel could not not French how could there have have bee been a a snub three lays days before an another another It wa was two two or I other attempt wa was made to break up th ring Then the colonel met in the smoking room The situation was plainer POW now ad there In the colonels was as a fatherly twang tone as he said Look here herp mister I want t to sy say a a word or tw two for your own good Its Its seldom I mix up In rows but butI I hate ate to see a mal mati fighting without a fair show faIr Who you ou asked the with considerable but not half half as wih much as he be have assumed had hadnot hadnot not the Widow refused hIm hIman himan an hour borore before oslyn Joslyn of the U S A an and a little trotting about alone I see sea you belong to that little ring but you tOU ar are simply throwing your time away ay u The co could ld not make out the Ule colonelS mo moaning until the case had Imd Then been gone over oer again and again he was furious I It was bad enough for fora a stranger to approach hihI In that blunt fa fashion hion but for the same man to tomi mix up in his love affair and give him fatherly mi was beyond beyond lIe He wanted to swear and pound on the table and tJ tell the colonel what he be bethOught table thOught of him but his breeding breedin or him He simply sat t boI bolt upright and glared The The colonel tried SO go on but even eon he wa was nonplused co the got up and Bj 5 and by b te I away aay As he moved ort his looks boarIn Indicated that je jehn he hn heard O of f Colonel 10 1 oJ n of D Dakota k ta or or of Ule the t of They were as no t U i I Was that a snub or wast It questioned the ma man from Dakota as ashe ashe he his cigar stub No It I be A As he cant talk English and nd I ct cant talk German there Is no I snubbing about It He ha has just taken my words to heart and gon gone off to ponder vonder over them themA I A day orso or so passe passed ad and then Colon l Joslyn started In aan to break up the ring The widow chanced to be on deck Sh Sits hap hup to drop her handkerchief and the colonel happened to catch it before It blew overboard As he returned it le Jle lifted his hat and said Cae mighty near losing my Tn hat In the same puff Going as far as The wido look looked d at him In aston and he hastened to introduce himself and add You must be bc lonesome In such a aque que q r crowd Ive Ive tackled three of the themen men m en and Il Ill be hanged if I can turn tun to t o om em I should thoyd want to have haYe a good Haying Having thus d himself he coolly sat down beide beside the lac lady and a her i if she had ever eer been in the United States and if so what she hought t of the tho people Before Before she coull could reply or a snub Ue he t rest of the ring arrived in a atod tod l ody They were astonished at the situation Some Som smiled and some glared but i It was the Hon James Blackman who retreated retreated a few paces and beckoned for the c colonel lonel to ap approach approach The two had not met before i Sir began the honorable as the Dakota man drev near is ther therb any particular reason why y desire to tomake tomake make the acquaintance of anyone any one of our party Well Vel no desperate reason replied the he t colonel I 1 thought some ot of you ou might be glad of a a poker game or gme JI like e to wap ap yarn to pas puss awa away the he t time and I beleve believe ld Id enjoy injo a talk with ith the ove over there e but I 1 aint desperate about it it Then uThen sir wi will ou be kind enough to t honorable o leave us to continued the You mean meun Im im shy of your our crowd 7 r I mean sirI mean that when we desire your company we If give you due I notice Is that plaIn Colonel as plain as the horns on a steer I take i It that you mean to snub me You are a of on sir That closed the Inter Interview Colonel Joslyn had trIed to brek break up the rIng and had failed He went of off and sat down by himself for fora a while and felt somewhat hurt and humiliated but this feeling did not last long They were a churlish lot while he on the contral contrary was a good fellow They could not help bein being churlish ay any more than he could help being and he soon decided to forgive them By and by the Monarch Io arch reached Alexandrin AlexandrIa The ring drew a long I breath reath and hoped I It had sen seen the last of Colonel oslyn Joslyn He had been talked over on several occasions and though I it was agreed that lie he was harmless he could not be forgIven fot foi hi his famia familiar familiarity lb ity When an American who has bas rIsen the dust of catte cattle trails attempts to cross the gulf separating him from British autocracy his audacity must be resented Th The rIng had planned to togo togo go up the Nile by seamer steamer Berths were secured and the was ringing her bel bell for al all abOrd aboard when Colonel JoI Joslyn n walked up t the gangplank He had also decided to go UP the Nie Nile For sake gasped gasped Sir George as he reco recognized ize the man but but 3 se growled the marquis Donner ad and blitzen but lie he vas here muttered the as he tugged at his mustache mustache nd Jt it a appearance He Hello no you folk shouted the eel col colonel onel as s he reached Ul the dek deck I 1 heard that the Nie Nile beat th the river an all holer holler as a steam stream and rn Im going up to settle the mater matter How you ou aU all aUe keen since I 1 e saw you It Eight pele people stared sp ce Eight lu heads ads were held stiffly I there was wasa a man named Colonel Joslyn of Da lota U S A A it was naught to them He might be might never have lived I It wa was a cold cold snub but it did not the colonel for live minute minutes He hd had nevet never snubbed man or woman In He had even heen creul careful not to humiliate his dog or his bronco However other people different and If was were ad i snubbing was their way he quarrel about i it I It was a sm small steamer with h but few and for the next next four the colone colonel wa ya snubbed almost made mude the exclusive walked alke about by them themselves selves and the clonel colonel never trie tried to force himself in On the steamer he heu was u a leveler of caste on lad land he had hada I a limit Nothing ot of much cons quence until they had bad been afloat severaL da days s Then a down happened to te the machinery and t the e boat w was s ted tied to the bank at i a mUd mud walled village The There was but but little to see nCr near ut at hand bend but a mile away was a pie pile or of I cid ruins The Out started ut firt first I the colonel Joslyn wits the only on one 0 who followed The remainder of the I passengers did not think i would P pay YI tO te tramp tramp over the sands under the hot sun The man from Dakota did not think r of the ruins atar after hel he rached them He gathered hered a few so sou and was about to r return turn to the steamer when he heard a cry ry for fr help I I The people ot of the rIng were half a utile mUe away when he lat last Sw saw them The I cr cry wa lp ip f t woma voice voice and the colonel lost no Um time in answerIng It ItHe He suddenly made his appearance be bc behind I hind a great mas mass of debris to find the I party arty or of lined up up In god good orde order An native with a a HL as holing holding the victims steady while Lt LI pa pal wa was nassing nassing the hat for con In thIs ca case they they were ex expected to give liberally i If not cheerful cheerfully lyMon ly wat hes and rt rings were being h into o the hat a as 1 It passed sed l Helo Hello A holdup eh L the the as lu be caine ame to a halt Weli had hand tha thatis next to poker and Il Ill ta n The man wih with the pistol fired and n missed The net next moment he pitched forward unconscious The other fellow attempted to run away but the col colonel onel end was on his back in three jumps le was twisted tIsted around a blow was dealt under and he to too became unconscious Bravo Bravo Brao cried the four men in chorus and Oh you man exclaimed the lour four women tOgether but Colonel Joslyn held up his hatt haj in n warning and said Pocket et that plunder and make for forthe I the ston steamer mer I it loks looks to me as i if f th there re was a ot hee here t As the ring moved oft off he dr drew v a navy revolver and a aCted te as us roar rear saId guard The They were ere not yet clear of the the ruins when halt a dozen doten were giving chase Non None or of orthe the four me men were arme armed but just be a fore reaching the village fage they came upon a pie pile of Each seized one and the dozen men who out of the the hovels to bar their way did not dare to conic come to close quarters marter The rear was wel well guarded There were twenty men slowly crawling up on the American as he reached the bunk bank and though most of oC them had muskets or pistola they feare feared to open the batte battle A As the party reached the steamer the I natives drew off The ca tain mate engineer fireman and al all the crew were Egyptians uTley They ar are pirates the they wi capture the steamer and mar mur murder marder der u uti an all waie walled the ca cataIn as he hc caught the shouts of the retreating natives Lets figure a little on that replied the colonel as he joined the ex exalted group on deck deck Did you ou ever haY have a arow arow row with pirates before Never They rhey are making making ready to open fire on us from flom the frt first hut Well YeU If youve oue had no experience let me run things for awhIle Fighting pirates cant be mUt muei wore worse than riot rioting rioting ing Indians Th The first move is to get the boat clear or oC the But weve veve no Then let her Get out those poles and heave her off The steamer was carried a hundred feet into the stream before she lost her headway and then the anchor was dropped She was within musket rn range e of the huts but was safe from a sudden rush As Soon as the anchor was down everything movable was car carried ned ried to the starboard side to t protect I Ithe the cabin from bullets but the place I had not been made reasonably b safe when fire was he flying bul bullets II lets drove the crew to their theIr quarters Ind and the officers and passengers into the cobin cabin and for the first time the people of ring had an opportunity to thank the colonel for comIng to their rescue Smiling as he bared the last sub snub he hurriedly re re replied plied pled Yes right Weve got a jackrabbit for a captain and is isten its ten to one the crew ae are in with the rb mb bel her gang I want to pa pay the engineer a visit I Ten minutes later lie he was back with the chief engineer He had the native by the nek neck and the fellow was white with fear As he was whirled into Inlo a corner and warned not to stir on peri peril of oC his life te the man from Dakota ox He disabled his own engines to Jay us up here His assistant Is maling repairs nail amI the fremen firemen are chucking in coal Nice little tUe plot but I think wel well beat f It Now then who has got pistols The four mn men of the rIpS had re Yol r in ther their trunk trunks and and the same was the ease caMe with five other male pas When the weapons w re brought out and loaded two men were wre set sent down into the engine engin room to tn act as a tonic on the assistant and his fremen firemen About this time the mate be ben began gan n to act queerly and he was hurrIe hurried into the corner 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