Salt Lake Tribune | 1897-05-10 | Page 3 | A Cash Deal with Wong-Lee

I 1 t 1 A 15 I 1 ITH I 1 it 0 fy cha as 5 lewis af Z IW by charles 11 lewis I 1 PART pant I 1 the amer n brig 1 of oc which I 1 its waa IM first t mate ate had haa bei bc a to an nh trading firm in the 1 purl rt of SaI gnia china end and I 1 was out of I 1 berth as was waa the case with wn or twelve able siert women men who had formed her ACT ere crp we W wet awo still in a group on the wharf taking a lost last look oak at th the bunny bonny craft when a man whom anybody anya could have h a v 0 recognized as a ses bi captain capr aln camo came briskly al albair nair and haild to say bay I 1 h hard e ard of tilts crew only art aji hour it affa 0 s and nd ant am ready to sign you all on cm koor for uthai lie t sort of 0 run r I 1 I 1 asked al N 3 11 tile that later lul r on let tho the mm men so 90 to a ton blardine arding boulat akl yo you come me inc now bolo boi j le fiot voys go 11 hirla R III pay my you 1 biff wap P but its no p place I 1 ace to lo taik h here the I 1 mate mill give you athla Is afternoon f keep mum anum and don tit 1 pet t drunk A away way you yo go 0 satt o then mr air mr ir marivin alm Me rivin I 1 sold well wt 11 mr air morwin come along alone and hear bear he hal X I 1 have to say an hour ago ACO 1 dould he have sold out for a dollar now im felhage afef allne rey ready for anything N nt hat are your mon all americans thais name Is 1 raynor ray nor captain john ras norand and I 1 an a yon ke myself though I 1 ve been out ini in this cussed country tul till I 1 im n half gal ad fir air but I 1 naus in ill lurk to com acardo you houi I 1 never wanted a crew of men good men no bad in my llo lite this is id trio me walk jn in ile io tod the dav into an office in one end and of a big warehouse A small screw steam e r ads moo moored r e d at the tn wharf op ell gonotte lo ilie the door a and nd further furl hr up the slip ftp wax WAS a amail hark bark tm tin t m the warehouse was a sign tearing the namo name of gage gae and I 1 knew the firm to bo be americans nobel did at a large business in chinese products capt raynor headed hand town down a box of 9 anda and bottle of wine runic his hat on the he aw alaor and hung up his hi coat and whom Ms his clofar waa mas allgot he bluntly you know where saran bojc is meche yet acin ift borneo I 1 Corr oct but for the last three days 1 tvr ve been wishing it was in ule the other plane ill the 0 firma of perkins gage gaffe airn and brown B t P want to etab va alps ivoti it I 1 a at t Sai wak anak and each 1 Is 10 forward 2500 0 in allier ler im to have charge of tho the craft which carries it n 1 W well ail an easy job I 1 said aalde Is it ju just a it w watt it it a minute did you VT h hear ear of we wons loc lee iles the tha chinni pam t A 11 just BO 0 and the bol boldezar detar as aj well n aso aa the cutest devil m who ho ever sat sall a junk or out cut a watto mato mans malls throat threat thata any y trouble wong won g L alfr e lies got cot la I 1 aco port clear to the end of 0 the yet yellow 1 BI and theres no doubt ho he stands tn in with man many offlie als lies iles pot got the newl nawa that this money Is going te sa tia well yo youve U 0 go itt t ii stromer here to carry it and run dway froni from hla his old junks liang it mui cried the captain captala capt Aln HA as ho he ll 11 ro light his hh list fist down on tho the table ly you 0 dont wo bee use tho point when this atea m crime camo in three days ago aeo to I 1 oad the boxes emil and hea for sar sara wak wait 11 ll 1 her crew deserted her but the white the story shout about the money leaked out somehow some how and the fellows were afraid of m won eleo e leo im no doubt hes got spies right in the ware IN houf tes why not ship the money on oil the bark there I 1 asked that x what I 1 propose t to do now no mr tout but think of it 11 before because I 1 had no crew to depend on weve pot got to bo be devilish fly dy however and the chances arc am even up that wong lira gats on to our rume that afternoon atler noon the twelve of u us from tho the sli anted on for voyage t to 0 sarawak and IN ll altu turn tu with poel tilla t orders that no man drink a drop of liquor gropen or open his h mouth regarding our port of destination I 1 was given elven the iho hearth of chief mate and accompanied I 1 the cabin we had on deck six chinese sailors not one of whom were abie sel aea men and thy they were flounce floundering na about and grow growl ing lne at our being shorthand short hand ad d when hen ill tho ten leans milked duj out ajr if ill the cabin at and there was waa a change in the pro gramme it would mould not flo do to send imd in fellona ashore in a dili enot loom boat ti and we rold not w ant ani llam under foot faint it al a therefore aided to lo in am them ihm on the ballast it val tog n thing me might have to answer for or in couri later on but capt caal ranor took look I 1 the he bull by the dormi and it trai transpired I 1 ill that at he h meter amer did m more lucky shinar we mav matr have thron dust in the eyes byc B of wong won loe lae or wo a may have jt it ho he explained it if wi we happen to ir him vi as don t to fiant ant these scoundrels agnina it us u as a N 11 all JI three of tham ha hae out buah it hung hanft 1109 do looks that wo we may suspect them of NN hile I 1 had been shipping the crew the cap captain tall it hall had seen to arming armine the bark ile H had put aboard a dwen muskets as ninny many Cut cutlasses culla lasses Axes plenty of I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 weve got to be devilish sly cartridges and two double ie barrel cd american shotguns eien earn if he could ahre hr bought eatmon cannon there nas mas no OTIO one aboard hit know knew anything tit of pun gull me counting Coun the cook and stenard ie vird who ho ere baalas and baters haters 0 of the thre there th re meral cro fifteen of 0 us in the crew and we felt we ought to he be able all to RIMS KIN as a fair account of ourselves if laid aboard the mado a run of miles to the th north and then as planned beforehand loveband lo f something went wrong with her machinery A it dav ON was spent in making repairs repair and she he limped back to saigon and hr her crew were charged sho she had seen nothing of homr L but there wast was a good reason for fr it Is wo we afterward d ascertained in spite of all our sharpness and secrecy B the th pir so tea allies not got onto our little van acamo as and knew that only the hoob of 0 sand went by the steamer wong 9 leas lines knew our destination tho the course ne war must take with ill tile the prevailing walnda ivings and ho he was wa in the wake make of at the th gull before she had sailed twenty miles when morning came w we a had a in working breeze and crow crowded ded the bark along but there was waa a junk V alch held her position lon no BO readily that we me linew knew sho she was mas some eoma I 1 hing better than it a trader in a run of 0 ear four ou hours RC lie did not gain a foot on it her though the gull vo would pass tho the average fri junk with everything do double ut le reefed wong lee had ili the e f a j text native craft afloat an and w when hen n noon coon came and our pursuer still I 1 m maintained ain ta tried her position we voe tried a I 1 little experiment in ili hopes to settle her identity its my opinion that some of the fellows down in the hold are pirates still and have sailed with noo conr ong lw lee said ald capt tastier radnor it no they will ivill know hla his craft on felcht well rouse bouwe om era up sen ran an string and then watch atch cal cm the prisoners lashings mere ft ere east oft off and they were brought on deck and crowded forward into this humor and the crow crew watched them in a furtive manner tile the fellow were road and amid sulky and it waa miss perhaps fifteen min tates before they mail mado out the junk astern there were no bapa than sven seven I 1 cfall biallo in sight from our docks nt eat that thai lime ime there was waa immediate ecjpe id I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 e 1 jjr 1 I 0 i i ail 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 N I 1 ia I 1 Z 0 he WAS sure start that the junk astern win was commanded Command cd by a relative by oma cw fit 0 f lh men ment aboard ab th h bark M vh h P h won called the C gull 11 ll arih h I 1 mil ud 1 I 1 it tet we tra tiling along alone tile coast I 1 aind ad 1 1 M di the Isla and a fro nater ere tati I 1 ballor would mould rare to I 1 e be aboard lit ki T tho lither ather ten ln men mem ere hidder asay m ay until wair ted tind ind the next dy day me tm rin t tr still 0 crew for or a voyage to lo korta end return tin till wa tir the first move in the cabais an to blind wong I 1 le L e the second was to 0 hip crew for the he I 1 steamer ti and give out oui that she WM was hound bound for formosa there ther we M yet vet a third fume tobe to b played th TUB boxes in aich the th silver was wh each held trealy anve anve extra lox box wb arc ers to made ode find and ailed with wt wet aaland athla w woric ork was done by employ coal who ho could be I 1 trusted rus tod after midnight ono one tight the h as moncy money boxes bon aers cr carried aboard of the gull and stewed anay in me under ue tile cabin catallo lh b x xa of sand wi were carried aboard the steamer in wined brood daylight on the third day both tho the StO lumen and na the bark were ready to leave rioth both chark had bad shipped bort abort anil crown and with as purpose in 1 I we killed ume time from auld afta non nola till 10 30 at night ihn th tile tamar steamer rest rat oft off and headed toward th tho north two hours later CUPL itara wax raa i ww la to put to our man n amne aboard ed one by one on during UK this fam hal had hi baen h i smuggled into I 1 i 14 I 1 I 1 i 11 benl dinong minong g the prisoners and pretty noon iho leader m aiho he was one of 0 the three we ival believed to le ile pirates pirate sent word aft that he so wished isheal to speak to to the th captain ithen this license was waa 1 st he said cald lie he waa am pure fiur the junk astern was wa commanded by a relative tit nf him who hailed balled from the th catwick islands and who would receive lh the on board lie ifo was wa given 9 gloh glass and told to make nak mire mare and u long lony look he reported lh that at was waa poin poh lil bithe of the junks identity thea that wax wan all we wanted to know kno lie jl had recoe filled tho the jurk junk wand and it was waa now alln to Us ua that wons longlee long lee le had spotted our game and was waa after our dollare it would be b a good time to have it out with fill him at noonday and u with ith friendly lindly fr ora crafts fix in right ind and the prisoners eve writ below tho the muskets loaded and we brought the bark to the wind to we wall it for the junk she was waa about five rat malf ties astern and our sudden and un movement rno seemed to contuse confuse her ler for a um jim ol 01 she at 0 shortened hort as ned first sa ball I 1 1 but realizing that him would woul i be looked on upon an she aft shook out the reefs and cattle down to windward of u us and holat hoisted ted a douai that phe ho desired to speak I 1 was in the th mall main riaz acing watching her ill lih a kian near hen the hc was nas three ratio tern her deck are awad ornald to be crowded math men ton ten rati nut later laer ell but about a dozen had earce below I 1 saw colls of rope flung down to utter jitter tile the deck ilecki ile cli and Is she brought up imla list JL mile amay her crew pulled an and a hauled like a lot of hin land 4 bubbel tile the old hoy boy in 1 aboard abeare 1 tor for a took look a around said all cup kayer cay n when hen I 1 hod had el ported old to him and aid before ahn Pira blimes tere small b boat ant won tea in tile the water vic hia in I 1 mail mad tir our plan fi ft at of our coal men were hidden amab in th ill hold nil all arms to put ili out ont of oc and a it A we mern arn it tal seem fm to to bil billiejo lIeNo adv aarn arn the the gitil bior or thought NIL to relate non af pf f us ua harl bad e ear v er s evil wong lep but INV aln per axonal etona de had bad hn been rind n tideo hen a plant giant ot of a milli a long ions deroos his right check cal camu le over our cur rail from his boat vio no know me ftc were face fee 0 to foce face with one of the I 1 te most cunnin d birlat a of tho the age lie only two mn men m n with him who in the beat find and he had no weapons 0 of any stan coil t tn in night lt seemed a bit talton taken aback i 1 I 1 raid ca a crew of cf while men aboard an and it so fe few w in number and he up ui and down damn as aa if J expecting to bee a gull KU or two too alln a 01 oj 3 morag lee far a renti rent whispered capt ranor radnor as aa it lie moved forward and uell oll rove KW it if a yankton cant pull pu J the wool over hk his oyes eyes if we RO 90 helow helon for a talk do vou all evl watch the junk ond amid role e that sale dodam t adso it down doun on it us KOLI keep tho the men at work ark and let am m understand that ihal ill ahoy C I 1 a arc I 1 no not t to pay too much attention at seem co to arar thim TO BK BE CONTINUED