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Show leQb j ectionable Lighthouse j- ByFoxcroftDaviS Is arc learning things 1 at homo for :i thou-re thou-re Rolng abroad 'mid 5 here and there on c and acquiring many the English, whose ds arc extremely tak-:o tak-:o a piece of ground ie unwritten law It Is uarn. Then they take n square miles more, ing the English. The bly evolves Itself Into o section of debatable s German or Chinese does anybody seem ,cd except the Eng-6ort Eng-6ort happened In the iio-Chuu, the German i Yellow river. About o Yellow river Is a rcg out Into the river, ;kup point. Nothing, there, and the point L a spit of land run-On run-On tho right of It rather bight, curving lore Is a big flat rock of the bight -which , but us It is In no-her no-her servos as a con-ire, con-ire, calm and undis-on undis-on a tlmo a Chinese lino of rafts loadod icnt. lost its tow oft ic rafts upset, dumn-itnd dumn-itnd cement Into the una strong there and irly twenty-five feet :able's length of low-Tho low-Tho bricks and cede ce-de tho water shoal that particular point, d at all. The rafts' ir uso at Chao-Chau. are fortified, and as sat hurry to do the ;nt after new bricks tho rafts' loads roof ro-of the river, where ;y and nobody both-H. both-H. M. Seahorse, third mder R. H. F. Hyde afing about the Ycl-im Ycl-im Chao-Chau here cruisers loafing In tammander Hyde- saw at Stickup point. A 1 officer, Lieutenant , with a couple of g measurements and ahorse immediately to buy vegetables, irge of the boat was ns mlsht have- been Lieutenant Langton, lie Seahorse. It took buy some potatoes ch the Seahorse al-ty. al-ty. but Langton took mmodliy besides po-Thls po-Thls commodity was o build a lighthouse gton to Hyde in tho se. "They say it Is nd that ii lighthouse bile utility." you mean." replied there will bo a Germed Ger-med " there, then a ! factory, and in a erman colony. That Ip It?" asked Lang-f Lang-f boy," darkly an-gton an-gton resumed, "who soundings and meas-sndhal. meas-sndhal. a curly-hcad-jard looks like Lo-i. Lo-i. I knew him well was dead gone on rs of tho American mdhal was dead gone sorni brains. Von k to Chao-Chau to-or to-or a week." !" cried Hyde, slapback, slap-back, seahorse' Seahorse steamed rd Wel-hal-wel, ap-further ap-further interest in ckup point, which was of about was one of a couple It by tho admiralty ad mi rait" lords, who nothing about ships. Lieen made over into but the Seahorse re-to re-to worry everything r to whom she came lusually high, sharp, ', very wicked look-possl look-possl bill ties of ram-,o ram-,o this there was a urnlng Hho described iilch -was about Jive ;th; also, that she rnlng and seemed 11 the time with her was enough to make ivith her sister ships as possible in ma-her ma-her commander was tho men who could . take the Seahorse anccs were painfully d his officers. That Ing Wel-hal-wel thoy pas, which horo the lco-admiral and was practice. The Sea-it Sea-it her comamnder Ii Vlcc-Admiral Marie Mar-ie answering signal e Seahorse steamed of tho big cruiser, dge. howled through following insulting sc to me wlfh that irs. I don't want a as you did in the i referred to a troop-Ted troop-Ted like a haystack Hirnlly getting In the Kho had. with ap-, ap-, and forethought, ihorse at Honglcong. ho Seahorse defended c aid burled it about IP Hoogly However, id an armor hell of Ing llko nine Inches cahoi-80 might liave tho day of Judgment slightest Impression. t he was addressing I thai Vlcc-Admiral Molampas and llsten-,gav0 llsten-,gav0 back the soft I to turn away wrath, bellowed through a t coming any Hosor." to Langton was to-' to-' It he called tho M-. M-. who wao Captain and tlie younger on nppop. a lunkhead, a Nancy, who needed rc of, him. etc. etc. he Seahorse's launch now strip of muddy t between the little one, and Hydo clam-clampas. clam-clampas. He prouteiJ ability and got a cool he Seahorse was still lio Molampns. so her 'owever, was with the rns-'ntly seated at Melumpas had no nlral. and tho consc-?Ptaln consc-?Ptaln Lord Edmund :ne executive officer's lX?MfWnrn?hth0 Atll"1.,,al c,Jo' Possessed mn f, th? captain's quarters. AdMSiMo0 up 11,0 rlvopr' askcd 3tlPk.mell!?h.lh"B0 ,3.t0 b0 built at p lekup po nt." answered Hyde. "I was there two days ago." "What!" bawled tho Admiral. Hydo suavely ropeaten his remark. There is always something agrceablo mJl"S 11,0 Wr ,of '"'Portant Info-B??o Info-B??o V Wi l'lcasa-' Good Toundatlon. "Built by the Germans." ho said, "in-,i.of "in-,i.of n rort,,Bht. I was up there two weeks ago and heard that a big string inZaifls i.t2w,ed. ,by a native Junlr and ?diPiJ .w,-th brI?I:? aml cedent had got up that lar and had capsized, and the iJL !ind ,c?nic,5i gone down In twenty-five feet of water right -nt the ono of the point. It makes a preltv Bood foundation for a lighthouse, and the Gor-mans Gor-mans are quietly making survevs with a 1mV u I"mlnK P a light, out of pure philanthropy. No rocks, no oddlcs. good sandy bottom and eighteen feet of water at low tide." "Of course," snorted tho Admiral. It has occurrort to me," meekly said Hyde, "that there might bo some philanthropy phil-anthropy on our side, too. So 1 came down to ask your permission to blow up that pile of bricks and cement, which I consider a danger to navigation, being only eighteen foot of water over it at low water, as I mentioned. It might be dangerous to the native Junks and rafts." For nnswor the Admiral, an unclemon-slratlvo unclemon-slratlvo man. leaned across the table and caught Hyde's hand in his and shook it warmly. "Certainly." ho said; "only eighteen feet of water over that obstruction to navigation on Stickup point, as you say. It was hardly necessary for you to come and ask. permission for that. How long will it lake you to get up there and do the work?" "About two days," answered Hyde. "When I was there, day before yesterday, yester-day, the Germans were hauling materials for the lighthouse. They , claimed that it would be a mere temporary affair, but the German occupation isn't designed to bo temporary." "Are there any Germans about there?" "Not openly, but they have a way of appearing in droves when you least expect ex-pect to see them. I understand thai the surveys and plans had bean made and the junks engaged to bring up the stuff from Chao-Chau." Tho Admiral took out his watch and looked at 1L "Can't usk you to stay to luncheon." ho snid: "there Isn't any llmo to lose in an errand of humanity, such as you are engaged upon. Go up there and blow the bottom out of the river If you can." ' "I can blow a. big hole in the bottom now." said Hydo rising. "May I ask if you have any further Instructions?" "Yes," said tho Admiral, seizing a pen and dashing off a line upon a sheet of paper, sealing, addressing It and handing It to Hyde. "Open this when your rcckr oning shows that you aro five miles from Stickup point." Hyde put his sealed instructions in his breast pocket, made his obeisances to the Admiral and went out on deck. Officers were standing around, but Captain Lord Edmund Kerr still, llko Horatlus. held tho bridge, and, megaphone In hand, watched the Seahorse as sho bobbed and swayed about in tho swift-running swift-running current in the bright light of the summer morning. There was no doubt about It. the Seahorse Sea-horse appeared to be a perverse craft, and in turning seemed uncertain for a while which way she would come around. She finally concluded to turn In a way which brought her unpleasant looking bow about fifty yards nearer tho Mclam-pas, Mclam-pas, which sneered off as a hippopotamus shies away from an alligator. Finally, however, the Seahorse, having mado up her mind which way sho wished to go. accomplished It and went trotting up the river at a good gait. , The next morning but one, at daylight, day-light, found tho Seahorse nearlng Stickup point. Five miles from it Hyde opened his sealed orders. They read as follows: "Do ns you damn please." They were signed In due official form by R. F. K. Harbord, vice-admiral, commanding. com-manding. , ... "Thoso aro the orders I like." chuckled Hyde, showing them to Langton. who was Just 2G years old. "And I hope," said that young executive execu-tive officer, "vou will give me tho same kind of instructions." "Not a bit of It." answored Hydo sternly. "I don't believe In ontmsting Junior officers with duties beyond their iepoon they came within sight of the low-lying Stickup point. Nothing was sticking up. Tho huts of the natives were huddled together on the high ground, which, like "the low, was subject to overflow over-flow at times. Now. however, the spring tides had abated, leaving behind the rich alluvium, which means a good harvest to the tireless workers. A rich harvest In China means that nobody starves, though many go hungry. There was not a foreigner for-eigner In sight, but there was something quite as interesting to be seen. Far oft up tho river a strong glass, showed a long string of native junks and rafts with native na-tive oarsmen coming slowly down. The men were singing cheerfully, and their shrill chorus, borno on the morning wind, floated far In advuncc of them. The long tow was not headed by a. putting putt-ing German launch, as It might have been, but Hyde's strong eyes, with a strong glass, discerned upon every roTl two or three men in tho uniform of oc-c oc-c dental sailors. A grim susp c on .flashed Into Hvde'B mind. That great tow meant material for the lighthouse. Ho was con-v con-v need of this when. In spite of tho wind and tide being In their favor, the tow slopped about a mile up the river without any apparent reason, unless It was the presence of the Seahorse. Blown Up. Meanwhile .the Seahorse came toaring up at full speed, and by the tlmo sho was anchored two of her boats were nut and hovering mysteriously over the snot where fate had deposited the beginning of a foundation for a lighthouse. Langton Lang-ton was in the first boat and half an hour's quick work did the business. One boat went ashore and landed a dozen sailors sail-ors who scattered in all directions giving giv-ing warning to tho natives not to approach ap-proach within a certain radius of Stickup Point The boat with its companions scuttled back to the Seahorse, which turned and went down the river a mile. Then, at the firln- of n gun. there was a sudden deep rumbling and the bottom of the river at Stickup Point suddenly rose 1 the air. A great colmun of water shone like, a plllnr of cloud in the day. hovered for a moment, then fell back Into tlie river, which went placidly on its way as If nothing had happened. As a matter of fact, where there had boon eighteen feet of water there was now a hole about forty feet doon und bricks and cement were gone. Then the Seahorse's b uejackots or, shore swung along to a point half a mile down the shore, whore they wore taken aboard tlie little cruiser, who then turned her noso downstream. In tho cabin Iiyoc. m the exuberance of his feelings, hugged Langton warmly. "Ve have done for 'em," cried Langton. Lang-ton. meaning the German's shemo of a :lKinhopo' so." said Tlydn, "but I think thev will' bear watching. In my orders, don I vou ce I can do as I damned please and I please to go off for a week or two nnd make Ihose German beggars think V have gone to Chcfoo, and then wo will come bade and seo what the scoundrels arc up to." Hydo was an good as his word and the Seahorse molted into the horizon and was seen no moro for eleven davs. At tho end of nine days nows itad como from Stickup Point. A natlvo magistrate, Chnng Fu by name, who loved to embroil tho British Brit-ish and the Germans, mado a journoy fifteen fif-teen miles down tlie river and went aboard tno Seahorse, bringing with him an Interpreter. His nows was as follows: "The Germans did not mind the hole In the river. They went into the bight of the bay. where there Is a Hat rock close to tho shore, nnd made square boxes of wood and iron, which they filled full of cement and laid on the rock. Then thoy put a brick wall and more cement around it and made a square place above water as solid as rock, and this tncy did in six days, working day and night. They had limbers on tho ground nnd they put up a house, the boards fastened with Iron clamps, nnd all glass at tho top, nnd In It they light a light at sunset nnd It burns until daylight, and thero aro Germans Ger-mans all tho time who lond that light." Hyde retained his self-possession, but his heart descended into his boots. IIIf labor of love In gotting tho obstruction to navigation out of the way at Stickup Point had been In vain. Crang-Fu and the Interpreter bowed themselves oft the ship with much ceremony, but left sorrowful sor-rowful hearts In Hyde and Langton and everybody In tho Seahorse, including the cooks In tho galley. Langton, howovcr. in the courso of an hour or two recovered his spirits and, going down into the cabin, had a private conversation with Hyde, so prlvato that the Japanese boy, who was a spy and who had made a hole between the pantry and the cabin, could not understand a word. But Hdyc's spirits revived rapidly as the Seahorse took her way down tho rlvnr nhmih twenJv miles tn n native ly as her bunkers carried the very best grade of free burning coal, and under forced draught Phe could do something more than seventeen knots. When she was finally settled and hoaded un tho river, Hydo. happy and " . rf ... -iv THE OEUISER'S UGLY BOW STRUCK THE LIGHTHOUSE A STAGGERING BLOW FULL AMIDSHIPS. town with a small European colony engaged en-gaged in the Import of agricultural Implements Imple-ments and shoot iron. The manager of tho warehouse, Mc-Gunnlgle. Mc-Gunnlgle. was a subject of King Edward VII., having been born and reared In the city of Glasgow, which ho called "Glns-gle." "Glns-gle." Hyde, with Iangton, wont ashore. U was a hot July day and tho little bare office of tho big warehouse was llko an oven. False Noso. Tholr conference was held,-or rathor Hyde, In a dulcet voice, gave certain disguised dis-guised orders to Mr. McGunnlglo. Hyde was H2 years old, but his beardless fnco made him look llko a boy of twenty-two. McGunnlKle, a tall, raw-boned Scotchman, Scotch-man, with a regular kali yard accent, listened meekly. At the end of this confabulation, con-fabulation, It being still early In the aflornoon, the Seahorse after her wabbly fashion mado for a small plor attached to Ihc warehouse, upon which tho shoot Jron and agricultural Implements wore unloaded. Immediately an Improvised tout of canvas was slrctchod over the bow of the ship and part of tho plor and Innldo this lent went on some queer dock yard work. A truck load of ploughshares and axe helves was dumped on the pier nnd the engine room forco of the Seahorse, Sea-horse, increased by a gang of handy men, proceeded to secure onto tho bow of the Seahorse ploughshares and axe helves nt every point- II Is a difficult thing for an amateur lo fasten things onto chilled steel several Inches thick, but tho artificers aboard ship are clever men and havo magical tools which they heat red hot and havo wonderful machinery for working them. At tho end of two days' tolling, moiling and broiling the canvas tent was re-movod re-movod and tho Seahorse pulled out Into tho stream. Her appearance was truly grotesque. Her bow wa3 as sharp as ever, but sho scomcd to have been lengthened a. couplo of feet Tho plates at that point did nol havo Ihn appcaranco of armor platos at all but of sections of sheet Iron neatly screwed In. The additional weight forward for-ward snnt the little cruiser down by tho bead about two feet, so that she appeared lo bo nosing frantically in the water, while astern her screw went racing around In tho air. Thin contingency, however, seemed to bo anticipated because be-cause sho immediately backed up to tho ner again and took on enough scrap Iron to" bring hor stern on a level with hor head Tills mado her draw a foot moro writer XcvcrlholcPa. she could still do Vvcnt-en knni- very handily partlcular- persplrlng on tho bridge, said lo Langton: Lang-ton: "We'll do It or burst." This was Hyde's ndaptntlon of a word ho had frequently heard used by his friend Hnlkott, of tho United States navy, the correct pronunciation, however, being be-ing "bust." It was early In tho morning when the Soahorso began her pilgrimage back to Stickup Point, thirty miles up the river. There did nol seem to be any particular occasion for racing, but she started off at a good clip and steadily Increased it. Fifteen miles below Stickup Point tho engines began to hum and tho Seahorse raced ahead as If Iter new and exceedingly exceed-ingly homely bow and the load of scrap iron oft wero so many nlrshlps aboard. She was using tho free burning coal, which McCubin, the chief engineer, regarded re-garded In tho light of gold and diamonds, and was shoveling It Into tho stoko hole as If It were a bundle of old newspapers. Hydo himself, by way of encouraging tlie engine room forco, went Into the Inferno of the ship, taking tho precaution precau-tion of first removing his blouse, trousers trous-ers nnd shoes. Tho men were working In fifteen-minute shifts, and tho surgeon was on hand giving ihem milk and brandy ns they came ouL of tho engine room. Hyde, taking a shovel, did stoker's stok-er's work for ten minutes, tho sweat pouring off him In streams. Tho stokers, stok-ers, grimy men. who spoko little and worked llko demons, gave him a rousing rous-ing choer that rang above tho florco throbbing and sobbing and groaning of tho engines and the wild whirling of tho screw. When Hyde cumo out of the cnglno room after taking his dose of milk and brandy ho looked as If he had been In swimming and tho doctor forced him lo put on some dry clothes. This took exactly ex-actly two mlnutos and Hydo again ro-turncd ro-turncd to tho bridge. Smashing tho Lighthouse. The Seahorse, llko a thing of life. wa3 forging ahead and the low lino of tho coast was coming nearer y Jumps. Yos. there In the purplo dusk of the evening, shining high over tho straggling huts that lined the blghl of the bay. was a light in a square building, stuck out In the stream about forty yards. Tho light was not tho scientific incandescent light of modern days, but a small, steady, fixed light, which came from a couple of big kerosene lamps. Occasionally a shadow passed before the glass and a qunrtor of a mllo away Hyde, through a strong glass, discerned that those two dark figures evidently wero not Chinamen China-men but Europeans. Tho Seahorse, without slackening speed, turned Into tho small, deep bay. As If In derision of the korosene lamps, sho turned a great searchlight full upon tho lighthouse. It made tho men within the glass top of tho lower suddenly fall prono on their faces to cover their eyes. Tho Seahorse, now well In the little bay, whs making straight for the small light. Hyde remained on the bridge while Langton took tho deck and gave tho order: or-der: "Stand by to lower that launch." One of the men lying flat on his face In the lighthouse woro the uniform of a Gorman offlcor. Ho was u brave fellow, but the bravest man Is helpless In the full glaro of a searchlight. 1 lo cannot open his eyes, for If ho noes ho would bo blinded. If ho opened them ho could see nothing, for tho fearful and demoniac glaro of the white light blotted out all olfcO. It was reflected In tho night sky. which was crossed with groat bars of light, diverging as If tlu heavens were aflame In a dozen places. Instead of Hushing ucrosa the zenith, as those reflections re-flections generally do. they remained fixed, for the Seahorse was laying n straight courso for tho lighthouse, and the great glaring eye of the searchlight never changed lis direction. Tho natives na-tives still laoorlng In tho fields stopped a mluutu or tv.'o to sco what would happen. hap-pen. As tho Soahorsu camo within a hundred yards of the lighthouse without with-out diverging a point, the people on land ran down to tho shore shrieking In nd-vnnee nd-vnnee fet the cnlnfir 'i ihn won com ing. The space of a hundred yards wns swallowed up In a minute and the cruiser's ugly bow struck the lighthouse a staggering blow full amidships". The foundation of green cement gave way, llko a cheese when tho knife Is nut Into It. and tho wooden tower tumbled Into the water and floated llko a great tub. The launch was In tho water al-most al-most ns soon as tho lighthouse and steamed for It as fast as she could run. Two men within the wooden tower had broken out the glass sides. Within smoke and flames wero appearing. Tho two lamps were upnot and one had caught fire. Tho Inrush of water prevented a furious blaze, but tho lira was creeping about wherever the oil was splnshed. Tho launch, an If prepared for this catastrophe, produced a flro hose which, !L immediately began to play on the lire, Incidentally drenching the two men. who nlrcady were as wet as a couple of water rat3. , Langton, who wns In tho launch, hauled them aboard. The first man was an ordinary sailor, the other wan an officer offi-cer In tho German naval uniform. As he was dragged into the launch he steadied himself, found his feet and stood rigidly at "attention." bringing his hand to his head, upon which there was no cap, and bowed stiffly. . "I am LIoutenr.nl Count von Stlend-hal," Stlend-hal," ho said, "of the imperial German navy," "Glad to see you," r.ald Langton, warmly grasping Von Stlcndhal's hand, "I recollect meeting you last year at Kiel. Don't you recollect?" Lloutonant Count von Stlendhal, having hav-ing a slow Teutonic mind, nt first did not remember, and besides he was Just out of the Jaws of death by flame and water. Langton, however, went on, the men In tho launch mcamvhlle Industriously Industri-ously attaching a big hawser to the lighthouse. "Don't you remember the Kaiser's ball at Kiel, and whnt a Jolly time nve had with those two American girls out there, the daughters of Ihc American admiral? ad-miral? Nothing like 'em. They have both got married since. Well, it was protty risky business for a launch as small as this to go bobbing about for a floating lighthouse, but wo don't mind danger when wo are trying to save life." Somo Pleasantries. Von Stlendhal had been partially dazed by the reminiscences of Kiel and th daughters of the America:; admiral, but when it came to having the lighthouse rammed and a couplo of oil lamps tumbled tum-bled on tho floor and the perpetrators of this outrage claiming to be heroic life-savers, life-savers, it was more than ho could stand. He replied, after a moment's reflection, sarcastically: "Do you not have any lookouts on your ship?" "Oh, ho. That's good I" chuckled Langton. Lang-ton. "I'll have to tell thai to the first lord of tho admiralty. Nice old cock he is, and fond of a Joke. Xo lookouts on ono of his majesty's cruisers. Ho! ho!" "I Judged so." replied Von Stlendhal blandly, "by tho manner In which tho cruiser was steored." Langton had no more time for conversation con-versation then. Another boat from the Seahorse was lying alongside with another an-other hawser, also with half a dozen big buoys, such as wreckers use and aro not always found aboard a ship of war. The sailors swarmed all ovor the half submerged wreck, and In about half an hour tho lighthouse appeared to have laid down on the water for a nap. and to have been caught In a spider's web of hawsers from the Seahorse. The Seahorse, meanwhile, had got her nose smashed In tho encounter, and Elates of sheet Iron were broken and cnt. and ploughshares and axe helves were dropped Into the wator, nnd tho native sampans were already putting off with their long tongs to seize this precious pre-cious plunder. Another swarm of sailors climbed like files all over tho Seahorse's broken nose and worked ferociously by the light of swinging Incandescent lights. Another gang was engnged in dumping scrap Iron astern. While this wns going on Von Stlendhal, looking more like Lohengrin than ever, sat dt dinner in the cabin with Hyde. Thero seemed to be no particular reason rea-son why Von Stlendhal should remain, as he could -easily have got ashore In a sampan, but tho British do not possess all the wits In the world, and Von Stlendhal Stlend-hal had a few brains undor his curly blond hair. Ho promptly accepted Hdyc's Invitation to remain and dino In the cabin, and even said that ho would not trouble Commander Hydo to send him ashore, as It would be equally convenient for him to go down to Wel-hal-wel and take the train back. This proposition was joyfully accepted by Hyde and private Instructions were sent to the cabin cook to servo the finest dinner that the tinned luxuries In thc cabin pantry would supply Lank'ton also was asked to dine in the cabin. The fact that important things wore being '10 done while the commandor and his exncu- M five officer wen; enjoying a ten-course ffj dinner was explained by the fact that there wero plenty of competent men at B work repairing the slight damage which fig tho false nose of the Seahorse had suf- jjj fercd in her encounter with the light- W houso. M As a matter of fnct, her only injury was the breaking of her noso, which was 11 an artificial feature. -jl "I wonder," aid Von Stlendhal, jU thoughtfully, whon tho second bottlo of ill champagne was opened, "why you could not avoid the lighthouse. The light wan visible at least half a mile away and was jjf in the innermost curve of the bay." "We did our best," replied Hyde earn- gg j estly, "and tried to keep out of the bay. m bul this ship has never answered hor U helm very Well and hur steering goar got completely out of order Just two R hundred yards heforc we rammed tho M j ugumouee. we meani 10 give il a wmo berth, but there is a kind of depravity In m Inanimate things sometimes, and a ship II will mako a fool of herself when you leant n expect It. Don't you know it?" jD "I cannot say that I have ever seen a vessel of tho imperial German navy make such a fool of itself as did tho m Seahorse." replied Von Stlendhal, looking m Hyde steadily in tho eye. M But He Didn't. 1 Hyde's Impulse was to throw his glan3 of champagne full in Von Stiendhnl's face, H but he restrained himself. He saw pro- IB motion and a big command ahead of him. and these two things arc mighty factors In Hf-ll'-control. M Toward 10 o'clock that night the Sea- H horse began hor return journey down tho m river, towing tlie lighthouse after her. IB The tide waB running out in fury and W wao whipped by a rattling breeze, and jl the Seahorse scarcely felt the wooden V box towing astern. She might havo fl reached Wel-hal-wel by daylight, but In- fl stead she slacked up when nearlng tho R harbor and finally came to a dead stop. H It was Sunday morning, and at 9 o'clock M the Sunday morning inspection was held U on all the British ships and also on a fl very smart littlo American cruiser, the 18 Alletta, which had come up to Wel-hai- Jul wel to make a friendly call. B It was 'then that Hydo elected to steam R up to the anchorage, taking a berth as II close as he was permitted to the Melam- m pas. He responded promptly to a signal H ordering him to come aboard. Every eye l on every ship In tho harbor was fixed on iff the Seahorse with her odd-looking tow. i a In the cabin of the Melampas Hydo told M his story to the admiral. jJJ "We rammed the lighthouse, sir. amid- 1 ships, and pulled off without so much as h a dented plate. We had got a false bow fl on tho Seahorse " ' Q Then he described in technical lan- ffl guage what had been done nt the factory Ja pier at the little town on the river. H ! "Of course wo knew that an accident 15 1 might happen to the men in the light- la I houso, so we had the launch out with a . 1JJ hose and the life-savers ready. We , J i hauled two men out of the lighthouse 1 '18 nnd have them still. One of them. Lieu- 1 IB tenant Count von Stlendhal. didn't ask Jfl to be set ashore, but semcd moro than j ljj willing to como down here with us. He, Is this moment smoking on tho poop of jn i tho Seahorse," . )K l "Quite naturally." said Admiral Hnr- JH J bord, "the fellow Wanted lo sec what wo , JJj wero going to do about it. Well, I had M rather he wouldn't. Nevertheless, you . Iff rammed the lighthouse and towed it i ffl ' down here and captured the officer and JJj man In charge Of course, It was an ac- , cldent, an awful accident, you know." Ijij "Oh, yes," answered Hyde, beaming. J j "we wero damaged, you know, sir. It ' ;jjt , took us threo hours to get that false Jfl nose off the ship and make her look like ill , she hadn't been in a prize-fight and to N , dump the scrap iron overboard and gee , n , tho tow all right. It was an accident; la ; the kind of an accident that is likely to j happen when d lighthouse is put Inside II the bight of a bay." W To this the Admiral sternly replied: 'IB j "The whole thing will be Investigated. Jfl I shuli appoint a court of inquiry today U and you shall have tho best command In , available as soon as possible." ji Thai night there wns rejoicing in many IB S wardrooms and cabins at Wel-hai-wei, U ' which is a British naval station. JH ' Lieutenant Count von Stlendhal. at kj . Chao-Chau, was justifying himself to his ftf commander for returning to Wel-hal-wel II In the Seahorse. . Ji ( "I did It." he said, "my suspicions be- : Iji Ing aroused as to tho way this alleged j accident happened, but I found out only I j one thing, which I knew before. Ach, ' ( Gott! What liars these English aroi" I f |