Show f r THE TRE PROMOTION OF O OFT F FAND T TH TIRE THE H HE E AD ADMIRA ADMIRAL ADMIRAL- MIRA L SE SEA AND ND A COMEDIES OTHER By Morley The Colos Colossus s. s Tho The Fugitives Fugitive I t Jy byTh rA Curt Curth Publishing Company I Cop Copyright Copyright- 1808 1908 by L. l a Ot Page A d A Company Incorporated J Continued The Settlement With c v t f t. t Shanghai Smith It Itis Is easy to understand that there 7 was was something something more than a flutter in shipping circles In San Francisco to say say- nothing of the the sailors' sailors boardinghouses boardinghouses boardinghouses boarding- boarding houses when a telegram reached that city Ity from N New w York which was was expanded expanded expanded ex ex- as follows 1 f f Admiral Sir Richard Dunn whose i mysterious disappearance in San d Francisco three months ago caused ti such great excitement has arrived at ati i r New York in command of the the ship T California He was it appears assaulted assaulted as as- 1 and drugged and put on onboard onboard board that vessel and owing to a series of exciting Incidents during the passage finally took took charge of her The admiral is in good health He states that he has no idea who T was was responsible tot for the outrage The bartender at Shanghai Smiths Smith's ho house S was the first to spot pot this thI cable He put his hand on the bar and vaulted It S Say y Billy see this this i He shook up the runner who was hav- hav having taking a caulk on a hard bench havi hav hav having i ing been engaged between four and t. t six in getting three drunken men on onboard onboard board the Wanderer He was ver verr very y r r tired and sulky Well up now he grunted Hell is up and said To Tom I You aint forgot the admiral by y any chance now ft Billy woke as a's suddenly as if he had been sleeping on the lookout and had been found hard bard and fast by the mate Eh iEh what has the California turn turned iI ed up You bet she has said Tom And An d de he burst into laughter What dye dy e reckon he was on board of her when she K N N came t to York Cooks m mate te No captain captain Think o of of 1 f that And he says he dont don't know who ho laid him out and put him aboard o of f t her Billy r rose rose se a jt Here the paper Youre You're drunk r He read the telegram with protruding protruding ing eyes By the holy frost trost but he must b be bea e a a. a dandy Say Smith must know this He marched to Smiths Smith's bedroom r r r r rf f r b. b I If I I J j a I Now Shanghai was wide awake and induced his boss to sit up and hear the news after Smith had used r. more bad language with his eyes shut shu t I than most men In in San an Francisco FrancIsc 1 rr could lay their tongues t to when wide 11 j. j awake t Dont I tell you its it's abo about t the admIral admiral ad ad- miral expostulated d Billy Billyj its about about j Dunn as as' as you shoved on the Califor nia l J. tj But now was wide awake He look looked d at Billy with wicked eyes As I shoved in the California eh Say that again and Ill I'll get up and knock the corners off ort of ot you You miserable miserable if I hear you whisper whisper whis whis- p per that I had the last Joint of the little little lit lit- tle finger of ot my left hand In the game Ill I'll murder you Billy fell back from the bed in alarm Though he looked big enough to have ve eaten Shanghai Smith he lacked the devil which had made his boss what he was was the the terror of ot the coast and of and a apolitical apolitical apolitical political power in his quarter of the city Oh very well then Mr Air Smith Smith I bu but t who done it Understand that no one knows know s who done it you dog said Smith reaching for what he called hi his s pants but if any anyone one done It i It was sas you And dont don't you forget it I hire you to do the work and Ill I'll se seyou see e you does it And Billy went back to Tom Hes fair luny that's what he laBut la is But If he reckons Im I'm goin to the cala cala- boose for him hell he'll run up agin a asnag asnag snag And presently Smith came out t to to o breakfast breakfast- with a face fac facas as black as as a anear anear near c cyclone clone Billy and Tom Jumped jumpe d when he spoke and all those men i in n his house who were in a as a s regards dollars got away from hi him m sm and adorned a neighboring fence wrong ShangaI asked a Londoner es a black un but I never seed im so as this And no one answered him The They y were a sick crowd at any time an and d now when their slave-owner slave roared their hearts were in their boots But Smith was only trying to kee keep p up his own courage Not once but bu t many times since he had got even eve n with the man who had given him a thrashing he had regretted his method method method meth meth- od of revenge Id best have bashed him and left him laying on the Front said Smith and heres here's Tom and Bill know the whole racket Ive I've half a a mind to have them put out of the way I In such a place as this thIs who can a man ma n trust Bah it sickens me me It doese does It fair sickens me How in the name of all that was wa s holy and unholy h had d the admiral manag managed managed man man- ag aged d to rise from the to th the e command of the California And I thought Blaker and Simpson n I was both men said Smith with dis dis- gust There aint any trustin to appearances appearances appearances ap ap- nor to reputation neither But how could the swine have done dono doneit it An early evening paper had the whole story and as Shanghai was still up town all his crowd o of crimps and slaves roared over the yarn He fote the mate and was give is billet said one I say but old Blaker was a sport That's real old We Western tern Ocean packet law And then Blaker went luny with psalm singing I and the locked im up but it It must ave bin a picnic picnic pic pIc- nic Id I'd ave give a months month's wages to se see see the show But oo 00 was it a He spoke with bated breath it be but Smith asked the speakers speaker's mate sulkily Hes a devil a notorious devil as we know Hed He'd shanghai his father for a quarter if he was dry And a month back my myown myown myown own brother that shipped in the Cyrus F. F Brown told me as Shanghai had a down on this very man Then I wouldn't be Smith for all allIs allis is money This'll b be a government business It would have hav been if f the tha admiral had i d been any oiher kind of man But Admiral Sir Richard Dunn was one of ot ii iii those and nd they they get i- i rarer every d day y who prefer handling their Ir own own affairs H 11 He had a p I aid was mightily pleased with himself Whoever it was that laid for me he never meant to make me master of the California he her r said as as he came came w west on cars And whoever he was I will fix him The mate was pretty certain it was was' was was' this this' Shanghai Smith If Wit It was was was- If It was was It seemed a healthy thing for Mr Smith to leave San Francisco and hl hide e somewhere somewhere In th the i islands islands' lands But all all his interests kept him where he was even when H. H M. M S. S Triumphant I pliant came down again from EsquI- EsquI mault and Jay lay waiting for the admiral off Goat Island I The crew of the Triumphant being very proud of their own special admiral admIral admiral ad ad- miral were in so furious a rage against any anyone one connected with crimpIng crimping crimp crimp- Crimp I Ing In the city that no liberty was granted to any anyone one of them Its hall very fine said the Tri Tri- I unanimously but these I ere Americans are too smart by alf 1 Them and part brass rags brass rags one of these fine days But aint It fineto fine fineto I to think that Dicky went to sea as a aman man before the stick and come outright out outright outright right on top They chortled with exceeding pleasure pleas pleas- ure with ure-with with pleasure founded on his his his' achievements and on the unexpected experiences he had had of sea life To think of Dicky bunking it among a cr crowd wd of merchant Jacks said the crew Wed give a lot lotto to ave seen him shinning up aloft for dear life But al the same they loved him dearly and when he came alongside five days later not all their sense of discipline prevented their breaking into a storm of cheers that rang out across the bay and was almost heard at Oakland Hard as Dicky Dunn was he went to his cabin rather In a hurry For once In his life lICe he co could ld hardly trust himself to speak But he received received the congratulations of the captain and officers including young Selwyn who had ad been with him when Le he had been with the greatest greatest greatest great great- est calm Yes Ive I've had some experience he said and I dont don't know that it has has' done me any harm I know more of ot the conditions on vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels than I did before And what do you propose to do Sir Richard asked Selwyn an nour later The authorities and the police seemed very anxious to do what they could The admiral lighted one of his own cigars and found it more to his taste than the ships ship's tobacco of the Cali Cali- fornia I dont don't propose to trouble the police po po- lice Jice he e said nor need there be any International correspondence so far ar as asIm asIm Im I'm concerned Ill I'll Ill I'll play my my myown own own game I think Selwyn that I know w who laid for us that w W. night night- nu And from v w W. nu v wh what what t I learnt in in the California 1 I learnt a lot by the way Ive I've a notion notion notion no no- tion that ordinary justice justIle would never get hold of the man at least not in San Francisco F not even if I paid for it Then what what what- But Dicky Dunn interrupted him Ive a notion he said significantly And that afternoon he sent Selwyn ashore with a very polite note to the chief of the San Francisco police saying saying say say- ing that Rear Admiral Sir Richard Dunn Dunn would be bevery very glad to see that gentleman on board the Triumphant late that evening if he e could make It convenient to come Let the band begin to play said Mr Peter Cartwright It looks as If Id I'd better face the music I wonder If he has any kinkle as to the man Wh who who did did 4 i it Its It's more than I have unless It was Smith or Sullivan He ie looked with a groan at the pile of correspondence which had accumulated accumulated accum accum- I accum-I I t. t since the admirals admiral's disappearance disappear dIsappear- ance ance And heres here's the British consul wants t h see seq me to tomorrow morrow morrow he cried The U cinch me If if they can get noone noone no noone one else And he went on board tie tte TrIumphant Triumphant Triumphant f feeling ng as s. s if he e was out of a Job r. r r The admiral received him courte courteously court courte- courteously any and w Was was was' s. s alone This has been a a. a business bad admIral admiral admiral ad ad- miral sir said Mr Cartwright and andas as chief of police of this city I feel It as a personal slur Your request to s see e me me anticipated me by no more than twelve twelve hours I proposed to tos s seek ek an an interview with you morrow to-morrow morning 71 said said ad ad- I am obliged to you the miral mIra Will you have anything Ing to drink It It was rather cold on the water replied Cartwright And when the chief of police had a tumbler of hot whiskey and water in the admiral opened 1 both h hands up Ive sent for you Mr Cartwright he began to tell you that I dont don't want any pr proceedings taken about this matter Cartwright opened his nib mouth mouth ih and nd stared at the admiral in surprise Then he began t to imagine he under under- stood Sir Richard Dunn Dunn h had d evidently evident evident- ly been somewhere on t the night of i R RYes Yes Ive I've had some experience his disappearance which would not suit him to have known An 1 I see said Cartwright with witha I a subtle smile Ive my own notions as as t to the brand of Justice dispensed in this this' state Mr Cartwright It is considerably considerably consider consider- ably milder than the native liquors I want your assistance in doI doing without without with with- out the law and in administering justice Jus Justice jus jus- tice myself Have you you any no notion on of ot the g gentleman who shipped me mein in the the California It was probably a house boarding-house master ster said Cartwright v Of course It might have been Sullivan or orthe orthe orthe the or Williams Willians or Smith Is that the scoundrel they know here pere as Shanghai Smith 1 ask asked asked f. f the admiral x To be continued |