Show THE PROMOTION OF THE ADMIRAL sc by morley roberta author of the Colo saua the fugitives ISO by the currii publishing by L a S company incorporated I 1 continued cartwright nodded the crew of the california put it down to him at once I 1 dont know that it was necessary hun said cartwright pensively though he has the worst name he s na worse than the others lor my own part I 1 reckon the sheen he s a jew boy qt course Is a deal tougher chaa smith and just then selwyn who knew the chief of ponce was on board put his head into the admiral s cabin could I 1 speak to you a mom nt sir richard and D went outside I 1 thought ag you had this cart wright with you sir said selwyn that I 1 ought to tell you a queer yarn that has just been brought me by one of the quartermasters it seems that one of the men has a story that you once had a fight ath shanghai smith and hurt badly it was in aus I 1 b lieve in melbourne stay a minute said the let me think yes by jove I 1 did have a row on sandridge pier years ago and I 1 broke the man up so that he had to go to a hospital and his name es it as smith thanks selwyn see it man ever was in australia he went back to cartwright now aalto the sheeny admiral said cartwright who was beginning to leej comfortable never mind the sheeny mr cart wright said his host do you know balth s record where did he come from he came from melbourne replied the chief and the admira slapped his leg that s fhe man I 1 believe why never mind why said dunn but supposing it was coufa we prove it against him I 1 doubt it said cartwright cheer fully probably no one would know it but his runner ana bill haines would perjure himself as easy as drink lager but it we did prove ita there d be an appeal and so on said the chief he indicated large and generous de lay on the part of the merciful amer lean law by a wave of his hand you see we coulden couldn t prove any how that he knew you was you said cartwright and it I 1 know my own business it would come down to a matter of assault and so many dol lars that s what I 1 imagined said the admiral so I 1 proposed to take the i matter in hand myself and relieve you of it for though smith or the real man might come off easily it I 1 choose to have it made an al business some one will have to pay who Is not guilty likely enough said cart wright uneasily oil the whole ad miral id rather you took the ob on yourself provided it was put through quietly what do you propose 7 dunn put his hands in his pockets and quarter decked his cabin I 1 want to be sure its smith morally sure how can I 1 be made tell you now what I 1 know about him he repeated what selwyn had said ani an I told him the story of his having fought a man on sandridge pier at melbourne fifteen years before 1 name was smith it fits as neat as a pair of hand cuffs said the chief of police think it over and let you know stay sirree I 1 ve got it now look here admiral now you mark me this Is a scheme it 11 work or my name s dennis have it put about in the right quarter that though there ain evidence to touch the real man who worked the racket on you it Is known who actually corralled you and shoved you on the california get the proper man to give it away that a warrant 1 being made out and next day have all the runners of all the chief boarding houses arrested do you afo I 1 dont said the admiral oh come cried cartwright the man we don t arrest will be the man who done tt yes but well said cartwright I 1 under stood you particularly hanker to catch the under ah said the admiral of course I 1 see you mean I 1 mean the boarding bouse boss will shove the runner ahat did it out your plan Is excellent of sight and then you 11 know him by reason of the very means he takes not to be given away for of course he d reckon that the runner on being held would squeal it s a good plan said the ad miral and when I 1 know what kind of punishment would mr sm th like least of alla provided you remember he s an american citizen I 1 dont care what you do replied the chief but it you irked me I 1 should get him served the way he s served you shanghai smith among a crowd of sall ormen in an american ship such as the harvester and the sl apper of the harvester hates him like poison and she sails in three days would have a picnic to le collect all his life for you see they know him think it over said the ad miral your plan is excellent so it Is said cartwright as he was rowed ashore for sineth aint no davonte of mine and at the same time it will look as it I 1 gave him the straight racket anyhow he sent an agent down to the water front that very night the man dropped casual hints at the boarding houses and he dropped them on bar ren ground everywhere but at shang hal smiths Jehosha phat said smith so teats the game peter cartwright had in his own language reckoned him up to rights for the very first move that smith played was to make a break for billy s up now room As the runner had been up most of the night before enticing sailorman sail ormen off a liverpool hip just to keep his hand in he was as fast asleep as a bear on christmas day and he was mighty sulky when smith shook him out of sleep by the simple process of yanking his pillow from under his head aint a man to get no sleep that works tor youa he demanded what s up nowa hell Is up and fizzling replied smith ive had word from peter cartwright that you 11 be arrested in the mornin if you don t skin out it s the admiral I 1 wish I 1 d never set eyes on him come dress and skip atwon t do for you to be jailed debbe they d hold you on some charge till you for got all you owe to me there aint no such thing as real gratitude left on earth billy rose and shuffled into his clothes sullenly enough and where am I 1 to skip toa portland said smith the mendocino leaves in the mornin tor crescent city and astoria don t she well then go with her and lie up with grant or sullivan in portland till I 1 let you know the coast Is clear and here s twenty dollars go easy with it he sighed to part with the money and in the morning when smith heard that ten runners at least had been urgently invited to interview mr peter cartwright he was glad to be able to declare that billy was not on hand he s gone east to see his old man he said defly and as his father Is a millionaire and lives in the fifth avenue N york he coulden couldn t afford to disregard his ayin desire to see him you are a amisy smith said the police officer who had tor billy between you and me what have you done with hima smith shook his head I 1 shot him last night and cut him up and pickled him in a cask he said with a wink and I 1 ve shipped him to the british ambassador at washington COD you re as close as a clam aint you smith but I 1 tell you peter is havin a picnic this admiral s game was it low down on peter whoever did it there are times when a man can t help his friends smith lied freely you can tell peter I 1 had bothin to do with it lyes I 1 can tell him said the police officer and he did tell him As a result the chief of police wrote to the admiral sir I 1 have interrogated all the runners but one belonging to the chief boarding houses and have succeeded in obtaining no clue the one man missing was running to mr william smith commonly known as shanghai smith under the circumstances and considering what you said to me I 1 am inclined to wait developments it you will inform me what you wish me to do I 1 shall be glad to accommodate you in any way yours truly peter cartwright P S if you could write me a let ter saying you are quite satisfied with the steps I 1 have taken to bring the offender to justice I 1 should be obliged P S it bolf wish to meet mr john P sant captain of the harves ter now lying in the bay and the day after to morrow I 1 can ar range it dicky dunn on receiving peters letter called in his flag lieutenant when they shanghaied me they knocked you about rather badly dian didn t they selwynn selwyn instinctively put his hand to the back of his head yes sir kichard they sand bagged me as they ill it and kicked me too I 1 m pretty sure I 1 know who did it said the admiral and im pro posing to get even with the man my self I 1 like setting even in my own fashion what would you do it I 1 could tell you who it was that laid the plot against us that nighta I 1 I 1 d punch his head sir the admiral nodded I 1 believe I 1 did punch his head years ago selwyn but he was look ing tor a fight and it na to hare been satisfied between yon and me and no one else the chief of police here and I 1 have fixed this mat ler up between ia he says that he has no evidence and the only man who might have given the affair away haa been shipped off somewhere I 1 m going to show mr smith that he dian didn t make a bucko mate of me for nothing and I 1 want you to help I 1 ve got a scheme he unfolded it to selwyn and the young lieutenant led H used to be a seaman said the admiral but for twelve years lie s been living comfortably on shore sucking the blood of sailors and if I 1 know anything abo it american ships and 1 do he 11 find three months in the to castle of this han ester worse than three years in a jail now we re going to invade the united states quite unofficially with the connivance of the police he lay back and laughed oh I 1 tell ou said the admiral he ran against something not laid down in his chart when he fell in with me you can come ashore with me now and well see this cartwright american ways suit me after all then I 1 understand mr cart wright said the admiral an hour later that there won t be a police man anywhere within hall of this smiths house tomorrow nighta I 1 ve got other business for them said peter and I 1 can see mr sant here this afternoon undertake to have him here you call along at three to be continued |