Show THE PROMOTION OF THE ADMIRAL AND sra sr A dy DV morley robert roberts author of the colossus Colos eue the Fugitives teof iu by aa 7 t h 1 A I 1 hing n 1 n p a IF copyright 1808 by i J ails f Cori pany it continued I 1 hint this thi ig in a herror ot of judg nent air 1 old hart in didea of a was uita jamplis on tin cm ens and givin cm em toko afore tin tha ekno know 1 d I where the was as my sly notion ol 01 fightlin and it pam hevery lies ery time ie Is to your man till lies he 8 read to it it but to it im fust an if I 1 thinks a cove will III it me in five minutia I 1 lets f no time ho 10 by in im but thia film mil warn im cin f hut but they lia have e no one who ho nally ja knows engligh english hart groaned sim him i 0 anu and I 1 don t I 1 now the airet word mord 4 ot preach it ilk ant 1 niver ver mind ir hir sald hart en U le I 1 so ad mar a row ap eiith a t and anever I 1 never knowel lit my avin not the least notion of what list ril e g ever stopped the fight from front conijn min on off if so be I 1 see aou ou get iteck comp come in n air rand I 1 and the were met h b the french tailor lallor who thought he be inglish irl JI wk enlists said the frenchman krenc hman I 1 laverpool eaver pool lo I 1 or elout indig 1 ie le capitaine spit beaser besser good mornin ald said meek y to the brench captain capt flin a long un J emppy looking man who might h hive te idyll 4 een jeen the skipper ot of a chassen chae emaree saree tor for till 1411 U the style be he put on to rt L lale out enid said the captain I 1 in I 1 A ere paper la for ou said III ni Lox and by the powers I 1 hope you 70 can t read it I 1 1131 tile e handed the ultimatum to the aschman who studied it while his film briw w came round CE cje jae ne tie peux aib p tr la a lire tire monsieur lie said at length tata Sin acox turned 0 hart catlos 0 there now what ahat in tit blazes am I 1 to dah he talk that way my ajust tl it said hart as be he tto helped himself to a chew che say of ottlia adut 0 obiel 1 it means you vo ve got to go said yu flim coi you can t be al allowed lovied to may ly TO la in ilso best pt part rt of our island cried the frenchman f att with his hand in hie bin hair ai I 1 spik d ap english two to tree word pilote resh perd Cliva ryo asked he V thale hat a hia his way any 0 sayin how are a tol youlia interjected halt who wae wall con sizing up the french trench sailors all how are ou sad said OWa ryo replied the krench cap tain smiling efa very well thanas th anle eald said but im rn the ambassador kusbel tta 1 01 ol of url you spik if CU francala aad Q 44 n youve you i e jut just got t 0 ket get added d to et i flIn iW berah cried hart jabbered jabberer Jabb ered a bit antil re A nung themselves nginr done marcher asked their 0 sl fl 11 skipp TF I 1 ed til 0 we old son eald bald hart barshay ae ot of tl it if yau you like just pack up and quit t qia a we au civet givet ou an hour to rather gather up your dunnage now ow do to you under rm stand red ani W whether the frenchmen understood ni linfor wag was tole rabi obvious they boelike the tone with which hart spoke or r the looks of evident disfavor beast at them the captain turned liway ball sall hart and he lie hent in p r 6 jorfor ir dumb pantomime in which he id vaguely VR guely suggested that over louder alli vas was an arin arm of englishmen r rr 9 and aid we mean avin asin our rights he ho mauff raith and just then old jones jone i y ippe appeared ipp eared ired in sight I 1 i ii it ano AT elthey lossewa to evacuate nl nota he bellowed bello Aed what a their shot it to the statues quo don t wl ed to r y know the first think thing about diplo ce living lead N 7 7 lie alao the DW killed I 1 ce q the 30 ament A ted in and pr f law 0 wit special 11 1 dida I 1 be out 0 ho t 1011 ld y you uto to start a row rowl the ic al tell era em that to prepare for ne no who sho IM makes war aar expected wow it la is eald said hart and he tangled jangled fl at rt ft a crowd of french 0 n ruins ruin mates came tumbling t Is I 1 I 1 I 1 that no have OU H flaat was short sharp and pret hey hey Iw ive for the potlucks Pot lucke crew satir 04 ten able seamen one or and two boy or with vuth ARSAW wn and the two mates six in till again this array there by Is y the jt a twenty one frenchmen and dehart mort in lilg itin first nna langlA were ere lick c k 4 own two to he lie was aas himself ling n v the u by r u third armed with r a they y tc and and hed fled 1 infuriated foreigners at hia his x eto 9 10 true battle for this was a e on an isar IS ir lr of outposts joined on were artea bt the rise and in live min apra era in flight tor for the 1 A 0 e Sl the 1110 up P potluck old street effi 1 10 W defied keeled over once hut it lim olivern is 0 UR put and mackenzi Mack Alack enli enit dragel u bilm away assay and rot got him down dori to the ship lie swore most terribly are a a pretty ketta 0 fish sal I 1 he at laet last a lot I 1 as to in m bak bai k to let a few tren eblem lick ni fit thin this wa a chats hata the KOI 0 diplo s if it in nun mitt agat the bt to support ni 9 N berea here it that simbol p atre mr ir ball sat I 1 the anit ai sailor ho told sou ou tn to start a row IP tie the el at apper 1 t ui uj know mir nour duty lots ou was to the PUI cut the tile and retire dignified do ou tail call it bethin to run and beller better like a bull culap 1001 cooled pit bulb and injun d how ilow waa as I 1 to uok kol dignified with ith six of pin em after rn aal an I 1 two to with nith knives and one with alth a meat hoi chol 1 er he lie asked an ali I 1 as fur for a bours house was hart as done it t ahert hert a 8 harta yelled thu the G nitta ln im art where here are said the crowd d I 1 bellee hoe hes a pr ioner slid I 1 alpert oh lor lorl I 1 eald said the tire troad hut but jack neer never ad no tion must ave him libe liberate ratel 1 said the sl at apper ill fligl nil no man of mine must be in the and ands of them in trench aull ave to go to lent ein again and open n u no sir air said if ex chaki me do to bothin of the sort I 1 iv ve had tn nil fill of bin ambassador 11 this 1 Is milt mitt ny said lh tb skill er but under the painful national cir curn stances I 1 ehan shan t do to bothin but or dor der ou to our cabin chere tall conff cons llor ter yourself in custod bookel gread relieved and went without deta dela mr nir lampert La ovill be ham bassa dor eald said the old roan man after a drink of brand the mate state looked tap skipper up tip and down doa a III aei set iou ou further first he cried tas aou that st started artel the ro row and the trouble and oil can ril out vt it as ou like this ts is rank mut mitt ny said the skipper and oil could be unis for refi ref iBin duty but under tinder the painful kiash nal circumstances you can retire to bour our cabin and be our own bloomin policeman till peace la Is restore I 1 when try and sentence ou you ruin and scuttle waine ou oh that is all right ball bat I 1 tap mato mate now roen men bald said thi t kipper thick th lc k ly what ahat I 1 wanta ants la I 1 eart who 11 volunteer for to bt liam bassa dor der the crew ere ft looked at ca ea it other and shook their head heads they ed with uneas feet on the lopsided deck the rt r upon the tile III as OF thick as pea sticks said one of the boya boys speak hup roared the skipper tim crew ere shoved old mac nine in front N i i vo ve revola revolted ed the not on up tip and over suld said mac nine and woe ee come to it the conclusion sir air there ain min t to be got by ignorant inen tuen like me on such errands the I 1 angrlo ho iso asted oil to think hut but I 1 aint ain t the man to erss unwilling lub tub beri into goin aloft I 1 can lead the way nay oo 00 into the to fo castle PU ou dors dogs hid wid consider yourselves ourselves under tinder arrest go gol said the crowd but were mere all ail in our 0 own n cu custod stoil so N we e are no ow what hat a ane tie old tuan man goin to dol do they watched him from the focas tie ai he staggered stag ered into his own oan part of 0 the ship I 1 III be in own hambas said sald jones ill show eni em ov ow to work aorl things with dignity show allow that are aps lamport lampert clock ahat ou oil wants in such made ant an I 1 pro laed vided Is tact and go and innards in nerds 1 is the chief need hy fight if pa palaver laveril 11 do inhere hera I 1 was aas arong was to rend send a galoot like but what could I 1 do but work the best beat with the tools I 1 ad it I 1 id d born TO m belf wed va e d made peace afore thare nv wa at a row ho lie came staggering out of the cabin with a case of brandy and laid it on the after capstan 1 I I gusa gucas III base a bo I 1 said jones I 1 I 1 re you send me in hilly billy and billy cime cinie att all I 1 rf clease ou temp ry without ball eald said the skipper fiercely so pL chalow ov that a case and toiler foller me no ou valt till I 1 gets a it tablecloth as a signal I 1 in to ave peace NN hen he came out with a cloth he went ashore and stumbled up the hill follo followed aed by the boy bitay bearing the case of brandy ho lie found the crew of the frenchmen lining the crest an I 1 heard them talk I 1 sit say johnny trench said old jones I 1 if it ou wants A ants war prepare for peace who a e the captain said the trench captain jonee jones nodded give it lip old son it warn t my fault it if the discretion of am bass bassadore adors min aint t a it fault and mayba you can swatter the with some real good randy thrower in and Is your name norn de tie dieu began the frenchh ra r but jonce jones hie his hand with dignity call what hat you like but ave you got althin an thine thin in the way of ft marlinspike or a splice bar aall as 11 open this yer case the foreigners perceiving that the englishman was on an errard of peace gathered about the case and oon soon discovered from the stenciled inscription bat that it at any rate pd old to come from cognac bald said the dilo red capped Iren climan ho hal hat first discovered them cornac I 1 salk alk Ingli english als bran brassi avi Por smout inn ion loii ion jones made signs that he prevented 4 the he case to them I 1 aint aboe above mahin a conc easlon ir r tuo he lie remarked confidentially to a the french captain but if I 1 id d llott n to in lot on board it would ve its been blood up lip to 10 the I 1 lie I 1 benchman hman bin head lot oi bil it could at ap bin bit said jonea jones var neati lit bitt what ahat dye say to aling a drink billy bimbie bour our knife ant 1 with ith it lie started opening the case kle anted in fur anticipation they had nut not had a drink fur for A ecks and an the them cairned thy baw domi down to the akl ship aith ath jones and their oan captain in tit the rear the concluded that the englith ere not auch bad chap chaps after all dut ilot ft lure my man art aked asked bonu ahen he fie came to the trench camp can hm I 1 be cried hart who abe as lasha hard and fast to a round rock k cis ahac COGNAC I 1 J W presented Preen ted the case cast to them lord captain but I 1 lc so ad a time can t ou cut me adrift air jone ghook shook hie his head you interferon Inter ferin galoot it serves you right and as a for that the th ole creft crew a under tinder arrest where I 1 put em for mut butny ny and I 1 don t see as I 1 should GO so pick and choose among em as to use my bin fluence to lase aie ou oil let go at any rate bide a bit and see I or it was a obvious that tho the drinking drin klug war hoing to begin the french captain served the liquor out in a email a mau glass to ivor ever one and presently some of his hi melancholy disappeared he lie gave an order to one oneff of his men ft ho brought two tuo more gla glasses g sea one for the english captain and onn one tor for himself I 1 look looks towards tov ards ou said jonee jones A fotre bante banto cried the rench trench l man monsieur ious faes un houff de coeur luand mene 1 11 I dont eavy savy but bitt I 1 dessa on means m ill 11 said sold tho the captain now if it I 1 d thought to bring along the elg sig nal not book e might avo ave ad quite a 1 talk hut but time eno agh I 1 desa afore were e re took off I 1 shall hattei our HILO like blants beall I 1 cut nil ni mitts loose there he lie pointed to hart and anti taic of the kiench henchmen men mho ho had blacki ebes remonstrated against the deed of mercy hart was aas unlashed and ant given a drink here it to ou old vax kale late hart with a scrape of his leg I 1 bear bears no grudge not me and very soon the french and ang hall skippers ft ere talking to each other at the rate of knot knots while hart sat rat in a u otta of frenchmen and told them all about aveo thing it was close on sundown hen ahen A aea return it 1 to the potluck he lie had to be helped up tho the side by some of the crew to be continued |