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Show 1 t si He- Captein' and the'' Carpenter li By Foxcroft Davis HI (CopjriRbt, 1312. by ths New York Herald Co, All rtebta rcreJ.l ilpawwAI..0RME7, sold the Swp&sWmw master at arras reflective-fi? reflective-fi? C jra lj"r "watching half a dozcu ro $? naval apprentices ruend-pgRTsl ruend-pgRTsl '"8 tuc'r fishing tackle na -vx, jjic j)0a bobbed up and down in thu short swell off Point Judith, "saJlormen never lies That's where they're different from any Other men. I've seen fellers in the Y. M. C. A. get up and lie like horses, but 1 never kuow a sailonnan as ever told a He. Iikcwisc, you cau't fool a sailonnur When you hear people talk about 'Jack ashore' Ihey means a man as can't be "It's a hinder joke that a sailonnan ;nn't ride a horse, but you jeflt put one of cm aboard a horse and say 'Let go,' aii'l ;ivc him searoom to manoeuvre that ,orsc in and you will be certain to find u the end the sailorman will .stick to that mrsc if he didn't fall overboard through uisforlune. The smartest man T ever ;nowcd in my life was a sailorman. Chips,, he carpenter on the old Quinnebaug, aud hat man had some adventures as would mike your hair rise like the quills on a lorcupinc." This sounded o attractive that the mral apprentices, lithe handsome young-ters. young-ters. unanimously requested the history f Mr, Chips. Ton might as well stop fishin', boy rhile I'm tcllin' you about Mr. Chip?, ow Admiral Chips, of the Imperial Chits? Chi-ts? Navy, because the fishes won't bite; hey'll be too interested in hearing about his rce-markable man." The naval apprentices took the advice f the master at arms and sat quite still rliilc the boat danced on the sunlit water i the bright August afternoon. "Well." began Brace, cutting a frcah uid in a very artistic manner, "I was. wbtcr at arms on the Quhine-aug when lap'n Dewey, now the Admiral of Uic :avv, made his last cap'n's cruise. Chips ,-as the carpenter. Now Chips was the crt of man. very H.pitln and ambitious. Ic had studied navigation and the Lord news what else besides, including the m Ohincsc language and palmistry, Mrs. j Chips was aspiring, too. and was always dying' for Chips to have a social occasion tail to his boat I really believe Mrs. ' Chips would have given a new Easter bonnet for a social occasion tail to Chips' a .coat. ' ' --There ain't no doubt Chips was the . best carpenter in the service, and t knowed as much about designiu a ship as i 'uiue naval constructors. Besides, he wus smart at his duty, and in .them da . I .-with ships of the type of the old Qulnne- bdug, the carpenter was a mighty im-". im-". porfaut person. However, he didn't have no commission and only a warrant, but ?" you will And, boys, i" life. whenever you ; see a man with great virtues and knowing 5" a whole lot besides there's always some ; kind of a come-back. The come-back in c Chips' case wa3 that ho knew too much. It's against the articles of war for a I carpenter or master at nrms, either, to ': know too much in this here world. I "So. quite natural, a war broke out belt be-lt tween Ohips and Cap'n Dewey, and that r war lasted from the day we sailed from' W' the Brooklyn Navy Yard until nearly j g two jcara afterward, when one time In I August, ou a August day like this, with a moderate wind and fair, in the harbor ' of "Villy Franky in the Mediterranean Sea, both Cap'n Dewey and ChJps :i fought scientific. Some times the car-.! car-.! penter was on top and sometimes the ' I Cap'n was, and there was beU for'ard Baa to wldch would come out ahead when the cruise was up. "Well, when wc was layin' at Villy Frauky early one morning, the King of f Greece come sailin' up in the royal t yacht, and anchored about six hundred yards abeam, of us. Cap'n Dewey was . ' a mighty perllle mau, so he did tho hand- Bomc thing by the King, salutin' ami all .? tho usual rot. This seemed to Ucklc the King of Greece haJf to death, so he eeiit a boat, sayin', if it was agreeable to Cap'n Dewey, ho would bo very glad to I coinc aboard the Quinnebaug at five f o'clock thai afternoon and seo If there was anything doing. Of course, Cap'n $ Dewey said it would be most agreeable 1 1 to him, fcat five o'clock the abip -was I -f dressed, the band was blentin' and all I C oaic:ors 1vn6 out u tu toSa aud I 'f when tho King conic aboard the yards I if waa manned. You don't never see them I 'X kind of handsome doiugs with modern I j whipa. I j "1 uaro seen Cap'n Dewey make a fly- in' moor in the old Hartford as would 1 have made Paul Jones gnash his teeth 1 f out of envy, hatred, malice and ull an- I charitableness. Well, thu warrant officer I f was all drawn up iu tlw waist of the I ship. The time was, boya, when a ship I i'L had a waibt and a bonnet and a shoe, I exactly like a woman, and ships is a good I V deal Ukc womea now, 1 can tell you. I t 1'vo seen, a ship have stage fright and tf- nervoua prostration and hysterica jual I as good as any woman could have 'cm I to aaTe her life. But didn't none of I fc Cap'n Dewej shipa have them tantrums. I "CQ he had a .ship, he made her inuad. ill W -wichty jrood thine to ml a ahin. and a woman, too, mind tha helium you jut nail that inside your heads, boys. "Well, to go back to Mr. Chips, a most rce-marka'nle man. Chips, of course, headed us warrant officers, and I will say a finer lookin' set of warrant officers I never aeo, Chips was a very handsome man. in addition to his virtues and vices. nd lie had a Havreytecd. nickel-steel plated gall that he always kept with him. After the King of Greece bad had all the commissioned officers presented to him, he said, says he to Cap'n Dewey, says he, 'I 6hould very much like,' he says. 'to have,' snyG he, 'the warrant ofiicers of this fdiip presented.' he says. 'Certainly, your Majesty. said Cap'" . Dewey, as perlilc as n basket of chip9 now I ain't tryin' to make no mean joke on Chips' nam so yon needn't laugh. Cap'n Dewey and the King, with a whole lot of royal! dukes and princes convoyin' 'em, come up. I and Cap'n Dewey says. 'Your Majesty, may I present our carpoutcr, Mr. Chins?' "At this. Chips ducked his head and so did the King of Greece. Then tho Kins. who warn't as haudsome a man as Chips. says, 'Glad to meet you. Mr. Chips, I hope you have had a pleasant cruise, Chip's Chance. - "Now here come in the chanst that Chips had been wailin' for ever since the band played 'The Girl 1 Left Behind Mc.' when wc picked our way out of the harbor of New I'ork nearly two years before, and Chips waa equal to it. 'Well, King.' say? Chips, because Chips was a most perlite man. and though he had never chatted with a king before he knew how to do the trick, so he sas, very bland, hut honest : Well, King, to tell you rhe truth, T never have becu so devilled iri my life as I have been on this cruise.' " Here Brace made a dramatic pause, while the naval apprentices looked at each,: other with startled eyes. li "That's what Mr. Chips, the carpentcrl and twenty fet long and forty-two feet beam, it Isn't biff enongh for you and me, Mr. Chips. So I -would sORgest that when wc jet to Gihraltnr, three days from now, you shall a$k for sick leave. We shall find the Iroquois at Gibraltar ready to hoist her homeward bound pennant, and If you could have an attack of nervous prostration pros-tration or chickenpos or some simple, harmless thine like that you could got home quietly and comfortably. Don't you feel a little ill at thin moment, Mr. Chips?' " Nb. sir,' said Chips, catm and collected. col-lected. 'I never felt better in my life, 'hank yon. If you wiil parmit me to say. I have a xery hiph respect of your opinion opin-ion on all professional subjects, so I will agree to develop a very severe attack of rhenmatism as soon as wc get to Gibraltar Gibral-tar 'And I will arrange to have you surveyed and condemned and sent-home,' replied the Cap'n, cheerful like, 'and perhaps per-haps the sea voyage and the prospect of being united with your family may run? yon on the way over.' "TTcll. that's the way things Ml out. The morning after wc got to Gibraltar Chips waked up unable to move hand or foot and refuted all nourishment, The doctor, who was sharp, offered Chips a drink of whiskey by way of medicine, but Chins firmly refused, and Chips was from Maine, too. The doctor then reported to the Cap'n that he thought Mr. Chips w.ik seriously ill, aud io about fifteen minutes the whole thing was-fixed up, and Chips was carried aboard the Iroquois, unable to put his foot to the deck. "When T went to tell him goodby the next day, before the Iroquois sailed. Chips was in Itid sufferin' tortures, but I have reliable information to the effect that Chips made a rapid andl complete recovery before tho Iroquois touched the Gulf Stream. Chip Joins the Chinese Navy. "The experience, though, had a blight In' iffect upon Chips. Ue was ordered to the League Island Navy Yard, and right icro6s the river a big cruiser was huiidln' 'or the Chinese navy. There was an Kng- Iff IK "Well, King, to tell the truth, I ne ver havs been so devilled in my life as I have been on this cruise." on the United States ship Quiunebaug, i said to the King of Greece atAMUy Franlcy i on the ninth day of August, 1S92. Cap'n Dewey, you know, is a reg'Iar Dread-naught, Dread-naught, but I can tell you that remark of Mr. Chips to the King of Grcocc came near fcazin' Cap'n Dewey like hell. First he turned green, then he turned purple, then he turned a sort of old rose, but he I didn't give no sign of utrikln', and gave the King of Greece two cups of tea dowu in the cabin and did everything handsome and accordin' to the regulations. When it waa over, though, and the King of Greco? had gone back to his yacht the Cap'n sent for Chips. I went to his room, Chips be-in be-in a friend of mine, and tried to comfort him, like you pay a last visit to a man who is goln' to be banged at tho ynrdarm in two hours. Chips didn't show no white feather, , " I aiu't coin' to nsk uo quarter,' says Chips, 'but if they court martial me ihoy have got to court murtial the Khig of Greece, too; thut's all I've got to &ay.' While he was talkiu' up conic the orderly with a icquest that Mr. Chips should svt-tened svt-tened the Cap'n in the cabin. Chips went otl us bravo au a lion, but there waa a tear in his eye when he said to me, 'Goodby, 'Good-by, old man.' He toPl me afterward with his own mouth exactly what huppened. Cap'n Dewey was siltin vury quiet, cool aud calm, smokin', aud Invited Chips to have a chair. 'Now, Mr. Chips,' said the Cap'n presently, '1 have a very high regard re-gard for you. " 'L know you to be one of the best carpenters In the service, and the condi-i condi-i tlon In which you have kept this ship uince ' I bavo bad her Is most satisfactory. But . a degree of incompatibility of temper haa . developed between you and me, Mr. Chips, . thft. although tU thin. 1b thrA hunrfrttH liehman representin' the Chinese government, govern-ment, and when he found what a ree-mark able man Chips was and that he could speak Chinese Iiko a mandarin ho offered Chips such inducements that he resigned from thu American navy and sailed for China as carpenter of the Chinese cruiser. I ncrer could manage them Chinese names mjself, and I can only tell you that It counded something like 'Son of a Gun.' "I always thought Chips rras a great loss to the Aincricau navy, but he was a ambitious am-bitious man, and Mrs. Chips devilled him, and would rather be a naval constructor in the Chinese navy than a carpenter In the American navy. In which I think Chip showed poor taste. Mynelf I'd rather be handy billy in the Aincricau navy than admiral of the' whole Chinese navy, with the Japauesc navy thrown iu. Them's my fccntimcnts. Well, I &tuck by the Quinne-baug Quinne-baug until the cruiaa was up, and then eeven years afterwaid I had the luck to be master at arms iu the Olympia, Admiral Ad-miral Dewey's tiagdhip at Manila. e had been cruisin' for s'cvcral mouths In Eastern waters before that, and one day when wc took a little cruise up the Yangtsc lllvcr we came quite unexpected upon a Chineee naval station that had just been cstab li3hcd. I can't exactly remember the name, but it sounded like L'ull-and-Bc-Damned. The dragon tlag was liyin", though, and Admiral Dcwcy treated it ju6t like it was the Union Jack flyin' at .Portsmouth, .Ports-mouth, England. There was a British cruiser and a Frenchman layin' there, too, both of 'cm havin' admirals aboard, so there was a lot of noise to be made. Admiral Admi-ral Dcwcy had a curiosity to tec what was -oin' on, and bo wo come to ai .ihor. By the time the anchor kissed tho mud a launch come alongside with the coinpli-jbahIm coinpli-jbahIm &t AjainirJ China, of tba Imperial . Chinese Navy, and the who! thing don I In first class tyle. Admiral Dcwcy warn't to be outdone and went In bia launch with his aid and a couple of other officers to pay his respects to Admiral Chips. "A? soon as I heard the name I had my snBpidons, and when tho launch came back I had a private interview with the coTswajn. 'It's Chips,' fcild the coxswain, cox-swain, who, was a Methodist, and eould command a prayin' sqnad jest as well as a chaplain. 1 saw from the launch the moetin' between Chips, and tho Admiral. Ad-miral. The Fronch Admiral was there, poyin' a viait to Admiral Chips. First. Admiral Chips made a bow, which Admiral Ad-miral Dewey returned. Then Chips made another bow, tho most perlite I ever Been, but Admiral Dewey seen him, and went him one belter. Then Admiral Chips made his Ia6t and final bow, firin' off all his compliments at once, like them guns In the double tnrrents, but Admiral Dewey's third bow was of such a nature that I seen with my own eyes' the French Admiral when he laid right down and died of despair. I'm told he come to life later on. She Entertained the Admirals. "Now, If the coxswain hadn't been a sailorman I wouldn't have believed this, but beln' a sailorman 'taln't likely he lied abnut it. The coxswain further told me that Mrs, Chips, who I had known as a very nite woman, bavin' met her frequent at dances in the sail loft and danced the whottish with her Lord, but she was a high kicker! had cut the carpenter's wife complete and was doiu' the admiral's lady to perfection. Chips invited Admiral Dewey and the French admiral Into his house, a kind of pagoda, when Mrs. Chips received 'em most Lraclous, gvin' 'cm tea, holdln' her Uttlo finger out as she drank hers and askin' Admiral Dewey why be hadn't got married. Admiral Dewc; didn't ask for no quarter no more than Chips! did, but jest stood the fire of Mrn. Chips, and every tira. she fired a seven Inch jun at him ho fired back with a thirteen inch gun. That's Admiral Dcwcy, you upder-stand. upder-stand. But I must say, after the engagement engage-ment was over and Admiral Dcwcy ce-rae aboard he looked to me a little pale. "However, he kept his nerve straight through three days. Admiral Chips give him a big dinner, askin' the French and British admirals and their 6taffs. They had twenty-five Chinese servants to serve that dinner, and I'm told that the three admirals around the council table agreed it was as good grub asercr they whacked their jaws or walloped their tongues over. Mrs. Chips looked like a bonfire, she bad on so many diamonds and rubies. The tail of her gown, it was reported for'ard on the Olympia, was a yard and three-quarters, three-quarters, and she took Admiral Dewey in to dinner. The Admiral acted like a hero and told Mrs. Chips that as an American he was proud of her. Whpn dinner was over Admiral Chips rose and! proposed the health of Admiral DowcyJ and said as how th; most charming recollection recol-lection of his life was when he had the honor of serving under Admiral Dewey. He remembered In particular a delightful cruise In the Quinnebaug, which wound up at Villy Franky, when they received the compliment of a vis-it from the King of Greece." "I'm told, boys, that that was the only minute when Admiral Dewey showed any emotion, but that he breathed hard for a minute or two. When he replied, however, how-ever, he said that the delightful occasion of the visit of the King of Greece would ever becmbalmcd among the most precious preci-ous incidents in a long and well spent life. I think the French and British Admirals thought Chips had been Admiral Dewey's flag lieutenant, Well boys, as you may guess, there was considerable excitement for'urd about Admiral Chips, of the Imperial Im-perial Chinese navy, but we know well enough that Chips was aft for life, especially es-pecially when Admiral Dcwcy returned Admiral Ohips' broadside by glvin' him and the Fronch and British Admirals a dinner aboard the Olympia. Mrs. Chip Comes Aboard. "It was said that Admiral Dewey bent for his cook and told that cook that the dinner scned at Admiralty iiouse by-Admiral by-Admiral Ohips, of tho Imperial Chinese navy, was a glorious dinner, but It' the dinner served aboard the Olymplu was not glonouser he would give that cook hell, and a court-martial besides, which Is in general about the same thing. Both the French and British Admirals was rear admirals, and to was Admiral Dewey In them days, but Chips was a full admiral, so be ranked 'em all. Mrs. Chipu wa, of course, invited, and was the only Lidy in the party. If the 01ympla bac: been one of them old square riggers God blcs 'om! ue'd havo manned the yardh for Mra. Ohipd. As it wns, wc mannwl the Hides to sec her come aboard. When he comej up tho ladder she looked morv liku the Empress of Chiu "" the carpenter's car-penter's wife, She had a little Chinese boy for traiu bearer, and she had on so many jewels that her vitals was a ven protected as if she had armor belt of chilled steel. "Admiral Dewey met her at the gang-way, gang-way, uud it seemed S tf &11 the s,(Je boys and everything that was intended for tho Admirals was meant for Mr. ChipB. Ad-mirl Ad-mirl Iewy tive ber abofcaj a bl as a hnystack and acted Iiko he couldn't live without her. Chips was grand in his Chinese uniform, but Mr. Chips simply took the shine off everybody. I'm told by the cabin stewards that Mrs. CliipB did up both the French -nd British Admirals for she was a handsome woman, was Mrs. Chips and that she knew the regulations about admirals' ladies just as well as If she had been flag b'eutonant, "When dinner va.i over Chips said to Admiral Dewey, so the cabin steward "When she came up the ladder she looked like the Empress of China." H told me, 'By the way. Admiral, I understand under-stand that you have an old shipmate of ours aboard Brace, the master-at-arms. He was with us on the cruise wc made when the King of Greece took tea with us.' 'Yes, my dear Admiral.' replied Admiral Dewey, takin a light from Chips. 'Shall I scud for Brace?' A thousand thanks,' answered Chips. The first I know, the orderly come for'ard lookin' like he'd teen a ghost. 'Mr. Brace' says he, 'Admiral Chips has cx-i cx-i pressed a wish to see you.' I didn't lose my nerve, and I went aft. I heard Chips sayin' to AJniiral Dewey, 'Would it be agreeable to you, Admiral, if I saw Brace in the inner cabin? He might be em-burrasscd em-burrasscd in the presence of admirals like you and mc.' 'Certainly,' said Admiral Dewey, the perlitest man alive. "001110 I in. Mr. Brace; Admiral Chips will see you I in the inner cabin.' Chip's Victory. "When I .valkcd through the cabin, all lighted up and the flowers on the table, and the shaded lights, aud the champaguc flowin' like water, I felt queer in my gizzard. giz-zard. But when I passed Mrs. Chips' chair she turned round and said, kinder grand like, 'How do you do, Mr. Brace? I remember you very well when you were shipmates with the Admiral. She always called Chips 'the Admiral,' as if there never had beeu a admiral before. "She certainly was the grandest woman, taklxt' her all in all, 1 ever sec. I managed to make a bow, and though t felt diy in my head I steered my way Into the inner cabin Mmehow, Chips shut the door and then come and dropped .own on the transom with mc. 'Brace, said he In a whisper, 'pound me; pinch me hard. It seems to mc a eettin' here with you that tho procession of the equinoxes has stopped and the latitude is all crooked.' 'Chips,' says I, 'you deserve it. l'ou are a very rec-markablc mau, Chips, and bound to rise, and I don't begrudge you, but I wouldn't go through the ordeal of a icrttn at the same table with Admiral Dewey and knockin' up against him for a million of monkeys. 'It's damned hard,' said Chips, the eweat runnln' down his face. 'I've Muffed It out so far, but I don't know at what minute I will bavo apoplexy.' 'Don't give up the ship,' says I to Chips. 'You've got a first class flag lieutenant In Mrs. Chips, and I think she's dotn her wholo duty like a man.' " 'She is,' answered Chip-, still sweatin' like a bull in the shade. 'She's rcelly in command durin' these tryin' events. 1 had a great mind to give in as soon as I saw the Olympia, and to be took ill on the spot, but Mr?. Chips, she sus to mc jest like you did, "Chips, don't give up the ship," but I tell you Brace, I would ruuier take the Son of a Gun into action with tho Olympia this minute, though 1 know 1 should get licked, than dine with Admiral Ad-miral Dewey, as I'm dtfinV 'Stand by the flag,' says 1. 'Y'ou haveu't begun to fight yet. Wc'ro lcavin' at daybreak to-morrcr to-morrcr jnorcin', and ou certainly ought to be able to keep the bridge until then.' 'That 1 think I can do,' said Chips, pious like, 'with the help of God and Mrs. Chips. Now, Brace, can 1 do anything for you?' 'Nothiu' in the world,' says I, "but assuro : mc of your good will, which I know I had before, and I wuut you to tell Mrs. 1 Chips that as an American I glory in 1 r9 H mmPMhM -s ffc 0 ' '' - H her. That woman a scttin' in there with them three Admirals has done more for the honor of the Stars and Stripes than ever you did. Chips, and I think you are a good man.' " 'Every word you say is true,' says Chips, says he, 'except about my beln' a good man, but I tell you, if the Oiympia stays here another day, nnd I have to meet Admiral Dewey face to face, I will have an attack of emotional insanity complicated with the flyin' jlmjams. I look easy. Brace, but, I tell you, thcro's a blljn' kettle inside of me. But I'm goin' through with it.' I klndor shcored him up and told him to be a little more coudescendin to me maybe that might make him feel better, and he said he would. So when we went into the cabin ngain Chips put on n lofty ai- and said, 'Well, Brace. I'm delighted to have scou you, and I will say this, that I never had a better master-at-anns than when you sailed with me iu the Quinnebaug before Admiral Dewey took her ' "Of course, them two Admirals a-scttin' there thought Chips had commanded the Quinnebaug before Admiral Dewey. Boys, if I live to be n million years old I I never will ceuso to admire Chips for the noble way he said that. Before I could recover from this projectile Mrs. Chips fired another high explosive. 'Good by, Mr. Brace,' she says, sniilin' most sweet, I hope your wife and family fam-ily arc well, aud you will soon have the pleasure of rejolnin' them in Amorica.' Now, Mrs. Chips knew jest as well as I did that I never had no wife, thank God, nor no chick nor child. There's some things that I've always steered shy of, and one of them is women. Mrs. Chips had worried me a thousand limes in the old days about gettin' married, and I suspicioucd that sho wanted mc to ship as husband to a cousin of hers as kep' a sailor boardin' house in Brookln a nice lookin' old muld about fort -five. "Mrs. Chips used to say to me in them days, "Mr. Brace, widdcrs is kinder over-rulin' over-rulin' and upscttin', and young grils is (lightly, but if jou marry a good, steady old maid she'll be grateful to you, and treat you bumaue ' I would always tell Mrs. Chilis that 1 would propone to her cousin before 1 sailed on my next cruise, but somehow, in the hurry of departure, T never remembered about that offer until M I was in blue water, and then it was toe H late. All this flashed through my mind, H aud I think through .Mrs. Chips', but, like jH Admiral Dewey, I kep' my nerve with H me, and I said, 'Thank you, Madame, I anticipate a great deal of pleasure in H meetin' Mrs. Brace and my devoted H children.' I think I sco a kinder grin on H Admiral Dewey's mouth, for he knew just M as well as Mrs. Chips that I didn't have H no wifo and would ruther be electrocuted H than git married any day. H "We sailed next mornin' from Pull-and- M Bc-Damncd, and the last thing we see H was Admiral Chips standin on the dock M with all his staff around him, and Mrs. H Chips flutterin' her lace handkerchief in H her lily white hand from the winder of H Admiralty House. It warn't three months M later when wc went into Manila Bay, and H in about two hours acquired twelve hun- H dred islands and twelve million heathens, H and bluffed Prince Henry of Prussia, and . did tho week's wnshin' besides. You see, IH we went Into Manila and did them things M jest in the watch when we would have H been doin' the wasliin', so after every- B thing was over, , about eleven o'clock, we 'M hauled off and cleaned up the ship, and H then the men was piped to tho wash- H tubs and they turned in and did the H washin'. H "Before twelve o'clock all the victorious jJ ships was dressed with shirts and trousers, H and hammocks bung out to dry, while H Prince Henry was chewin' the rag as to M whether he should fire iuto us or not H When he seen the Olympia's people doiD ll the washin' he concluded ho would let 'em rH alone forever after. I tell you, boys, that H experience with the King of Greece and H with Admiral Chips at Pull-and-Be H Damned naval station was a much more H trin' experience for Admiral Dewey than H Manila Bay. He ought to have been made H Admiral of the navy for the way bo hnn- H died a difficult diplomatic situation with H Admiral and Mrs. Chips long before be H was made Admiral for bluffing the world IH and doin' the week's washiu' on the first H day of May, 1S0S." H Non:. Tho story about the King of H Greece and the OIiupla's crew doing the H washing before twehe o'clock on' the day H of tho capture of Manila are perfectly H true. F. D. H |