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Watchman Warder (1899), 8 Nov 1906, p. 2

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The Adventures w of g Captain Kettle; I ran 99km be 1m Jeanna. Clbtx is in «we were that. by ship: aligning M £83 ma «an 9! the M firmware“ the: Red sea. » on magnum the) law e! 96% MM». «9941‘ 1:: the“ 9: man. at: and hat «madman fin! “to!” emu the m an ac»? and a ho um. mm we): 3 unite .1 ”Datum: «My ta MI has“? a Conchita can to tho elm-thou“ - 3“ II", II.“ vvvvv CartoMn can. to the char-thou“ “I am thll matter of illegality to him . gum words when the engines chose 3 break down two days out of J eddah, the Saigon lolled helpless in the ‘ tn; Red lea heat. Cottolvtn up to that time had not we himself remarked. He had had on board tron: the new Jed- quay where the railway is, and ”3.1 as an Arab of the Sahara who Cu glowing in the newly-acquired tunban o! a Hadjl; he was nick- oa. the mate’s tally as a “nigger," g with some 340 dark-skinned fol- ..n of the prophet, and he had spent those two days upon ah orthodox “e of ragged carpet Spread on the 1 iron plating of the lower fore x. «on... Oh. nun-1m: had muster9d {or When tho pilgrims had musterea wr “11231113, he had filed in with the in; and held out a. brass lotah for 33 ration of water, and a. tattered a of canvas for his dole of $894 rice. You could count his ribs yards away, but he’d the look of a “is in such a. cuo. “You know it's part of their creed t whilst fighting it thoy m on ‘ a. they go slick to paradise by thing gxpress. :I‘hat wily old camel ‘ - L1- ‘Afifi‘n an me mam SfiIP. M‘mCla Us Pand Q 1 oral éoxp p.ress "um I. w“, v. ...,.._-_ Mogcp. 29mg! L13 heaven‘gg The Pandora Thermometer curate and reliable thermometer The Pandora thermometer re an exact science. You know pre beat you have and what it wiil do It is one of the small things v Pandora so much different and bet BY CUTCLIFFE HYNE Wm and flaanui mien, Tennis. biannual. W133i?! Vageaam at. John. :3" Bamfiggfi 5W5: {1131er at and? met!!!” I!!! this kind 9! cattle. and as most at them nave a beast or a time on thus earth. the ’re anxious to we aim: upstam it never I «out oppartunlty oltgg to i“ there.” “Thaw! By a ugly crowd to not)» I amt chm" "The; are no, and awe you forgot IL I am: home. an mama. than barman“! I in“. 1‘ been “at. I! N new dawn on the lower dealt mar. and held my tang“ -AI..cm ant a‘m‘zmer. no new my “Dug-u: The)” have set you to en eheeiete eeb team: it the *e emheehee u ee was intended. an I eeule hove eat out o! the actual threeeeutting and preserved e eeued axial They‘ve all get rewind respect to: me: We a very in y meet“ “And an it in?“ Kelli Certeivin ehmned hie ehouis den. ‘ . I chip in with you.“ “Will you tell me why?“ ‘ “Cousinehip of the ehin I Caboose. ‘Yen‘re white by birth. and I believe I *eheuid turn out to be white else it I I kept out o! the sun for awhile “a ‘ had severe! turkieh bathe. 0! eouree I‘ve e Inuit-colored hide on me now. and during this last two years I‘ve been living with men of color. end following their ways, and thinking their thoughts. Funny isn't it? I come ncrose you, I don't know you from Adam. I can’t say I perticnlerly like whnt I’ve seen of you, and yet hero on I. rounding on my former mete: and chipping in with you on the clear knowledge that I sheil' probably get killed during the next few hours tor “May I ask your name?” said Kettle. i": believe, sir," he added with a. how, "that you are a gentlemnn.” The Hitde laughed. “So for u I re- collect. 1 was that once, coptain. Sorry “A _... --â€"...’. m I, rounding and chipping in knowlodgo that killed during u: my Bung.” Ho waved his guest to a placed a box of chemots open on the char: mbh. : went outside the chur‘thou 0761’ the budge dei'k rail. above him threw a (:Keal which swung to and Em 1) rolled over t‘ma min: nary.- Wide jts shake" £11.: :3 rmométcr on your oven. ometer reduces cooking to know precisely how much it will do in a given time. things which makes the 1: and better than common The thermometer on the Pandora range oven means precisely in ac- Curacy to the cook what the square and compass mean to the draftsman. Without the square and comp‘ass the draftsman would have to work en- tirely by guess, just as you do without an ac- :now about that," said Ket- Lced some of the ugliest L have floated on the seas and they thought they were 7â€"â€"-‘- k“? Sole . st {0 a. deck chair. eroots hospitably ,ab!;\. and then he .u-t‘nonse and leant < rail. The awning ‘ (:Beauâ€"cnt shade . :‘m as the Saigon l' 033:; swan; and \ an; sun's rays (91) Ilfe mofin $11.33, 3371' $558371“ was hot enough to raise a blister. The air was motionless and stagnant. and ,4_ .4». H1. smell of bums?!”- low the situation approached the in- tolerable. Lefr. to (Melt, the rusted iron om: nnu as» vu. n. ,-V-, it comes to fighting, you’ll man win shiqe.” 7â€"â€" n..-‘ ‘ ”3319 shall have my Kettle. “It surprises me," ed t6 Jedaah, me than uwner um um re have no trams e in get ting i saw; at‘ dues and :26?! ea in Mint “kit 3 m the man marehmtn we eefimea t9 emu Lt ant dawn! mime to new mini!“ mm. m muwlé‘P’E‘ESS ClVlug. “Well, in Bombay I’d 3 regular nlpâ€" gut time of it. I bummed round the ‘ agents’ offiees till I almost blushed to ‘ look nt thelr punkah-coolles; but I'd no “At last, when I was getting dee- perate, and pretty near put to going to sea. before the mast, I. Cardin man I once knew came to the lodgings and gave me a. tip. He’d been master of e country steamer; he’d been sacked (he didn't deny it) for drunkenness; he'd n. __--LI. "I‘ man fhl_ “At last, when I W8! parate, and pretty 3'81 to sea. before the must, I once knew came to th __ .. ‘_ 1 \ “lull I. ‘1ou not drawn a. sober breath for monthl, . and didn't see any prospect of c his 'hebits; and there was the birth vacant, and I might have it for the asking. The pay wasn't much; only 100 rupees a. month and percentage on profits; and the owner was a Parsee. 'd never been low enough down to sign on under a black man before, but I guess I was past being very nice in my tastes just then. The owner was at end oldish. and wore a. thing on his heed like a top hat turned upllde down, and I will say I did not give him much politeness. But he knew his piece; he eehlb'd me quite respectful- ly; and he seid he’d be honored if I'd take his steamer under my oh: ; ‘She zwas all he'd got,’ he said; ‘ e‘ loved her Like hie lite, and he’d not filial} her to anyone except a. nuke ear “0! course he lied a good dealâ€"ell natives do thatâ€"end be fixed up our Win no that I'd little to win and he’d e good deal, which is those Per- eeee‘ my. But I. will any he was el- viye moat respectful, and in the met- tar at vietuelnn; he really MW we; wish: acumny put new eie an “We eieere‘d from mm in com and eaten ad sunbeam caesium ed to 3W4“! my amp was empl nâ€"g vv , from alonzflde warm as ten, it first shot," said sée that. I jumped at it. Of course this old . was not fitted for the trade- Shes smnll, ehe'e iron decks, she's onb‘ "0 boats end she’s not near enough water tanks. There'd be big penalties if she wee caught. But I shipped a see- ond rice steamer end signed that chart- er pert! smiling. “It wasn’t as 1: I’d got to to thrown the ditch- to one of. the Morocco D0113; the pilgrima had only to be mien ecroee to Koseelr; end squafin‘ an Egyptian custom emcer is only I: case of how much heckshish." “You do know your trade." eeld Gor- tolvtn. “The under elde of it." add Kettle. with a sigh. 'A man with luck like mine has to. He never gets on with the decent etenmboet lines, where every- thing is equere and above-board. He ‘ on only get the little hole-and-corner ‘ owners. who you’ve got to meke dwi- dende for somehow end no questions eeked or elee iuet up end teke the dirty not. "I'm e men.” he ended wlth e frown. "mt can to the job well. end the! know it. end keep me to it. But I de- eplee my“!!! en the time. It mm It! nature. In. Col-tome. Put me u ore. give me e term end let the head yellow ' ltere the e iergeâ€"pettern cont. end t ere wouldn't be e etmghter. eweeter netmed men between here end heer- fluid; yvvu v v r ege. andâ€"717 hive it on ‘ minister I sit under thaw little to chooge between ,7, 4.1.- g lluv-v -' Cortolvin faced the situation Wlw ready tact. That this truculent little ruman who could flirt with homicide without a second thought should so strongly resent the imputation of being interested in a horse race did not eur- prise him much. He had met others of the'breed before. And he smoothed dawn Cant. Kettle's rumed feelings -- A. b‘u- down Capt. Kettle's rumeu “9.....- with the easy gli-‘nness of a man of the world. But the needs or the moment were again recurring to him with violence, and he broke on artistically to refer to them. “Don't you think," he said, "my fel- low pilgrims will bear a little attention now, skipper ‘2" “Excuse me, sir, for two minutes, whilst I go 1nd give instructions to my chie .” And he swung on his pith hei- ; met and left the charthouse. i The sun climbed higher into the zoo. in insolent cruelty. The Red Sea heat grew, it anything, yet more dread- !ul. The men's veins stood out in tenet upon their streaming bodies. and it lcorched them to drnw in 3 Wk. Drink, too. was scam. The Hedu as ; region almost waterless; the desert at the hack drain: no oil the moisture. and the Saigon had left Jeddnh with haunksonlyhfltnneiShohndto depend on her condenser. and thin oflcinlly reached from these much 1 levels by n couple et slender iron iod- dere, but it we: not “salable to e. hirly nctive climber. There. m an eneyrway pnuinz beneath the spa:- deck. but this could easily he closed by the iron doors in the two bulk-heads. which tutened inside with haw. clamping screws. The chief engineer came into the ichnrthoule and hitched hie Ipyjnmu, and mopped his face with e wed of cotton mte. He looked men- inciy It the whine? bottle, but Kettle ignored hid glance. “Well, Hf. xc'rofld?“ mid he. {3? mi? W ‘2. W ' it! in to "What are mu; we: iihe mi“ -0 - E you KBUW 1 Gnu '- â€".â€"-, , _ a regular attender st chapel and n who (outside business mstters) to keep entirely straight. In Eng- sir, I take an interest in neither at picking, horse racing nor sacru- and I have it on the word of s ater I sit under that there is very to choose between the three." rtolvin faced the situation with y tact. That this truculent little -- «flan nnnld flirt with homicide L afraid that people hive D have come ; but we had mk who was tlo. bonus. '0 Herald. to men hand. You 11870 dtothe those: tolling down yonder in that rm! heat.” “Well, Mr. Comlvin hero mares mo (I you VIII w -â€" n ' we’ve got the h eu eettled." l “I've e greeeer down yonder who cut a open the throttle,” eeid Mc’l‘odd gloom- ‘ ily. “hi. he's got no notion of nureins sick on on like these, end ee like en not he drive then: on their hedpletel in e more at revolutions. Ye'd better let me keep the engi ‘room myeeli’. cep- ‘ iein. I'm e nick man. end I‘m 110' hi I for fighting with my throei en dry ee II it in now.” Cent. Kettle poured out e iiberei two ‘ iimrn of whisky end headed it ecroee. "Now. Mec." said he. "wet your neck. ‘ end let‘s have no more of thie non-1 sense. You‘ll here to iight for your life , inside 10 minutes. end you’ll do it bob 3 ier eober.” , The engineer eyed the whiehey end ' poured it slowly down in eppointed } i peth. "Moe.“ he and. "Wu en e‘mi peg; lover ter IUIJC| . The «smear end the poured it slowly down I "ni'p'tâ€" 'the n“ p. v a Mo‘ \ o M!!! “i! “I 3‘ “I! I HI' ‘I-‘ Vv-n-‘ N V , 3th Maia “ oolo Kottlo. who: 1 po g: ma nut in tho for wlomo hot! on ‘h. ohorthom flo‘o n y r you ploooo. of tho hrldlo nook vlth 1!on on tho «and moto. no I‘ll look otter tho tom“ and wlth the old noto out! tho me «who». Whoa they tr to Nth tho loddor. name vlll glvo on tho atom. owl they‘ll uovor ho ohlo to tooo it. All you out! tho ooooud unto how to do lo to no tho: doo't ollmh up over the roll.” “I wish lt could be molded.” oold Cortolvln sadly. “That hub-pressure A“... mm mam some them hon-l. V‘i'ivlah it could be I Cortolvlu sadly. “Thu steam will ucall some bly." hly." “It will do more then that." laid Kettle. “It will strip the meat clean oi! their bones." “I have lived amongst those men, or their sort. for two solid years. and many of them have shown me kind- nesses." “You should have thought of that, air, before you came to me here in the charthouse." “I did think of it, but I couldn’t be a. renegade to my color. and so - ' _..III unn- 1-. m be a. renegade to my calor. anu nu come. But. captain will you let no speak to them? Will you let me tell them that their scheme is known and prepared for? Will you let me explnin to them what they will have to face if they start an outbreak?” Chpt. Kettle frowned. “You will an- demand thet I am not frightened at the beasts? he said. AL_L” an." Fnl'ffll'in. “I quite know that," saw burwnuu, “and I m sorry to spoil a. light. But it is their lives I an: begging for." “Very well." said Kettle. “you on lire away. I don't speak their but. end it’s as well they should know tum someone what they have to look for- ward to. Here's a life-preserver which you may ilnd useful. It’s the only weapon I have to ofler you. My own pistol in the only gun we have in the p." The pair of them went outside the j charthouse and walked to the head of 1 the forward ladder. A newly-fitted] steam pipe. with the joints all greasy i with white lead, lay on the deck planks; f with thumbs in his waist strap. 0n the ‘2 deck below. the pilgrims no longer ‘ squatted on their carpets. but stood to 1 gather in knots, and talked excitedly. 1, Cortolvin clapped his hands. and the { sea of savage faces turned toward . him. i There were representatives in that' ’mob from half the Mahometan peo-l ples of Northern Africa. There were i lean Arab camel breeders of the desert. jet black farmer from the Great Lakes and the upper Nile, Hausas from the Western Soudan, limp Fellaheen from l lower Egypt. and Egba who had served on the British police force at Lagos, merchants from the back of the Bar- bary states, workers in metal from So- koto. and wagers from Timbukhtv They were not all holders of the title of Hadji; for though by the lla- hometan law every male must make the Mecca pilgrimage at least once in la lifetime, unless debarred by poverty m .. , , them battle; end that e horrible deuth { embed those who persisted in their 1 Anathenheuddtopointantthe suture or the Sam’s defences. hut therehehned. Itumworhto ex- properflee at hldwreuuro steam to cum“. A murmur rose among them which grew. Rey let out their volm. and round defines. And then the great hack ms of then rushed for the iron udder. ‘ Ceptxetflechppedewhlstletohu up: and blew it. my. “Now. than. Mr. Geno! " he cried. any with you mmwp Kc’rodd.‘ These came here went something more than wk. and I'm gain: :9 give it firth. filmmuuruflly: ltmvduthmwmmm um WRWMM I we [on The black mu listened to their It“ .__..-.- _m. g manual! hush 0‘ ." um CortBIYi‘}: pipes 173m Mfumivfi am Ithe height. of the iron udder. And in the meantime other: at the (pilgrims were trying to storm the ; bridge deck at other points; but on the . M... am. the (my-headed old {nqn keep the sacred pianking lnviolgte. ,, -_ -5 64 .fOAII and K091) all: “LIV“ y.....--._.. -7 What was going on at the after end at the Saigon they could not tell. From behind them came the roar of the fighting Hauha, and the savage war ‘ cries of the desert, just as they rose up from before their faces. But in its first flush the fight was too close for any man's thoughts to wander tron his own immediate adversaries. -g It seemed, however. that the battle was over first in the after part at the steamer, and whether this was because the attack there was less hearth]. or \because Mr. McTodd'a artillery was more terribie. cannot now be known. The question was debated much after- ward without coming to a decision. But. anyway. by the time Capt. Kettle'a adversaries had ceased to race against him. Cortolvin was free to come and stand by his side as interpreter. 7~â€"A_Il_‘ --‘ m‘1‘};‘9 "6,6343? Ky winding and writhing about the Iron docks; bolov them the 3111'“qu meal! on. ___Ij Lâ€"j Lucm Luv uuu vvvvvv or these was without his scaldâ€"hud- dled against the doors of the for. castle; and the grimy second engineer held the belching steam pipe upward. to that a gray pall hung between the Saigon and the sun. - “Now. sir." said Kettle. “kindly translate for me. 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