Activate Javascript or update your browser for the full Digital Library experience.
Previous Page
–
Next Page
OCR
10
In half an our the latter appeared on
the upper
e
All hanas went for him,
First the captain,
Then the Ce
Next the ene neer,
After thatthe chief steward.
Following him was Dr, Tompkins,
Next came three or four Frenchmen,
Then a couple of Englishmen,
Then a sailor or tw
‘Then Ton. nye
Dic!
They all began talking at once.
They spoke in four or five languages,
All had some complaint.
Zany Joined the gang for fun,
you mean by taking m
father’s photograph without his knowl-
edge or consent ?”
“T consider youa yery, rude person, sir,
and I demand an apolo
“You're a_cad, bai Ioave, with your
Yankee Doodle Dandy, and I’ve a maind
to , punch your bloomin,
For why you callus Ze ‘fool and sink we
spik no English ?”
There were more questions,
They were put in prench and. Russian
and Italian and Ger
They asked several | thiny
Why he had pulled in the ‘lo. og?
Why he had altered the ship's course?
Why he had rung up the engineer?
Why he had called the stewards?
And several other:
achat was para szed
hat are you al talking about?” he
“Then the captain took a ha
‘You spik ze English prett:
“Well, I should say $2
from Boston, Mass,
say] I did speak Eng!
Zen I will explain,
up ze log patent?”
“T never did.”
“Ah! ze sailor he see you. For why
else ‘ou move ze wheel to steer ze sheep ?”
ou must becrazy, I never touched
your old wheel.”
h, sacre mouche / ze firster officer he
see you. Zen you come on ze bridge and I
see you mineself,”
guess you re loon:
“* Look here, Simpkins,” said Tony, put-
ting ina crack, “ you re too fresh, tat's
what's the m: ve annexed more
dough than intellect in he ourse of your
career and you need subdu'
“Let m yo
“T've mee: “the ‘loor, Simpkins,
been nosing about ever since you’ve been
on this boat, ‘and folks don’t likeit. You
may come from Boston, Massachusetts,
United States of America, but you don’t
do it credit.”
Siinpking tried tos eal,
** Not yet, Simpy. ou’ve been monkey-
ing with everything on the ship, fooling
with logs, wheels and electric buttons,
nosing into people’s private affairs, trying
to shove yourself into the limelight when
you haven't even got a thinking past, and
making yourself generally disagreeable,
Now, take a tumble to yourself and cheese
it. Are you
Sim mpkins ms as speechles:
“That’s right, every word of it,” said
one of the Englishm
The Brenchmen | echoed the sentiments
of, the young Ami .
“Rather more ‘colloquial than I would
have put it,” remarked the doctor, “ but it
is all true, nevertheless,”
Simpkins was too dazed to say a word,
“ Now letta me tella you, Meester Simp-
akins of ze Bostonymass, of ze _X ouessay,
nd.
good ?”
jion't I come
» A? I should
oe or why you draw
You've
.if 1 tinda you making ze fool wiz ze ship
once more I puta you in ze handcuff
givea you ze bread and ze watair till we
get to Constantinople, You understand 7”
“And serve him jolly. well right, too r
** Ah, zat be ze goo ”
Simpkins was Ebocked out.
jle hadn’ 't the spunk of a mouse left,”
nt to his room, and didn’t show
up till t the next da: aye
Ton, yhad done all hands a great favor,
kins kept quiet till the got to Con-
stantinople, and then he hadn't much te
“The Tarkish capital is fine to look at on
the outsi
As ta Steamed down the Bosphorus, a
continent on either'side of them, our friends
had a fine chance to view the city, first ata
distance, then nearer, then rig aht before
. em,
t look d fine, set on its many hills, the
bright sunlight shining upon its golden
domes, its myriad minarets standing out
against the clear blue sky, and the dark
green of its groves in the background,
When ihe party landeu'they saw a dif-
ferent cit:
The streets were narrow and dirty and
crooked and smelled to Heaven, there
were mangly} yellow curs all over the
place, there were swarms of beggars, doz-
ens of lazy, shiftless, ugly-looking Turks
and wherever one went the eye and the
nose were both offended,
logs were everywhere, on doorsteps, in
shops and cafes, on the pavements, in the
“wT HAPPY
roadway, eating up the filth which the
lazy Turks were too indolent to clear
away, growling at each other or simply
lying in everyone's way and too lazy to
get out o:
urks, ate Greeks, Europeans and the
blackest coons you ever saw swaryied in
the narrow streets ; camels, mules, horses,
donkeys and meek- eyed buffalo’ ambled
along, urged by vociferous drivers, while
men in all the colors of the rainbow and
women in somber black, veiled to the
eyes, passed and re-passe *
There was color enough’ to supply forty
rainbows, changes sufficient to drive a
kaleidoscope mad with envy, and enough
motion to set a kinetoscope wild.
Turbans, fez caps in eve’ ry variety, dicers,
derbys slouch hats and cotton caps
unded, and the variations of dress
open as abundant as the different styles of
headgear.
In spite of the strangeness and interest
of the scene, there was always that hor-
rible smell, always the dirt and filth and
wretchedness, and Tony could not get up
any ¢ enthusiasm.
Distance certainly lends enchantment
to this place,” he said, ‘and I’
sooner see it from outside “than be in nit,
Dirt m may be picturesque, but I am old-
re enough to prefer cleanliness my-
“8
“ito owever, once in the city and ‘settled in
their hotel they were bound to see the
place, and Tony and Dick saw all the
sights, took in the mosques, the hippo-
drome, the cemeteries, the Golden Horn,
the Sweet Waters of Europe and Asia,
Stamboul, Galata, Scutari, the Princes
Islands and the whole shooting mate!
e is a great deal of outdoor life in
Constantinople, especially at the time of
year when To:
Mer. sit outside “the cafes and restau-
rants to eat and drink; there are open air
concerts and operas, ’and houses are de-
serted except during the heat of the day
or after midnig!
This thing ‘happened on the third or
fourth day of. Tony's stay in Constanti-
ne t was on the street of the Grand Pera, a
street grand in name only,
There were two Turkish gentlemen in
fezzes and long coats, smoking nargilehs
and playing backgammon at an iron table
in front of a cafe.
Turks play backgammon or dominoes to
amuse {hemselves, and make lots of noise
ovthey. slam down the pieces with the ut-
most vehemence and play like lightning,
but they don’t drink intoxicating liquors
nor quarrel over their games, which is one
point in their favor,
Tony was on the street with a fez on his
bead and a long-tailed black coat, looking
for all the world like a Turk, and taken
for one by m.
All [Parks don't wear turbans or baggy
breeches,
Many dress like Europeans, the fez being
the only distinguishing m mark, unless their
big hoses may be
n extra nose, and there
wenn other disguises in his inside pocket,
The two Turks pl aying backgammon
were presently joined by a third, who
stood and looked on.
hey Jet him look, “for a Turk isa stolid
they didn’t even look up at him, but
went right on with their
nen Tony made orie or "two lightning
chan
fies eas the third’ Turk, you se
«Then he sat down, the two Peels on his
right a and left, respectively,
alaam eleykum
reat Turkish for “Tow p goes it?” or
“How are you?” or “ Good-day,” or any-
thing else nice you want to say t a friend,
Eleykum salaam,” said the Turks,
That meant ‘‘‘The same to you, i
Then they looked up.
Then they g: aspe ed.
Then they due ked their heads and spread
out their hands,
“ Salaant !” they remarked agai
In fact, they seemed all broken up over
the new-comer,
He was a big-nosed, bearded Turk and
he wore a fez, nm it was an aigrette
and he wore a coat blazing with jewels,
In fact he was the Sultan Hamid him-
self,
mit not, then those Turks were greatly
sti
jell, they were,
Ilowever, the likeness was all right,
I'll bet that the old fellow’s best Sunday
or Friday wife would have been herself
deceived,
Of course the two backgammon players
‘elt themselves honored.
To have his serene high and mightiness
sit with them was something they had not
er a roceed, gentlemen,” his royal
sublimity said in *French, which Turks as
well as other people speak to a consider-
able extent. “Pr: ray go on, I shall be
DAYS e—
has titles enough to sink a ship, lighted a
cigarette and sat calmly watching the
“Everybod who assed, fither stared or
made a profound obeisa
‘he strangers stared.
Turks salut
8
simply let them salute.
He smoked frst quality cigarettes and
watched the gam
The two Turks were somewhat rattled,
(One of them was more so than the
0
Presently h he made a terribly bad, not to
say stupid, move,
Up jumped the sultan in a rage,
batt fouglime Porte grabbed the board i in
bot!
“Son of a pig and grandson of an ass,
brother toa dog and second cousin to a
orilla, how dare you play such a miserable
game in my presen
he angry Sultan banged the poor
fellow over the head with the board.
The pieces flew in all directions.
“And you, fool, idiot, imbecile, bedlam-
ite, how dared you let him make such an
uch | ass of himself in my sublime company?”
continued his royal serenity and magnifi-
cent sublimity, turning his attention to
the other fellow.
“ Your royal highness, I beg a thousand
“e “ENO beggars nor peddlers allowed,” said
the ‘fake sultan, banging first one and
then the other over the cocoanut with the
backgammon board which had politely
split in two, so as to allow the descendant
of the prophets to take.a piece in each
nd,
Biff!
Bang!
Whack !
ack !
Talle about the sick man of Europe!
e didn’t seem sick no
In fact, he appeared quite lively,
Those Turks thought so, at any rate.
Though it might beconsidered an honor
to be banged on the head by the sultan,
one can have too much of a good thing,
So thought {nose two chair warmers in
front of the
They dus ted,
Then comething happened.
[r0 BE CONTINUED.)
rm 0 ___
Plensed to watch you.”
Then his sublime. “magnificence, for he
SOME SPLENDID NEW STORIES ARE
COMING IN **HAPPY DAYS." WATCH
FOR THEM.
ON THE ROAD.
(Continued from page 7.)
should learn the business, It has always
been my intenti ion to give my nephew a
place in the firm,
Bick’ 's heart sank like lead. Ie gavea
ick glance at Nellie and fancied he de-
feeted a tell-tale flush, Was Marden then
telling the truth when he stated that
Nellie was engaged toh
“That will be fortunate for him,” said
ick in a low voice, ‘*Any young man
ought to be grateful for such an opportun-
Nellie’ s eyes flashed.
“Pa she said with queer earnest-
ness, er ‘don’t think it will be Andrew's
choice. Why do you think of taking him
into the firm?”
“T owe it to the memory of my sister to
look after her boy,” said Mr, Ben
Ilere the subject dropped. SMtabden all
the while was in the smoking car, He
came back just before Denver was reached
and sat beside Dick, whom he treated
coolly, We tried to make himself agreea-
ble to Nellie, but the young girl was very
distant, and ‘hope revived in Dick’s breast,
When they arrived in Denver all were
at once driven to the hotel but Marden,
who went to his lodgings. Dick was in-
vited to spend the evening with Nellie and
Mr. Bent,
They played at cribbage and indulged in
pleasant conversation, Before the even-
ing was half spent there came a tap at the
Te
gentleman was in the hotel office who
wished tosee Mr. Bent, The millionaire
excused bimeelt and wentout. Nellie and
Dick were left
Ilitherto they Jone. chatted delightfully,
But now left alone two more bashful, con-
strained young people could hardly be im-
agin
‘However, Dick was bound to satisfy him-
self upon one point. So at a favorable mo-
ment, he said, ingeniously
“TI presume yours and Mir. Marden’s en-
gagement will not be long in being an-
wNellie’ lips curled and her eyes flashed
ws “What !” she asked.
that story?”
“He told me that you were his afflanced.”
“Then he told you falsely,” cried Nellie,
**TIas he told you
gras
His high serenity and sublime grandeur
Bk
quivering with scorn and anger. ‘ There is
not a_word of truth in it, I dislike An-
drew Marden very muc.
an instant Dick was upon his feet
and before per He read that in her eyes
the whole truth. He
sped. her hand in his own warm clasp,
lie!” he exclaimed, impulsively, .
“you have made me very hap ppy. Oh, let
us not fail to understand each other. I
must tell you the truth, though you scorn
me for it. LI lov
It wasa manly, Yord declaration and just
such as is always bov a girl’s”
heart. But before Nellie could respond a’
harsh grating voice sounded in their rear>
“al very romantic indeed, Imustcon--~
gratulate you .
Andrew ‘Marden, cold and sneering, stood’ :
in the center of the room,
(To BE CONTINUED.]
HO Ot z
DON’T FAIL TO READ P. T. RAYMOND'S
NEW BASEBALL STORY IN THE NEXT
NUMBER.
IN EBONY LAND.
(Continued from page 8)
” he answered carelessly.
pee I was
“Oh, Gondo,
“* He's nothing. to me, Mokala,
surprised to see him here, that’s
kala shot a keen glance at tht ‘boy, as
if he fancied Joe was keeping back some-
thing, but he said nothing, Perhaps he
would have done so, but his duties kept _
him constantly emplo: red, and he hastened -
awa, to give some or
loesn’t mean well, ” said. Joe to
See
himself, ‘‘ His coming with us shows that, -: .
for I know he never intended to do so, un-
til he knew I w: 0 be one of the party, .
Well, I don’t fear him,” laughed the boy.
guess I can take care of myself.”
Scouts continued to come into, the camp
with reports and Mokala, was kept busy
attending to them, but Joe found they
rought no news of importance. Appar:
ently the Gahras had not been seen,
aw:
Nom there,” said Mokala, talking so ~
that all might hear him, ‘the plain for
many miles ean be seen, We may thus
Jearn something of the enemy.”
Joe Grit stepped forward quickly.
et me go,” he said. wt want to do
something for White Hair,
“St tay with me, Joe; it it’s safer.”
, much safer,” sneered Gondo, ‘A
child should be with its nurse
The blood mounted hotly “to Joe Grit’s
face, and he would have made a savage re-
ply had not Mokala quiekly interposed,
‘You must do as you please, Joe,”
“Then I go,
There was a buzz of approval from the
ranks of the warriors around, for deeds of
daring appealed more than anything else
to these fearless men.
nd so do I,” added Gondo, quickly.
Mokala was amazed at Gondo’s speech,
but he could not refuse his assent, for he
Foun Ab yssinian’s father was King Mene-
Tete’ 's chief minister, and had great power,
A word from him meant ruin, perhaps
death, for Mokala,
e party was to consist of four in all,
ant quickly two warriors stepped to the
front and volunteered for the dangerous
ervice,
when Mokala gave them instructions:
You must not be seen,” he said, ‘‘ Bear
that in mind, for it is most important. If
you come to Close quarters with theenemy,
do not stay to fight, but hasten back to me
to tell me, what you have seen. Now go!
Well armed the two young men and the
two warriors left the camp, traveling
stealthily but rapidly along, and at length
they came in sight of the bluff which was
the point they had to reach,
had kept careful watch on Gondoy
walking some distance away, so as to be
ready if he Abyssinian mai é any attack
u
sey It's. not likely he will,” said the boy to |
himself; ‘if he ever goes for me again it’ Wh
be when he has a chance to strike without
being seen.”
Gondo and the two warriors talked to-
gether most of the way, and as they did so
in the native tongue the young American ~
was in complete ignoranee of what they
were
eget aes we all go forward?” asked: Joe, .
“Wh
« Beenuse, I thought, if one went “there
would be less chance of his being seen.”
“‘There’s no danger of that. We ed bet~
er move quickly, SFime's precious.”
‘The party was now within a few yards
of the edge of the bluff, Gondo was walk-
ing in adyance of the others, Joe was
ew yards behind him, and then came the
two warriors,
All at once, without the slightest warn-
=
ee Pe AS
mae
ante eee er
asco
|