THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1960.
SATURDAY MAGAZINE
A hundred lashes, perhaps,
or a
padlock around the ankle?
THIS
IS column, I regret to say, is sometimes- greeted with rather less than a proper measure of approval by the great ones of the land. But we labour on, confident that our efforts in the cause of truth are not unap- preciated by simple folk.
► You Jak attd I have cur moments, and
with honest pride, and. hope, with becoming modesty, that we re- port one such occasion,
It happened at Her Majesty's Royal Navy Dockyard 11 Portsmouth where, with that refreshing absetice of pomp that we always associate
GEORGE finds out what would have happened to JAK in Nelson's day
Nelson's famous flagship had to Portsmouth Dockyard
Borished, quite meins of fire hawsers and ns
would phall.
with the tal until then
Silent Service. my colleague and
M
felleitously
one
One does not like to be per-
I were each presented with a have wished. symbolie plece of stout-hearted British ok. carved by a stout- sonst. of course, or to create any hearted British workmant from impression of a lack of harmony the stom-hearted British time between us, bill one could not help feeling, as one has so often bers of HMS Victory
Jak's the past, thick
Dignity
Heavens!
by at Greenhithe 20 years ago. He had served as a boy in the Rod- ney, bem bombed and sunk in the fjords of Norway, and even done H-bumb duly on Christmas island.
But ever, in all his born Our possible arrival had ob- days, hat he heard of a Pirat- viously been signalled from the rate Ship of the line being ex- Telt in
The captain of the Visposed to a cartoonist. gates.
Vic- slightly shop-solled, down-at- tory. Licut,-Commander heel appearance is a considerable or Bracher, RN eyed us cour- handicap to business-especially when you are trying to frater eously but warity as he offered us sherry and posted a Marine
No bands, no bullshing, no whethe bluff, beirty types
gold braid marked the simple of the Navy,
A large policeman al the dock ceremmy at the fore end of the crimp deck hard by the ear- mates 14 maitly sushielous penter's cabla and the bouls and. I think, at some pains' lo
Insteori, with all wain's store,
tliscourage us, the natural dignity of his kind. anamed Alf walked up and suid:
sergeant by, the wallsoppy bulkhead.
IL
The cat
was with evident
mis-
Frank Lucas
"This,"
sald Corporal Lucas sternly as we hunch-backed our the deck-herds on way under
side of starboard
the the capstan. Its the cat o' nine talls.** He developed the theme, and contributod details.
"A man guilty of an Offence would be given a length of rope the night before his Punish meni, and be made to make his own Cal' by the morning.
would
ringbolt, giving him room 10 move about and do an honest jah of work."
Trafalgar
hly point, the Having made gallant and exemplary Marine concluded our tour by showing Jak the orlop deck, "where the colour scheme is red to make less obvious the presence of 'Then, under close
"Then he would be strapped blood," ta grating and given anythlag uard, we were returned to the up to One Hundred Lashes by captain's quarters. the bo'sun's male. After every
look We told him about us and the giving, and doubtless whisper-
Appraised by a swift ed orders that Jak should be 12 strokes the bo'sun's mate
that 1. at sadog listened Incredulously.
"A cartovals!? In my ship? raretuity watched, that Lieut. would be changed to make sure from the corporal
least had not suilled the fair be us stroke the last exclaimed Commander Bracher handed us Good Heavens!"
some of the Royal Navy, Lieut. over to Corporal "The Victory? Toin right t
heavy as the first.
Commander Bracher expanded of the Royal Marines. yni'll see the notice Lent-Commander Bracher. the end
"Then," said Corporal Lucas 1 once and most cordially --- I explained that we all have
"they would rub salt even to the extent of a graphic board," he said, trying unsue-
Jak Wama bit of firewood, persfully to conceal a glint of ur troubles, that carting
The corporal, a strapping lad proudly,
strategy and Ground was just an cecupations from Plymouth, had entally in the wounds to prevent infec- recount of the low ewming in his eye.
inclics of the Battle of, Trafal risk, and that up til now, he obviously Hind His Card Marked. tlon." The notice board read "Ices, had shown no signs of vielous- He almost stood to attention Such precious moments come
I complimented the corporal
gar but rarely in our drab, everyday Minerals, for Sale."
on this anal hunane touch, and whenever he mentioned Nelson. lives. Jake and I will not easily But Jak and I, not unused to ness towards sailors.
Lady asked if they had had any car- Lieut, Commander Bracher When Juk esked about
aboard In Admira: forget any more than we deceptive stratagems by wel-
unconvinced, recalled Hamilton he blushed, swore he toonists shalt forget October 21, the coming committers, picked out plainly
and pointedly Nelson's day 16th anniversary of the Battle the Victory with unerring ac- many perilous moments in his knew nothing.
used to happen of Trafalgar.
Curacy. For one thing, she is life at sen, from the time he had dwelt on what
Wiltshire village to to Defaulters in
the good old To be completely truthful (as blek, yellow and red in colour. left his advertised), our inspection of is made of wond, and is anchored "join in wood" in the Arethusa days of 1805.
mate
"For lesser offences," replied Corporal Lucas, "a man would be padlocked by the ankle to a
Robert Ruark heads for
with thoughts
Kenya.
of
London's jungle
ROBERT C. (for Chester) RUARK passed through London recently leaving, as he often does, his spoor.
Mr Ruark is the American author of that celebrated novel "Something of Value" which earned him a million dollars' worth of independence and also the reputation of being as great an expert on Kenya as any man can be who is not resident, not coloured, and not a blood-drinker.
On
By
taling
He iz his way back Before starting, Mr Ruark, there to do research for the from his H.Q. in a Savoy Hotel sequel to "Something of Value." suite, has been invesileting his
British
royalties and
For the moment he is calling over plans to Alm his mort LOGAN
#Burnt Offering," and he has recent novel. "Poor No More." already written about 100,000
words.
He told
me! I'm It is about the contemporary using two of the same charac- American scene in which a
fern, but it's about Kenya GOURLAY
day and maybe tomorrow,
to happen but there must
gome kind of co-existence.
he
capacities to wooing the flu-
41
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stately homes "I will match Britain, par. Their
they're ticularly London, against the chasing each other's wives and the divorce judges world for panderors. spivs, kooping.
and busy" knifewielders, smugglers, general bad hats.
ential dollara then find he has To Introduce him to the in- 11m public Mr don't know what's going lest the capacity to enjoy them. ternational
Mr Hoark said: "America's O'Toole, if plans materialise, now? atly with that kind of success would require the help of a failure,"
leading lady like Ava Gardner.
While he has been in Lon It is not, however, stiff with talented actors, and Mr. Ruark dan Ruack, who also writes a
our
"Who won?" asked Jak.
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