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THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT

QUARTER.

He did nut doigs to give any explanatira and tarned away, while the disconated Cenit strode down the stepsand botook himself to the sugins

rovui.

Byo and ye the booming of a gan came over the smooth cashion of blujah mul water..and Hiartlad Curran, into the realities of the Bitaution.

"By harm," he growled, as he steadied the long glass against a stanchion, is the Yanka, I've sana that thor' gauboat before now."

AN ORIGINAL TALE

WRITTEN FOR THE "DAILY PRESS."] When the Government of Spain de over. turn to this wealthy and astato akipewart, Herbert Fullingline, it caused that gentleman

Al li moment Craft's head poked up above to spend many wary bours in his private efle, the bridge planking, his theo whith us a sheet. absorbed in deep thought and many lotters A The firemen's refused to work, he said in a serlain fast little steamor that in owned aloud voies. They say they're hungry and rau on the Spanish coast was wanted by that wast a spare feat bore they go any further Government to carry munitions of war est to the Philippines. A big war wearo was in the swear if they don't, get it they'll give the air at the time and showed threatening develop.skip up to that guabost, for thay kucw al about ment Rain pointed its finger at Spain. Tatthay's sitting on the shavels in the country was in dreadful wont-ter soins vesl 16 stokoteki and throaten to brain me if I go undertake the conamissian mentioned. All her own fast ships were asilable for the purpes Fullingham, Che discract man of business, know fall well of that waiter through his agent in Barcelona, who was instraatod to keep his eyes upon Govorument wiions, and mark and, in wardly digast their theories.

The Spaniards offered to by the stemmer at of bond but Follingham wont have none of that he was aware that Que commission es which they wished to run the veel was to be kept secret; so he judged that they would not go elsewhere for a ship. And, his deductions, drawn by the aid of long experience and prae- time, proved orroot. The terms he offered they accepted, placed a solid sum to his bowling sscount, and paid a high pro sinta for tha - steamer's insuranes, in his interest.

THS HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECHMBER 274x, 1805.

The roll oiled blocks and the trained sailore made sig sound whatever, and the gig dropped into the water as quietly is the bust trained waranen could have done the crew got in and abored off without a sound and a few-awift silent strokes brought the bout alongside the Amsterdam's raps ladiles."

A big Datohond greetedlamby as he stopped over the steamer's rail.

You verat tù ce mine papers?" sqkes the run in a terrified manner.

"I do"!

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MoCorran advised with his prompter end abel- torel bimself feam the soucing mist. His bullet... head and broad aboulders camo over the bridge rait again. It was a dangerous thing for him 'to do to assist, but he could not leave a torent to a fits liko she ash moot. His humanity fortadeit, though he know that he was transgress. Here doy is, air," and the Datuk skippering the laws of Europe. He would help him and openst a black despatek bor. Hamby examined be wanted no vopnation. All he asked was then carefully Hur, bo mail, Homething that case he reachet Mants to then telegraph wrong bom, slipper. It take them aboard to its owners, and no thaotion taken. The reply was supetias jaboming. At length "Oh, wailed the Dateland. "dey in regular the enmander consented. the Spitfire and have themesen into," aul got and aizo engine is broken dow, slt. So it seems," said Hamy, drily. However, I am belpless." The brunst I'll teach 'a and Mo- we shall probably give you a ton, so you kni Corras's face endisely convulsed with fury and best get your tow rope sady. These papers rags auil rou a in his face the devil that reppout to me to be suspiciis.

**Ders is naiing wrong init dom, I con nanore in reality was a sprang off the bridge and disappeared into his room, from which he yon." emerged a lito later. foaning at the mouth, it blur in the tags, wad sputtering out some of his abomvitations that (according to bis cul

latians, the occasion warranted,

there,"

Ife ran along the bridge deck and in half a minute ha bi lanachal insul? through the engine room door. down the grensy iron se, past the gaping engineer ou watch (who could Lase throttiot him, and wont through the door that id into the stoked.

What's the mattor "he roseed fiercely at a big Liverpool Irish fireman who cons to his fret immediately and raised his heary shovel

above his hand.

"Did you not know," kod Hamby, sternly, No, sir. luft Hongkong four days ago," that Iullo is a blockade part " and all I heard yos dat lain was taken by de Americans and dat dey had esot da tolographi cable"

Ojaculatad Haraly. The word slipped from lia inadvertently. He could have hugged the Datahmna for is siuplicity and inferta tion; for the Star of Briain was bound to a place at the foot of facil Bay event over Cho silo with the papers sad loft the diaresyed Datchmon gaping at himopen maathed on the

insii deok.

So Captain McCarran stood by the Kingston until the son went down a bit, then ha souret the cruiser's tow rope to his after bitis and stormed ou to Manila. He towed him right up the bay to an socherago, whom another cruiser came down apon them and learnt the peculiarities of the situation.

Fats that night Mefforran bosded down the bay with cheers and shoots ringing doofeningly over the calm water and livening the atmosphere with hourse echoca. Some time later he ran into a covor ander sover of Figo point and discharged his munitions of war,

Ten thousand miles away, in the North of Eag land, Herbert Failinglom sat in his office, his face Bushed with excitable ewution and pisania, and bis keen eyes standing out altaost from his hai. He was roading a cipher telogram:

*Towed U. B. cruiser Hingotan Lats Manila this evening. Lott same might. All safe. → “By Jove," said Fallingham as he struck the MCCORRAY. From Admiral Zed Wyer, Manils." telegrams with his fet, "ho's the smartest fool I ever had under my thumb. I never gave him from this time forwael.”.

Now it was all vors wall and surr une for Fellingham ewell out his pocket; but it was not rory nice when he found that he ain't a

at whom he could trtit in charge of the orr 'll braid yes, ye thaîə, ya rolber a' mora's') bad ventred on the othe steamer. The Star credit for any wit, bat I shall havo to do so

Cot," he growled, looking at MeCorrau in glance that road contempt und einuoso,

tomas."

The unlisnyed saptain was quito propared for this reception and was therefore equal to the situation. Denwing a revolver from tha parket of his flannel steeping cost be elint the Aroman through the Ianda. A yall of pain and age and in the stokehold and the shorel dropped from the mae's band.

"Safe isn't the worlie it," said Hamby with a chaskis as he reconated to McCorran what

Star of Britain, eagagod in such delicato work.

f Britain was steaming t this time through He ran up and down and down and up bis list.

the darkuses, with all the power her engines skippare in home ports, and there was valy

were capable of. The elure wore busy about ose in whom ho plneed any onafidenen. Azul

the deck painting the same Amsterdam on that wan was Captain MeCorran. Rough and

life buoys and bonts and so on the bows and Ignorent he was. but the way in whom Falling

store of the ship. Sho 10 earried her sido ham could aloue place wholesale trust. Adder

fights and masthead light sed the purple in to this, the shipowner could twist him round bis

charge felt easy fail because she was a little Gager, or his big tinger for that mater,

MoCorrar guzudt defiantly at the other regular marohant trader booud to Iloilo in and with a human being once in this position inhabitants of the stoking department, his eyes balinat When the paiting was falsked the you may trust it with anything, excepting your revealing the brute force that would conquartano was past midnight, then MeCorran sorved lifa. MeCheran was the pluckiest, the misclinst, the variest marine villain, and the most diseret and his rei cheeks crimson with the hot blood on a slin tot of grog ball hands and with anroosical variations) ejoined strict silence individual chat Failinglara had come acts of murderous passion surging through him

upon them in the cose d'anything happentur. The weather boked thustening and was rot all life. His aply foult ashore wae, he huBut the eher men on watch took instantly to

vithout indications of a phoons. As McCorrau stepped on to the bridge in erst bis gaze upward and took particulars. The night was black pitch; the atmosphoro ded and still, except for whil's of bot, museasoak, grey-smolling air, that fosted aloog from the one room sky light and ddly. Dark heavy clouds, desply fringed, were rising slowly in the marky dis- ance, increasing their rim density as they rOSU. The Austerday was fyng through the gloom catting the water into two white erested bills that seatbed away on le beam. You cald ar the surish of her propellor, the quiet beating and throbbing d her engines, and the olank of the wheel chiciu as tho heimamen gave

no brains; et sea it did not matter, and merals atabunted to misfertano-hia fists dis duty for negament and reason these.

stoking and MoCorray stood over them, revolver in hand, ready to shoot deui as a doar uail Best anan who showed any mansense.

Ha despatched an engineer to the bridge If the expedition failed the owner would win offer to let him know who the Star of Britain reaping a beavy sum of money und this was entalistaneal hur rival. Tho heat of the solely the case of anxiety. WAPOT McCarran managed to put his ballet hand ironces, the smell of oil, and the clanging of the machinery made him foel sick and dear; the way of a shot during the provas troubled but he held to his past. Some time inter kim not. Why should it indeed He was not une down to him from the second moto; to be well paid-if be succeeded. If otherwise the ganbest was losing ground raptaly.

-well otherwise could just go to the deues. Se Then MeCorman sjuke.Look Lere," heat a speed of foutena and a half knots au bour, he put away come accounts and privato letters and tinkled his ball for the retary, or whattoes'in and I'll give you giub the same as w rot in the cabin and as mule 13 you eat stuff into yer; bat refuse to work and I'll shoot the tirel an dead."

And MeCorru kept his word eul the re-ber the wheel. men voted him a umnod good man who knew

business nut wasn't scarid."

over-they call thať mysterious man without a voics who wears spectacles and looks at yaAL from over the top of them, and puts on a new swallow tailed cant when he goes out of doors,

The result was that McCorran was sumammod before the owner of his body and soul. T. over many glassos of port, dia Fullingham in much towary langang toll of the voyage whith he wished his slipper to nadertaks.” Ĥo eilbad" kim "Captain" at about every twelfth word, and mid he was "rally the smartest man in the firm, Caption," McCorran, thought himself a mall god when he was ushered out, will the narrow aninded chris superat at his awkward-

nase when he passed through the pablic offer. There is generally a diference of opinion about

matters of such momout.

Fallingham was on the saloon desk of the Star of Britain to the last rassent as she trovo slowly out of dock. He shook McCurran's

haud for the first time in les life as he bade bin farewell and the feel of the skipper's fat grimy hand rout & tarili anting to disgust through the elegantly dressed lipowner.

Raid, soud a bottle of groga day to the

The wounded man he enrefully doctored with the best that the ship's medicins chast offered. But this insidont was the beginning of the diffoultion of the voyage.

That evening the skipper sent for the mais fe cata to his roce. He engreind him with his confidence, confidence that had grown out of shoer respect und eateams; for when Wilfred Hamby frat stopped aboard the Star of Britain.

Corran pronounced his fool.

He had these reasons for this. One because umby sddressed tim politely, in words that sounded to McCorran suspiciously like having a dictionary pronaciation--this of course by intention; secondly, he wiped his raouth with is packet handkerchief instead of performing the old-time method of rabbing a dirty crat eleevo scross it; lustly, on account of his not bisbaing a blackguard and not brutalising the watch. It was part of Metorran's creed that one brate wis necessary to control another. For the first time in his life he saw his mistake.

"Good hyo, Captain ho said softly in persuasive business voice, "That you'll sa the business through only I don't doubt for a minute and you'll orm that hundred poun yon kapw. Good byo, Captain and the next moment he was standing on the dock side watching the vessel slowly Boring it the river under the firel strokes of her propellor. Phzsky fellow though I believe McCurtuu to have been I sincerely doubt if he would have consigned himself for this rather porilous an- dertaking if he and reasoned the matter out before starting. It was only when he got well rub to asa ke End exiled at Barcelona) with bis lower holde hulf full of tho requisites of war,

Meantime by raade up his mind that the new mate should have a red-hot time once the steam er got out to mea. Here again he made miscalculation, for Hamby proved to be a man whom MeComan and not bully or scare; neither would he allow of any interference in his work while he was on watch, mal the lands worked like uiggers for him gure him their respect. But they did not love or esteem the skipper; they feared him.

Whes Hamby outered the skipper's room, MeCoriaepushed a whisky bottle and glaze across the litt round table and motionet the male to help himself and take à sout. Hamby face- tionsly axamined the label on the bottle and then peared himself out a good toothfol. MeCorran took a still peg, lit bis eberry wood pipe, and then opened up his batteries.

with stuns ballast cursfalls spronti avg, thut he came to regard the voyage de nuything liko dangerous. Then he thought of his wisans, rubbed a dirty hand neross his face, culled him- self a fool, and then ucuzued the crew, by way of deviating his thoughts. Be als giving employment to his fieres ouergies.

fle rocoited instructions previous to leaving

This is a very vexin' situratina," be com Barcalong that above all ha anst avoid signal mencet. Here we are wi dangers all round, ling to ships. avlod in fact anything that floated. To do this he had often te go lesa if L'at a 'ead piece worth much paraps I be bat of his course. He had eller orders bosklos. abis to son my way clear, as my respectful owner He was to paint the hufl of the skammer a dull

ad say, out of it; but I ain't a man o hrains Y lead colour and obliterate the unngs of the liekow, though I'm a bit on the reels."*

Hamby Rmiled, "What's to do now?" he ::al,

buoys and is an is, and erase them from the Lows

and stern; in short, disguise his steumer to Tast's a good an, Mister Amby. What's to the utmost. The Sanz Canal had to be avoided de indost? Ere we are, in chased by a bloog. and the long route round the Capo stopied. Hein ganbat and ranio fue a port what's already was alw warned that America was making blockades, I'll Let. Supporin' that veelal was, and that most probably it would be de a caught as, vbat papers could I ' shown, oh chiral two days after he left. Neitbar did the

The note Hipped the white ash from bis eigar official at Barcelona forget to found him.

and eat silent and moody for a timus, nep in that though he was nuder the British Big and Registered at Lloyda ho was carrying in his bolds what would vɔ22 be contraband, und if t was caught the consequens would not be elight. This did not tend to make McCoeran High-hearted

meditation.

You." he mid at hngth, "I have it, it's a risky business (hough, but I think I can feny way clear through it if we bare anything like

·Inck."

Dirly-looking." remvrked MaCorran to the mate, whose attention was cad on the bizzing compses.

Yes, sir, the dirlior the bolter; this night makes au admirabla oltak."

"Wall he intar go. if we keep en like this by daylight; but if that typhoon corres

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Then tha ncise of a find gun boomed out and school over the water. McCorran immediately put his engines full astes; as he did so anolker gun boomed out and aboard something steile the water ahead of ship. Ho kɔaw fül! well what was the maler and the danger ha was in and bles-ed his stars that he had his papers to clear him.

The vessel with the arch light came up rapidly, keeping the light via lag fore and aft

of the termer as she was. When auch bundred yards MoCoran was a steam lanch tart out from hor quarer, which boat slearned ap to thes Alertam A rapo laddor was feopped over the twerks aleido qud uniformed extenant of the U. S. Navy steppad on board. Ho was of the cruiser Kingston and smunded to so the shije dospatches. McCorras showed them and explsbad that the Austerdam was a strainer of the Low Datoh liv. The officer had some hatuls taken of and tonk n. casual survey of the lobis cuiffed approval, apologised for stopping the steamer; al ex- plained it as a misfaique of war, and then went into his steam lanch and returned to the Kingston.

Whon eCorran cus more pat his engines fall ahead be langhof grimly. Bay, di you ear the remark that sar: oliver wide?"

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Amoky dabin MeCorraa said," By heavens, but were washed overboard. A couple of ventilators and vacant spaces which hava heretofore charic. scarlaining, Ho dare not sigual, it was mara

als took French: joap and left their úttings terized Chiness publications. then his job was worth. He dare not rat into Fe're a suto 'm.”

Ilarly went to turn in while MoCerran standing gracelessly atone while the water

To illustrate the vast scope of the work the port for water, Lo would in that ease are to render accounts of the ship, her cargo and pins went on the bridge to have a growl and a nag poured down through item and overaly sathal following facts are submitted for nonsideration

at the socord Bnts. During the whole of be the firemen balete. Forst of all, a couple of Chalmers Vocabulary contains about 16,000 nhẹ was frozn xód bouad to. this kustly pro-

Chinese characters, and Midhurst's English biem troubled all the wit le raad. But it

nart duy the sailors were employed taking asilors were carried of their liga into the sea. made him fol med and splofol. So ha verkel jumpers after the style and pattern of those woon and after they left the rail were nerer sighted and Chinese Dictionary about 100,000, whilat this work contains are the 60,000 English- it off by his smal rasheds and loviel at the Caited States men-of-warmen. MuCorrun again

MeCorran witnessal their exit from this lith words, and upwards of 600,000 Chinees charte erve. On dauk, by reason of his hand water died the material from an ok slothes clues!

Again, despite all the grammers and aad the and Hamby wore busy with needle and He tacled to lifebay after the gazed for tors. chip sverything went smoothly on the surface,

a miante of time intolin driving som sprays to other elementary works as yet published, the which is as much as can ho within the bruude throud lahest knife, working as though their of buman exportation. Below, things looked very lives depended upon it. By night they had leeward, and then hat bis attention upon the indent of this dealt language absolutely re four jumpers do and fitted-on to four of the handling of the shty. Ha did not have the quires examples to display the various appli black against lia. Engineers and firemen hate:

Po do bimations and equivalent of different words which 4.1's. Hamby bunted out a suit of neat fit gmee te stop the gibes ovan. the vary sight, the very sound of him. The stokehold crowd esuk huve brained bin with ting white and a peaked cap things which be justion he did not belive it possible to save the kave one general meaning. Of these examples

azed to wear when in a good steamship line; men. peal on dork nights when he paard the bridge;

also he adored his waist with a balt, on which The typhoon ragd for four hours, and as but they feared the reenlt if they missed Leir aim. Yet, indeed, they were select ruffians

buoy a catlase. Than the best boat was made surtonly as it came quickly did it go, leaving in its wake a breathles calm and drizzling wis!. ready to lower and the davita Awang estboard gathered together by a liverpool boarding house

Then the Amsterdam orawled aloud again, with the gi hanging in the tackles; hupeno- orimp at McCarran's special request. It they

tised the bacusat owaring away in a hurry with waking a spood of gout three knots. Every had been fed and watered as well as boren the

new and then.. as came and banget and little trouble that follows would nova havo out making a ccmmation.

The Star of Britain's angives bad been eased crashed againet har patés, aftast stopping her happened. At the time he had proceeded an far on his voyaga as to lure his port orig some dowa Red ker core shaped as to be in the dead and sometimes thing a clean swoop over treak of sleamers bound froin Hoagkong to the her dacks, sending a dana ci sprus muy feet Gray dawa was broaking high above the Philippines. Two inen vore kept on the foals steve the bridge, and dropping benigningly Eastern horizon edust a cloud patch sky and lead for lookouts, and an offer an McCorran upon those who we anfortunate enough to twisting its light into the dark baak bencull un paced the bridge when darkness set in. Lights be beneath it.

MyCurran was scked to the axin, çe was if alroggling for existence thare, and in the were forbidden, and tho steamer raced into the stmephore war a sort of allen gleaminess night without a ghostly light at her usthad everybody for that mattor. Ifis long oilskudy enough to damp the spirit of anyone. The or side-lights, but no vessel was sighted that scat was ripped all the way down bis back and ho bad long since parted with his Bag'weater. His eralic hair hung eur. bis forehead and the backwards and forwarda with even, monotonous" |

brios dripped irritally into his eyes. that be berait all patiently. He was feeding tired sud to drowsy too; for all Lu time he had been round the desics, bonding the crew round at their wrk, such as securag the hatcher, pooring. vaatilators with coane, lashing all toons gear: and scars and insurable other little things of

What he aclied to know was—bed war brokouder their breath and when Hemby Jait the pieces by the seas, Buted around until they attained, and dispensing with those vast margins |HE JUBILEE of HONGKONG Esidoro Pens, Spanish str., 845, Bones, April 14, Kaiserin Augusta, German craiser, 20 graus,

- Ava hundred miles distant.

second mate was sleepily posing the bridge night

Atdisk the next day, however, a restol was

atapa, his pipe atack fast botre bir tant, sighted away ou the port bent. Jestautly Ou taking a louk round, the korizar he saw two MoCerran put his Lola hard-asterboard and sts and a fanel striking their badlines dis-is engines full sport ahead. The mate was Hotly against the grey background.

He roused up from his watch below and all had focussed the vessel with a long rinse that hung called out,

There's our chance to get through with thie

in canvas beckots. Thou he woul down the rotto businesz and Motoran when Hamily /bridge ladder and rapped loudly at AfuCorman's

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believe he would neer bare done these things.

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He pushed ti thick, ungainly or through angine rooms, and the engines lowell down and taickness of the old it, but MuCorrin stopped. From the foes'le head Hamby red alteros his ocure paint the vessel, as it and flen demanded in a voirə rich mid arrogant a small at and the soan boomca salleely across proved to be, was barely half a dozen ship tire water. By this time the two alesers wore langt distant. lo aus down the ship's

in its authority, What or you want to come

rat tat tatting at my door ut five in the morning

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out more than three stipe lengtas distant from bood for Leaw this it was's scamer with her nauk other. The night was intensely black and

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upon the bridge, drained in a sleeping suit.

It's sixty-five rovelation, the rugines

"Hello," came faintly in reply.'

What ship is that p

*Do Omsterdum of Rotterdoi."

We are yon tirora".

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doic, aunt it Mister Crofl?" asked McCorrun. Get your papers rady, I'm coming phoned to

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Then just givò for as many mora na jou 'Can

and let's know whac vimwe

Olright, sir, answered the voice from the E tabessaty, adjacent steamer's bridge.

fannol gene clear

Werniser." Hamby.

It was a crniser right enough and the Kinge fox at that. She baked to be in a distressed edition as she middled about in the great swells and rolled hongh to show her bilga triko. Her evinmuidor, hailed the bridge of the Asterdam Vould she give him a low to Manila o hyd at his propaltout

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Prince Qachomsky, at Tam

Vartock, Russian torpade gunboat 4 guns, 650 Eo, Cox. Molohousky, at Vladivostock Yakout. Russian gulx330 guus, 390 kp.,

at Vladivostock

hp, Capt. Rogelin, at Vladivostook Valatk, Ralau torpalo-bont, 19 guns, 3,500 - Zabinka, Russian cruiser, 20 guns, 2,000 1.p.,

Capt. Shkrull at Noganali Zatro, American supply-vossal, Idout. Walter

MoLean, at Hongkong.

Printed and rullished by D. Wanzas SMITH, 14-

28. Wrodhum Basel Victoria, Houben.