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—— THE SUNDAY CALL. 18 i1s Te Prince of U Confidence (Nen? Nicholas J. Weaver, Owner oF the $82,008 HOW UNCLE SAM UNLOADS TROOPS IN MANILA BAY. « UNLOADING TR t may p re e who have ad- mules and army in landed at up to the . oaded of the may int y, from city. As - Yacht Norna, 15 Living a » MOSt Re- - markable Life on . OCQean ama was duly impre lore” was recel Wwo promir at the have the opp soon as their Government tug cos, is Immediately made fast. The troops ing with them their i arrival wi \wkwar only sufficient rations for The cascos are towed up the about a half mile from its mou foot of the luneta, the city way, where the men first set new possessions in the a casco 18 assigned to a all the men and property zation are put ashore before lable for another con Orient erly each company, 4ll its baggage age m: company, a f that organi- Wave. s put him pre loan th. OOFS -IN-THE PHILIE k ind mbark e and a meal or two, asig River h to the n drive ot on our Generally becomes It prop- managed one trip is sufficient to land I have seen an entire regiment, with all the personal property of the men. regimental baggage and rrs and wp equip- All Yok PINES = ¥ gl v 1d travel N AL R t hos pe whom h with their pre mmodore’s” he 1 id the “‘commod 1 t must know na was thrown into a fer age land ours In fact, I re- membe instance where a regiment was ordered to the front five miles from Manila wced to disembark at noc »attalions, elght com- panie the same night on the firing line The hor re unloaded by mear \e transports to a la essel 0 a ferry boat All animals « at the foot { the lune The ferry boat, If we may call it such, wil ibout fifty animals, and thiese are hore through a chute. I was pre the unloading of the first lot of 1d mules received at M @ from the United States on tra Ta and those who were there at that time will bear me out in saying that were never tinatic 200 elephar could not these §1 hc inhabitant here a finer lot of horses and mules received at any point of des- were immediately turned e of X the Fourth Cavalr; were kept in the quart wral f day or two and then excellent service. I might say that a drove of s going up street altract more than yrees_and 11 to the s of Manlla. The natives stood with open mouths and gazed at them as they were led through the streets to the corrals. Directly opposite the foot of the luneta, n the of the River Pa are locate ge quar- termaster and commissary storehouses, in which are stored for Eighth Army Corps 1pplies are furnished under and mostly from the United es. They are also unloaded from the t cascos. It may be said to the credit of departm, stafl staff depa Philippines been made filled. ports by means of ese two nts, as well as all other nents of “the army in the that not a call or demand has upon them that has not been FRANK GEORGE. e TN 5 find we hav sponded as wils one cc nt for Messrs, | ! as gue homes « kohama then as 1 wtiful yacht Norna, with Ka e lanterns, its polished wood and shinir br nfortable nooks and, best of all, its liberal offeri of t 1'S d rare cham M Perceval did t} hone fascinatingly a4 most beautiful woman of the ch type, with just enough diablerie in her softly ringing y laugh and show of gleaming white teeth | ana just enough of the risque in her lit- tle French songs to cause a flutter in t hardest of masculine hearts. Perceval too, was such a royal fellow—so proud of his beautiful spouse and so generously | appreciative of the admiration bestowed upon her. The evenings could not all be spent in sitting on the rdeck 1 the soft glow of velled lights and listening to th sweet strains of concealed musie, Inter- mingled with the splash of the waves and | Mrs. Perceval's liquid laugh. There were yurnin, t diverston of a little enj wry the monotony of eating, drink- and gossiping or the ante | made high, in keeping with the | wealth and position of the guests. And “Dear 3 ver is such r play- er ing Mrs. F val would remark when, toward the smiall hours of the morning, the genial ‘“‘commodore” would cash in the greater portion of | ivories. “Dear” Nicholas! His gentle- manly instincts seemed to revolt at taking his guests' money; but then an Ame just can’t help winning at poker—it se bred in the bone—and Englishmen | such exceeding poor pl | after night they would | course, “'to give his guests satisfaction,” as the “commodore” magnanimously put it, and always with the same disastrous result to the guests. But Mrs. Perceval | was so charming and Perceval and Weav- fcan ms are ght always, of er such splendid good fellows that it was a pleasure and an honor to lose money in such company. So the days drifted merrily by until at last the gay sports of Yokohama, com- | paring notes and bits of gossip, as men | will, in spite of their avowals to the fair sex to the contrary, found that n made winnings In the quiet little games on board the alluring Norna, and, more- over, nearly all had made cash loans to | her festive owner. Just little loans of a few hundred or so, or possibly a thousand, one had. to tide the genial “commodor his remittances should arrive. over until it from the danger of .Yoke ments, and tha as soon ow Englishmen do not enjoy parting Weaver & 'Co. saw the other attachments from their ducats any more than any oth- had been bluffed off the £33 debt would er class of mortals and rumors began to be canceled and the boat set free. They circu hat possibly all might not further remarked with a chuckle fhat well ral of the viest investors in Weaver, Perveval & Co. had foTgoO the Weaver boom h k vith the that there was no cable between San “comm irely 1in charac- Francisco and Honolulu and that Weaver ter, but. without monetary returns. Then might be obliged to remain there & while, something turned up of a her unex- for the attormey had acted in good faith pected natur Mr. Perceval nfided to a and would ma the attachment old friend at the club, who in turn circul Be all that gs it may. Weaver was in it among the other members, that at Sin- fact caught tight eriaugh i the fafr har- gapore he had loaned the genial W v ‘bor of Honolulu, fe tr 0 b sam 3 and had take 1 bottomry oth, hospit and wealthy, ‘commo- bond on the Norna in security thereior dore I of and il ~ "‘ This rather dampened the ardor of ot Interesting Eva x-vea_captain litors who had visions and harbe the extent of ns in the same mann entertaining ¥ v loa now v.ould wait until Mr. Perceval should "0 to v . coilect his. For Perceval 4 tomry bond ng th nounced that ¢ th morrow was to @ n r meet Weaver at the office Mclivor, Evans was to take p i, the United States Cons eive the « Vessel master e long Gelayed cash secured by the bottom- Wings was to fiit aw Samoa or Aus ry bond traila, where she was to | o cats August 5th, the eventful day, dawnel as Isfy Evans' claim. Or clear and Lright as the other long days of the mag; i et pleasure had been, but yet there seemed however W \ N r - be something lacking, some familtar the vessel in escrow for the liq n adjunct <o the beauty of the harbor mi the debt he was rea & hims-If ing. Mr. Perceval found it unnece 1 to visit the office of the Consul, for Nicho f the scher las Weaver and the beautiful yacht N s b v b . ad disappeared. Moreover, it was ascer- la 1 P o f swell s n han. Dole owns and aloma nd M Hobson the G 1 There is . tive THE POISONING OF PERCIVALLS 2 “commodore” had ces there is still a doubt regarding the board—his sister- superiority of e yac W the had s Rather Gladys was being prepared for one of Ler ationship—still, who winning runs “Commode ea was Letter able to know than Weav- asked aboard. This was a recognition of f and who could prove otherw his standing as a commodore. H ro- At any rate she was sald to L very duction to the gentlemen on board was charmin 1 beautiful person Hat- supplemented by a graclous spee Gen- tie Brewster, who in her earlier v it tlemen, you are going to win this ra seems had cut quite a dash in Oakland T have with me the identical g worn and had had h name ra 1 unfo-tu by myself whe r nately associated with that of Harry Ayl-- races for the | mer, the actor. She had drifted over the at the wheel on greater part of the world, leading a gay tan and the Defend , life, and now had become fa ed by the the Norna this morning clever Nicholas J.. Weaver and the sump- this and brought the gl tuous life aboard the luxurfously fitied will regard them as ma aluh The Hawalians swallowed the st s Of course the good citizens of Yokohama best the d several others dug were frightfully shocked at the whole af- from th the- of commodore’s falr, espéc those to whom Nicholas - fertile brain. But unpleasant Mttle rumors owed various sums. Many said, “1 told an to drift in as the G8YS went Do you s0,”" as the many will when a thin nd there was no money forthcoming for is all over, and it is so much easier to tell Njcholas. what has happened than to prophesy what — As a last resort he made a futile at- TARY- OCeUTs tempt to overcome the guard o dark Mr. Perceval and wife were heartbroken. night and take the same quiet le that So disappointed, surprised and pained at had worked so well In Yokohama. but the actions of their former friend. Perce- luck was against him and the eme val swore he would the £55 if It falled ignominiously. Then Nicholas gave cost him a million, and wired at once to g 808 took the fisat steamer oo the Westminster Bank of London for Francisco, raised the money, returned to fu for Mr. Perceval Is a capitallst. Fonolulu a » Norna was free But before ten days had passed since the sailing of Weaver he became Impatient, 1 raising a consi e sum on Mrs. Perceval's jewelry sailed for San Fran- cisco without so much as a farewell to his Yokohama friends clgco will be r His stay in San Fran- membered by the few lect who were entertained by him, and by the public, who will remember the chron- fcling In the daily papers of his rather narrow escape from death by partaking of poisonous fish in on serfes. He has there to London Meantime Perceval's former dearly be- loved friend the “commodore” and “sis- ter-in-law" had had a most pleasant trip to Honolulu/ but upon arrival had been shocked to find that Perceval had placed the bottomry bond in the hands of Attor- v Paul Neumann for lection and the autiful yacht Norna was forthwith at- ached and a guard put over her. The people of distant d very crue Perceval and Weaver. that the yacht Norna had been in other ports ere this and under similar circume« stances; that Weaver and Perceval were alwa, together In port, but Perceval traveled by steamer and Weaver on the yacht. They sald, moreover, that they ‘had not really intended to have that bot- tomry bond hold Weaver in Honolulu, but the boat had been attached merely to save of the swell rotis- now gone East and from Yokohama, how- things about both They had learned The good “y people of you 5o Yokohama told and declared I the time Perceval's bond wa and a mistake. B igain sald joke ways so bitter when they sand Weaver and for the Society after a quiet and profitable cr sister-in-law th, Islands, and wil 80 to Aust The Yokohamans say that the rj h Eng- ilsh planters en ro had better holq their ducats tight and not umblitious to learn poker, or else Weaver will pe obliged to carry away whole islands spolls of war. They say. further, that smuggling Is remarkably easy for a man In the guise of a swell yachtsman, ang the “commodore” Is recelved with open arms by great offici and not subjecteq to the usual examination by customs of. ficers, such Inspectl necessary where th the boat, s being deems owner is capeg un- n of MOTEOVer, a Perfect geme tleman and such a hospitable entertainer They also add that Weaver s the prinee of all confidence men. and as their money Is back of their opinion the Yok certainly should know. —_— Mrs. Wellment— no friends? Beggar ‘(sobbingly)—No, got nuthin’ but relatives. hamans or fellow, have yo. leddy; 1 hein't