is jt some one called name it n ye kin have it called another i swan f t ain t the old ark the from the deck of the ghost there ar other wag shouted s yer port we took no notice of the joking but acted after the manner of ai though the coal tar required a on attention i rounded her well to of the and ran for a rd to drop the anchor to all ap it was a the way the chain tangled and kept the anchor from reaching the bottom and to all appearances and i were terribly excited as we strove to clear it at any rate we quite deceived the who took huge delight in our but the chain remained tangled and amid all kinds of mocking advice we drifted down upon and the ghost whose square through our and a hole in it as big as a barn door the and the doubled up on the cabin in of laughter and left us to get clear as best we could this with much we succeeded in doing and like a on wise in clearing the anchor chain of which we let out about three hundred feet with only ten feet of water under us this would permit the coal tar to swing in a circle six hundred feet in in which circle she would be able to foul at least half the fleet the lay together at short the weather being fine and they protested loudly at our ignorance in putting out such an length of anchor chain and not only did they for they made us heave it in all but thirty feet having sufficiently impressed them with our general and went below to congratulate ourselves and to cook supper hardly had we finished the meal and washed the dishes when a ground against the coal far a on and heavy trampled on deck then the s brutal face appeared in the and he descended into cabin followed by the before they could seat themselves on a another came alongside and another another till the whole fleet was by the gathering in the cabin where d you the old tub asked a and hairy man with el eyes and features didn t it answered meeting them on th� ir own ground and encouraging the that we had stolen the coal tar and if we did what of it well i don t admire your taste that s lu sneered he of the features i d rot on the beach first before i d take � tub that t get out of its own way a on j how were we to know till we tried her f asked so innocently as to cause a laugh and how do you get the f he hurried on we want a load of them that s what we came for a load of what d ye want em for demanded the oh to give away to our friends of course retorted that s what you do with yours i suppose this started another laugh and as our visitors grew more genial wc could see that they had not the slightest suspicion of qui identity or purpose didn t i see you on the dock in the other day the asked of me i answered boldly taking the bull by the horns i was watching you fellows and out whether we d o � on or not it s a pretty good business i calculate and so we re going in for it that is i hastened to add if you fellows don t mind i ll tell you one thing which ain t two things he replied and that is you ll have to an get a better boat we won t stand to be disgraced by any such box as this understand sure i said soon as we sell some we ll in style and if you show square an the right sort he went on why you kin run with us but if you don t here his voice became stem and menacing why it ll be the day of yer life understand � � sure i said after that and more warning and advice of similar nature the conversation became a on general and we learned that the beds were to be that very as they got into their boats after an hour s stay we were invited to join them in the with the assurance of the more the did you notice that chap asked when they had departed to their various he s of the sporting life gang and the fellow that came with him is they re both out now on five thousand dollars i had heard of the sporting life gang before a crowd of and that the lower quarters of oat land and two thirds of which were usually to be found in state s prison for crimes that ranged from and box to murder they are not regular a on continued they ve just come down for the lark and to make a few dollars but we ll have to watch out for them we sat in the and discussed the details of our plan till eleven o clock had passed when we heard the rattle of an oar in a boat from the direction of the ghost we hauled up our own tossed in a few and rowed over there we found til the it being the intention to the beds in a body to my surprise i found barely a foot of water where we had dropped anchor in ten feet it was the big june run out of the full moon and as the ebb had yet an hour and a half to run i knew that our would be dry ground before slack water mr s beds were three miles away and for a long time we rowed silently in the 