Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-08

D York and photograph cases smel
ing Of nasty stuff for twenty fe,
round EN-.
Il won golden opinions from III
ladies through my being so yer
particular, and calling out, Gent,
gently; handle EN- smart. my mel
but be careful not 10 shake EN-
which of course was put down
~ carclulness of their posses
sious, whereas ! was thinking G
the dangers of dynamite. whic
cXp.75aS, You kpow. by concus
sion. That blessed portmanteau
rs i. happened, was at the yer,
bottom Of st ala NANCY, ill-look
ms thing enough, and, though
small, as heavy as lead. Now
Just throw that overheard, my fine
fellows, said /, will YOU, and be
careful not TO knock it against the
bulwards.
Nobody, Of course, questions
ID. orders Of ships captain when
at sea-aud over it went with a
splash but I saw the first mate
look a. the second with an express
sion which conveyed hes mad as
clearly as if he had given words to
it. Il was this circumstance, COM
bined with the feeling of complete
security from the awful peril that
had threatened us, that for the
first time put it into my mind that
! had been made the victim Of o
hoax. If it had been so, verify
believe | should have thrown the
little tailor after his portmantesu /;
but when ] called TO mind the face
Of the fellow when he first came
into my cabin l could not quite be-
lieve that. However ! took an op-
portunity Of speaking to him once
more alone.
Look here, said |, you unmiti-
gated thief sud villain there's one
point in your story that wants
clearing up. Your life is not very
it is true, but ! dare say
you put a fancy price upon it, and
that being so, how could you talk.
personal charge of machine that,
10 your own account,
was to blow us all to splinters :
How comes it, ] mean, that you
were on board with il yourselfP
We'll, captain, he replied, You
sos I'm a poor man. and the money
was % good round sum; and as /
odd you, nay employer insisted on
ny seeing The thing was going
'igLc with my own eyes; there was
. isl. Of course, but the fact lie,
had been made for
Meeting mo in this very latitude.
The man in the boat whom we
ooly on board, was on the lookout
or me, and it was agreed should
axe me Oft the ship.
W hat did he know about the
.yusm..s. too" broke out; is it
possible tia. there was 4 third vii |
ain, besides YOU and your employ !
VOL. yes. captain, I'm afraid !
here was bnt you can't touch !
i'm, you know, without touching |
pc, and you have passed your
word that l shall not be harmed. |
Besides, you must remember that !
night have got off and clean away,
eaving you all to bust up, if it had |
ot been for the extreme delicacy
( my conscience
"rhere was a sly smile about the !
ellew's mouth for which / could |
ave wrung his head, but for the
afe conduct ] had given him /;
is whole manner, as well as
he expression of his face, had
now he had got his way, |
nd instead Of a villain who had |
.epented of a great crime, he look
d more like a successful schemsr.
However, the dynamite was
,verboard, thank heaven; we were
rearing New York, and l had other
Kings TO think about.
when we were still some way
rom the harbor we were met by a
,olice boat, the chief officer Of
Which demanded to DO taken on
BOARD to speak with me.
"'Hullo = j said whom we were
n the cabin together; no extradi-
ion business bopel There are
10 numbering Englishmen among
ny passengers, are therel