Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-11-30

he's about at the back of the island!
What dye make of this Proddy bust
ness?"
Cease of ransom, I take it'll This
Dixons brought off something of the
kind before up Penang way. They've
nabbed old Proddy at his plantation by
this time, I expect, and, if they can,
they'll run him over to some den on the
Bornean coast and keep him till gov
eminent or the merchants come down
with something handsome. The SO called
Mrs Proddy's father is about the big
gest scoundrel in Singapore, and I fancy
he's in this job with Crocky. If so, the
negotiations would be made through
him-but meantime, it's your own part
to burst up this pleasing little arrange.
mentp'
Old Proddy-for all his stomach-de
Tended himself like paladin and had
to be knocked on the head with boat
stretcher, so that he knew no more un
til, peeping through a port at break of
day, he saw misty shore slide slowly
past him, as before gentle air the
schooner stood eastward under every
stitch she could spread.
"That shore, Prodigy, Esq, is Obin
, island, from which little suckumstance
you'll jedge that we're a-standin to the
eastward out Of this here hell trap Of a
strait of yours. An, as to what we're
a-takin you, Proddy, Esq. that you'll
find out before you're powerful deal
older!'
you'll have the Ticker after you
before you're much older!" snorted the
astounded Prodigy.
Hardly tibet, Proddy, ESQ You see
there won't be no muss made about you
before this evenin, and, as We'll catch
the monsoon strong again in the offin
your footy little smoke pot Of Ticker
will jest hev the hull universal ocean
to overhaul for us by tomor-- Great
Jefferson!'' and down went Crocky's
jaw, as, glancing through the port, a
slender trail of smoke led down his eye
to little white hull just rounding
Franklin point.
In three seconds Crooky was on deck
rapid, resolute and cool. "Chased
sooner than we expected, lads! No get
away now with Prodigy, Esq.-but,
without him, l guess we'll fix it'll Get
the dingy over the side-smart, now
Well send his friends on little excur.
sion to rescoo him from a wat-tery
| gre-aveP'
Within three minutes the dingy was
adrift, with bit Of canvas set for ard,
and Proddy-lest he should dowse it
dashed to ringbolt in the stern sheets
The resourceful Crocky, bringing the
wind upon his port quarter, stood away
due north, between Obin and Tukang.
Aboard the gunboat there was nj
hesitation. Reluctantly course was
shaped for the little wait, scarce visible
now against the sunrise, as faster ant
faster the freshening wind drove her out
to sea, so that by the time the drenchet
and stiffened Prodigy had been hoistef
aboard the Ticker the namesake of thu
Alabama's captain was being warped
into winding offshoot Of the Johort
river, wherein, with topmasts housed
she lay snug till dark, Then, with tho
ebb, she dropped down again to sea, ant
sunrise found her we'll away into the
gulf of Siam.
Mrs. Proddy had her reward in two
installments. The first when before high
heaven the grateful Proddy confirmed
her wifely status; the second when, by
the orders of the secret society of which
her estimable parent was an ornament,
her cook, member also of the ''hoey, y
mixed something with her morning cot
fee that speedily made of Prodigy the in
consolable widower he is to this day.
Alexander Montgomery in Sydney Bull
letin.