Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-19


Tho Content wa but mills or 90 from
the nhors, upenine the harhor, 40 close IN.
deed tina, they could plainly go thu Qnays
alive with moving hsurca, that condensed
into black niass AZ tho head " tho jeiiy,
and between tho Logger and tho port was
what had cllieily callrd forth Curtis' cry
u large ehallop, floating down on the obb
and crowded with mrn, Even m they
looked its cars struck tho water. For 4
minute Curtis stood watching, tili 10 wns
plain u was heading directly scawnri W
cut thom OF,
+" bout shipr no cried suddenly, for
getting what and whcio ho waa
Hut Ito men ran TO their stations with.
out u moments Doubt M II ~ were tho
most natural thing In tho world for him
TO 10 giving them orders,
IA aha came up Into tho wind Dunk
burst out OF the cuddy, with u rN,tlinx
oath for tho inhtc. rating him In a fury for
not keeping his course.
~ took tho liberty. Captain Dunk"
snid Curtis, cutting him abort, $50
thorci"
There wns about tho lieutenant -,as ha
pointed rnsily 10 the shnllop--so high nm
air, M calm conviction. that no further
explanation was needed, that Dunk know
mot how to tnkc him TO task and stared ID
him IN nmhsr,nont,
Captain Dunk ~ no grnmhod nj last
''cnptaln Cur,is. seems 10 mai"
'it waa tho only thing to do" npolo.
nirpd gurtla
"rhe only thing not 90 do, " enid tho
offended shipper Twill serve for rnun
hut 10 mako 'cln suapoot Us twice M much
NJ before. rherei' ho added. "what did
l toll cor
A little cloud Of nmoko hid tho shallop
M he spoke, q fountain II white spray
icnpcd mp from tho lcrdcn waters cnhlo'a
length short u tho lurgcr and tho mufird
boom " u gun oanic ZIP family against thu
wind
1--WE 10 bound 10 heayo Co, " said tho skip.
per dcoislycly.
"whatln cried Curtis. Won't you Try
90 much rs iiuttar for ~"
"'1nin't no manner OF uso. Pniayer ha
the only fnupa now, We cnn't get clear"
"why noti What Ia tn prevent itfi
"why, rockp-rooks thick ar ncttlos OH
tho point, There he no woa,horinz II on
this tnck. and. for sure thoy know H.
Don't ia SOC how they Icon their couraet'
II was true onoughi thu shaiiop, after
delivering her IRE was pushing straight
out TO sol, regardless OF the Con,ont'a ina.
poil,cr.
"soonor or later" snld Dunk, "wo no
hound 10 nbout mud run athwart hawso OF
'on.
"nut Ills % TO I. " Htlll Objected Curtis,
"thny dpn't hit us IL NO do. What do they
know about TunS'
"Thoro Narn't much amiss with tho
Inst shot. lst DO how twill said thu
,Llpppr. "Ihcre woro q gunner inynlided
To mo for, from Brust q wook or two back,
and ,ure they won't hn ieaNluu tho like Ut
him behind his day, uonyo hor 10, Hon.
"And nav Ne cprtl. Z" thu skinner
,oc,lnn,a a, hls ora,r yn, .ulloniv ubcy.
al ,,Nnv III. foy you 10 ,nhe command
ami ,,,t ~ on, of IN. boavlemrnt. You bc
an '',or,, .sry,r. h,, ~, rc,nhile I'm
,iintIn, All ,on mi "a .en ,hia wny for
in,r ~ snlss and youili wnnt 10 know
whleh az I'm, A 4, hn, ,akon pltt's aoi,i to
,,nn ~ All a, 10. ,ha iaiy ami Tho
yo,,n,, ,,,,lswnnii--
'' ,gehpr NM, un. ,o ,.,,, ;, ip,orru,tcd
| c,r,is ~ Sny, nrrnmyrd fnr cham Iiayo
,hn .ondnn.a Ia raj Tho honda knocked out
~ ,so.a ',,o oo,t. Th.y ,mu,t como apd
hiao tharo. You viii toll them so''
Whllo ,b. hiaIp,, ula,a. war, bolnn mn,
,,r,a viii " bri,t naSs ,ha, con,Saated
anar,ly With thn N,v lilo mrp,r Ind boon
hm,n,o I ,hn ,ticosr' no, a il,,io uneasy a,
hoiu, inLan AZ pro,nuliy AT hi. word by
Uns,,s ".n, haot ~ the anldv Iuell.
wSs ,Ii,ing bc1idn \ hunk on which nor
hrn,bcr inS and ho,dlna hor hand,
| Wwh,i ,yn, IN, n,,ttery', .hu ahkod ma
.oon wv" as ,h S, Il ,nmsr awuecrca. '
"rvrr,thlng's thn matter. mjsa." an.
.,.or.a hn,,I ingui,Ianslv, !, th, fog,. thu
nn,ter. mr ,,ls olonrnd and tho guard,