Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-08
"That'll do. won't it, Trollope?"
snid Hnnlnr

"That'll do. won't it, Trollopey'
said HaDkey.
when looked at, where arc they to
be stowed:" said Burn.
eth shift If unlashed. The boxcs'r
burst The dust'll run like sand. Let
Trollope be boss, Burn; let Troilopo be
boss" said Shannon.
''See here" says Trollope. taking cd
his station beside tho haichway, two
OF you will hand out the chests. Sup
pose We sag you, DaveEirc, and you,
Hankey. Ycu've cot the muscle for that
sort of breaking ont work
There arc IS chests" exclaimed Pc
ter johnson, leaning ever tho hatch
with Lis foot on the ooamings.
big and litlc." said Mr.. Caven-
dish. Eighteen.
Were al agreed they're u.s." ox.
claimed Weston. II counted them four
times and made IS"
"GCodI Let's SHOVE ahead, Trollope. -
said Caldwell.
Sone Of the mon jumped, some re-
maincd 81 deck with Trollopc. IL was
agreed that the whole Of tho boxes
should h. brought aft before ono was
opened. Presently Shannon and Burn,
with grinning faces, handed one up.
Feel the weight 81 st." coed Bern.
Feel it. Troll1pc. Och. murder, that
/ Trad it in England safo.'
The chest was small, but its weight
was rs pcrsuGding rs glimpse 81 its
contents would have proved convincing.
One by one fhe boxes were hove up TO
tic eager group above, big aud little.
As rap.aIy as their weight allowed,
the chests wcro conveyed aft and placed
in row beside the slsyiisht.
The ten mcn ranged themselves
abreast Of the chests. Hankey brought
chisels and hammers from the forocas-
tlo, and Captain Trollope called upon
him e. open The FIRST box.
With the skill of carpenter HanIsey
drove his chisel. Tho iron lands yield.
cd, the I'D was lifted. and then the
beas: in every breast sent forth an OK.
ultan. roar. These were gentlemen who
did not need to look very close or long
TO know what a nugget was But no
man offered TO touch the lat. flush sur.
fece Of broken ore, yellow, pale, dali,
more like the dried trimmings Of soup
broken into twisted bits than the metal
that gliitors in the golden pound and
eIarkies ON white arms and whittier
nccss.
sec that big knob there, Csld,vell.''
said Masters. smacking his lips with
affected admiration "How many mar
ders could "a man &c; done for the
worth Of that lump:"
Rat you AMI your fnoralizing!" an
syscred Caldwell, turning his gloomy
eyes slowly upon the ether.
''Shut him up and nail him down
and Try the next" said Captain Troi.
tpe.
This was done. One after another Tho
chests or cascs were opened and exam.
iDcd and carefully rocloscd. their own
spikes ard Screws securely rcseal.ng
them. Every box was filed with nag.
gets or dust.
Whom tie last of the boxes had b.ra
Examined ana carefully recIosra. every
man Jsck Il tie 1on went over them
again. bending. IcgEing. probing with
eye and Eose, 20 O. speak. 60 max. sure
that the lils were - safely las,ened
and each case as faulty iron girt a. sglion
D; had been lif-sd out q iis place b..
low. Thea one hy one tie cases were
lifted and conveyed into the cahia tia;
had been cccupild ~ the S;orrs. Here
they were slowed aud scczrea with
sailorly tOucs against AL risk q fetch.
irs sway.
Tho lat man ftefped ont. Cafsain
TrOilupo locked the dooT. and. swinging
tie key c. his for ;liiger. ezel4imcd:
Vow, lads, hop I've advised wise
u. Loak Low. In n snogncu. of disasfo-
all this gold means hot a jump. But in
the hold whore % was-heyy''
"Yoa're always right. Trollopc, A" &.
claimed Hankey. pul.ing the wool cut
q has whsskcua Bat supposs the 9Th
- go teys ehoald happsn - 49,