The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-18

sary FOR me to assume the Appearance 90
being extremely exhausted. Hence who,
/ found myself approaching the hnIL
began to make pretense of swimnin.,
feebly, painting noisily meanwhile ana
sending up the most pitiful cries for
help.
AS had expected and INTENDED
Hughes came on deck, and, looking ove,
the ships side, inquired loudly, "Wors
the - row?''
Hughes, may here remark, was os
/ soon discovered (you could not be in
his company for half minute without
doing SOL, man of painfully limitod
vocabulary. Perhaps should saw that
his color sense had been develoned ~
the expense of his vocabulary, for if be
did not see everything in rose colored
light he certainly applied one adjective
wildly suggestive of crimson, to every
object which he found it necessary n
particularize.
"Wot's the - row?" he repeated
when there was no immediate reply to
his question.
"Help" ] gasped family, pretending
to make frantic clutches at mooring
chain and clinging to it as if half dead
with exhaustion and fear
WHO are you" he inquired susp-
ciously, ''and ow'd you get 'ere?"
was anxious to play my part so as
not to arouse his suspicion; hence did
not reply for at least minute, but con.
tinued to pant, gasp and cough until
my breath might reasonably be supposed
to have returned, and then said faint.
ly. "Help me to get on board and III
tell you"
"You can't COON aboord," he an.
swered surlily. "No one amt allowed
aboord these ships"
II must" said, with as much an.
pearance of resolution as was consistent
with the half drowned condition which
l had assumed.
"Must you?' he said. "Well -
soon see about thatp And then for the
second time he put the question, "Who
are you, and 'ow'd you get out 'ere?"
replied, in sentences suitably alb
breviated to Geographic terseness, that
my name was Max Rissler; was friend
of Mr.. Hardy Muir; was staying at
Canvey for shooting; had thought would
like a swim; had got OH all right till /
had tried to turn, and then had found
current too strong; had become exhaust.
ed, and must have been drowned if had
not fortunately been carried past hulk
Hughes evidently considered the ex-
PLANTATION satisfactory, for his next ques-
ton was not about myself, but about my
intentions:
"And wot are you going to do now?"
Come on board" l answered
promptly.
"You can't do that" he said mo
one amt allowed aboord these -
boats.
81 must" replied. "This is case
where you'd get into trouble for keeping
the rules, not for breaking them. You
can't talk about rules to half drowned
man. 1t would be manslaughter. Help
me on board and get me some brandy
l suppose you've some by you-and III
pay you well and not say word to any
hold OH here much longer. You'll be
half sovereign the richer for this
nights job, and if you're quick III
make it sovereign.
Grumbling audibly about it being "a
- fine lay this, making poor man
run tie risk of getting the sack because
- fools choose TO play the ---- mon
key" he unlashed the dingey, and hav-
ing brought her round to where was
clinging he assisted me ini and with
few dexterous strokes took us to the SIDE
Of the hulk, over which u rope ladder
was hanging. "Afore you so aboord,
he growled, putting a OBTAINING haha
upon my arm, ave you got any hiroh
concealed about your persona"
"Iron?'' I said. "What do you mean!
And where could I conceal anythings
Every stitch of my clothes is lying over
there Oh the beach,"
my instructions u.s., he replied dog.
gedly, "that l hask hevery one wo'
comes aboord this boat whether They've
got any hiron concealed about EN-
That my dooty, and does it. 'Aveyou
or ave you not got hiron on your per-
son?'
Certainly not" I said, "unless the
iron in my blood's going to be an opJec.
tion. And now stop this fooling ana ges
me some spirit as fast as you can' ior
I'm half dead"
As a matter of fact, / was beginnins
to feel chilled to the bone, besides WHICH
it was very necessary / should keep up
the role had assumed.
Hughes disappeared below, but SOUL
returned with half q tumbler OF rum
and water and dirty, evil smeiiins
blanket. The rum tossed OIL gra'eiu''
~, but the blanket declined.
Every well, 4" said Hughes "Bus yo'
look as white as - sheet alreauy,
and you'll find it none too warm goins
back in the dingey wi nothing Oh, .r
''I'm not going back in the dins'y
with nothing ON, my good fellow,
replied calmly. you've got flre Oh
stove of some sort below, / suppose anu
Tn, oo;pex doxy,, IN cit Inv III while W"