Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

OF WATERS. tktt. SEA SilduEtf from Hfflt
blue 80 cppper-gold. aud then 60 purple.
while the amber sky above became
rose and then crimson. There WIS but
one man 20 see the ~spIendof. and liz
needed II moi. He was sitting at the
stern 90 a alf-fecsed sioop a crazy.
rotten old tub. overiadeu ansl nearly
water-logEed There was uot "A breath
Of mir 10 df the big. black sail that
hung IN lazy folds from the mast. and
it matteref2 net a straw whether the
ma with the filler in his hand moved
to pert or stagb0arsi for the yessel was
making 30 way.
He SAT- witt his eyes liked on the hor
lion. IS II he were expecting tu see "a
sail rise fllers. for his relief: tJat his
gaze was not one OF hopeless expecta-
ton. but 90 gloomy bitterness
~ nice tix sor q fellow to be i'm he
was saysf to himself, BETTER have
stayed ani starved Oh that hloomin'
farfet Here we 4re-the craft gettin'
deeper in the water every day. pF0vtS-
ions ruLnin' short. wafer runuIn' short,
Snd mo alone, except for u pal that ~
rs good AZ a deaf I'm. An il a sail
was 90 come IN sight an' we were rpS-
cted. the two Of ms. what have | so
look forward tor I'll he landed ia Eng
iand poorer than WHEN ( left. FIN To
have nothing. | suppose. Of what that
sItky f0oi carries about, but what he
likes 10 alIow me. No. by Heaven. that
WON'T 10; I'll have that put straight
before I'm n quarte~ OF an hour Older
thar IL. II tue fellows ia his right
mInd.~
He rose suddenly and walked a Few
feet forward. The sliding door OF the
little cabin fronted linn. He pushed II
noisily back. and the evening glow
shOfle into q gloomy little len of a
place, with a rough. anrrDw table In
the middle. and four hunks ut the two
sides, two 0f II side. In the lower
bunk on the port side lay u man whose
grizzied hair and beard f8Ia that he
must be at least nifty years OF age. Ills
large blaek yes shone tierceiy in his
smaciated face: bis thin white fi,agprs
ciutclled the blanket as IL he saw an
enemy. or a possible enemy. rather.
than a consrade.
How are you now, Iimg'' said the
man who had been sitting at the stern.
Better. r shall pub through yet.
s'Tm glad to hear it, Tor I'm thinking
II y y tfttE Attt I0tL tttt AAAt Attist ~
hit OF a talk
"A taiky Nbout what? r dent I'M
derstand you. Joyce
sYcu'H understand me soon eneugir.
4 want to know what I'm to have out
or all this. What am 1 10 have for
telping You To escape. when you know
rs wen as I tte. that | might have made
hundreds. and maybe thousands. hy
giving you away I've stood your
friend. and helped y0u to steal this
cursed old hooker. that looks az II she
meant to have the lives 81 both OF VS.
before we ARE done with her. Haven't
I been a. goe~I as "A brother. sharing
the danger and all THAR | say it's aS
good n partnership AS W was struck.
Don'f you think 500"
"No. Joyce. it isn't a partnership not
that IL wonid put much in your pocket
II Ii was. he added. with II weak at
tempt NJ a Iangh. II don't deny TINT
you've acted fair and square by me.
Joyce; and II e-er we reach England
ri do what ! can for you.
And what might that he worth
now asked the other. with something
Of a sneer.
@T-f-tiseught of making you a pres
eaF OF twenty pounds. Dick.
Twenty pounds."
II dent see TINT yon can have any
reason ~ complain You said you
wanted TO 20 back to EagIaRd. M Jill
!, and we agreed to help each other.
You must not forget that \ paid an OK
penses. Dick. And there isn't muct,
left. I-that is-we didn't hit on the
gold. not anything much
Then how are you going 20 pay me-
twenty ~poundsyr
II have friends in England
-Friendss That for all the friends
I've ever known. Md ( don't expect
yours is yery different No. Jim: my
idea is that we should share and share
alike: whatever one OF us takes out OF
this cursed country, or rather this
cursed oil iiooker, we should divide.
It's the only fair way. seeing that were
both in the same boat
II can't agree TO that" said the 9TH
er, shortly. ~and I won't--so there's an
eud ONT. What rot to talk of partner
ship bctween men in oar position. with
little more than the clothes on our
backsrs
The sick man looked keeniy at his
companions face, to see how he would
take this, but Joyce made no sign that
he attached any particular significance
TO the words. He was sitting on the
edge OF the opposite bunk, his eyes on
the cabin fioor. He was a good-fooking
fellow. although he had reached miekfle
Hfe- His features were good. There
was nothing paItry or mean aiort
them. But he mad u lowering eye, and
mis- Hips were sensual and cruel. There
was a long veal, the mark OF a wound
received in n brnwI. across his righs
cheek; and his scar. hardly visible at
o times, became fiery-rcd when the
man was moved to anger. or any other
passion. The scar burned across HIS
hairy cheek now, and GARRISON, the
man n the bunk. shrank from him as
he looked.
Joyce rose and moved toward the
door.
Tin very thirsty. Dick. DO q
thlnk you could get me n drop of wa
rarTs
rOnce more. Jim said the other
ssernIy, "win you do the fair thing by
meg VIII you haiye your swag with
meY'
FITS NOT worth haIying. Dirk. Rnt.
little as IL IL, { should like to keep AZ
~ give you twenty pounds
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