The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

ing a pearl inc merchant. PoachinG them trouble
o"""PF nas the biscuit. will. your said 6arnforth.
yawninp. II suppose that little lot is worth
dropped back dead asleep in his chair with a
forkful of food in midair. Capt. Kettle finished
his meal but he ,s;r1 TOO; man ,orw 81 SiS Snd thS %nS, b 1C
sleep with,his head on the table. Il was no new
thing for them TO DO, They had dropped of
like this into unconecionsness more than once
during that month OF savage toll
Tho next day they had a smaller crop ready e
! Rloan, n bare $500 worth. in feet But they did
not lament. There would be an enormous
quantity ready for the morrow.
ever. never came. During the night another
luRgcr sailed into the lagoon and upset all their
Pl Snsod She he Was Tps n ,5S GS1sST' mann oI me S iTFF sSe cS Sns
pesSis S Swrs shell sH F" F FSiS ems She was manned by
to defend what they considered their poachSrs,'
monopoly, As u consequence they pulled
break and Carnior!k and Capt. Kettle found
themselves walked by three men who carried
But the little sailor vas not easily. cowed.
e~yeelass, 'if you don't briug your hand out
from under that pillow and bring 1T out empty.
Now, don. risk It, skipper: I'm a good snapshot
"S Capt. X Kettle did not chuck his life way use
hfSssssdI.' Wei ~ II. 70 he ms said. what arc S' You V srim n
pirates going TO do NEXT BY the look OF you,
you've come here to steal our soap and hair
"'"CaInforth,' shouted the man with the eve.
glass. come in here and be told That's, going to
Martin Carnforth came into Kettles room
Now, III give you the whole ease PACKED g
t fSe shs this p%ls s a ens al di' SSGfg IN 1 Want a0 Of a n piia
and we took the risks and started in to get 1t:
o MGs' , VI US wh Ten1 m @Me We're M,' left tn With thu a t few R Hne
not wanted; but YOU gently bintcd a, Jo,ce
rest OF our crowd comes back and it's force
majeure on the other side. and now you've got
peacefully. There isn't enough for all of us; at
any rate we dom intend t. share ..,,
better have bottled that dirty man with the
window pane eve who's been talking. ..r.
ri, Look Looso here" ,E Ssid G goi 10 , ,nna noi Tight I bep. as is
fright" said the pearler. Right had better
Know that, tMr. Martin, or caEntoTtb, or what.
s goar yacht 1S 9 SANG IS sug ssd' Out 1nH ike = : S siediteFra n%eaG;
.Shny m dsesF; as H9 gdu ! d ESdesSs ss S3n iI fnoc aEPGs a shi
brass doorplates in the old, days at Cambridge;
half the fnn's in lodging the bobby cou
forth, solid business, all the way; We're
all Of us poor men, and we've all OF us been
We like to count, and we want to wriggle out OF
the curse Of poverty once and for Al J, ,o,s
Carnforth. I'M not used to being hectored at
Il can believe it," said the pearler dryly.
And let me tell you this. You've got the
upper hand for the present. admit. You may
theni / guess the account would not be closed.
and when a man chooses to make me his enemy
l always, see that he gets payment In full sooner
A right said the man with the ey eglass,
pay away. Don't mind u.s."
"a hint at one Of the Japanese ports as to
what was going on would upset your little
MOT being FOOLS said the pearler. coolly,
''of course we've thought of that. We've"
A hail came down the saloon skylight outside
What's thatih shouted the man with the eye
well, it's one of those blasted Jap gunboats,
II you want to know. Hurry; and we shall 1nst
"*Hiumph,S said the pearler. We'll, this
settles the matter another way. must 60, and
suppose you'll try to hook It. too. Ia. ta'
Carnfort6: can't recommend the Jap jails:
Hope you get caught, and that,l square up for
He followed the others out on deck and a
moment later their whaleboat was pulling hard
cbor whe car 1hS tffF and f Ket'le ave Went II after taa.f him
| had been heIu down In the 1OreCaSLle at rllc 3
muZzle, came on deck also.
1t did not require any pressing 1Sd to get the en-,
cold, but never were fires lit quicker. Para fine,
wood, small coal, grease. anything that would
burn, was coaxed into the furnace doors. The
cold gauges began TO culver. but as every man
on board well knew. 60 human means could get
a working steam pressure under half an hour.
On deck the crew had run the boats up to
davits. had hove short ny hand and then stood
like men on the drop. waiting their fate; The
luggers had mast-headed their yards and were
beating down the lagoon against a spanking
breeze. One after the other they tumbled out
through the passage, and swung on the outer
SWELL and then, Win WI 1ae sar ipS 3 winged geo
sun-scorched waters.
But though the yacht had canvas, Kettle
knew that she could not beat to windw and
SO dare not break his anchor out of the ground
till tho engineers had given her steam. There
was nothing for II but 10 wait with what pa
thence they could.
The Japanese gunboat had been sighted far
further side OF the ring of reef; she had 70 circle
round them before she could gain the only
S %as sisht S MSSeoT spd s sSe h m.mesI ps az Be P PoGf'
watching men 1t seemed that she raced up like
The sun rose higher. The stink of the rot.
ting shells came TO them in poisonous whiffs;
wealth in sweet abundance. But now they dis.
regarded it. Prison and disgrace were the only
'n TSen o tho CHEZ sHf" engineer q n eT'S called e" up to tn the
bridge through the voice tube that he could
give her enough steam Tor Storage way in an
"Foredeck, there" cried Kettle, Break
out that anchor. BY hand And the mel Ia
bored with the hand gear 80 as to save the pre-
cious steam. Then n thought flashed across
Capt. Kettles brain. and he quickly gave it TO
Carnforih. Its only a begRarly chance, sir,
but we'd better try it, ] suppose
Yes said Carnforth.
"If only we hadn't painted out those. names
We might have done ii more safely. As IL IL.
we must risk it; OF with you below, sir. and
get into some decent clothes, You'd, give tho
whole show away II you stayed on the bridge
here in those filthy rags. You may be a yacht
owner, sir. but by James, you look far more
like an out-of.work coal trimmer"
Carnforth ran down the ladder. and Kettle
gave crisp orders 10 the hands, on deck, who
disappeared also. and presently came back
dressed as spruce yachtsInen, in white trousers,
white drill jumpers, and straw hats, and by
that time the yacht was under way and steam
ing slowly to the pass.
The gunboat was coming in with her crew
at quarters, officers with swords on. and every
thing cleared for action. The Japanese flag ran
up TO her peak.
Promptly an English Royal Yacht Club bur.
gee broke out AT the poachcr's main truck. and
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