The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-27

"But would not you much honrs
gain. and una gran recompensa from
Ia sociedad geografca, II the correct
report of su posicion you did send
them?"
"oh, the Royal society is always
glad to get anything Of the kind, and
they like to have every captain send
In what information he can; still, .
merchant skipper wouldn't be expect
ed 10 20 out Of his course for such a
search. The warsbips are supposed
to do most Of the surveying, you
know, PADRE"
"Ah, 81, that do know, OF course.
But, es you say, they come not often
TO the Ladrones. Well, perhaps while
In gran narracion de las Islns am
writing, may be able TO make un ex.
aminacion with those native proas you
did speak Of. II SO, the true posicion
OF every roca y isla In the archipelago
I will send to you. Then los capitanos
the name Of ell Padre Sebastiano will
bless; Is It not SOP
why, padre, II you're really going
to write book on the group, I've no
objection to helping you out all can.
Bound rs we are for Guajan, IL
wouldn't take us more than n few
hours out OF our way to pass the po-
sition Of that reef and take sound.
ing or two, II you think IL would be
worth while. But you'd have to make
II right with my primero, Mr.. Diaz.
He feels pretty sore about having to
overhaul his cargo on account OF our
shifting about; you see, Guajan has
always been our last stop, and all the
| Agana stun Is In the lower hold. But
II you can persuade him that there Is
a chance Of glory and thanks In IL. he
may feel In better humor. You 20 talk
TO Diaz and Moreno: say that itll give
them Ave or six hours more to get their
stun up, and work IL In as n favor to
the church. Then II they come to me
and say they'd like to take n whack
Mt Santa Rosa, I'll head her a quarter
further east In the morning"
"Ah. capitan. I have the fear you are
un hereje; you do make the joke upon
the padres. But you are un benevolo.
so you forgive. FL primero will see
and him absolve. Buenas noches."
When Padre Scbastiano was out OF
hearing lialstead and looked ut each
other. His expression must have been
n reflection Of my own, for IL said, as
plainly rs words:
"Well. what do you think OF thnt?'
l shook my head. II was little too
much for me. We smoked In silence
for several minutes. Then the captain
sauntered out on deck, to be sure ther,
was no one near. and carefully CLOSED
: the door when he returned.
; What l am trying to figure out.
he said, sis whether that oily old duel
is convinced that we are interested II
the reef, or whether his suspicion,
have been so completely lulled by tn,
accident that he thinks IL safe to med
5 die with II on his own account"
I "Your impression Is, then, that hi
T book on the islands is nothing but
u fake?"
"M'-blessed IL I know what my i'm
preston Is. II he were really plan
ming such a work, nothing would b
l more natural than the questions h
:. asked, or his anxiety to obtain all po,
siblc information. These islands hav
never been written up; there ism
even a cyclopcdia that dcvotcs NOR
than n thousand words to them, mos
ly relating to their discovery and notl
ing else; and IL would be u natural e,
planation of such a trip undertake
by a man of his position and learnin,
On the other hand. every word and n,
tion might easily he construed as II
dications OF n secret purpose connec
ed with that reef. ! guess the onl
safe thing Is to accept the last supp,
sition and keep him from making an,
thing out OF IL. We fooled him on b
accident, anyhow"
"H'm-fooled ourselves a little, to,
didn't we? You didn't count upon n
actua! crack In that shaft. did you?"
J. what! DO you mean TO say tha
knowing all about II, you Wei
Tm-l That's a compliment TO Ma
l. why, man alive. he made that scratc
with n Cape chisel while she was NAL
A. ing 30 turns, then filed II with lam
lr black and oil. lie took the screws OF
Ie of the tank brackets and fixed the,
,f with wooden plugs, SOS IL would fa
T. straight when she rolled 90 lcewar,
Il. and the hammer he used-that made
.e sound so hollow-hnd a wooden hea
10 blnckened with plumbago. The sha
~ is rs sound as n new dollar, but we
a have to put a few of those clamps q
rs 1, to carry out the deception"
n "Well, YOU fooled me completcl