The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
you deny all knowledge of how he

You deny all knowledge of how he
got overboard?"
Crane was visibly startled. "Of
course L do. Is he overboard2"
He can't be found on this ship.
Therefore. he is over the side. There
fore you put him there"
GRANGE was still more startled But
he kept himself in hand. Look here, p"
he said. What rot. What should l
know about Hamilton? I haven't seen
I him since last night
so you say. But I don't see why 1
should believe you. In fact, 1 don't"
Why in the name of mischief should
l want to NEEDLE with the poor beggar?
If you're thinking of that bit of a scrap
we had yesterday, I'll own 1 was full at
the time. AT any rate, that's not a
thing man would want to murder him
for
NO; I should say 100000 is more in
your line
What are you driving at?'
You know quite well. You got that
poor fellow insured just before his
trip; you got him to make a will in
your favor and now you've committed
a dirty, clumsy murder, Just to finger
| the dollars
Crane broke into uncanny, historical
laughter. THAT chap insured; that
chap make a will in my favor? Why,
for his passage. I'd been on the tear a
Bit and the Jew fellow 1 went to
about raising the wind did say some
thing about insuring, | know, and made
me sign a lot of law papers. They made
out / was in such a chippy state of
health that they'd not let me have any
more money unless / came on some
beastly dull sea voyage to recruit bit,
and one of the conditions was that one
look after me-
You'll look pretty foolish when you
tell that thin tale to a jury
Then let me put something else on to
the back of it. I'm not Crane at ALL:
I'm Hamilton. I've been in the papers
a good deal just recently. and l didn't
want to get stared at on board here.
So we snapped names, just to confuse
people. 1t seems to have worked very
we'll"
Yes said Kettle. cts worked so
we'll that 1 don't believe you'll get a
jury to believe that, either. AS you
don't seem inclined to make a clean
breast of it, you can now retire to your
room and be restored to your personal
comforts. 1 can't hand you over to the
police without inconvenience to myself
till we get to New Orleans, so shall
keep you in irons till we get there.
here you are. See this man is kept in
his room, and see he has no more Ii
quor. l make you responsible for him. y
Yes, sir" said the steward.
The FlamingO swung round the gulf
till she came to where logs borne by
the Mississippi stick out from the white
sand, and steamed past the nearest out
let of the delta, because Captain Kettle
did not personally know it's pilotage.
a n
passed from an active nuisance to a
close and unheard prisoner, and his
presence was almost forgotten by
everyone on board except Kettle and
the steward who looked after him.
The FlamingO got a clean bill from
the doctor at the quarantine station,
and emerged triumphantly from thu
cluster of craft doing penance, and
steamed on UP the yellow river, past
the white sugar mills, and the heavy
expresses behind the banks up to New
Orleans: and with his glasses, on the
bridge, Kettle saw his acquaintance,
Mr.. Lupton, waiting for him on the
levee.
He got his steamer berthed in the
crowded tier. and Mr.. Lupton pushed
on board over the first gangplank. But
Kettle waved the man aside till he
saw his vessel finally moored. And
then he took him into the charthOuse
and shut the door.
You seem to have got my cable" he
said. 1T was very expensive one,
but 1 thought the occasion needed it"
His visitor tapped Kettle confidently
on the knee. You'll find my Office will
deal most literally with you. captain.
But ] can tell you I'm pretty excited
to hear your full yarn"
I'm afraid you won't like it," said
Kettle The mans obviously dead;
and, fancy it or not. L don't see how
your office can avoid paying the full
amount. However, here's the way I've
logged it down." and he went off into
detailed narration.
It's easy to tell" Lupton said, eff
they did swap names. What was the