The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-04
THE DIVERS STORY,


8 .,nin's going to give us that deadly
merience of his. Now, captain,
'7strgo ahead. It's glasses round foy
3oe6rst man who interrupts. Touch
n nd 60 with death, you say, and YET
|s|,our hair kept its original color.
How Oh earth was it2"
Another laugh rippled along the
|3lsble but it soon subsidDd. The old
s'6yer's twit' hing lips made it clear
Slhat his thoughts were elsewhere.
40 simply sat back, stared hzedly
.E;'t theshaded candle before him and
roke into the silencC with steady
supressiveness that soon had the
shmpany spellbound.
you'll please yourselves about
smalowing this when you've stood
81 s5sn my parlor and seen the newspa-
S5sr cuttings on the wall, framed in
81 bit of the Witch's timber. AS for
settlement you mightn't care to
$tep through a few of the dreams
ve had since. Aye. but the real
extraordinary part about it was, if
1ou like, that l should have walked
llshto Lacy Truman's office in Hobart
sown as the clock struck IL that
orning, for I'd Leen hanging about
zee docks lungry and savage for
55Saeaks and I'd left Jess-my young
" 3ite-with the words that, come no
ck, | was simply going to steal the
honey to take us back to England
the next weeks steamer. And l
& 3eant that.
III "They were ship brokers, Lacy
Fuman and his brother. walked
to their outer Office without being
is 3Vited. up to the boss clerk and told
sI3m in so many words I'd come to
e end of my tether i'm that coun
50 The old tale! What are you9
Pything, ehs Sit. down there, he
ya lwent to do it when the door
8s open and the senior partner-I
sw them both by sight-staggers
" " With q face ike-liks.d .death-itseif.
81 stood there and rattled out:
4ul, quicki She's gone down
z@s:sa zs:ssFa within e mile ef .zScEi'
"a That was it. Bang:g4ast ths,inner
r, and the other steps out white
pegh, too, in q trice. What, the
Ghs no says almost lower than
ghisper. III never believe it.
ated at 2 this morning ard fOup-
l-Lacy. you're foolingl We've
xed her for e0, ,000.'
"a tone down!' repeats his broth
as Il he wanted to catch SOME
Q throat. 'Imet C0uamEII6SBs' ID 6Ss clerk
Jung up here. Raced back and
the owners and the captain him
S. There's no log saved-nothing
!zseli They simply say that water
M pouring in at the fore hold all
Yesterday, no one knows how,
"a "a Iley js'sI had time 10 put of in
ooats before she lurched and set
down at 10 o'clock. That's four
I March! We're absolutely
&edr
ihe clerks sat there like bits Of
fs The two mariners stared at,
81 Z other. You could have heard a
Rner drop. They were rich, as
~ go, Id heard. But four since
Never believe it, says will Tru-
again, waking mp. There's
s1n'ng wrong. Old she was, but
@ / ,or ,ol years yet. Ill swear. My
within a milef Lacy. surely
B Bsn get some of the cargo up be-
Yes, to light fires with. The
Nlll ! spoil those silk bales in less
three days. man. He was
tell you. TO go down like
"a smooth water I told Coombes
'] Wouldn't pay out a farthing
an Investigation had been
; and if l suspected anything
RHe action at once
ioa were fool to hint at my
OF the sort
aye, perhaps I was. We ought
~ sent man down straight
@ 70 look at her. Who is there's,
johnson, run to Saunders, the
l' ' ~ Market street. Tell him to
k ne mere this minute. I'll know
ruth Of this -
Gsey, went into the inner oaSics
ner. sat there hanging on TO
uas OF their talk and, fairly
y ~. 70 do or aay something. Then
~. 10 minutes back tears their
l&l WIN the word that Saunders
cry W sorry. but Tho owners had
'ery minute engaged him to
an investigation next, morn
ua he didn't think there was
s aiver worth a cent in the
M Just them He'd find ont.
TWO Partners spun round
'oAcd at each other. and it,
need words to chow what
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