The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11

The salvage steamer wandered for several
DAYS among an intensely dangerous archipel.
those reefs with which the Red Sea In that
quarter abounds. Ta2zuchi naviRated her In
an ecstasy Of nervousness and Kettle. who re-
garded himself as passenger for the time
bottles handy, and saw that one OF the quarter
D0St bor %@S t r th l9r hurried owerng But
| mast trucks They did not sight 80 much as n
SCRAP OF floating wrockage.
Thcie seemed. however; good many dhow
coasters lodging about In and among the
reefs, and from these Kettle presently drew a
Look here" he said TO Tazzuchi one morn.
| ing, What prevents those gentry ashore from
h n.aS found the wreck already guess they
si%.penny Yachting cruises"
b, No said Taz2uchi. and they aren't fish
We'll. give YOU the tin for what It's worth"
/ said Kettle. and that afternoon the steamer
Tns run up,nlonGsidr lhow,, which tried
| dragged on board. and at that juncture CAPT
Kettle Kettle took upon himself to 60 below. lie
| though no IieanproIed II such methods
strongly he fey he could not interfere.
from the de"k above. and then that was foi:
| lowed BY shrilI screams as the upper gamut Of
a nG%,E was rsachsd Kettle was prepared for
/ absolute torture he drew the line, II was
clear That these cruel beGGars OF Italians were
BY James.' lie muttered to himself. owners
or no 2wIsr. "ant stand this ana started
| reached the head of the companionway the
| erie" Of pain ceased. nhd so he stood where he
was on the stnir and waited The engines,
| rumbled. and the steamer once moro gathered
way y clamor of haroartc voices reached him
which gradually, died into qnietude 1t was
| CAPT Kettle drew long breath They
would stick at little. these Degos In getting
| posterous to suppose that once they grpped
the spsciein their own fingers they, would
by Sr hf RoFy CO. hsr d SSa
poverty was aching. still the, noverty of these
italians was no. concern Of his They were
duty ''S thar ia they eancd their h TaS
took It that he WIS one, against the whole shps
| ON tho contrary. his Cd lighting spirit. which
hal been Of late hustled into the background
him. md. hes1es. he had always at his call
that exquisite uride Of race which has so many
times given victory to the Anglo-SaXon over
BY \ sort Of instinct he buttoned UP his
| trim white drill coat. and sterped out on deck.
the specie still snugly stored on the sea floor
the, dirty. ,unlidv italians were SIN all alta
zuchi himself stepped down OIL the upper
bridge to give him the news. ,,-,0.
managed IT,, he cried with . gesture. Why.
they Owed do%n and cut Off her masts beloT
TSndy Thev Ths out 2 sSt a
have the swimming OF that wreck themselves
T2ndg ws s9q snG REs Sf her uO
S a he EGt, T thnk s ssd
take us there The quickest 't road st'' ''' l'
d09 s. sq Y5SGs / his friends come round
Let them come. We were ready for this
sort Of entertainment when we sailed, II
begin, that game we shall Just imagine they
are, Abyss!nians and shoot, to kill "
nder the black captive's guidance the sal
wage steamer soon put a term to her search.
For two more hours she threaded her way
and swung round The capes Of a rocky archi;
peago. and then tho pilot gave his word. aud
the engines we're stopped; and rusty cable
ground. A boat was lowered away. with air
pump already, stepped amldships and the
% make his toilet
Your chaps seem Keen enough, said Ket-
which showed che mans progress on the sea
They have each got stake in the venture"
Il bet they have was Kettles grim COM
The kidnapped skipper OF the dhow. 1t
seemed. had done his rilotage with fine accu.
racy The salvage steamer had been anchored
in a good position. and bet ween them two div
ers In two boats found the Grecians wreck in
They came up, TO the air for quarter OF an
ana then the copper helmets were clapped into
place again. and once more they faded away
into int. the depths gable Of excited Italians
of that language KEITH knew barely score OF
words, Practically these people might have
his very nose without his being any the wiser,
and this possibility did little to quell his sus-
But sti TazzuShl was all outward frank ,.!
hs sa H' wnsd to i. uus
of. ] reckon there wouldn't have been much
lnft htt irnn Iafp NJ Il hmm
Red Sea niggers are pretty useful affecting.
once, they start. The, beggars can dive pretty
as their letters can in proper diving suit
Each time time, the divers tSs came hn ~ from the
H poTts. Bimnaciss whistle. Wheels and all
movable deck fittings i we're gone already.
and aft. and already the cargo had begun to
diminish. The black men Of the district mad
News came from the COOL mysterious water
to the baking region OF afr , above almost at
could never be relocated. In addition to the
holes already made in two OF her compart.
whh had her hr paS.
aft. This one piece Of rock was the only solid
spot in the neighborhood; all the rest Of the
Unfortunate wreck had settled. Til already it
wa, flush with her lower decks There were
higher every day so that ali that rsmaipedd
wa. 30 strip her as quickly as might be before
she was swallowed up.
Tazzuchi asked Cart Kettle for. his opinion
that night, in tho charthouse. I'm, to be
guided by you. OF course" he said. but my
idea is that we should go for the specie first
thing and let everything else slide Til that's
snugly on hoard here. Birds gave f5. 400 for
the wreck. and there's $1,000 in cash down
there in a room they built specially for II over
the shaft tunnel II we can grab that. II will
pay our expenses and com sson and all the
other actual outlay. and Birds will be out OF
the woods
Yes" thought Kettle you want those gold
boxes in your hands. you blessed dago. and
then you'll begin to play your monkey tricks.
! wonder II you think you're going to Jam a
knife into me by way OF making things snug
and Safet'
But aloud he expressed agreement to Cart
Ta2zuchi's plan He felt that this was dipo-
macy. and though tho diplomatc art was
new and strange to HIM. he told himself, that It
was the correct weapon to use under the cir
cumstances. lie had risen out OF his old
grade Of hole and-corner shipmaster 70 was
a Captain in a regular line now. and wild
fights ana scrimmages were beneath the dig
nifty OF his position.
Accordingly. as soon aa dawn gave waking
! light the boats put out again and the divers
were given orders TO put all their efforts into
getting tho specie boxes on to the end Of the