The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25

brire dad gold watch and You dirmcni
earrings ana sfs everything she wants n
she'li write me to Calcutta where we're
going tonorrow and new barn. Please
send my dog Howdy after me. You'll
have to express him. beco< dogs can't go
by mail. Franks homesick but re are
ahs:ioutiy determined TO 90 TO sea. and
VI have found nice man whose Ike
Heckirs 10 get us ship
When the boys had written thus 10
their distracted kin. on a greasy table
In the hack room Of shabby boarding
horse. Mr.. T4eckles' announced that. as
they would have 10 60 aboard ship early.
II weuld be well 70 retire He was a
fasherIy old chap. this rnd-faced. big
listed fellow. who was 20 like the bo'sun
Of the Boy Commodore. He insisted upon
the lads having bite to eat and drink
before going to bed. and when they had
done that they went to sleep on their feet
going uprtairr. 40 tired were they.
No tired--yef they had gohe TO bed al
most every night Of their open-nir lives
Just a. tired, without feeling 40 queer
ana dizzy AZ they did when they were now
afoused II was mt mnvning. NOBODY
was knocking at their door. or crying up
stairs the familiar wxrnfnx~-"Boys. boys.
boysi DO you know what time II isT'
In 4 dased way they realized that they
were standing on bsre floor In the
strange boarding house. and a most extra
ordinary row outside the door had dis
furbed their sleep. voiccs. in the corri-
dor. loud. horrse. furious voices Of dread
fui strsneersss. were raised in din OF
rage Chairs and tables were being upset
and banked about Heavy feet were rush.
Ing and crushing desperately. The sud
denness Of their awakening and the buz-
~. dizzy brains ~ the iafr made the
boys stupid and hindered them from re-
afsxfnx thnt whosoever t1e quarrel was.
II was not theirs.
Fire. Rod rasped.
''Burgiars,' Frank choked
These were the only two alarms they
could imagine as occurring In decent
house. They stumbled. IN sn.aht nttirr
to ths 60or. which was unlocked. AMI
then across the hall The dor OF an
other room was half op~n. and they halt
ed ~ the entrsnce-~uttcriy nmas~d.
dumtntricken and horrIhed. Inside were
three men VIM were all too busy 10 n
tlce the wouId-be saiIors. They were tho
causep Of the disturbance. Thsrc were
the table ovsrturned. and The chairs. en-
hopetessly smashed which had been
banged about. HUT the most dreadful
thing TO the mind 81 the boys wss sh-
sight OF the'f friend He looked no mr.
like she faithful. heneef, tiuR old Rockies
Of the enhancing rtory book. He icoleed
instead. peYsonIfled diabcitsm. H's rosy
cheens wtre iiv1d white: M humorous
eyes siarcd liee these Of panther: his
pleasant tongue Was reeling out most
terrifying curses. ard his ~. larry q ~
were hamm<riug hard 1t the face ~ q
most dllapidaf<d stranger.
"Yop swtndie mel Robbairci Ftef,
Crinpi You ave tshe my money, g va
me ny money! An. tf-raisor-~frcm BE-
hiudf Fight fairs ur-rrhs' - screamed
|sthe &rsnser
The b"ys. now vide awake, called OFT
INDIGNANTLY as the strange man screamed,
for MI their s~nse II fair play was ont
ragged The third man. whom they rec
oGnisrd AZ = wNtter In the dlninx room
below. had nsshsd on the victim- from
behiwi. ana feiied him with . stick.
'Us-r-h'" eusalsd the man hideously.