Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20

a, the office. Mr.. Jackson waved him to
char.
Sit down minute. Badeau. I want to
talk 20 you. How do you like your work.
anyhow
ITS all right SIR
How do you get along with the men!
Have any trouble?
Not lIicly.
Would y"u like TO go back on the lake,
You've had good deal of experience.
haven't you?'
Guess So
What have you done beside running that
HttlC schooner you had?
Well. ! was mat" two years on one OF
Peters coal schoOners, and before that
knocked around good while getJ.ng on 10
Now. III tell you Badeau. were going
to put ou a hlg schooner this year SHES
4 kunw'' sad Hunch. "a three-sJicker.
Belongs to the Wilson's. Stud Marbles
been sailing her.
That's the boat Well, we've bought her
and she's going our March IL with that Me
nominee bal. Ii you think you'd ike to
take her out. say 50. and you can have her.
We've named her the Lucy Jackson.
lunch looked down at his cap and then
w at the yellow and red Autograph that
hung over Mr. JackS0n's desk 81 Maud ).
rounding into the home stretch. He d.d not
Know what 70 say
speak I'M, Badeau. Do you want it,
Yes. SIR; I'll try it.
We don't want You TO try it: We want
you t" d" il. There mustn't be any doUot
about IT,
There ain: any. | can do it"
''All right. COME in again some day this
week and We'll fix up the details. You
might be picking w j crew. And you'd
better go down and look her over. Shes at
Wilson'S dock.
HunCh spent the day in going over the
schooner. setting things to Fights ana TAX
ing an inventory Of repairs For the next
two weeks he worked uHy and ghJ. eating
Il. III l. .r,I.y :, -.
on time. N" Lucy jackson was read and
she sailed for Mvnnm nee with Hunch az the
wheel and l1a.oan feet of lumber on the
deck
tn" spring and summer months slipped
by Huuch was k"p, :" busy delivering
Car-oas ~ nearly every ppT, on The lake
down t" "hicag" and Mtchlg-n City. and
once Eoiag around through Jhc rats to
AspeuI. thar he kept little track Of the
time. II" was usually al Man.stogee a
least once in = month. but he stayed only
DAY AT a lime, and then kept aboard
the schooner as much possible.
q %a-s ia October, Mn" months after his
talk with Joe Cartier, that he met Nantes
father on the street in Manistogee. Hunch
dcrs trom M Jackson, and was hurrying
back to he schooner 10 see about unload
ing her cargo. hanks was. coming down
the steps from the bank.
''IIeNn. Badeau''' he said, holding on; his
hand. ''Where've you been all this time?'
Busy said Hunch. taking the hand.
and wishing that he could get away.
Mher@ arT you now: Up to ManiSto-
gee.
Il S'p'-" hail from there's much as
srrywn heres
ON tho lake again. amt you? One of the
boys tniIt m" You WAS getting up in the
world
'oh. ain: very much yet
You're captain of big schooner. /
hear
Yes. lt"w's all your folks?
pretty well. Mamie was sick for
while. bIt 1 guess she's all right now. Let's
see, it most a year since saw you. Dont
you ever get down here?'
Not very often.
How long re You here for?
Guess ! can get away tomorrow some
time.
Youth H.. around tonight wont youo
Mamie aud the old Iady'u never forgive
you if YOU go away without seeing US
Way
Look here now Hadeau In, gnire tn
send Frtqk down with IN. rio and fe,cb
you up 40 St,pper"
No. 1 cant p,t aUav Honest I can't
I've "a =. II. lad bere',
None nf maj. now. You've got tn