The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-16

iaere someunlng In the stern,
pronounced the captain CLOCKS like a
man. Yes; he sat up just now. It's
that lubber Cain, and he's got white
thing round his head.
of relief.
Certain. Wonder what's the matter
with him''
"Tumbled over pebble and broken
his crown, dare say-the numbering
idiotl''
sBut where, in the name of all that's
unaccountable, have they got boat
from ?''
Cant say, but I dare say the man
with the blood blister may have some
thing to do with it. Colepepper, doesn't
it strike you that they may have had a
skirmish and that the farmer may have
got damaged in fight with the owners
of the boat2"
'By Jupiter. yesp' cried the. captain
excitedly. "We'll take the jolly and go
to meet them. The others may be hurt
too. Here. you Spiedernichel, just go
and tell my daughter to come and steer
us
That's right, Colepepper, COM
mented the doctor, with sage nod of
his head; thoughtful of you. She has
been just as anxious as any of us about
the truants She was out of her bunk
an hour ago asking if there was any
sign of them. Quite right that she
should have a chance of welcoming
them.
"I'll give that young man piece Of
my mind, though" declared the cap
tain fercely, "if find he's been play
ing the fool again. His talent for get
i ting into scrapes is just trife too
pretty for my notions of discipline.
But when the tale Of the nights
work came to be told in the little cabin
of the Eureka half an hour afterward
| the captain forgot all about this inten-
ton of his The three auditors heard
Guthrie's account of the conflict with
the schooner's negro crew with differ
ent feelings. it is true, but the idea of
blaming any one of the actors Except
perhaps the big farmer, for having been
the first cause of the scrape) did not
occur to them. And even Cain Laversha
was freely pardoned in view of the good
work which he had done on board the
schooner Captain Colepepper followed
the tale with an appreciation of the
telling points of the conflict SO keen
and sympathetic that there was no room
far any thought of blame DR.. Tring
sat with wrinkled brows and punched
up shoulders weighing the chances of
peril still to come from the turtle CATCH
ers. and Dolly hung on the narrator's
every word with an interest which, in
its perfect want Of self consciousness
forgot how much of her heart it be-
trayed.
81 wanted to cripple them as effectu-
ally as possible. the young man was
saying, land didn't see that could
10 SO better than by relieving them Of
one of their masts. .
''You did that7" exclaimed Captain
Colepepper admiringly ..How the
thunder
Sawed it through compile of feet
above the deck. ! explained Guthrie
They'd left crosscut saw lying
kbout. and that gave me the idea Hen
rietta and | did it between us, and it
took us the better part of an hour. .
"Slackened up the port rigging, taut--
ened the starboard, and then laid into
the starboard side of the stick with the
saw. supposeY" cried the eager cap
tain.
NO; the other way round, Z" was the
answer. sbut it's the same thing, of
course. That mast was a piece of the
best Mcneil pine. l may tell you. and
shouldn't say the teeth of the saw were
good for much when at last it did come
down. The heel of it cut the bulwarks
to the deck level as it fell.
(Which mast did you tackle7" asked
the doctor.
t'Foremast. :"
'H'm! Then I don't see that we're
safe from them yet. They can bend a
foresail in front of the mainmast and
be nearly as good as before"
''Yes, said Guthrie, with a laugh
81 dare say that's what they II do even
tually. But it won't be today or to.
morrow or for a good many days to
come. You see, after we'd got the mast
overheard Henrietta went round with
Ratchet and cut every rope and stay
that the iron would GO through. It'll
take them good week of more honest
toll than they re used to before they can
set SO much as pocket handkerchief. .
"Young man. said DR.. Tring,
you're not half the fool that I've
sometimes thought you'll"
] At this the undergraduate rose and
bowed, and Miss Colepepper gave a
strange little laugh, which caused the
doctor to glance at her sharply and then
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