Missouri Valley times., 1901-11-21
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| GREEN TURNS pITECTIyE
| When Tom Seott opened his eyes Il
an understanding Of what was sass.
in:s around him he sa.ed curlousi,
around his Rsorir furnished room
| 'sf1ea IS his eSes FELL upea the seco,!G
faate of the ssahird reading BY N.
| window he sssid IN y f;.;nt " ,ispcr,:
lir Creeai''
Down went The paper and ihn homes,
saiior hasteaed to his side, cxclaiinia..
Hes come Is ~ LAST, You rnista
ASK any questions. MIR, Scott, The doc
tor gave me my orders 5ast NOW. 4ou'i
be ail right in day or twos
'Rut whore ofn-''
sRelay," was the firm response. Us
the watcher placed his broad Ind ron-
tiy on Toms mouth. Il :sint going
against orders Lay isght sti!l ;snd
don't talk. Here take this stun. You
was TO have it as soon rs YOU ;,ot you.
rcckoniil;s."
As he snoie he held a glass To Toms
lips with one haad. raisiug the ratieu,
tendcrly With the other With n deft
ness that tod of considerable practice.
Tom Was too weak 10 resist, and
swallowed the medicine as he was lid.
Then he WAS about to try 10 snealy
again. when his nurse raised his hand
waruingly. Tom would have made, an
other effort. but he felt an oyerpower-
in. sense of drowsiness, and $ moment
later he was forced 70 yield Ills hea,.
feii back and he dropped into a rcstful
siumber.
When he again awoSe the second
mate WAS dozins il his chair. Toms
head WAS clear RON ard he felt strong
cr. AS he watched the s,eepiar nlqu
the events of the fatcIul night he.-un
to come beck to him, and as he re-
memhered his loss, he cou,d not help
mutterinss ;en exclamation OF despair.
Aye. ave, sir"
1t was the watcher wslo replied, anG
as he spoke he came quickly TO the
bedside. saying:
II must have draRped on a ruinute.
How do Tcu feel now
Pretty weak was the faint re-
sponse, and I'm hungry
"aood! Nou'll do Yoe'n he At.
right in week. I'll soon ilx thar
AS he spoke 4 nortly man entered the
room. and tho sailor aaded:
Here's the doctor now. III leave
him 10 see you while | run down To the
vessel and tell Cap'n Coffin You're all
right aloft.'
When the doctor left Tom he said
brisllly:
You are all right now, young man.
Eat nj lyou want and youth hc able To
travel In week or two. lts only weak-
ness now. and that is soon mendcd.'
lie proved {. reliable prophet, and
Tom felt his strength return each G;ty
In q day or two he was out, and ~ the
expiration OF the week he felt perfectly
Well, With the exception OF a slight
lansoar which still r~nained
He said nothing about the loss of the
papers AT first but when he learned
from Captain Colin how the second
mate had offered 70 spend his hard
earned savings and give up his cher
ished Plan of going ia the minea, he
determined To make hin, his conaaan,.
and offer to Share with him II they
could find the parties To Whom lie had
been directed
After carefully thinning The mattcr
over he was convinced that the rohber
would probably place no reliance on the
rude VIII, even IL hc tnok the trouble
to read H. 1t was more than probable
that he had thrown both pappes away
when he riiled the helt, paying atten-
tion only to the tidy sum he had Sc,
cured by his crime,
In this case it would only he neees-
sary To find the old miners friepds and
tell the truth, To which the second mate
could certify. There was another pre-
caution, too, which might ia taken, ana
that was 10 obtain q sWaTa statement
from the oarialn OF the SeahlrlI az To
tho identity OF bath Tom and ti,e SEQ,
ond officer together with the fats that
John AVERY WAS the tormer'a roommate
and had died at sea,
Tom easily obtained this I'm wrjtinu
ana he then told his secret 10 Green.