New-York tribune., 1901-06-23

" lille the gross results Of the voyage came
dangerously near comparative loss instead OF
aftiuent profit. He not a being of that sort
lie would rate his employees worth not accord
ing To his moral intellectual ability but
solely in consonanCe with his capacity for IL
creaSlnS and on occasion multiplying the Tu-
cor $ eXehequer- The danouement of the affaire
de Tudor came UnpleasantIy before Benret's
mind and he produced the effect in words
Well it's all up" said the latter nloodiIy
and the Tudor and I'll part conpany after this
my first voyage"
They were talking the matter over in the
cabin. and it was while the skipper ponder-I
further on his foggy future that he was sud
denly reused from his apathetic state by q loud
and violent blast a steam whistle. He rushed
on deck to see what the matter was, followed
by Jameson.
Right abeam, moving slowly and losing uav
was the great and unshapely tramp Miltiad~s;
alongside the Tudor her own hawsers tr4i,-.l
hke White and gieamIng snakes. Bennet gazai
at her for 4 minute, looking curiousy at her
stun propeller. Then he turned to the chief en-
Slheer ana said quietly. stand by Mr. jamie
SON L guess it's our turn now: and Jamie
son rushed below to the engine platform Ben
net raced on to the Tudors upper bridge whore
the mate was bawling orders to haul in the
wires. He rang up the engines to slow ahead:
then he put the helm down. and the old tramp
Wore round under her restored machinery and
ooZed up To the Miltiades. Bennett stopped his
engines. leaned over the bridge rail and tool, Il
cool survey of the Miltades's crestfaIIe.l skip
per- who glared savaSely but helpessly back
Yes, m all right. thank you. captain" said
bennet nodding his head. But what's the
matter with that old tugboat of yours
Engine gone smash shouted back the elder
man his late sarcasm exchanged for white
Bennet smiled; ne could afford to do it .,ow
and lit cigarette with great care
Where are you from" he asked at length.
Alexandria. with cargo of onions for some
Liverpool people
Big hurry. suppose? Want tow?''
I'D take one cheap"
Depends what you call cheap" was ,hc
irritating reply of the man with the big trump
card What's your offer. anyhow"
Call il I2tB."
Yes that's pretty decent for some cd
hooker that's coming home light or with a bad
freight. and wants to make her dock dues. bur
| couldn't think of il. although don't want 70
be nard on you; and Bennett smiled seniany.
The elder mans face beamed, ana he strnked
the fag ends of his goat beard lovingly. I'm
glad you don't bear no spite" he said pleasant
~ What would YOU tow for
Iiennet lazily swung himself over the railing Of
me b'ldse and smoked pacidly; he was che
picture of calm contentment and victory.
Nine hundred pounds is my price he re-
piled.
The master of the Miltiades made NJ intciit-
gib- reply. he beat the rail and stanis-d IN
the bridge for five minutes. and when IL had
shouted himself hOarsc and blue in the face
called to the mate and engineer of his ship.
Benn"t watched him with amused smile,
and when another five minutes had been rtgis-
tered and still no answer came from the ojher
ship. he thought it time to follow up the every
day motto delivered To him from the hairy
faced man twenty-four hours previously: DO
unto others others do YOU" So ne
hailed the bridge with show OF impa-
tieDCe.
Il can't wait here all night for that old onion
box of yours" he called. My oranges as You
well know. may go bad"
call it four hundred" reeled off the other
skipper.
You may call il what YOU like: but so long IS
You call il anything below my figure-nne hun
dred captain. your onions will rot before they
reach Liverpool, If you wait for my F5rvl"-s
III remember you TO Messrs. Ramshackl-. Tub
y co. and tell EN- you're having good onion
soup Good night and pleasant time. Ther-'5
some nice weather coming shortly out of The
nor west"
Bennet pointed to a fiery glow on the bow
where mass of clouds banked heavily below
the falling sun; and the purple tinge az lne
promising storm came the fat seas and
hundred or of weather cash into the pocket
of Matthew Walker, of Newcastle.
He rang up his engines with "A swift hand AMI
grinned at the telegraph face. The reply hal
but "tringed tringed" from the engineer when
a loud and hOarse shout accompanied by some
thing strong. arrived To him.
-. your offers vile You'll swallow u3 all
hundred and the Oaklike fist Of the " ho
shouted thumped the bridge rail in emphasis
That's better" murmured Bennet. who had
only ruag his engines to ''stand by" Il thought
that would bring him-that and the weathe~
God bless it, It's i'll Wind'-though il pipes
out of the nor west-'that blows nobody any
good.
Cant help it," he bawled "If you get
broke the job you may call in on NY
CONGRATULATIONS Walker, of Newcastle-and toll
him that ] can recommend you a thorough
business man. captain He wants people Who
coin money for him. Ony-don't tell him
YOU bagSed tSilp for towing of his ships a
distance of five hundred miles. It'l look bad
you know. Now. captain. this is the last tim
f1!r ~ la.tKr.