The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-02-21

ANA men ne girl hcrStN NCppCd uut into
ne ,nbiH.
1t had been sent back to me from four
magazine offices. That was nothing
new. Thry never would take any Of
my stun
NetllrS fingers lwitchrd suggestive.
ly. I'D like TO talk Il minute or so
with some Of lhnS" editors. I'd make
them sit up"
"Thai wouldn't make them print my
pormS.'
"Wouldnt It, miss? Well. perhaps YOU
know best there. But Id guarantee
itd hinder them from printing any
thing else for awhile. In" inky fingered
brutrs. The twad,lIing stories those
editors set up In type about low down
pirates and detective bugs are enough
to make one sick"
1t appeared tllat Miss tarneyir'S ia.
thcr had died since she and Kettle had
last met. and the girl had found herself
left almost destitute. She had been
lurch ont to Bucnos .Ayrcs by an adj
vcrtiScmcnt, but without finding en-
ploymcnt. and, sick at heart. had
bought. with the last Of her Scunty
store OF money, Il cheap passage home
In this cattlcDont She would land in
England entirely destitute and, al
though she did not sny this, spoke
chcerfully OF the future. In fact. I<ct-
tie was torn with pity for her state.
But what, he asked himself with fierce
scorn. could he do? He was pcnnilcSs
himself; he had Il wife and family de-
pending on him, and who was he to
take this young unmarried girl under
his charge?
They talked long on that and other
days, always avoiding vital questions,
and meanwhile the rceking cuttlchoat
wallowcd north. carrying with her, as
1t seemed, Il little charmed circle OF
evil weather as her constant accom-.
pnnimcnt.
Between times, when he was not in
| attendance on Miss Carnegie, Kettle
watched the life OF the steamer with
| professional interest and all II strong
| mans contempt for Il weak commando
| or. The tween decks was an acclduma.
| In the heavy weather the cattle pens
smashed, the poor beasts broke their
| legs. gOrcd one another and were surg
| ed about in horrible mclcrS. The cat
| tlclncn were half incapable, wholly
mutinouS. They dealt out compressed
| hay aud water when the gangwayS
! were clcnnScd and held TO ii that this
was th" beginning and end of their
duty. TO pass down the winch chain
and haul out the dead and wounded
WAS Il piece OF employment that they
tlnuy refused to tampcr with. They
said the deck hands could do it,
'Ihr deck hands Srputipp "A
mandrr. said 'hry had been hired as
Sailornrn and also declined to mcddlr
and aS Il consequence this necessary
ScpUj"h"r business was done by the
mates.
In Kettles first and only interview
with lhr cattlchoat'S captain he saw
TINS operation going on through
hat"hway before his very face. The
mate and the second mate clnmbcrcd
down hy the hAttrnS and went along
the filthy gangWayS below dragging
the :l,ch chain after them. The place
was r!iicrrd with rnrc:i <Scs and
jainiI"d with broken pens, all surginy
together t" the roll OF the ship The
l"wiN@> ana the %roans Of the cattle
were awful Eut at last Il blight OF
rur" was made fast round Il dead
beast h"rnS anl the word was given
10 haul Ih" winch chattcrcd ana the
Chain drew. The two men below,
jumping: to this side and that for their
lives. ievcl,l the carcass free OF OBJ
stacl,>, and at last it came up the
hatch a battered, shapclcss rag, almost
uur"coenizablc.
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