The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-03
thcy,ll use 1hcIr knives.

they'll use their knives"
"Irmw said Kettle 1--WE got no use
for your local weapon as general
thing, but at n pinch like this I'll bor-
row knife of you. and If T. comes to
any one cutting my air tube you'll find
| can use 1t pretty mischievously."
81 wish you wouldn't Insist on this"
said TaZzuchl persunsivcly.
"Im going to, anyway"
"I'm going down merely because It's
my duty"
That's the very same reason that's
taking me, captain. | must ask you
not to make any more objections. Pm
n man that never changes his mind.
! once It's made up"
Whereupon TaZZuchi shrugged his
| shoulders and gave way.
Now" thought Kettle to himself,
that mans made up his mind to Kill
me If he gets glimmcr Of chance,
and, rs I'm not going to get wiped out
| this journey, he'll do with q lot OF
| Watching"
Captain Owen Kettles nerve and in
domltable courage were never more Sc
! verely tried than In this voluntary de
scent In the diving dress. The world
beneath the waters was strange and
dangerous to him; his companion was
a man against wnom he held the black
est suspicion; the men at the pump
| (whosc language he did not understand
might ut any moment cut Off his mir
supply and leave him to drown like q
puppy under bucket. They hung the
weights over his chest and back, and
TazZuchi signed to him to descend
Kettle hitched round the sheath knife
20 the front OF his belt and signed, with
politcncss, after you"
Tazzuchl did not argue the matter
He got on the ladder and climbed down
out Of sight Kettle followed. The
chill Of the water crcpt up and closed
over his head. He reached the end OF
the ladder, slid down rope, and when
he reached the bottom he sank up to
his knees m inpnlpnble mud He could
foggily see Tazzuchi n few PAGES away
waiting for him, and he Went up to
MIN Mt onco. If the men in the boat
acting on orders, cut his mir tube. he
wanted to be In position to cut
Captain Tazzuchl's also with prompt.
ness.
However, everything went peacefully
| Just then. The Italian set off down n
trnck In the slime, and Kettle wadcd
laboriouSly after him. 1t was terrible
work making passage through that
white. glutinous ooZc, but they came Ia
| the wreck directly ana, working roIlnd
h"r fuStrd flank, stood beside Il great
shaliow PIT, where two weird looking.
| gray sea monsters showed I'm dim out
Inc through the dense fog of the wa.
| ter.
| Inc TWO newcomers stood for Ion.
enough before the two workers oh.
served them But one Glanced TO lool;
| up ana see them watching and logged
| lhc othcr with his spade, and then both
| tlanticnlly bcckoncd the visitors To
come down into the pit Tazzuchi led
| ana Kettle followed, wallowing down
the slopes of slime, and there Mt the
| bottom. In the dim. milky light. one
| OF the professional divers slipped Il
| shoVei INTO his hand and thrust it
down Till 1t Jared against something
solid undcrfoot.
1T was clear they had come uDon the
gold boxes, and they wished to Impress
upon the visitors, In underwater dumb
show OF triumph. that the find had only
hc"A made l.At very minute. Ponder.
pt"ly booted feet did dance OF ecstasy
III Three feet of gluey mud, ana mean.
Whll" Ncttlc. with hand on the hart
Oh h!S hhli& edged away from this un.
cahhy demonstration lest some one
should silt his mir tube before ne could
prevent It,
lie had seen what he wanted: he had
no reason to wait longer. The gold
boN'S were there. and If they were not
drought 10 the surface and carried hon.
eStiy to Surz the matter would have TO
he Fought out above i'm Gods open mir
ana not In that horrible. choking uuag.
ll'rc or slime and water And 80. still
guarding himself cannily, he got back
again to the boat and almost had II I'm
MN to shake hands with the men who
eased him OF that lntolerablc helmet
NOW. far be II from me to raise even
suspicion that Captain Owen Kettle
resented the fact that hcsAad been rob-
Ded or scuillc when the little salvage
steamer actually did bring up In Sucz
harDor with the specie honestly locked
In one of her statcrooms. But t,i,t hn
was violently angry he admits himself
without qualification. He says he Kick
ca himself for being such bad Judge
Of men.
Inc l'anakcet was tn there when thcy
arrived. rcbunkcring for the run home,
and Murray came Off as fast as n crew
could drive his boats to Inquire the
news.
He accosted Tazzuchi with n vigorous
handshnke and "Hello, Fizz-hookcy,
Old man! How goes it2 Who'd have |
thought OF seeing you hcre2 Howdy.
Captain Kcttle2 Had good nshIng?"
DO you know Captain Tazzuchi?"
somewhat. Why. we were both
boys on the Conway together"
"Hou'rc making some mistake. Can.
tain Tazzuchi is an Italian" /
"Oh, am II" said Tazzuchi. "Not
much of the dago about me except the
"Well. you never told me that be-
FORE"
You never asked me that know Of.
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