The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-07-03

barharic voices reached him which |
gradually died into quictude 1t was
clear they were leaving the dhow be-
hind.
Captain Kettle drew Il long breath |
They would stick at little. these dagos.
In getting the salvage of the Grccian.
and 1t seemed prrpoStcrOus to suppose
that once they grippcd the specie I'm
their own fingers they would ever give
1t up for the paltry pay which had
been offered by Bird. Bird * Co. Their
own poverty was aching. Still, the
poverty OF these Italians was no con
ccrn of his. Tlpy were paid servants
Of the owners. and II was his duty to
see that they earned their hire. He
took 1t that he was one against the
whole ships company, but the odds did
not daunt him. On the contrary, his
old lighting spirit, which had been of
late hustled into the background by
SNUG commercial prosperity, came
back to him. And. besides, he had al
ways at his call that exquisite pride Of
race which has so many times given
victory to the Anglo-Saxon over the
| Latin.
| BY sort OF instinct he buttoned up
| out on deck. There would be no scutlle
yet awhile. With the specie yet snug.
| ly stored on the sea floor. the dirty.
untidy Italians were still all atfability.
Indeed, as soon as he appeared. Taz-
zuchi himself stepped down Off the
upper bridge to give him the news.
How do you think those crafty
imps have managed itY he cried, with
gesture. "Why. they dived down
and cut Off her masts below water
level. The funnel was out of sight n
ready. They just thought they were
going to have the skimmng of that
wreck themselves. No wonder we
couldn't pick her up"
"Cutc beggars." said Kettle.
"Pve begged pilot If he takes us
there straight. he gets backsheesh.
think" said Captain TazZuchi. with a
wide smile. chat he'll take us there
the quickest road"
"Shouldn't wonder" said Kettle.
But don't be surprised II his friends
come round and make things ugly"
"Let them come. We were ready for
this sort Of entertainment when we
sailed. If there Is any trouble. we shall
shoot. and if we begin that game we
shall just Imagine they are Abyssini
ans and shoot to kill"
Under the black captive's guidance
the salvage steamer soon put II tern
to her search. For two mere hours she
threaded her way among surf whlcl
broke over unseen reefs and swun.
round the capes Of Il rocky archipelago
and then the pilot gave his word. an,
the engines were stopped. and Il rust! !
cable roared out till an anchor had 20,
hold OF the ground. ~ boat was low
cred away with air pump already
stepped amidships, and the boats crew
with eager hands assisted the diver tt
make his toilet.
"Your chaps seem keen enough" sni,
Kettle as he watched the trail OF ali
bubbles which showed the mans prog
ress on the sea floor below.
They have each got Il stake In th'
venture"
IL bet they have" was Kettles gria
comment to himself.
The kidnapped skipper OF the dhow !
, seemed. had done hs pi!otarr Wal.
fine accuracy. The salvage ~t,..,i..
had been anchored in Il gund ro,i cd.
and between them two divers IN Is.
; boats found the Grrcians wreck III H.,
, an hour.
They came up TO the air for II uunr
ter OF an hours spell and made ihrI
, announcement. and then the copper he
NETS were rianp,0 INTO place again. - i,
once more they faded away Into th
depths. y gable cf excited Ital,.su
kept pace to the turning OF the III!
pumps. and OF that languaGc Kul!,
knew barely score Of words. rar
tical!y these people might lave weave,
any kind CT Il plot nosily aah under hi
very nose without his buin. amy til,
wiser, md this possibility did little t;
Qucll his suspicious
Eut still TuzZuchi was all outward
frankncss. ITS rs well we hrough
out this little steamboat just to skin
, the wreck and survey her" he said. II
they'd waited to 1T out big snlyng,
expedition to raise her straight off,
reckon there wouldn't have been mucl
left but Iron plates and coal bunkers
THESE Red sea nlggcrs are pretty uscfu
at lootlng, once they start. The beg
gars can dive pretty nearly rs we'll ant
as long In their naked skins ns thcil
bcttcrs can IN proper diving suit"
Each time the divers cam. M from
the Opaque white water they brought
more reports. Blnnaclcs. whis tie, wheel.
ana all movable deck fittings were gone
already. The charthouse had been loot
ed down to the bare boards. Iatclc,
were off both forward and aft, and al
ready the cargo had begun to diminish
Ihe black men OF the district had beer
making good use Of their time.
News came from the cOol mysterious
water to the baking region uf nir above
almost at the second hour OF the search
that the Grecian could never be re-
noated. In addition to the holes al
ready made in two Of her compart.
ments. she had settled on n sharp iae
or rock, which had pierced her In q
third place, art. This one piece OF roc,,
was the only solid spot in the ncighbor.
hood. All the rest OF the sea floor was
p'llpy white clay and in this the unfor.
tunatc wreck had settled TIL already II
was flush with her lower decks There
were evidences too, that the oozc wos
creeping higher every day, so that all
that remained was to strip her MS quick.
iy as might be before she was swallow.
ell up.