The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-29
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When men seek trouble they seldom
have to 30 far In order to And It.
Jenes gave ~ good q he received,
and tor brief space Of time there was
really little deluge Of blows exchang-
ed.
The two friends were outnumbered
at least three to one, and could not
! hope to Put up successful battle
against these. sturdy sons Of Neptune
unless they resorted 10 deadly wsa-
pons.
stili believing that these fellows
were only out for lark. It did not
appear Just right to Jones that they
should 60 to extremes.
He had given Roland for an OIL
yer twice told. and should feel fairly
we'll satisfied.
Under the circumstances 1t could not
be . sign OF cowardice to beat mas
terly retreat providing Merrick was
with him.
So Jones sang out, intending to give
the other fair warning of his inten-
tons.
Then he began to move away, open
ing course by means Of his sturdy
nsts.
The sailors hung on fairly well, and
took severe punishment ~ though de-
termined to earn their money, like
honest fellows that theti were.
Finally Jones broke loose and start
ed to retreat with more expedition
In truth. he even ran.
Rapid FOOTBALLS behind him assured
him that Merrick had been as ready to
seize the chance ~ himsslf. and the,
pursuit was speedily abandoned.
Jones was painting for breath, but
in fair humor, for his own bruises
were really insisnifcant, while he had
the satisfaction Of knowing that he
had visited condign punishment upon
such Of the rollicking sailors as ran
up against his knuckles.
He gradually came to halt, and
the figure in his rear started to shoot
past, when Jones threw out an arm
and caught him,
Hold on, my dear .boy--no hurry.
you know-the rascais have quit chas-
ing us-the luck Of the Joneses. you
know-how do you come outf"s =
Then and there he stopped talking
and looked at the man he held in con-
sternation. So.
It was not Merrick At all. but
stranger, and apparently badly
scared individual At that.
Hello" cried Jones. "who the deuce
are you--And whers's Merrick?'
The. gentleman found his tongue
and In . mixture Of German and Eng
lish declared that he was an entirely
innocent party, alarmed by the mad .
frolic OF the barbarian seiiors. and
intent only upon seeking safety in
flight
As to MerriSk; he knew nothing
about any sindivtdual ~ that name,
and a. Jones IN his surprise, had re-
leased his hold, the Teuton resumed
his gallor along the beach.
Jones was for the nonce almost
paralysed. Luckily he had. early in /
his career, learned to place great de-
pendence upon himself. q
Such . man usually gets along In
life and mounts the ladder OF success
without hardly break In his ascent.
He drew . weapon and then started
back along the beach, running swiftly
and half bent over in the aggressive
manner of one who intends giving bat
tie. no matter how seriously outnum.
bered. !
He ran along the edge OF the water,
which wet his fest without notice
ran along, straining his eyes to see
any noating body that might drift
within reach. but NO matter how eager
" his search was prosecuted, moth
Ing came Of 1t.
Jones curbed his excitement. know
ing the folly Of thus allowing himself
to run at large.
He set. himself to thinking.
Surely these sailors who had made
such = grand pretense OF being half
seas over until the ruction began, ana
then straishtened out In 3iffy-sure-
~ they had talked English and must
perforcs belong to vessel Tying the
Union Jack.
Was Marx abducted?
What could they want with him nm.
less 1t were . mistake, ard stAe Jolly
tackles had gotten hold Of the wrong
man? E
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