Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-15

The old mans boat had not been heard
Of. 1t was supposed that the Duncans-
by Head herself had foundered imme-
diately after she was deserted"
eyes; all that's common gossip on
the rock. Mulready was her skipper
]. r. Mulready. I'd known him years."
"Wecl, poor deevil, it's perhaps good
for him he's drowned"
Eyes, suppose it is. He's saved
sight of trouble. D'you know, Mac,
Jimmy Mulready and passed for
mate the same day and went to sea
with our bran new tickets in the same
ship-him as mate, me as second"
"The seas an awful poor profession
for all except shipowner that lives
ashore"
""ris. Yes, that's a true word; it is
And so Antonio and his mate told the
other dago that they'd seen the
! wreck:"
mot much. They kept their heads
shut. There was money in the idea If
it could only be worked, and Portu-
gee likes dollar as much as white
man. So there you have the whole
yarn, except that they got to know
that the Duncansby was on her way
home after n long spell at tramping
when she got into trouble and carried
all the money she'd earned in good
solid gold in the charthouse drawer"
at sounds like soft thing, I'll not
deny said Kettle. "But why should
Mr.. Antonio and his friend come to
you?"
"They ran from their ship here in
Glib and lay low till she had sailed. 1t
was the natural thing for them to do.
But when they began to look round
| them in cold blood they found them
| selves a bit on the beach. They'd no
money. There's such shady crowd
here in Glib that everything's well
watched, and they couldn't steal, SO
there was nothing for it but to take
partner into the concern. OF course,
being dagoes, they weren't likely to
trust one of their own sort"
mot much, and so they came to
you?"
"They knew me-" said the engineer.
"and l came to you because l knew
YOU, captain. I'm no navigator mysel
though l can make shift to handle q
sailboat. so a navigator was wanted.
said to myself the man in all creation
for this Job is Captain Kettle, and Their
what should do but run right III
against YOU"
"Thank you, Mac"
"Rut there's one other thing you'll
have to do, and that's buy, beg, borrow
or steal the ship to carry the expedi
ton, because the rest of us can't raise
blessed shilling among us. 1t needn't
be big outlay. That old P. and o. life
boat which was talking about would
carry us fine, and l think three fiy,
pound notes would buy her"
every WELL" said Kettle. "And nov
let's get move on us. There's bee
enough time spent in talk, and TIL
sooner we're on that wreck the les
chance there is of any one else getting
there to overhaul her before u.s."
1t would be Improbable to follow il
detail the fitting out of wrecking ex
petition upon insufficient capital, ant
so be it briefly stated that the old life
J boat, which had passed through man.
hands since she was cast from the
and o. service, was purchased by din
of haggling for an absurdly small sur
and victualed and watered for eightee
days. The Portuguese. who still re
fused to disclose the precise location O
the wreck, said that it might take
fortnight to reach her. and prudenc
would have suggested that it was at
visable to take at least months prt
, visions, but the meagerness of thei
, capital fatty forbade this. and the
We're only able to furnish the boat wit
: what would spin out to eighteen day
on an uncomfortably short ration. The
! trusted that what pickings they migl
find in the storeroom of the wreck he
r self would provide them for the retur
: voyage.
{ With this slender equipment, thel
: they sailed forth from Gibraltar ba,
3 an obvious party of Adventures. The
3 were bombardcd by the questions mn
the curious stares Of all the shipping IL
t terest on the rock. They were flatl
: given to understand nv n noynl lu,s,
body, who had been hidden to carry hi
l inauisitiveness to the deuce. that the
: had earned official suspicion and woul
e be watched accordinply and IF over i
! wishes could sjnl, n craft that onc;er
! P. and O. lifeboat was full to he
T marks.
\ The yovopc did NOT haoin with nro.
s perity There is ALWAYS 81 strong s,u
8 face current RUNNING IN throuob III
' straits. and inst then +ha hreezes wer
light. The Iifeboot wos DIM sale,
and her neonla In oonsoouonoo hod IL
s wortificot,on of leon;no Cornoro noi,,
| and the frowning racl, hehind In s,oI,
q FOR threo ho,,ina dors rha two De-,
e tupucse were first nrofane than on
! len then friphtened Some SAINTS do,
e If nnneored had haen yiolotod NV III
: start and thay heoon 6rst 70 hint .
4 md then n ,n.;st an rot,,rn :