Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
THE KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRE s
By FREDERICK U. ADAMS.

A TALE OF WALL STREET AND THE TRopIc

| raft was a hundred yards from
shore.
Talk about your toboggan
slides." shouted Vincent, as he
raised the broken bottle in the air.
THAT beats Coney Island. 1 name
thee Helen Carmody!'"
Hold on there." yelled Mr.. Kent.
You named that boat The Jump
| ing Jupiter before you went below.
| Stick to your first name. or you will
queer the ship. The Jumping Jupi-
J ter is a good name
| Mr.. Carmody laughed nproariously.
! "You gentlemen planned to pay
my daughter a compliment, and I
thank you for it, he said. SIT is
just as well. There is a yacht named
after Helen. So we will stick to the
ed. 1t is an euphonious title, and l
hope it will bring us good luck. Let's
go out and help Vincent tow The
Jumping Jupiter back to the dock"
/ Day by day THE Jumping Jupiter"
grew in size, if not in beauty Her
hull was divided into eight compart-
ments, and these We're sheathed and
made as air-tight as possible On
top of them they built 24-foot cabin
with a storeroom and some rude
hunks. From opposite ends of the
cabin arose two short masts. At
night they worked on the sails, and
finally produced two triangular ones,
sewed together from the window
awnings which had been found in the
bungalow. These We're rugged lateen
wise, with long yard fashioned
! from a. bamboo pole. 1t was decided
/ to abandon the lookout on the rock,
and to concentrate the entire work
ing force on the boat. long oar
was pivoted at the rear to serve as
for use in case of accident. On the
! bow they constructed a clumsy but
strong windlass. as capstan to lift
the anchor. A 500-pound rock of ir-
regular, jagged formation, was pro-
vided as an anchor. Mr., Kent sug-
gested the use of the gold images
for this purpose, but was greeted
.
Pence that he was overruled.
/ On Tuesday General Superintend-
emit Vincent announced that they
had overlooked the fact that Mon
! day was recognized in all civilized
countries as wash day" He found
I, upon investigation that the table and
! chamber linen needed cleaning. He
| was reluctant to assign anyone to
| this duty, but offered his services, if
he could have an assistant. Mr..
Rockwell promptly volunteered.
| They found a big wash" ahead of
them, but tackled it with cheer and
energy. There were no tubs in the
bungalow, but there were plenty of
iargs casks, which when cleaned,
served as we'll Sidney Hammond
succeeded in making two fairly eff
eective washbords with a rabbet
plane and a piece of hardwood plank.
With plenty of soap and hot water
the multi-millionaire and the Chi
cago promoter were soon hard at
work
There was an abundance of rope,
and they stretched their clothes
lines back of the bungalow. When
ready with the first basket of washed
linen, they found the lines occupied
by parrots and other gaudiIy
plumaged birds, who were disput-
Ing possession with troop of jab-
boring monkeys. These were driven
away, but they returned as soon as
the laundrymen were out of sight.
A gray-bearded monkey grabbed
a napkin and made for the tallest
tree. Vincent arrived just in time
to save tablecloth from being torn
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