Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-06

| ence aboard here. concentrated and la
beled and bottled down in our medicine
chest, l don't know where you Will ma
II. Yes sir, I will say that. The Fort
Edes has romping fine medicine chest,
and I've been through 1t all myself, SO
ought to know. The donkeyman's been
most ways through 1t, too, but he's on az
fever mixtures now, and he's going soilu
at them. We've three quart bottles-A
for bilious, B for maarial and G for ty-
phod-and the donkeyman has a swig Gus
I of each with a nip OF cholorodyne thrown
/ in lust after his breakfast every morning
and then rub with st. Elmo's rheumatic
cure and if he isn't as right as mail
boat-well, never speak to me OF drugs
again. But it's making tough man OF
him, Mr.. Cambel, and that's what want
because the donkeyman and are going 70
chip in partnership.
What, buy a steamer together and
take her trainpings Well, l hope you'll
have all manner of luck.
"Oh, don't you make any error, no
torted the captain. ut isn't salt water
trading we're in for. We aren't such gulls
as that. We know too much about II,
both of us. We're going to start In farm
ing"
"Farming' What does either of you
know about that"
"Ob, don't you take re for fool, sir.
can learn as well as any one, and so can
the donkeyman. We shall get 800 acres
of land granted to the pair OF us for moth
inR in northwest Canada, and even II
crops failed altogether we've enough saved
up to live on for the first two years we
can try it anyhow when you give us our
discharge from here. Ever since worked
at sea- he added plaintively, i've al
ways wished to be a farmer"
Il think" said Cambel, II would dis
suade you from the attempt II could, but
know it's no use trying so will hold
my tongue on that point As to when your
bargain is up with the Port Edes, you can
put that at half an hour from now II you
like. Anyway I'm going to leave here
directly, and never intend to return here
again.
Captain Kettles jaw dropped. WHAT"
he gasped.
Il have changed my mind" he said,
"or had 10 changed for me. For my part,
that gold will remain where it Is. am
not going to touch a sovereign OF 1t. -
Look here, " said Captain Kettle, "do
you mind telling met Did you come
and get religion from hint"
Il think l know what you mean. But
you re on the wrong track. I'm not the
sort who announces publicly that he will
cease to be sinner just because he finds
himself in physical danger.
No." said Kettle, come to think of ii,
1 should have known you were not. was
q fcol to ask that question But it settles
1t in another direction. There's woman
got hold of you"
''Or l of her.
Either way. So that's 1t. And you
told her all about this racket because You
thought 1t wrong TO hold any secrets OF
your own, and she soured on it. Well,
that's woman's way. And the other lady
you spoke about, she who made You run
wild, you've forgotten herr"
Cambel nodded.
And she's forgotten youf'
al hope she has, and If she hasn't !
can't help it,"
Well, Mr. Cambel, If this business is
to end in bout ship as soon as the dom
keyman comes back froom his hunting
am ready to get under weigh and be of.
But as he isn't here yet, and as we've still
a bit of time to wait I'd like to hear what
Is going to become Of that $500, 600 and
the old ship, after all. I've been in at the
handling of them both so long that I'm
beginning to take quite friendly interest
IN their movements, AS you know, I've
liked them so well at times that I've been
half inclined to adopt them myself"
II know, and it is to your honor that
you didn't"
"Oh, as to honor, don't make any bless
ed error about that, sir. 1t was my can
ha bnlt NJ
so uppish that night in the gust of the
Florida channel, so help me, neither
steamer nor gold would ever have got SO
far as this But we'll let that pass for the
present And now I'd like To hear, if l
might who is to finger the stuff. T"
Kettle, I'd tell you if could, but upon
my soul I'm not able My bargain with
the girl I'm going to marry was to pocket
no share of the plumber myself, but as l
warned her | was Shells man still and
couldn't cease to serve him because OF
scruples of my own conscience. And SO
was going to set off to carry his half to
the bank we had agreed upon when
newspaper arrived to say that he had gone
smash and was In jail awaiting trial on 10
heavy charges.
directly afterward letter came from
Shelf himself, which had been passed by ,
the newspaper cablegram, telling me to 7
transmit the stuff to place in South
America where he would meet it. Clearly
he can't do that now, and being a convict
he cannot hold property. So, perhaps
jesuitioally hold myself clear of all
pledge to him."
"Then who the devil is to get the mon
ey? Hang me II 1 can see.'
THE proper owners, whoever they may
be, said Oambel. but they'll have to :
be found, and at present haven't the
vaguest notion who they might be. In
fact. as we are now, there's half a million
of English money and fine steamer going |
a-begging.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE LUCKY MAN.