Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-03

twinged where the shot had iacerated
muscle. at was the last thing I
heard"
II fired it," said Bernard Seymour.
"And I got your man Hestor all
right. Did you see him drop?"
II did," said Mr.. Morton. Ellis
hands went up and he fell into the
arms of two of his crew who were
rushing forward to grab him."
"Did any one hear the order given
by Capt. Waters?" asked Mr.. Carmo-
dy.
81 heard every word he said," re-
piled Miss Helen.
"You did" exclaimed her father,
frown darkening his face. 81 asked
you to go below, Helen, and sup
posed you would obey me-"
81 went below, papa. just rs you
told me to do" said Miss Helen, COLI
tritely. But you did not tell me
1 could not look out. / opened the
port hole in the saloon, and saw and
heard everything that happened on
the Shark When Mr.. Hestor
jumped from the bridge and ran to
the gun, Capt. Waters shouted, Stop
him! Hold him. Then he yelled
'Starboard!' to the wheelsman, and
rushed down the steps to the deck.
But before the men could stop Hes
tor, he had commenced firing. Then
he threw his hands up in the air
and the men caught him as he fell
backwards. Z thought could see
blood on his face"
"This probably terminates Hes
tors career as pirate or maniac"
remarked Mr.. Morton. 1.-THE gov
eminent cutters will run the Shark
to cover in short order. You are
quite a sharpshooter, Mr.. Seymour"
81 had my eye on that Hotchkiss
gun all the time" said Mr.. Seymour.
AT first I thought Hestor was max
ing bluff to scare us. But when he
turned loose / knew he meant war.
If he had remained back of the shield
he would have been safe. and / pro-
posed to drop the man ut the wheel
and take a crack at the captain.
But Hestor stuck his head out to see
where his shots were landing, and
let him have it. l have shot some
before. The Sioux Indians and used
to exchange compliments before the
battle of Wounded Knee, and /
guess my shooting eye is all right
yet. But I hope did not kill him."
At midnight the ''Helen Carmody"
steamed up to New Orleans, landed
near Canal street and discharged her
passengers on their native soil. They
at once proceeded to hotel. Mr..
Chalmers so managed the arrival and
disposition of the party as to evade
the alert reporters, and once in the
hotel no one was allowed to disturb
them.
A surgeon was called and made
careful examination of Sidney's
wound. He confirmed the diagnosis
made by the yacht steward. He
dressed the wound carefully, and adj
vised Sidney to remain quiet for sew
eral days. 1t was late before Mr..
Chalmers and his assistants had for
warded to 1.-THE Record" an account
of this incident.
Mr.. Bernard Seymour arose bright
and early the following morning. and
after a stroll around the Lee Circle
returned to the hotel and enjoyed
a hearty breakfast. He purchased
the morning papers, and selecting
comfortable chair on the veranda
proceeded to combine the luxury of
cigar with perusal of the journals
in which his name figured so con-
spicuously. He was studying three
column portrait labeled "Mr. Ber-
nard Seymour, the Famous Newspa-
per Detective" when some one tapped
him on the shoulder.
"Haou are We, Mister Seymour!
I swan, I'm mighty glad ter see We!
Haou de ye dew! Haou de ye dew"
"Hello, Captain Parker! The pleas
ure is all mine! How are you, Cap
tain? How is the good ship, the
Sam Walker'?"
"Finer'n silk" said Capt. Parker,
as they shook hands cordially. "Well,
l swan, but yer er great man; amt
We? Your picter is in all Their papers.
Well, well, well! l swan, we never
can tell, can We? Who'd thunk it!
So We are detective-reporter! Well,
well, WE'LL"
The Captain insisted on purchasing
the cigars, after which they returned
to the veranda. The good sailor
seemed to have something on his
mind. Once. or twice he cleared his
throat as If to make some important
announcement. Finally he took q
long pull at his cigar and said:
"Aiister Seymour, seeing as how ye