The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-02
CHAPTER IX.
&c d YlIAT smashed the junk?
RNN What wrecked her?' de
w w manded Moran.

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NM What wrecked herr" de
W w manded Moran.
The deserving China
men huddcd around Charlie, drawing
close, as if finding comfort in the feel
Of each others elbows
"No can tell, answered Charlie.
Him shake. then lif' up all the same
MS we Dimeby too much lif up. Him
90 all to smash. Four piece China
men down" s
Drown! Did amy Of them drown?'
exclaimed Moran
-Four piece down." reiterated
Charlie calmly. zone, thlee. five, nine,
come asho'. Him other no come
where are the ones that came
ashore!' asked Wilbur.
Charlie waved a hand back into the
night. Him make um camp topside
ole house,
"That old whaling camp" prompted
Moran. Then to Wilbur, You remom-
Der about a hundred yards north the
creek" sac
Wilbur, Moran and Charlie had
drawn off littlc from the Bertha
Mllner's crew. The latter squatted in
a line along the shore silent, reserved,
looking y0gudy1seaward through the
night. Moran spoke again, her scowl
tlickcning
what makes gou think the beach
combcrs want OUR schooner
"lIim catchunl schooner sure! Him
want um boat to 50 home. No can
get" gs.
Lets put of .tonisht-right away"
said Wilbur
Low tide" answered Moran, 'and
besides CharlieE did you see them
close? Were Xoa near them?"
mo go muchee close"
"Did they haSA something with them
rccved up in a5hammocls -something
that smcllcd swfct-like joss stick,
for instance"
mo sayyy; no can tell. Him try
catchnm schooner sure. Him velly
bad China boy.s See Yup China bog,
velly bad h1Spg Sam Yup. Sayyy"
"Ah, the tonssf'
"Yass | Sahf Yup. Him." ana he
pointed to thd Bertha's crew, "Sam
Yup. All we Sanl Yup; nisi him." and
he waved n hand toward the beach
combers' camp; Fhim See Yup. Say
vyT
ITS a tong row." said Wilbur
"Thcy'rc blood enemies, the See Iups
and sam Yups."s
Moran felt theughtful. digging her
boot heel into the sand, her thumbs
hooked into her belt, her forehead
gathered into d 1eayy frown. There
was a silence. If*
zone thing,'i She said at last, I've
.cant give upFthe schooner They
would take ourssfDres as wei, and then
whore are wcg# NIarooncd, by Jovel
How far do you3suppose we arc from
the nearest town? Three hundred
miles wouldn't be bad guess, and
they've got the loot or amhergris--
I'll swear to thas, They didn't leave
that aboard wAeA the junk sank"
Look here. gtfsrlie," she said. turn
ing to the ChlWNnan IF the beach
comhcrs take tile schooner the Bertha
Millncr- from Us, Wen be left 70 starye
on this BEACHES
.t..t...... .-aA3ss
"IIow are ~ going to get home?
Are you going tlet them DO it? Are
crT
81 fink no can have"
"Took here" she went on. with sud.
den energy. "Therc are only nine Of
them now TO our eight. We're about
even. We can fight those swine
know we can. If we jumped their camp
| and rushed them hard. believe me we
could run them into the sea Mate. "
she cried, suddenly facing Wilbur, are
you game? Have you got blood in you ?
| Those bcachcombers are going to At
/ tack US tomorrow before high tide;
/ that's fiat. There's going TO be n fight
anyway. We can't let them have the
schooner. It's starvation for US If we
do.
"They mean to make a dash for the
Bertha. and we've got to fight them off
/ If there's any attacking 70 be done |
propose to do it, | propose we jump
their camp before it gets lieht-n0w
tonight. right away. run in On them
there. take them by surprise. DO for one
or two of them If we have to and get
that ambergrls, then cut back to tie
schooner. up our sails and wait for the
! tide to float us of. We can do It: |