Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-14

rum MS totsh-au- Th"f- showed
liSii mark with ionr black circles,
Those round black marks ar. the
.riEts Of your dear old grandfather
knnekies," h. said. letting the hair
crop back into place. They've been
there thirty odd years. III tell you
hos IL happened. Captain burt Was
SeFy religious man. according To his
oSL standards. lie VAS particularly
down On swearing. cuss word drove
him crazy and I've seen him pound n
man nearly tn death for y harmless
damn
we had a sailor named Biison."
continued Mr. Hawkins ''He was one
OF thos" clumsy. assravating fools
who's" very looks were nn inccntiS.
To profanity. IL cam. On to blow one
right and I sent Bilson aioft- He man
Escd to foul III. for.royai cle~ lines
snd when yelled at him he laughed
IN his idiotic way. and ] was boiling
mad all over. While I was relieving
my mind felt n hand on my Shoal'
der. and II wasn't u .cn,i. one. either.
Not another word from your bias.
phemnus mouth. Jack HawSinS' said
Captain Burt.
s'Sou so to hcii.' I said. so mad
I dIdn't know what I Was saying.
'iic cav. me a CUT On the side OF
tho head with the palm OF his hand. II
Vas not heavy. but Il made me crazy.
"'Go below and pray God To forgive
you.' h. said.
mo man had ever struck nc before
and I swung nj him with my right.
caught him siancins blow nbov" the
eye. IL. didn't even raise his hands.
"'iiit me again. Jack Hawkins! he
said. calm as II asking mo to pass MIN
inc salt.
u aimed for his chin. hut caught
him on the neck. II was like striking
4 brick wall. His arm smashed
through my guard. and his fist landed
full on my temple. II was frishuui
blow and ! went sprawlins to tn"
Geek. Before I could make struggle
he picked me up and hurled me over
The rail. As came ny ! caught ono
glimpse of the S.grcganSctt through
III. mist. as she hecicd to port In the
gale.
'Th. water revived me. and ] sue.
ccctcd IN kicking on my boots.
swan H. the direction of the ship. and
by sheer good luck bumped into n hem
coop. which some oac--Captain Burt
most iikciy-had thrown overheard.
| foatcd around on that hencoop until
morning.
Along about noon heard splash.
ing. and big canoe filled with na'
tives came In sight I yelled Mt them
ard after much palavcr they took me
In. They were friendly savagcs on n
visit from one small island to another.
went along as guest. and II was
months before the boats OF the Jane
n came ashore and took me OF.
"a year later I landed In Frisco.
lust in time to be In the gold excite
mept. That's nll. n your grand
father hadn't thrown me overheard
IN the middle of the Pacific ocean. It's
not likely I'd have located the Chai
lcnge mine. forgave him years ngo.
and you can bet ! hnrbor no grudSc
against HIS grandson
He has been the one to suner.
said John. He imagines himself your
murderer. and for years has prayed
for forgiveness. expect to go back
to him in n few days. and you must
20 with me-"
Then he told John Hawkins the
story of his boyhood and OF the shoot
ing OF Arthur Morris. He told OF his
love for Jessie Garden. and OF his de.
termination to restore to General Car
den the fortune fiched from him by
the elder Morris.
when last | saw Miss Garden
said John. "she was the heiress to n
comfortable fortune. had nothing
but health. strength and ambition. but
she believed in my future. and some
hing has told me that she would walt
ior me. shall see her in rev
days. and I wish her to be as proud
and independent of my wealth as on
that night left her side. five years
ego. She has been robbed of her
Jirthright, but II my judgment of the
value of l.. & o. is accurate. 1t VIII be
:estored to the keeping of her father.
Il have news for you about l.. & o."
said John Hawkins. but first tell me
exactly how you stand.
The company is organized with one
hundred thousand shares, of par
value of one hundred dollars each.' he
said. with bonds to the amount of
five millions more. Morris holds
thirty-fve thousand shares, and his
associates twelve thousand. That is
three thousand less than control. but
he imagines that General Garden can.
not exercise his option on ten thou.
sand shares. AS I wrote you. I've had
blake acquire this option from Gen.
cral Garden. but of course. Norris
knows nothing of this. Bynprivate
mrchase and in the open market. our
agents have picked up twenty-nine
thousand shares"
Lets see." mused Hawkins. ~
have 7.46O. YOU have $4,000 and an