Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10

mate was aghast. This was something he
was not looking for. Suddenly, however,
he came to his sanses.
Catching one Of the more faithful mem
bers of the crew by the arm, he pulled MN
forward to the rescue.
simultaneously they rushed upon constr
tutional Smith.
"Whoop.' yelled Smith, come on-the
whole gang-come on"
Catching Capt. jerks by his shoulders, he
lifted him suddenly into the air and swung
him about his head. At the first swing he
aimed for the mates ear, and his aim was
good The mate went down. The other
man followed suit. The StrOng-arm man
charged upon the crowd and felled another
man who was coming to the rescue. The
crowd retreated before the onslaught
Smith, with a louder whOop than before
swung jerks about his head twice or thrice
and slung him heavily into the midst of
the frightened crew. The crew scattered
right and left jerks slid for thirty feet
along the deck headforemOst. Smith, seeing
that the mate and his companion were
about to revive. went back and finished
them. 1t took but a few seconds to do this
in style. Smith stood up and waved his
hand.
I'm the captain of this boat" he yelled
In triumph; let every man come forward
and swear allegiance to me. I'm the cap
tain of the Sarah Margaret, and my name
is Constitutional Smith"
They came forward to man. Most Of
them were in sympathy with him. But he
had been watching the crew for several
days, and he picked out two or three sus-
plclous characters and had them bound
They were probably the henchmen Of Capt
jerks Then he had jerks and his mate
and the other cOmbatants placed in irons
and left upon the deck, where they could be
watched.
Two hours later all hands had feast on
deck. A rude table was constructed of
some planks, and around the outside were
placed the viands. The new captain was
IF Va
ship: To make the feast all the more sug
gestlve. the unconscious form of Capt. jerks
was lifted upon this table. At the close of
the feast. when all hands were feeling
happy, one man, raising his glass on high.
dashed the contents of it in the face Of
Capt. Jenkins, as Jenkins once had done to
Ellington Okeefe. The members of the
crew followed suit Smith held bis hand
captain Jenkins groaned and opened his
eyes Where am I?'' he asked. What
has happened to me? Was 1t a tornado or
a thunderbolt? What the devil is the mat.
Smith dragged him off the table and
propped him up in his own steamer chair.
jerks looked up at him with terror in his
eyes.
Help, HeIp!'' he cried feebly. '.Helpv'
The next day Smith approached the pilot
do you know" he asked, Just about
where we can run across the Isle of Swat?'
= The pilot shook his head. THE Isle of
Swat?" he said, II never heard of it."
Smith nodded and drew forth piece Of pa
per and pencil. He jotted down couple
of figures.
You make" he said, "for that there lati-
tude and that there longitude. l don't
know anything about 'em myself. but 1
guess you know thing two. You head
her straight for that point and l guess Wen
just about make for where we're going
to. See?"
The pilot saw and headed her accordingly.
Twenty-four hours later the pilot touched
his cap.
land she's fetched the point you gave me-"
Smith took the glass and peered out over
the bow. Sure enough he said, that
must be the Island of Swat
wen anchor as far in as it's safe" he
said to the pilot, I've got to land there and
see what like 1t is"
He still had some faith In the assurance
of Ellington O'keefe. That night they
drew well in toward shore and anchored.
After they had done so, Smith had heart
to-heart talk with his crew.
Now, see here, you fellows he said,
you do the fair thing by me and I'll do the
fair thing by you. This here is a hostile
island that we've come to, but the natives
all know me and l know them. They'll
treat me WELL but nobody else can land.
You fellows have got to lie out here until
l give you the word to go. I'm going
ashore. I'm going to leave the pilot in
command. l may want to go back with you
or 1 may not. I'll signal you from shore.
l may want you to take bit OF a cargo
back to Monroe. 1 don't know. l can't
tell. But what 1 do want Is your promise
to stick to me- Stick to me and I'll stick
to you. I've rescued you from Captain
jerks. I've been square to you. VIII you
be square to me?'
I'VE willv' yelled the crew.
"Grog all 'round!' commanded Constitu-
tional Smith.
The next day Smith paid visit to Cap
tain jerks. jerks" he said to that gen.
tleman, with a smile, Il just wanted to tell
you that my name is Constitutional Smith.
VIII you believe me. or do you want me to
prove it?''
NO" replied Jenkins feebly, don't
don't prove 1t. I believe YOU"
"You-you made a bit Of mistake" said
Smith.
II made a horrible mistake" said Cap
tain jerks.