Milford chronicle., 1905-02-10

easily lowered TO lfoWh. 5HN
With her knife, and after pushing
awav her plate Wilbur observed tiiat
she drank half a tumbler OF WHISKY
and water.
The conversation between the two
was tame enough. There was no Soni,
mon ground upon which they eouiu
rneat To her fathers death-no oouDt
an old matter even before her rescue
sba 5 made no allusion. Her attitude to-
ward Wilbur was one Of denanee an"
susnicion. Only once did she relax
"How did you come to be apoaru
here with these rat eatersf You're no
sailor" she said abruptly.
"Huhr' laughed Wilbur mirtniessiy'
s.Huhl I was shanghaied.
Moran smote the table Win Ieu
fist and shouted with sonorous' Oeii
toned laughter:
''llsI, aSSanebaied-you? Now, that IS
-oaTv goodl And what are you going
to do nowT
"s,gnal the first home bound Vessel
oDd he taken into Frisco. I've my IN
surance to collect Wilbur had gwen
her the Letty's papers) and the 0isas'
ter to report" ,0+.
.Well I'm not keen on shark huht-
inc mvself." said Wilbur. But MoraH
showed no interest in his plans.
TTovaver they soon found that tney
were not to be permitted to signal, a.
noon the same day the schooner sisne,
cd . steamships smoke on the norl]oh
ana began to raise her rapidly. Moran
ir,D,ediatelv bound on the ensign IN
ion down, and broke it out at the pe',A'
charlie who was at the wheel spoke
a sentence in Chinese, and one Oh tne
hands drew his knife across tue n"i
yards and brought the distress slgnai
, 70 the deck. Moran turned upon Char-
lie with an oath, her brows khO.leu' ,,,s
"No. now sang Charlie, closing nis
l ewes and wagging his head. NO! Iou
= ,,,,,cbee los time: no can stop. Aou
e come down side cabin; you an one
!, niece boss No. . Cthis was Wilbur nave
d um chin-chin."
t The odd conclave assembled apou
/ KitchelTs table-the clubman' the n1i ii
K masculine girl in mems clothes ana III
Cbinoman. The conference was an an
Il gry one, Wilbur and Moran lhsls,ii,l ',i,,
IS that they be put aboard the steallslil +
e charlie refusing with calm obstihacy'
d 81 have um chin-chin with Chln
p bovs Las nigh. China boy heap nan
h, no can stop um steamship; heap MAJ
n zoo much taIkee- -talkee; no stop; go rs
lie now. 90 fish chop-chop; los heap TIME
lg a.L mo sovvv sail um boat; Ch
a 9a how no savvy sail um boat. UNI
k nm Won savvy land he pointed 10 M
ram. l tinkum you savvy plenty nen
much disa bay. Boss NO. no saN
| sail um boat, but him savVy plen'
] many all same"
"And we're to stop on board yo'
Il dough dish and navigate her tor you
( shouted Moran, her face blazing.
| Charlie nodded blandly. i tlhku
] yass."
y "And when we get back to port G
Ii claimed Wilbur, ''you think perhaps lIs.!
III we won't make it interesting lor YOU
~ Charlie smiled.
"a 81 tinkum ship company heap ricn'
M "Weu. get along" ordered Moran
"a though the schooner was her proper
Il "and we'll talk it over.
\ "China boy lika you heap pretty Dl
said Charlie to Moran as he Went
..You savvy sail um boat al hs
wanta vou To- captain. But" he Al
N ed. suddenly dropping his blanu pass
M itv as though it were mask ana
W nm instant allowing the wicked maze
VV lent Cantonese to come to the surfa
" "China boy no likee funnee busih'
~ Sovvvqv Then. with the smile ol
- Talleyrand. he disappeared.
Moran and WILBUR were helpless
10, the present. They were but two agaA
,,.o- seven cinnamon. They must stay
-. hoard If the coolies wished it, anC
tom they were to stay it was matter
rod their own personal safety that tle
+lo +ha NIillner should be properly IL
enly gated.
20 "I,u captain her" concluded Nc
- q s,,1lanlv at the end of their talk.
70. must act as mate. Mr.. Wilbur.
line. don't get any mistaken idea into
rom head that because I'm young girl
-rop- alone you are going to run Things
Iner. way. l don't like funny business
II of better than Charlie"
"I,ool here" said Wilbur, comp
,ken ing "don't think Pm altogether a
, re- lain. think you're a ripping nne
with Yon're different from any kind OF
Chi l ever met, of course Dut you' ~ >
,,., you're-you're splendid! There IN IN
king souaI last evening, when you stoo
De- the wheel, with your hair
"Oh. drop thatr' said the glri
ne on temptuously, and went up on
wilbur followed, scratching his eai
charlie was called aft and thel
cision announced. Moran would
deck gate the Bertha Millner, Wilbur
sink She taking the watches Chariie
s sur ised that he would answer for the
Iooner dience of the men.
harlie Their first concern now was TO
night, their course for Magdalena pay. y