Milford chronicle., 1905-02-10

zone in whisky. stood on the mousse ls
So, bis orders. drinking from one OF q
+be Iecanters he had brought up WIN !
him He had already rihed the ueau
,,aD,s Dockets and had even taken
ewav the boots and fur hned cap
cloths we're cut from the spanker ana
,.oIIad around the body. Then kltcheil
,-5arad the peak halyards unroye ana
,,sed as lashings to tie the canvas
Ground the corpse. The red and whlte
dags, the distress signals were SIN
bound on the halyards ~
"I.eave 'em on! Leave EN- on
commanded Kitchell. use em aS
shrou'; All ready now; stan Dy u ie'
her gO?' .Aoo,or
vUilbnr looked over at the schooner
and noted. with immense rellei' tna1
Moran was not in sight. Suddenly an
ahrunt reaction took place in the cap !
tain's added brain. ~, -
"Can't bury 'um ithout Is teeln,
no gabbIed solemnly. de laiu D@Tn ..n,a
+he canvas and replaced the set Oie
aaoD "a ba'nt me f l KEEP S teetn'
S+riye look A. that! I put 'em IN up
80 down New min, upsr down.
1ov,.rei, nm whaz odds, all same Win
-
oIo Riu HEY, ole Bill, all same win
20, bevq" Suddenly he began 10
J,o1gl with laughter. "r think o Dem
t,vr;ad with your teeth upsf down:
Ct mo b,t that's a good grind!
-, ~ 70 beave ole Uncle Bill over!
Ready, heave, an away she goes
ran to the side, waving ms hat 49, ,N,
lool,inr over. "GoO'by, ole Bill py "
1Tbere YOU 90, an the signal o distress
rom, You'll B! I'm in need OF as
distance Lord, here comes tne
shsrksI Look, look! Look at UNI uni
6gb+i Look at 'um takin' ole Biz
+1sn, in need of assistance shd say
YOU were, ole Bill!' .,zo N
Wilbur looked once over the sue ~
the cburning. lashing water, then drew rev
tock sick to vomiting. But IN less
+bon thirty seconds the water was
0ript Not a shark was in sight.
nca+ over t. the Bertha with those
napers son." ordered Kiteheh' 80
hide here and dig up sh more loot. III
ont this ole pill box from stern 10 slen
1os+ fore I'll leave. l won't leave
ronnar rivet in 'er, notta coer rlVet
do " hear?" he shouted, his race Pun
ple with unnecessary rage -,
Wilbur returned to the schooner WIZ
the two Cinnamon, leaving hltchel
alone on the bark. found the eil
sitting by the rudderlead almost as u, -
had left her. looking about her VIII
vague, unseeing eyes.
.Your name is Moran, isn't It,
asked-"Moran SternersenT
eyes" she said after pause, tne
looked curiously at a bit of tarred fol
on +be deck. Nothing more coulu
GOT ont of her. Wilbur talked TO NJ
at length and tried to make her unue
stand the situation, but 1t was eVluel
She did not follow. However at ea'
mention of her name she would a
swer:
ayes. yes; I'm Moran"
Wilbur turned away from ner' u
ing his neither lip in perpleXlty' -,
"Now. what am 1 going to doF
muttered. "What a situation! II
fell the captain, it's all up with Z
,,irl If he didn't kill her hed
Ivorse-might do both. If l dom I
him there goes her birthright SoO'O'
and she alone in the world. It's beg
to % already he added, listening
the sounds that came from the Dai
T[i+cbell was raging to and fro IN
cobin in n frenzy of drink. ak in hai
smashing glassware, hacking into
woodwork singing the while at
top of his voice.
. ..Tbat's the kind of man have
deal with" muttered Wilbur. ITS
couraging, and there's no one 70 =
r..V., IN
crazy girl in a mans oilsklhs.
about the biggest situation you e
faced Ross Wilbur, and you re
alone What are you going TO do!
no acknowledged with considera
humiliation that he could not get
better of Kitchell either physlcaiy
mentally. Kitchell was more po'
ful man than he and eleYerer'
contain was in his element now
he was the commander. ON shor
would have been vastly diHerehI'
CITY bred fellow, with policeman
wavs in call, would have known
to act.
hoo numbering everything she's
what's to be done?'
And suddenly, while the words
vet in his mouth, the sun was W
from the sky like writing from 5
the horizon blackened, vanished
white line of froth whipped across
sea and came on kissing. A no
note doomed out, doomed, swelleu
grew rapidly to roar.
An icy chill stabbed the ar
the squall swooped and struck an'
skv shut down over the troubled
like a Dot lid over boiling pot.
scbooner's fore and main sheets
had not been made fast, unrove a
first gust and began to slat wiz
-, tod Tho Cinnamon cOWer'