The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-07-20

And by that Selwyn understood
rightly enough that Dicky Dunn, for
all his cunning, had no intention of
Sinking trouble II trouble came. He
went ashore and took Benson up town
with him
DO you men think 1t was Shanghai
Smith that laid for us, and put the
admiral away. Benson?" he asked as
they went up Market street
There amt the shadder of a doubt
e done II, sir" said Benson.
And they don't like IT,"
Lord bless you sir. It's very ard
'avin' all liberty stopped, but between
you and me 1t was wise to stop t..
They would ave rooted is ouse up
and SHE'D the wreckage into the bay"
ITS a pity that you and about
twenty more couldn't do IT," said
Selwyn. And II one could only catch
hold of the man himself and put him
on board an outward-bound ship, It
would do him good"
Benson slapped his leg.
"Oh, sir, there amt man on board
the Triumphant that wouldn't do six
months with pleasure to ave the
'andin' of i'm"
moi"
For sure. sir"
Il was lying awake last night think
ing of IT," said Selwyn; at least. |
believe / was awake-perhaps was
dreaming. But seemed to think
that a couple of boats crews were
ashore, and that you went to Shang.
hats place for a drink"
1--WE done that same, sir" said
Benson, land the liquor was cruel
bad"
"And / dreamed-yes, I suppose It
was dream-that you started a
row and made hay of his bar and col
Jared him, and took him in the cut
ter and rowed him about the bay till
about four in the morning."
you always was very imaginary
and dreamy as boy sir, begging your
pardon, sir" said Benson.
and | dreamed you came to the
Harvester"
"Her that's lying in the bay-the
ship with the bad name among sailor.
menu"
That's the ship" said Selwyn;
land you hailed her and asked the
captain II man had tried to escape
by swimming And he said Yes and
then you said you'd picked him up"
Benson looked at him quickly.
But he wouldn't be wet, SIR"
"Oh, yes, he would, Benson. You
could easily duck him overheard"
Benson stared very hard at the lieu.
tenant.
''Of course. could very easy duck
him-and love to do II, too. And did
the captain of the Harvester own to
him, sir?"
Selwyn nodded
He would, Benson--I mean he did,
of course"
Il suppose" asked Benson, with
his eyes on the pavement, that IL
had been arranged so?"
I'm the dream, yes" said the lieu.
tenant
WAS 1t for tomorrow evening,
sir?"
IL thought So" said Selwyn. and
the curious thing about 1t was that
the whole thing was done as quietly
as possible. All you men went to
work In silence without as much as a
hurrah. And one of the boats brought
me ashore and the other brought the
admiral. And 1t was only after you
had put the man on board the Har-
vestor that you came back for the
admiral at FIVE o'clock in the morning
Benson"
"And what about the boat as brought
you, sir?"
Il came back at twelve and went on
board with them, after the fight. and
while you were rowing Mr.. Smith
about the bay, cheering him up"
WAS there anything else, STRIP
Nothing" said Selwyn, "only that
forget whether 1t came out. II 1t
did, the men said it was a game all of
their owA And think-no, I'm sure
that II any one got into trouble It
paid him well, after ALL"
"Of course 1t would, sir" said Ben.
son warmly. 81 wish Il could really
come off. You never know your luck,
SIR"
"And l think Mr.. Smith doesn't"
said Selwyn.
And when Benson went on board
again and had a long Capitalization
with two boats crews, there was a
unanimous opinion among them that
Mr., Smith had piled his ship up with
a vengeance when he ran against a
British admiral.
There amt TO be no weapons.
said Benson-"nothin' worse nor more
cuttin' than staysail 'ank as
knuckle duster, and even that don't
recommend, An odd stretcher or two
and the bottles there will do the Job.
And the word is silence. now and
then"
NUNS the word" said the men.
And like the children that they were,
they wrought the whole ships com
pany into frenzy of excitement, by
dropping hints about as heavy as
half-hundredweight on every one who
was not In the game. Had there been
much longer TO wait than twenty-four
hours. they must have told, or burst.