The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

that Drummond is. johnson said it
was prison for foreigners
cob, Dorothy" cried the captain,
again to eJ Johnson He y waved ave his his
hand and shook his head.
The maid opened the door and said,
looking at Dorothy:
6 Mr.. Paterson and Mr.. Johnson
just show them into the. morning
room, : said Dorothy, rising. :. Captain
have listened SO patiently to a scheme
Of which you couldn t possibly APP
prove
sPatiently!', shifted the daughter.
Now want you to do me another
kindness.
She went to the desk and picked up a
piece of paper.
t1Here is check I have signed-a
blank check. I wish you to buy the
yacht Walrus just as she stands, and
make the best bargain you can for me.
A man is so much better at this kind
of negotiation than woman. =
'But surely, my dear Dorothy, you
won It persist in buying this yacht?',
It's her own money, father,' put
keep quiet said the captain, ris-
ing, for the first time speaking with
real severity, whereupon Katherine, in
spite of the fact that she was older
than 81, was wise enough to obey.
Yes, [ am quite determined, cap
tain,' said Dorothy sweetlY.
But, my dear woman, don't you see
how you we been hoodwinked by this
man. ohnson9 He is shy. Of a job. He
has already swindled you out of $780,
O004 -
I" No, he asked for ten only, Captain
Kempt, and voluntarily doubled the
amount.
4 4. ~, 4 L
up to believe that these young men are
in that rock. He has done this for a
very crafty purpose, and his purpose
seems likely to succeed. He knows he
will be well paid, and you have prom
Used him bonus besides. IF he, with
his Captain Kidd crew, gets you on
that yacht, you will only step ashore
by giving him every penny you pos
sess. That IS his object. He knows you
are starting out to commit crime
that s the word, Dorothy, there s no
use in our mincing matters-you will
be perfectly helpless in his hands. OF
course, 7 could not allow my daughter
Kate to 90 on such an expedition
CT am over 81 years old,' cried
Kate, the light Of rebellion in her eyes.
IT do not intend that either Of you
shall go, Katherine"
Dorothy, / I'll not submit to that, -
cried Katherine, with a rising tremor
of anger in her voice, g / shall not be
set aside like child Who has more
at stake than II And as for captur-
ing the rock, Ill dynamite it myself,
Of it as the yacht will carry, and set
it up on Bedloe's Island beside the
goddess and say, There's your statue
of liberty, and there 8 your statue of
tyranny
katherine, - chided her father, I"
never before believed that child Of
mine could talk such driveling nom
| sense.
| nPaternal heredity, father" re-
| torted Kate.
tsYour presidential plan, Captain
Kempt,'' interposed Dorothy, tsis ex-
cellent so far as Prince Lermentof is
concerned, but it cannot rescue Lieu
tenant DrummOnd. Now, there are two
things you can do for me that will
make me always your debtor. as, in
deed. / am already, and the first is to
purchase for me the yacht The second
is to form your own Judgment of the
man johnson, and if you distrust him
l then engage for me one-half the crew
and see that they are picked Ameri
4 cans.
g First sane idea I have heard since
i came into this fiat, grow1ed the
captain.
aThe Americans won't let the Fin
lander hold me for ransom, you may
depend upon that.
i It was woe-begone look the ga1Ian
captain cast on the demure and deter
mined maiden, then, feeling his daugh
ter's eye upon him, he turned towar,
her.
I'm going, father she said, witt
a firmness quite equal to his own, an.
he, on his part, recognized when hi
daughter had toed the danger line. H
INDUCED in a laugh that had little o
mirth in it. s.
AL I can say Is that I am thank