The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-04-10

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He routed ont u page al the old gentle.
mans diary"
GOt the notion of using me. We've
been in some tight corners before. but
| never saw him at his worst till now.
Hoods gem. He's special creation.
by thunder. gentlemen. your notion of
Hood is that of a month old chld'S.
know him. and wish to know no more
OF his kidney. Well, no use to dwell
on that. You'll see had reason
One thing captain | interposed.
'How did Hood know of this treas
Ere?"
Know said Sercombe. Why, be
wouldn't be day in Jerusalem with
out smelling out some mystery. He
has a nose like pointers. He routed
out page of the old gentleman's diary,
and Hoods way is not to leave to
others what he can take for himself.
| tell you that he hung on to the Old
chap day by day, until it got too hot
for him and he WAS sacked, but even
then Old keSteVcn kept his tongue
quiet. 1t wasn't to his interest 10
speak the truth, and Hood and he, as
| understood, were as civil as oranges.
Mr.. GreatoreX can tell YOU But tlIei,
came that affair of the pal q and if ii
hadn't been for your S!I;. > ears. Mr..
Greatorcy he'd have got what he want
ell even If he had had to stab the Old
man TO his reins. But that failure
threw him back. and that was when he
wrote to me and | beat up the Greeks
We'll, Hood fetched the cart III
at the inn, and there was that mess
about the servant, poor devil, This
COMPOUNDED me, but Hood saw the adj
vantage, and, you being taken up with
the crowd, whipped off his nag. BY
and by he comes down upon me and
gives me the tip, and Stamboulos ana
| got away with the booty. If | say
that | would have served him as he
had tried to serve NE there's no one
will blame me. But the fact was he
had got over my Greeks. That was
the pinch.
We got away through the forest and
came by place with u cavern. where
the Greeks were in hiding There we
slowed cart and ali. 1t was a snug
hole, but I've never yet fathomed the
hold that Hood had over those beasts
that they let the stuff alone But they
did, and that's one to the man. boot
black. valet and cutthroat that he is. In
that hole we lay for Il day or two, and
the news came that the police We're
out, but | imagined it was the Greeks
they wanted, not me: not tlat | should
have minded Finally. the morning be
fore this, up popped Hood about .
O'Clock, when all were asleep. and tap
ped me on the shoulder. | sleep pretty
lightly, and | was out and talking
with him in minute or two.
This woods safer than | thought
he said. We can move when we like
| have filed Jones with stories, and we
can make bold stroke now that the
castle is quiet. They've had enough
for Il time, think, and. what with the
police, they'll have enough to do to
look after themselves, as l have ar
ranged it. Can you sail bOatY said
he
"a little said l, as you ought to
know
Yes. sir; | forgot said he, falling
unconsciously into the old habit of
servant. Well. suppose we rush for it,
now all's clcar:'
"What's your game" l asked.
1--we got boat down by the Ray
he said and we can make for the
channel
We'll, 1t sounds good | replied,
though it's risky. But the Greeks are
all sailors, and we can manage at
shift
AT that he looked rather strangely
at me and was silent. He moved off a
bit and peeped into the cavern through
the bushes: then he came back. They
sleep pretty sound he said and again
gave me an odd glance.
"'What is it.? | asked, for l knew his
ways and that there must he something
underneath
The Greeks are Il nuisance he OBJ
served, watching me. We can do we'll
enough without them
Il thought | began to see now. and
said /: I am not in much need of
them myself. but how can we give
them the slip? We can't fetch out the
cart and harness and get away with J