The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13

O'Neili and Craven that I didn't care
about and the caulinower- headed old
humbug clean took me in He was Mr.
CrewdsOn. to be sure; no be was not
Mr.. k ONeiu. no. I couldn't sec Mr. X
Just then; no, he couldn't mako an ap-
pOintment for me win the gentleman.
anything 1 wanted ne would attend T.
personally If I reread the letters ne
was sure ! should ma that they were
not unreasonable. but. on the other hand
"ould put mo in tho way OF earning
extra commission on cargo for myself
80 II ended in my being civil TO him.
ana me- was really nothing more than "a
clerk. You can just picture to YOUR
self. Purscr. what I felt when 1 found
out that ID been civil TO a clerk by
1T was pretty hard lines. sir"
'Ot course. "a West African merchant
business IS Il rum contract FOR a yoiifiE
glri 10 catch hold Of and l don't say
Miss Kate WAS wrong In keeping in the
background 10 start with II fact IN
own up straight that she was right. and
the proofs plain I'm the way that firms
come back TO life Why. Purser. III bet
you a bottle OF Emo that O'Neiu and
Craven are doing just double the turn
over now they did twelve months ago"
Your know best about that. sir"
said Mr. Balgarnie with a sigh. rs ne
remembered that only Captain Image
the Mposo collected on the Coast. But
WIZ own up that she has got the lSnack
or making all the smarter men IN the
hrfn. both on the Coast and at Liverpool
keen on her when they thought she wa
q man OF course IT was bit unlikely
that The timer palm oil ruffans like
Swlzzle-Stick Smith and OWo-it- Slade
would take TO new ways that meant more
work, all at once though for that matter
III bet Slade put or making up his
thnd Tor SO long as 10 whether ne liked
husting or he didn't that finally ne
dropped into the new ways without
knowing IT,"
SHADES gone or up-countrv u ind the
nrIn rubber property. purser me lad
Laura told me about IL last night She
hasn't heard Of him once since he pulled
out or Smooth River. and she's very
anxious about him. ] hope none OF those
up-countty bushmen have chopped EIade
I should be sorry 70 lose that man H
and that Old Holland gun - mine that
lie borrowed FOR half an hour cighteer
months ago has gone up-courJry with
him. / believe he's IN tho -if~ 20 -e
fo'c'sle shop, too Tor the thick end OF q
nver."
-Four seventeen-nine. I've given both
Chips and the bo's'n a rare dressing
down about it. They've no business 10
let any ono with Shade S reputation have
as much tick as that. The bos'ns new
70 the Coast -our DO s'ns always do
seem 10 die. sir-but old Chips ought
TO know that's no way 20 run a fo'c'sic
shop. They can chuck away their own
money as. they choose. but 7 told them
both plainly that can't AFFORD 70 drop
my share In "A sum like that"
Nor can ]. said the other sleeping
partner You can let both Chips and
the bos'n understand that unless / SEQ
a good round sum in hard cash az my
share of profits when we get back 70
Aposo next trip They can Put GER
book debts where the monkey puts the
nuts. They don't paw me out with
those No by Crumbs
Miss Kate by the way WAS mighty
anxious TO know what profits there were
m foe sle shops. or course ] said Ia
heard Of them on other boats. but we'd
never allow such a thing on the
.;Um. said Captain Image thought
fully. that tales all right for most
passengers. but don't think Ia have
risIScd 90 with Miss Kate. She strikes
me being a young woman who likes
orally has her own Information on the
matter nl~aady cur and packed before
hand. IA her last night how sorry
I was TO see all that cargo waiting et
II out - their creek to the steamboat
BY Crumbs, Balgarnie. me lad she'd
ntpped OF back 10 tho II pOso here. and
had hired our own blessed deck passen-
ger boys for the job before you could
say GIN" You know what an inde-
pendent lot they are going home with
money in their pockets bet YOU a box
Of oranges you couldn't name me two
white men on the Coast who could have
persuaded them. But she did it. one
time. and only paid regular wages too
Dressed for dinner In the evening when
she'd finished. Just as II she was merely
a t7pper going home from the Islands.
eN4tl lie't'- az Nh5',N ~ hl' DeAA7tAt ~
ing to tickle the boys with her looks
! tell you. Miss Rates a very remark
able young woman. Balgarnic. me lad
and If she doesn't peg out here on the
Coast. or go broke over floating a rubber
SWindle. or get married and chuck il.
J shall feather my nest very nicely over
the cargo she gets shipped.
II say. Captain, what's between her
and Laura? They seem 70 know one
another pretty Intimately"
met in las Palmas when they were
Riddles. Pass me the cOUpas=es OF the
chart table. My pipe's damned Thank
YOU me lad Owe-it-Slade got two
years tick At that convent school out on
the Telde road for Laura md Miss Kate