Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-06-27
THE Plunderers
BY c j. cUTLiFFE HYNE.

at all. even IL we offered to carry it
gratis. In the second place. IL it was
offered 1 could easily get out of 1t in
30 ways. Afterward. when the deplor-
able accident takes place. an inquiry
into this will help draw off at
t~ention from your I'ioridian peninsula.
Any one inclined to carp will instantly
be told that W. We're equally ready to
put the specie ashore on the Virginia
coast If our cargo had led us there.
h do you think OF that now?"
Beg your paroon. That's clear
sighted enough and should work cor
rectly. Blu l fancy my other obtec-
ton is better founded. What in the
omize overinsurance for? Why didn't
you get the stuff underwritten slap up
TO the %strongroom ef The bank"
ITO save 500. If you aren't going
past the middle OF the Mexican gulf.
what is the use of wasting money by
insuring further"
Five hundrcd pounds in a deal of
100000! A mere straw in IL cart
load.'
That. my dear Mr.. Cambel. is BUSH
ness. AS l often assure my young
friends commencing life, IL one takes
care of the pennies. the pounds lake
care of themselves. 1t is by looking
after what you are pleased to consider
trivial sums like these that the firm of
M~arinadulle Rivers ~ Shelf has risen
TO It's present e.nlnenCe."
"Oh, wind!" rctorted Cambel. Don't
tell me-"
'Sir!" eXclaime- Shelf.
We'll. ii you will nave it. the emil
hence appears to be lottery,
and because Of your Internal mean
ness you're doing your best to bring
it over. It's just trifles like this that
tell. Consider whatll happen after the
catastrophe. There'll be an inquiry
thatIl lay everything bare down to the
very bed plates. Do o think they
won't jump on this point at once? The
stuff's fully insured on up to New
Orleans. 1t isNt insured on the levee
and in the streets where the thefts are
notorious. DOESN'T thts d-up an IN
s~tantaneoUs hint that it was never in
.ended to get so far?"
No" said Shelf sourly. Il dom
see that it does"
Then" retorted Cambcl, II differ
from you entirely, and as I'm to be the
active agent In this affair and have to
take the first ana gravest physical rick
l do not choose to have my retreat UNI
necessarily hampered. 1 must insist
upon your recalling Fairfax for nd
ditional instructions. That extra in
surance has got to be paid"
Then pay it yourself"
That's outside the bargain. Work.
Ing expenses are our contribution to
the partnership. And besides. for an
other thing 1 couldn't plank down that
money If l wished. l haven't it in the
world"
Mr.. Cambel. I believe you. VIII you
extend the same courtesy to me when l
tell you that If 1 were to attempt rails
Ing even such a trivial sum as 500
today 1t would precipitate me into
bankruptcy tomorrow"
"Whew! Are you nipped as badly as
all that?'
Il have a remorseless drain on me
which drinks up the profits OF this
business like a great sponge. 1t is u
domestic drain. and I cannot resist It,"
o poor devil" said Cambel. with
the first scrap of sympathy he had yet
shown to his partner. Il believe l un-
derstand. and 1t tones down your dingy
color. You aren't quite all black. / be-
lieve by your own painting you're
among a moderate sort Of gray. And If
I've been beastly ruue and hard with
you. because I've considered you q
soapy s%coundrel playing entirely for
your own hand. I'll apologize to you.
That isn't in h least polite. but I
think it's plain. and perhaps we shall
get on together better now. But about
this bankruptcy. It'll be rather a mess
II you go smash before our Florida
operation realize it's profits it will
thicken the inquiry down to a very I'M
pleasant ~keenness."
Il think l shall keep on my feet. Mr..
S"iiioei' l trusl, l pray, 1 Sna4l, ana,
moreover. l thank you for what you
have said. L do confess that your man
ner OF speech has wounded me much
at times"
"Oh. as to that" returned Cambel.
Il say spade I mean 1t, INC
don't care to mix religion with theft
wnen I'm talking with q conspirator,
But l fancy we understand one another
more comfortably now. and I'll leave
you to make the rest OF the arrange
ments here In London. This afternoon
IN pick up Kettle and run down
there. They'll require care. To begin
with. there's a suitable armament to
be struggled on board without adver-
And there are the ~nefarious
preparations to be made. Piracy ON
the high seas is not a thing to be I'M
murder!"
Oh. my God" cried Shelf. Don't
speak Of these horrors"
Il speak Of Them" replied Cambel
grimly. because it Is right that you
should understand what viii probably
fingers II 1t can be avoided. but as
! put my neck in jeopardy, failure or
no failure. l naturally don't intend to
hesitate at any action which will bring
unqualified success.
Only understand fully. Mr.. Theodore
Sneif. that piracy you are already an
active sharer In. and II there's MUIR
der done to boot you will be as guilty
a. the worst. even though you sit here
IN your snug London offices while other
9 men are handling pistol and
knife In the gulf or In a Florida man
grove swamp"
CHAPTER VII.
THE SENDOFT.
Tho Port Edes had gained the name
OF an unlucky ship. She had slain three
men In her building. she had crushed
announcer to death the day she left the