Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-12

oidck 10 look upo yellow to look
through. and In the air was a never
failing. never varying hint at the odor
OF ancient eggs. 1t ever stole into the
chart room and mingled with the scent
OF the magnolia blossoms.
1t isn't violets," the captain assent
ed In reply to Cambel's comment. and
there's fever knocking about in those
swamps as sure as there Is in a Ham
burg drain. But what's fever mean,
sir. except carelessness and ignorance?
You tackle fever with science, Mr..
cambel. and 1t hasn't Il show. And II
we haven't got science aboard here.
concentrated and labeled and bottled
down in our medicine chest. l don't
know whore you will find 1t. Yes sir.
l Will say that. The Port Edes has Il
romping fine medicine chest. and I've
been through 1t all myself. SO l ought
to know. The donkeyman's been most
ways through 1t, too. but he's on at
fever mixtures now. and he's going
solid at them. We've three quart bot
tlcs-A for bilious. h for malarial and
C. for typhoid-and the donkeyman has
Il swig out of each with a nip OF cholo-
rodyne thrown in just after his break
last every morning and then a rub with
st. Elmo's rheumatic cure, and If he
isn't as right as a mal!boat-well. never
speak to me of drugs again. But it's
making a tough man of him. Mr.. Cam
pcis dlu lIdCS WHAT l want, because
the donSeyman and l are going to
chip In partnership"
What. buy n steamer together inc
tske her tramping? Well. 1 hope you'll
nave all of luck"
oh. don't you make an error" re-
torted the captain. 1t isn't salt wa
ter trading we're in for. We aren't
such gulls as that. We know too much
about 1t. both of US. We're going to
start in farming"
Farming? What does either of you
know about that
oh. don you take me for a fool, sir.
l can learn as we'll as anyone. and so
can he donkeyman. We shall get 800
acres of land granted to the pair of us
for nothing in northwest Canada. and
even If crops failed altogether we've
enough saved up to live on for the first
two years. We can try 1t anyhow when
you give US our discharge from here.
Ever since l worked at sea-" he added
plaintively. i've always wished to be
IL farmer"
Il think" said Cambel. Il would dis
suadc you from the attempt IL l could,
but 1 know it's no use trying. SO will
hold my tongue on that point. Az to
when your bargain is up with the Port
k.des. you can put that at half an hour
from now if you like. Anyway I'm go
ing to leave here directly. and l never
AAsNAh W liClS lGdbl.
Captain Kettles jaw dropped.
WHAT he gasped.
Il have changed my mind" he said,
cor a it changed for me. For my
part that gold will remain where 1t is.
1 am not going to touch a sovereign
of It,"
Look here" said Captain Kettle. do
you mind telling me? Did you come
against some preacher during the
cyclone and get religion from him?"
Il think l know what you mean. But
you're on the wrong track. I'm not the
sort who publicly that HI
will cease to be n sinner just because
he finds himself in physical danger"
No. said Kettle, come to think of
1t. l should have known you were not.
| vas a fool to ask that question. But
1t settles it in another direction. There's
a got hold Of you"
"Or l Of her."
Either way. So that's It.. And you
told her all about this racket because
crets OF your own, and she soured on it.
Well. that's woman's way. And the
other lady o spoke about, she who
made you run wild. you've forgotten
herr"
Cambel nodded.
And she's forgotten your"
Il hope she has. and II she hasn't I
can't help it,"
We'll. Mr.. Cambel. If this business is
to end in a bout ship. as soon as the
donkeyman m back from his hunt
inG l am ready to get under way and
be Off. But as he isn't here yet. and as
we've still a bit OF time to wait. I'd
like to hear what is going to BECOME of
that $500. 900 and the old ship, otter all.
I've been in at the handling of them
both so long thai I'm beginning to take
quite a friendly interest in their move
mentS. AS o know. I've like them
so we'll at times that I've been half
inclined to adopt then myself"
= know. and it is to your honor
that you didn't"
"Oh. as to honor. don't make any
blessed error about that. sir. 1t was
my cantankerousness. II the crew
hadn't been SO uppish thai night in
h gust OF the Florida channel, SO help
me. neither steamer nor gold would
ever have got so far as this. But we'll
let that pass for the present. And now
Ia like to hear. IL l might. who il t.
finger the stuff?"
Kettle, I'd tell you IL I could, but
upon my soul I'm not able. My bargain
with the girl I'm going to marry was
to pocket no share Of the plumber my
self. but as l warned her l was Shells
man still and couldn't cease to serve
him because Of scruples of my own
conscience. And so l was going to set
OFT to carry his half to the bank we
had agreed upon when a newspaper
arrived to say that he had gone smash
n was In Jail awaiting trial on six
teen heavy charges.
Directly afterward a letter came
from Shelf himself. which had been
passed by the newspaper cablegram.
telling me to transmit the stun to a
place in South America where he could
meet me. Clearly he can't do that now.
n being a convict he cannot hold
property. So. perhaps jesuitically. I
hold myself clear of all pledge to him."
Then who the devil Is to get the
money Hang me IL I car see."
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