The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-15

safely disposed of
Il amt goin' to show In it," salt
Smith. and why should /? Tn.
Hampshire Is short of two hands as
shipped in her myself. They don't &C
aboard when they should. and they
turns up drunk at my house. and
Billy puts them ON board Can | help
1t II he puts the wrong cues on her?
OF course | caynt. And If Billy finds
the cash agreed ON on EN-. and hands
1t to me, why. III keep 1t till it's
claimed by the owners of it,"
He winked his eye at Gardiner.
and the journalist burst into laugh.
ter.
They'll not touch me-" he said,
land II they do, shall either have
the laugh on them or s. ant care"
As he spoke there was message
sent up from the street A boy wanted
to see Mr.. Gardiner.
"A printers devil. of course" said
Gardiner. But he knew the word
came from Billy
Billy Mr. Smiths runner gimme a
quarter to run up to you. sir. and say
it's all right" said the young hoodlum.
And he said you was to gimme an.
other quarter"
Billy had said nothin" of the kind,
but the boy got 1t all the same.
And half an hour later Jack Hunt
interviewed Billy the r. ner In about
the same place in the dark road that
Gawthrop had met hir The run.
ner went through his pockets eagerly.
Two Thousand in the one night"
said Billy oh amt Smith dom
well? And two first class guns as be.
longs to me I'll shove 'em on board
the Hampshire bright and early. Oh,
l done ii clean and neat"
He had great professional pride,
and when he came alongside the
Hampshire al four O'Clock inst the
morning, and found all hands getting
up the anchor, he felt that the thing
was going 10 finish itself without a
hitch
Once at sea and the jobs complete
Halo, there, send down whip into
the boat he cried. I've got them
two as skip d. And good men. too,
when they're sober"
He heard the first mate below:
Mr.. Jones, get these swine on
board quick. Drunk are they? Well
sober EN-. Up aloft and loose the top
sails"
And the two lights of San Francisco
society were carried into the, foe sic
3'Blimy, but I'd give sumfink to ;be
4
cockney and there amt no chance
of it TIL we gets TO London"
But the mate was roaring overhead
They dropped Hunt and GaWthrop
into two empty banks and went on
deck
Cant you turn those men tor"
asked the chief mate, Mr. Laid, OF
Jones. And Jones went into the
focsle and punched both of these
gentlemen in the ribs.
Wake up you drunken .galoots.
said Jones
In answer they both sighed and
snored, and turned peaceably to rest
Jones, who knew a bit unlocked the
lamp from the sweating beam over.
head, and lifting Hunts eyelid with
his thumb, saw that the mans pupil
was down to pin-point 1t was the
same with Gawthrop.
"Hocu5sed, Of course" he said. And
he reported aft that not even putting
them under the hose would wake them
for some hours
"Confound all California and Its
But the manners and customs of
Shanghai Smith at any rate saved
Hunt and Gawthrop from eight hours
of the finest education in the world
1t was noon, and the llampshire's
crowd was at dinner when Gawthrop
showed signs Of animation.
"Ah. humph!" said Gawthrop. and
without opening his eyes he reached
out and pressed the head OF small
bolt with mis- thumb.
What's the iosscr "oin' Off" asked
Tom, the cocltney who had sighed
over the fact that there was no chance
of getting intoxicated until they
reached London.
johnson. give me some tea" said
had answered tie electric bell. But
there was a Johnson, or more proper
ly Johanssen, among the crew.
Here. Dutcby, give him some tea"
Gawthrop opened his eyes and
yawned. He shut his eyes again. but
did not shut his mouth in time to
prevent Bill Yardley, who was the
41lza # nj
of soaked biscuit into 1t. Gawthrop
spluttered, coughod violently. and sat
up. As he did so he OF Irse hit his
head q smart crack on the deck above
him He sat up again on his elbow,
and stared about him str"ldly.
ERE, come out N It and ave
yer grub" cried the kindly crew with
one voice.
You've 'ad a rare g bod caulk," said
Tom encouragingly.
"Eh. ed, WHAT" asked Gawthrop.
He blinked at the men and with
fallen Jaw wagged his head from side
to side.
where am -" he asked.
'On board the 'Ampshire. sonny"
said Tom Come, show Leg"
"Humph' said Gawthrop, snd he
rolled a dry tongue against his teeth.
Am I asleep
I'll lay odds you won't be in ten
minutes" said Tom What's the
game you're playin'?
Gawthrop stared at him and rolled
his eyes round the foc'sle He saw
fifteen grinning faces in the light from
oh a 4hta.. raaa1a