Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-06-20

room his morning. Well, if n is go
ing In for robbery-or piracy. l uppose
II would turn out to DE in this instance
there's nothing like Il large coup.
It's your niggler who usually fails and
gets laid by the heels. Drive on. and
be Il little more explicit
couldn't the teanler be lost some
how in the gulf OF Mexico and n o a
containing the boXes OF specie find its
way through this channel Of yours In
to the interior of Florida?"
'How LOST"
MIR. Shelf mopped his forehead again.
Don't steamers" he asked. don't
they sometimes have sad accidents
which cause them to blow up"
Such things have been known. But
It's rather rough on the crew, don't
you think"
oh. poor fellows. yes. But n sailors
life is always hazardous. Indeed. what
can he expect with wages at their pre-
sent ruinous rate? S~hipowners must
live"
oh, you beauty" aid Patrick Cam
bel.
II must ask you to refrain from these
comments, sir. But, tell me. before l
go any further in this confidence. am
l TO upon your assistance?'
That depends upon many things. To
begin with. therell have to he moditi-
cations before l dabble. I'm not obtru-
sively suueamish about human life-my
own or other peoples. ON occasion l
bagged my man eau he had twice
mt me. Still piracy. complicated
with what practically amounts to muir
der. is an art which haven't tratlicked
In as yet, and. curious to relate, l
don't intend to begin. Your scheme is
delicious in its cold bloodedness. but it
would look better ii it We're II down
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self to a drink. Your nerves are in
such -ioggle that l fancy you'll faint
If you don't. l notice there's no blue
ribbon on your evening dress. Humph.
That's a second mates nip-fcur fin
gers If it's a drop. Apparently you're
used to this. by the way. what honor
arium do you propose l should taxi for
engineering this piece of rascality in
your favor?"
Il will give you s5OO."
Now. would you really? Not even
%Culneasp'
Mr.. Cambel. Ill make it a thousand.
There,'
MIR. Theodore Shelf, when a monkey
wants a cat to pull chestilu.s for him
out of the fire. he first has to he
stronger than the cat. You don't oc-
have the whiphand of you in every
way. We need not p~articularize. but
you can sum the items fc- yourself.
Now, I'll make you an offer-half of all
the plumber and entire control of every
thin-."
MY God. do you want to ruin me-"
II don't care in the least If l do.
Your welfare doesn't interest me. My
services are on the market with u priN
fiXe. You can take 'e,n or leave EN-.
That's final"
Shelf burst into a torrent of expos
tulations. exciting himself more and
more as he went IN. till at last he stood
before the other. with gripped fists and
the veins ridged down his neck, mar
ticulate with fury.
Cambel heard him out with a con-
temptuous smile. out when the man had
stormed himself into silence then he
spoke.
When one trades in life and death.
the brokerage is heavy. You have heard
my offer. If You don't like 1t. say so
without further palaver. and I'll leave
you now-with YOU conscience, if you
have a rag of such a commodity left"
"You may sit where you are" replied
Shelf sullenly.
"Well and good. That means to say
my terms are accepted. I'll pin you to
them later. But for the present let me
observe to you something else, so that
there may be No misunderstanding be-
tween us. I've been rambling up and
down the world half my life, and I've
met blackguards Of most descriptions
In every iniquitous place from Callao
to Port Said-forgers, thieves. MUIR
derers of nearly every grade of pro-
hciency-but they say that the prime
of everything gets to London, and
verify believe now hat 1t does. for, by
Jove, you are the most pernicious
scoundrel Of all the collection"
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ten to these foul insults in my own
house?"
"Oh. l quite understand the obliga-
tons Of bread and salt, but you are be-
yond the pale of that. You are a
noxious beast who ought to be stamped
out. But o can be useful to me, so
I shall hire myself out to be useful to
you. But have brought these un-
pleasant facts under you notice to let
you thoroughly understand that l have
summed you up from horns to hoofs.
and to point out to YOU that l wouldn't
give q piastre for your most sacred
word OF honor. We shall be bound to
another in this precious scheme by
community OF interests alone. and If
you can swindle me o may. Only
look out for the consequences IL YOU
do try 1t on. l never yet left q score
unpaid"
Were Arcades ambo, rascals both.
only we're different varieties Of rascal
know you pretty thoroughly. and If
you don know me as well possibly YOU
will before we've done with one an
other.
And now. II 1t please you, veil go
into h minuter details Of this piece
OF v;llainy n sketch out definitely
how we are to steal this half a million
In specie and this valuable steamer
without committing more murder than
Is absolutely essential to success"
CHAPTER v.
THE TEMPTING OF CAPTAIN
OWEN KETTLE.
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