The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

final inspection, he told himself that no
vital part had escaped satisfactory
repair. BY IL mcrciful chance there was
tube ignition, and after a good deal or
manipulation he got the burners to
light. Then when the bunsens roared
and the tubes glowod hot In their cage.
he and the Krooboys ground nj tue
starting handle and turned the engines
tillt the sweat ran. from them IN rlvu,
without understanding that Internal
combustion liked their right mix
ture." He was thoroughly practicni, IN
ly oil engine before 1t coughed Itself
into any continuous activity.
The. heavy oil for lubricating that
had originally been sent out, Messrs
button and Maidson's agent still had
in stock because, as he explained, ne
had found no possible means oil ais-
posing OF 1t. and the ordinary col,it ne, ~
of tho wares they always heid III
quantity. So Carter was able to BUY
fuel in all abundance. Tor ms voyag s.9i
Food also he laid in, and great roll
OF canvas, and then turned to his most
to say good-by.
wait a bit, man" said the agent,
that canvas that will keep at least me
thick OF the dew off you at nights.
There are sockets along the g ,,l Wales
bamboo side poles capitally and we can n
lash duplicate roof-platcs across ana
rig out q double rooted ten in STYLE.
nut won't walt for that now. ! in
tend to do 1t as we go up river. You II
notice l have shipped big bundle z. Of =,
bamboos for the wv wo %ay, re q b m1u"s
81 am. Good-by Now then, Trouble.
shove over that reversing lever to MAKE
the boat so ahead. Confound you. that's
astern, you bushman. There, that yet
ter Good-by all"
Good by, and good luck. said the
agent, and he told his subordinates at
-. t,rI,t hat a hpr
Keen man had gone off to disappear IN
But Carter was developing into one
OF those tough, tactful fellows that peo-
pie call lucky because they always
seem to succeed in whatever they set
hand to. When the flood tide was
under her, the launch coughcd her way
up the great beer-colored river at a
rate that sometimes touched ten knots
to the hour. She added her own scents
OF half NE =, pa ira crus and Inarrold
odor Of the water, and Disguised all the
crocodiles who pushed up their ugly
wind and their nobility. on the ebh she
a good steady two miles every hour.
The engine, with rational treatment,
seemed a very decent sort OF machine.
though the feathering propeller. even
till its final days. was always liable to
moods Of uncertainty. and after twenty
four hours of sending the launch ahead,
would without any warning suddenly
begin to pull her astern Still these
erratic moods always yielded to treat,
been bought without rag OF reputa-
ton. Carter was always fun of surprise
at prolonged spells OF good behavior;
come down dow Tin in the King Of okky's six
war canoe. He pros
pected the labyrinth Of waterways Tor
with Infinite care. He intendeu to take
every possible precaution for presery.
ing the secrecy OF his mine Even II
he was followed, ana ne Tn, LOOK y ~ le
Re presently would DO followed. he
wanted to be able to puzzle pursuit.
At point agreed upon up a,n NE PIN ,he hank.
and presented tho Kings mandasc ana
demanded canoes. The villagers gave
them without enthIslasm n af Tow wie preat
cottonwood dugouts that Wouid ho . y
hundred men apiece, and hauled mem mem
after him. winding through vhsre grew twii ir
reigned half tho day. ana then cor,.ns
where the sun scorched them un iCn
and grazing deer tempted the rue
tbe " n King rs finger had left a visible
mark. Great heaps or picksea pr
the iiotilla. "Good man, Kallee." sa 1,ni
the Englishman appreciatlveIy;;, far
dash you new state u'noie''''
that 1,o, that he had
SGT up at the foot of the w S o ond
lowed out it's boo-paa, bumm. anu
against each q the gTesh, b az rea ppsdi
there iiuttered ,,s th nunf Chat other iu-ja
his Of 1kh hydaiy trespass
ed the warning not 10 uiuu''
Cargo after cargo Garter rushed d, down IN
IA The Coast, and dumped on land nc
To Nj Hired Behind factory. Ever and
again he sent tidy parcel OF ore ore 70 md
PIT his BUT steS De d ad n ass
trv any expensive tricks with the nome
tin market lust then !d e ha ata sGt t MS
time. driven by q siXty-h,o o tdnsiop
gasoicne engine that had loW,te nther
6maencto ignition and so many othhet
on its pr yMo ha9 Il tnh N
c w arg tied dried monkeys paw TO
the Compression cock or eesso eh syyni iu
head, as an extra spec1ai pio'oes's
ju. So +ovo
He carried cook and and an sau elltst two
IN Mates and a knife and fork 70 as