The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
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down in Il medicine chest, l don't
Know where you will find it. Yes sir.
l VIII say that. The Port Edes has a
romping fine medicine chest, and I've
been through 1t all myself, so i ought
10 know. The donkeyman's been most
ways through 1t. TOO, but he's on at
isver mixtures now, and he's going
solid at them. We've three quart bot
iles-A for bilious. b for malarial and
G for typhoid-and the d~onkeyman has
a 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 EimoS rheumatic cure, and il he
isn't as right as a nlailboat-well, never
speak TO me of drugs again. But it's
making a tough man of him, Mr.. Cam
Del. and that's what | want, because
the donkeyman n l are going to
CHIP in partnership"
what, buy q steamer together and
take her tramping? Well, hope you'll
nave all manner of luck"
on, don't You make al error re-
ter trading We're in for. We aren't
SUCH sulls as that. We NOW 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't you take me for a fool, sir.
L can learn as we'll as anyone, and so
can the d~onkeyman. We Shall get 300
acres of land granted to the pair of us
Tor 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 it 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
snade You from the attempt il l could,
but ! know it's no use trying, SO l will
hold my tongue on tina point. AS to
your bargain is up with the Port
Edes, you a put that at half an hour
from now if you like. Anyway I'm go
ing to leave here directly. and l never
intend to return here again"
Captain Kettles jaw dropped.
What" he gasped.
II have changed my mind" he said,
"or had it changed for me. For my
part that gold will remain where it 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
II think ! Know what you mean. But
you're on he wrong track. I'm not the
sort who announces publicly that he
Will cease to be q sinner just because
he finds himself in physical danger"
NO." said Kettle, come to think of
it, I should have known you We're not.
l was a fool to ask that question. But
1t settles ii in another direction. There's
Il woman got hold of you"
Oh 1 of her"
either way. So that's it. And you
told her all about this racket because
you thought it wrong to hold any Sc
rrnt g of Syn1,,.| Nurt, n,,l elo @,,-ll -, ~
We'll. that's wonan's way. And the
other lady you spoke about, she who
made you run wild, you've forgotten
herr"
Cambel nodded.
And she's forgotten you?"
u hope she has, and if She hasn't I
can't help it"
well, Mr.. Cambel. if this business is
to end in a bout ship. as soon as the
d-enkeyman comes back from his. hunt
ing l am ready to get under way INC
be Off But as he isn't here yet. and as
we've still a bit of time to wait, I'd
like to hea what is going to become OF
that e5oo,ocO and the old ship, after all.
I've been in al the handling of them
both SO long that I'm beginning to lake
quite Il friendly interest in their move-
ments- AS you know. I've liked them
SO well at times that I've been half
inclined to adopt them myself"
NdAoSs oiIa Al ID ~ Soul Ollo
that you didn't"
oh. as to honor. don't make any
blessed error abou that. sir. 1t was
my cantapherousnsss. If the crew
hadn't been so uppish that night in
the gust of the Florida channel. so help
me, neither steamer nor gold would
ever have got SO far as this. But Well
let that pass for The present. And now
I'd like to hear. il l might. who is to
finger the stuff
Kettle, I'd tell you if ! could. but
upon my soul I'm not able. My bargain
with h girl I'm going to marry was
to pocket no share of the plumber my
self, but as l warned her l was Shells
mar still and couldn't cease to serve
him because of scruples of my own
conscience And so l was going to set
OFF to carry his half to the bank we
had agreed upon when a newspaper
arrived to say that he had gone smash
and was in Jail awaiting trial on six.
teen heavy charges.
Directly afterward a letter came
from Shelf himself, which had beer
passed by the newspaper cablegram
telling me to transmit the stuff to {
place in South America where he coul(
meet me. Clearly he can't do tina now
and being Il convict he cannot hole
property. So, perhaps jesuitically,
hold myself clear of all pledge to him.
"Then who the devil is to get thu
nEp2ey? Hang me if ! can see
"The proper owners whoever the.
may he" said Cambel. but They'll
have to be found, and at present
haven't the vaguest notion who the,
might be. In fact, as we now are
there's half q million of English none;
and a fine steamer a going a-begging.
!. CHAPTER XXI.
:. THE ~ MAN
No one ever accused Mr.. Reginal
Losing of having brains; no one eve