The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

THE new and valuable steame
which, though overinsured, is likely I,
be reported lost Is evidently to have
consignment OF specie on board Fiv
hundred thousand pounds fancy vol
mentioned as the figure In the billiar'
room this morning. Well. IL one is go
ing In for robbery--or piracy, suppos,
Il would turn out to be in this instance
there's nothing like a large coup
lt's your niggler who usually fails anC
gets laid by the heels. Drive on, and
be little more explicit" 49,.
Couldn't the steamer be lost some.
how In the gulf of Mexico and a boat
containing the boxes OF specie find its
way through this channel OF yours In
How lost?"
Mr.. Shelf mopped his forehead again.
t'Dont 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?"
sOh, Ioor fellows, yes. But sailors
( life is always hazardous. Indeed, what
can he expect with wages at their pre-
sent rliinous rate? Shipowners must
i've"
"Oh, you beauty" said Patrick Cam
bel
.T must ask you to refrain from these
comments sir. But tell me, before l
&c any further I'm this confidence, am
I to count upon your assistance?"
That depends upon many things. To
begin with, there'll have to be modifl-
cations before dabble. I'm not obtru-
Bively sQueamish about human life--my
own or other peoples. On occasion
banged my man because he had twice
shot at me. Still piracy, complicated
( xrsha NJ ton Ilxr tn
: Der. is an art which haven't trafficked
III as yet. and. curious to relate, /
aon't intend to begin. Your scheme is
Malicious In its cold bloodedness. but it
would look better if IL were toned down
trifle, BY the way, better help your
setf TO drink Your nerves are in
such a joggle that I fancy you'll faint
" you don't I notice there's no blue
ribbon on your evening dress, Humph!
That's a second mates nip-four fin
gers IL it's drop. Apparently you're
used to this. BY the way, what honor
Rrium do you propose / should take for
engineering this piece of rascality in
voiIr fayor?" ...a
II will give you G5o0" ,...
Nov. would you reallyR Not even
gnineas?
'.Mr. cambel I'll make it a thousand.
There." ... .. .a
.Mr. Theodore Shelf. when monkey
wants cat to pull chestnuts for him
put OF the fire, he first has to be
stronger than the cat. You don't oc-
eupy that enviable position. In fact, I
have the whiphand of you in every
Way. We need not particulariZe, but
gou can sum the items for yourself.
Now, I'll make you an offer--half of all
the plumber and entire control OF every
Thing" .. a..
aMy 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 prix
pxe. You can take 'em or leave 'em.
That's final" -" ..
Shelf burst into torrent of expos
hllations. exciting himself more and
more as he went on, 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-
iemptuous smile, but when the man had
Btorned 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 it, say so
without further palayer and I'll leave
you now--with your conscience, IL you
have a rag Of such commodity left"
You may sit where you are" replied
Shelf sullenly ssaet4r s.r..
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 Ubiquitous place from Cailao
10 Port Said--forgers thieves, mur-
nerers OF nearly every grade of pro-
aciency-but they say that the prime
Of everything gets to London, and l
verify believe now that 1t does, for, by
Jove, you are the most pernicious
scoundrel of all the collection"
Sir" thundered Shelf, 'am to lis
ten to these foul insults in my own
house?"
"Oh. ! quite understand the obliga-
lions Of bread and salt. but you are be-
gond the pale Of that. You are a
noxious beast who ought to be stamped
put. But you can be useful to me, so
shall hire myself out to be useful to
you But | have brought these un-
pleasant Facts under your notice to let
you thoroughly understand that have
summed you UP from horns to hoofs.
and to point out to you that wouldn't
give piastre for your most sacred
word OF honor. We shall be bound TO
one another in this precious scheme by
community of interests alone, and if
you can swindle me you may Only
look out for the consequences IL YOU
do try II on. / never yet left q score
unpaid" -. ~
Were Arcades ambo, rascals both,
only We're different varieties of rascal,
y know You pretty thoroughly, and IL
you don't know me as we'll possibly you
viii before we've done with one an
other.
And now, If it please you wen go
Into the minuter details of this piece
of villainy and sketch out definitely
how we are to steal this half a million
An specie and this valuable steamer
without committing more murder than
is absolutely essential to success"
CHAPTER ".
THE TEMPTING OF CAPTAINd
OWEN KETTLE. ....
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