The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-14

~hiSh. though ev~ccif,sNred. Is likely =
be reported lest; is evidently 10 have :
consignment os specie on bSSard- FEN'
hunGrc2 thousand pounds ! fancy ypt
mentioned rs the figure IN the billiard
ROOM ttis morning. We'll. * one IS &c
ting In for roabery-or piracy, suppose
* would turr out to be III This iilstI &C
there nothing Ike n large coap
It's your niggier who usually fails and
gets laid by the heels. Drive on, and
be a little more explicit"
Couldn't the steamer be lost some
aow In the gulf OF Mexico and q boat
containing the boxes Of specie hnd It's
way through this channel OF yours IN
60 the interior OF F~lorida?"
How lost?'
Mr., Shelf moppsd his forehead again.
Don't steamers he asked. don't
they sometimes have sad accidents
which cause them to blow upg
Such things have been known. Sui
It's rather rough on the crew, don't
you Think"
oh, poor fellows, yes. But a sailors
afe is always hazardous. Indeed. what
can he expect with wages at their pre-
gent ruinous rate? Shipowners must
i've"
ooh. you beauty" said Patrick Cam
81 must ask you to refrain from these
sir. But, tell me, before L
go any further in this confidence, am
{ to count upon your assistance!
That depends upon many Things. 10
eegin with, there'l LAY to be modih-
cations before I dabble. I'm not obtru-
efvely suueamish about human hfe-my
own or other peoples. On occasion l
gagged my man because he had twice
shot at me. Still piracy. complicated
with what practically mounts to muir
der. is an art which l haven't trafticked
49, - ND ,,r:0,t TO rotate
don't intend to begin. Your scheme is
delicious in its cold bloodedness, but IL
would look better If it were toned down
q trifle. BY the way, better help your
self to a drink. Your nerves are in
such q joggle that ! fancy you'll air
e you don't. I notice there's no blue
ribbon on your evening dress. Humph!
rI1at,s a second mates nip-four lin
gers IL it's a drop. Apparently you're
used to this. BY the way. what honor
sriu do you propose I should take for
engineering this piece of rascality In
your favor?"
II will give you e5oo."
Nov. would you really? Not even
guineas?'
= mi. Cambel. I'll make 1T a thousand.
There!'
MI. Theodore Shelf. when a monkey
wants a cat to pull chestnuts for him
out OF the fire, he first has to be
stronger han the cat. You don't oc-
cupy that enNiable position. In fact. l
have the whiphand of you in every
way. We need not par~ticularize. blu
can sum the items for yourself.
Nov, I'll make you an offer-half of all
the plumber and entire control of every
thing"
My God, do you want to ruin me?'
"I don't care in the least if l do.
Your welfare doesn't interest me. My
services are on the market with a prix
dxe. You can take 'em or leave EN-.
That's final"
Shelf burst into a torrent Of expos
.GufHtions, exciting himself more and
fnors as he on, till at last he stood
before he other, with gripped fists and
tho veins ridged down his neck, a
Qculate with fury.
smile, but when the mar had
himself into silence then he
spoke.
-@Vhen one trades in life and death,
The brokerage is heavy. You have heard
my offer. If o don't like it, say so
further palaver. and I'll leave
goa now-with your conscience, II 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
ray 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
met biackguards of most descriptions
IN every Ubiquitous place from Callao
to Port Said-forgers. thieves. mur
derers Of nearly every grade of pro-
dciency-but they say that the prime
of everything gets to London, and l
~-oy, Lz1fz-,- ~ Al-A q 49,, g. ~,
love. you are the o pernicious
Of all the collection"
-SSjr." thundered Shelf, IAN I to lis
ten to these foul insults in my own
house,"
"Oh, I quite understand the obliga-
lions Ut bread and salt, but you are be-
yond the pale OF that. You are a
gut. But you can be useful to me, so
4 shall hire myself out to be useful to
yyou. But / have brought these I'M
pleasant facts under your notice to let
you thoroughly understand that I have
summed you up from horns to hoofs,
and to point out to you that I wouldn't
give 4 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
took out for the consequences II you
DO try 1t on. ! yet left a score
unpaid"
~EVe're Arcades ambo. rascals both
only we're different varieties of rascal
II know you pretty thoroughly. and II
sou don't know me as well possibly you
will before we've done with one an
ether.
"And now. If it please you We'll &c
into the minuter details of this piece
Of villainy and sketch out definitely
how we are to steal this half a million
In specie and this valuable steamer
without committing more murder thar
is absolutely essential to success"
CHAPTER v.
THE TEMPTING OF CAPTAIN
OWEN KETTLE.
.If one might Judge from the lac
Cuered majesty of your Office appoint
Inents,' said Patrick Cambel. takin,
one of the big chairs III Shells inne
,sanctun, your firm is doing a roaring
business"
Mr.. Theodore Shelf seated himsel
before his desk and began sorting GU
Some papers. The turnover" he sai'
eyasiyely, sis enormous. Our opera