The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-13

that but a short time ago you were IN
my employ"
"And a fat lot Of good it die me-" re-
torted The sailor. But" he added,
with the sudden recollection that 1t is
never wise OF a master mariner to ir-
ritate any shipowner, but, sir, I wasn't
talking to you l fancied it was Mr..
Cambel here who was wanting to deal
with me-
Then your fancy carried you astray
captain" said Shelf. Come, come,
don't let us get angry with one another.
AS L repeatedly impress on all who
come in contact with me, there is never
any good born out of words voiced in
anger. Mr.. Cambel has seen fit to
mention a few of your-shall 1 say
eccentricities, just to show-er-that
we understand n another"
To show he's got his knife in me.
Mr.. Shelf, and can wraggle it if he
chooses"
VIVA a fractions pepper box it is"
said Cambel, with a laugh. Man, dear,
II I've got to be shipmates with you
for a solid month, dye think I'd put
your back more up than is necessary?
II you remember me at all, you must
know I'm the deuce Of a stickler for
my own personal comfort and conven-
talking at you through gratuitous
cruelty. But Mr.. Shelf and l have got
a yarn to bring out directly, which is
a bit Of a coarse, tough ibered yarn,
and we didn't want you to give it a
top dressing of varnish. So, by way Of
safeguard, l pointed out to you that if
we show ourselves to be sinners you
needn't sing out that you find yourself
in evil company for the first time.'
Mr.. Theodore Shelf had been Snuff
ling his feet uneasily for some time.
CambePs method OF speech Jared him
to the verge Of profanity. His own
was a garb which he never
His voice had always the oily drone OF
the convertible. His SNUG hypocrisy
a perennial source of pride and
comfort to him, without which he
would have felt very lonely and aban-,
doned. !
AT this point he drew the conversa-'
ton into his w hands. 1t had been
said OF him that he always addressed
the mousse or commons as though 1t
We're the congregation Of his own tin
tabernacle, and he preached out his
scheme Of plumber, violence and other
~ncleanne with similar fervent
Cambel was openly muse
once broke out into a knocking
laugh. He was never at any pain to
conceal his contempt for Mr.. Theodore
Shelf, which was more honest than
on his part. Kettle, on the
other hand. wore the puckered face of
a puzzled man. The combination Of
cant and criminality was not alto
gether new to him. Men of his own
are very apt to behave like
devils uphooted at sea and then grove!
IN claTnorous piety among the pews Of
some obscure dissenting chapel the mo
ment they get ashore. 1t is a peculiar
trait, but the average sea captain be-
lleVes that he can lay up a stock Of
Fl ra in c11,~o no - +lt. - 1T -,
comfortably see him through future eff
But in Kettles mind ship
owners were a vastly different class of
and so it never occurred to him
the same might apply to them.
In this attitude Captain Kettle listen
eel to the sermon which was reeled
cut to him and rather gathered that the
he was exhorted to take part
In was in some obscure manner a mis-
sionary enterprise promoted solely in
honor and glory Of Mr.. Theodore
Sheifs w particular narrow little
deity, and had Mr.. Shelf made any APP
pause between his sonorous
respectful duty to slip in a humble
amen" But the dictator of the great
firm was too fearful of in
Eerruptions from his partner to give
my opening for a syllable of comment.
: But II Captain oven Kettle was UNI
In the ner niceties of the art
0f Hypocrisy he was a man of angular
sense, and by degrees it dawn
I'd upon him thai Mr.. Shells project,
when removed of it's top dressing of
'elig1on, was In it's naked self some
hing very different from what he had
first been drawn to believe. AS this
dea grew upon him the devotional
Troop faded from the corners of his
Fps. and his mouth drew to a hard
stra1gh line scarcely to be distinguished
among the curving bristles of hair
Which surrounded it. But he made no
Interruption and drank in every word
al the speaker had delivered the whole
u ms say. Then he uttered his deci-
sion.
so, gentlemen, you are standing In
partners over this precious business?
And you know me to be a
poor, broke man, with wife and family
you naturally think you can buy me to
work for you off the straight. Well,
that's possible, but there are
ways Of doing 1t, and of the two
like Mr.. Cambel's best. When a mans
blackguard, 1t don't make him swal-
any sweeter for setting up to be a
title tin saint. And I don't mind who
say that to-"
you mean to threaten me?"
My good man." snarled Shelf. do
No, 4 don't. I just gave you my
own opinion, as from mar to man, lust
because ! respect myself. But I'm not
going round to your chapel to shout 1t
out to them that sit under you SUNDAYS.
wouldn't believe me If I did. not
now at any rate. Besides 1T wouldn't
me any good, and I couldn't afford
y. I'm a needy man, Mr.. Shelf, as you
nave guessed, and that's why I am
going to accept your offer. But don't
let us have any misunderstanding be-
Lween ourselves as to what it foots up
10.
What I'm going to sign on for df-
when you hand me the papers, is
\ spell of piracy on the high seas.
more nor less. And I'm coins
TO have money all paid down in adj
vance before / ring an engine bell on
blasted tramp of a steamer.
that's fair enough. My family'll
want something to go on with IL I'm
caught, and il ones found out al this
It's Just a common ordinary
hanging matter-yes, sir, swing by the
neck till I'm dead as an AK, and may the
Lord have mercy on your miserable tag
Of a soul. That's what this tea party
means and for your dirty $500 you're
q live human man."
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What We May Come To.
Alexis Alladin, the leader OF che Rus
sian dumas labor party, was marvelinc
n New York at the strength Of the lahnr