Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-06
Partners OF
the Tide
-. By.
JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Author q "Cap'n Fri"
Copyright, 1905, by A. 8. Barnes g. Co.
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but | want goin' to quit till you sale
the word"
much obliged, Barney" said Brad
ley. "Call all hands aft. | want to
talk to them"
The mon came In group1. SCOT streak
cd and perap'rlag. They gathered IN
the waist, whispering to each other
and glancng nskancc at Captain tit
comb and Bradley, who stood upon the
raised deck by the wheel. In most Of
the grimy, sunhurn'd faces there was
a friendly concern Al looked cmbar /
rasscd and awkward When tie whole
crew was stGndiug there. silently wait
ing, Bradley cGmc forward.
Fellows" he sail. "whcn Cap'n Tit
comb and ! took the contract to get
This barge or the shoals We r!sEod ev-
cry dollar we bad. More than that we
mortgagcl our DOW .chO)ncr 70 raise
money to pay You W tn. She was burn
ed last night, and. rs t1a cap'A said.
there "a no insurance. The little money
we have on hand belongs to the people
who tD)l the NOR; gage. We coVl -
pay you for anothc" weeks work. -.
then either we mist give NJ tie "o1-
| tract-Which viii ruin rs and drive the
firm out Of the wrrcking business for
good-or we must come to YOU with
another proposition. ! think every man
who has worked for us knows That we
don't play favorites Every fellow
knows that he'll be treated fair SO long
as he does his work. But this | want
to say: Wen stick 10 those who stick
by us. We shan't forget our friends.
And this Is our proposition: To the men
who will volunteer to help us get this
barge anoat, we will pay 81 a day-in-
stead of SO, as you're getting now
when we float her and get our money.
If we fail, you get nothing, and so DO
we. If we win. you win. We can foAt
her if the weather holds good. What
I'm asking is that you share our
chances. It's up to you. What do you
say"
Bradley stopped and put his hands
in his pockets The men shuflcI their
feet and looked at each other. One or
two of them whispered behind their
hands. Then Barney Small snatched
his rusty cloth cap from his head, toss
ed it to the deck and jumped upon II
with both feet
Stage is ready for Orham, South |
Orham, West IIarniss and Sctuckit |
Pint" he shouted. Cit aboard! |
Come on, you lubbcrs! Have me and
Brad and Cap'n Ez got to work he'
off aloneY
Alvin Bearse struck the eX-stasa
driver a resounding thump in the back
"You bet you amt" he cried. I'm
inn
"Ale, toor' said Ira Sparrow.
present and accounted for" oh
served Bill Taylor. Ellis simply nod
Led and stepped forward. Others join |
ed them by twos and threes.
Then Peleg Myrick sauntcred to the
front. II dunno's / jest understand
what the boss wants." he drawlcd, |
"but If there's anything me and Skee
ticks can do, Why
That settled it. There was cheer,
and the men began pushing each other
out of the way to join the volunteers.
In a few minutes there were only five
who had not come forward.
And after that came work, work, !
work. The men were organized into !
day and night gangs. Bradley com
manded the former, Captain TitcomD
the latter
The partners hired the You and to
do what she could of the work the
Diving Belle had been engaged in. Tho
lack of the schooner was great handl-
cap, but they had no funds with which
to hire large vessel.
They made their headquarters
aboard the barge now. Bradley did
not go up to Orham at all. When his
days work was over he ate a hasty
supper and tumbed into berth in
the shippers cabin, sometimes TO
sleep, but more often to lie awake and
plan for the morrow. He was still
pale and weak from the effects Of the
! blow on the head, but he would not
take it easy, as the captain begged.
The worry and strain of the labor
We're in a sense relefs to him-they
kept him from thinking of other things.
Each morning the old maids tele-
phoned to the station to learn how he
felt and how the work was progress
ing Bradley gathered from Miss Pris-
sy's anxious remarks that in the VII
lage the partners failure was regard
ed as a foregone conclusion. The news
made him only more determined to
succeed.
Cook e. Sons wired daily, and every
afternoon report was sent to them.
These reports were growing more OPP,
timistc. The barge was eating her
way steadily through the shoal, and
as she was lghtened she moved faster.
They watched the cables as a cat
watches rat hole, keeping them al
ways tight. The captain said: Brad,
If / didn't know what was the matter
l should b'lieve my old Sunday school
teacher was right. He always swore
I'd be hung some day, and now all !
can dream about Is ropes"