The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-03

Good. Well take a day of toInor-
rer and 90 up TO the Haven and look
her over"
The partners starte' for yineyar,
Haven in the early morning The cap
tain talked most OF the way. for whicl
Bradley was thankful. He didn't fe
like talking. They found the Divin
Belle lying at tic wharf. and Captain
Titco1ub watched his companions fac.
as they stood on the stringpiece look
ing down 1T her.
They bought the schooner. II re
manned only to bring over the check
and take away the schooner. and this
they did week later Meanwhile
Captain Titcomb had performed anoth-
err miracle He had hunted up man
who had expressed desire TO pur-
chase the Lizzie and after two days Of
bargaining. during which time the cap
tain had twice pretended TO give it up
and return to oTham. had sold him
the old schooner for $50: also he sold
his shares III the cranberry bog.
There was a good sized crowd OF
townspeople on the Orham wharf when
the Diving Belle slid smoothly past the
harbor mouth and up TO her moorinss
There was splendid breeze. but they
wouldn't have used the sails for any
consideration The sight of the NOV
ing pistons in that wonderful sixteen
| horsepower engine, the enchanting
smell of the gasoline, the muttied drum
| ming of the propeller under the stern
these were brand new, unadulterated
| joys of proprietorship that no mere
| item like the saving of unnecessary
expense could induce them to forfeit.
| CAPTAIN Ezra put in the most of his
spare time improving" the new pur-
chase Bradley told him il seemed
| like the Thomas Doane days to smell
paint and trip over a bucket of water
| and a swab every little while.
Orham was just then in the throes OF
| a burglar scare Two houses in the
| village had been broken into. and the
natives were talking of calling an in
| dignation meeting for the purpose OF
expressing their opinion of the select
| men. Then a steam yacht belonging TO
| a summer resident, which lay housed
over for winter in the harbor, was
| boarded and ranSacked.
| 1t was on the day following this rob-
berry that Captain Titcomb began tin
kering with the cabin door. This door
| and the sliding hatch above it had been
| fastened with paddock. The captain
first move was to block the hatch SO
that it would slide back but a little
way. Then he sawed and hammered
away at the door.
THERE. he cried in triumph after
| two hours of hard work. Brad, come
here! Spose one of them mean sneak
| thieves tries to bust into that cabin
He can pry the staple off that padlock
| easy, can't he? Yes, but the way that
hatch is now 'twon't open fur enough
| for him to climb down; he's got to opeI
| that door, And that doors got on il
| a three dollar patent lock that cant
be opened without the key, and no ter
cent whistle down the barrel key Ell
Their. The key that'n open that has lace
edgin' on it. You hear me! And I've
took off the knob on the inside Of the
| lock SO it can't be worked that way
| Now, when we want to go home we
haul to the hatch and lock it with the
paddock. Then we jest slam the door
Click! There you are! A spring lock
| How's that for high? Enumeration
| I've left the key inside."
Luckily the key was lying on the TOT
step Of the cabin stairs, and they were
| able to reach it with a fishhook on tn.
| end of a stick.
| Getting up the tar with the aid o.
| the patent windlass and the engine
was simply fun. They took out all they
could bring up through the hatchwa!
and then began Blowing out the side
Of the hull with dynamite. The explo
| sive was stored in the Diving Belle:
hold forward behind a bulkhead will