Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-17
II II VI Il II u. X u; n \: ii
CHAPTER XllI-CONTlNUED

!
what was to be done next the junior
partner, who was sitting on an over.
| turned salt mackerel tub aboard the
Lizzie, asked Il question in his turn.
"Cap'n En-" he said, "do you remem-
Der that schooner loaded with tar that
fOundered on the flats off Caleb's point
last March? The one we located when
we were dragging for Anderson's an
chor that timeY
Captain Titcomb nodded. "Yup," he
said. "She b'longed to a Boston firm,
seems to me. Let's see-what was
! their namesY
"Colton, Lee &, Co. They are on Com
mercal street Well, I went in to see
'em when l was up to Boston,"
"You did|
eyes. That tar has stuck in my
mind ever since you told me about it.
1t was in barrels, you see, and it's
| harder than Pharaoh's heart natural
~, so the salt water hasn't had time
to hurt it any to speak of. Obed told
me that the schooner was insured and
the cargo wasn't. SO thought I'd 90
in and see the owners. Well, they'd
pretty nearly forgotten about the tar
| suppose it had been charged to profit
and loss long ago. We talked. and
told 'em that l might perhaps be able
to save n few barrels-only a few Of
course. The upshot of it all was that
bought the whole cargo, $40 barrels,
just as it lies on the bottom, for 500
cash"
"You didn't?"
81 did. 1t was 500 more than they
ever expected to get at that. Now
cap'n, our agreement was that no new
move should be entered into without
the consent of both partners. This
deal was so all in the air as you
might say, that I didn't say anything
about it until I'd seen the owners,
Now, if you feel that we can't raise
enough of the stuff to pay for the trou-
BILE I'll let the twenty-five come out Of
my pocket and call ii fine for being
too smart
You shan't do no such thing. We
can git out enough of that tar to make
that up twice over. even with the back
number rig we've got But If Wa had
a divin' kit and Il diver I'd be willin'
to bet we could save two or three hun,
drcd barrels, maybe more"
"Thats what | thought SO | spent
nearly three hours cruising up ana
down Atlantic avenue and rummG glng
in ship stores and such places. And.
Cap'n Ezra, | know where we can bug
complete fit ont second hand -pumus.
pipes, divers suit and the whole busl-
ness, in NJ shape 50 far as can see
for $500 Just for Il 1ier | paid $40
and got an option on it for Il week.
no? You didn't? Brad NiclSerson,
here's whore the Old man takes his hat
off. You've got me beat, hull down.
I'll be aallin' you for Il mates job yit.
Three hundred and fifty. Dirt, dog
cheap"
I'm glad You feel that way, cap'n.
Of course a diver II be expensive. The
salvage company will charge us any
where from SD to 500 day for Il
good one. And there's where I'm
afraid the whole speculation falls
down. We don't know how that tar
lies, whether the huils broken up,
whether the barrels are sanded over or
not 1t might take so long to get it
out that we'd lose money"
The captain, with both hands jam
med into his pocketS-hiS beckctS, he
ealled them-was pacing up and down.
i've got your diver, boy he cried.
That is, I've got him if you say the
word. Five dollars day, too, in
stead of fifteen"
"NNhere in the world
Fright here in Orham. And he's had
plenty of experience. WHAT'S the mat
Ter with Sam UammondT
Sam Hammond! Sam-why, Cap'n
En-, what are you talking about? Sam
told me himself that he'd come home
to rest. He's going back to New York
in little while. He wouldn't work
for usv'
wouldn't, hey? Brad, twas the fell
Ter with one leg that was too religious
to dance. Sans out of job. Maybe
he fired the boss; maybe the boss fired
him. All | know is that he told me
last night he'd dive for us at So per
Course he'd only do it to help US out,
but that's all right | don't care if
there's a hole in the bag so longs the
cookies are inside"
And so that is how Samuel Ham
mond, late of the Metropolitan Wreck
ing company of New York, came to en-
ter the employ of Titcomb & Nicker-
son, to whom he had contemptuously
referred as anchor draggcrs." But if
Bradley supposed for Il moment that
Sam would change his patronizing at
titude because of the move he was
much mistaken. Mr. Hammond laugh
cd when he boarded the Lizzie, asked
If this was the vessel or
only the long boat" and polsed fun at
the whole outfit generally, He gave
each member of the crew to under
stand that he was only doing this for
awhile % help out Brad He said that
puttcrmg around this way was such IL
change for him that it was the best
fun Of his vacation
lie took pains 90 make his position
plain la the minds uf the toWu,peorlc,
Captain IubrE Bailey told Bradley In a