Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-21

1SrflUS ropes tlllu lTOuNOTh u tne NV
ing Belle Down in the hold gangs of
men with faces sooty black except
where the sweat streaked them with
pallid channels were shoveling the coal
into the big iron buckets that the
creaklng derrlcks lifted and swung
over the side. The donkey engines
puffed and whistled, the chains ratified,
and ton after ton Of good hard coal
roared from the opening buckets and
splashed into the tumbling waves Of
the channel.
The captain and Bradley, together
for moment, stood In the bows, where
the heavy cable led, taut and rigid,
from the windlass out to the submerg-
ed anchors. The Freedom had moved
slightly in the last few days, and the
partners were encouraged.
by crimus, Brad" exclaimed Cap
p tain Titcomb, pointing, with grin on
his grimy face, to the stout lfttle Div
ing Belle just then shooting off to the
Point with load OF strippings from
the Freedom. that's the little critter
that has made it possible for us to
handle this job. don't know what we'd
"a done if we hadn't had her. See her
go, will you? Flies round like a flea
in a fryin pan, don't she? You never
put your money into anything better
for the size than her, and don't you let
that fact slip your mem'ry.'
The new schooner had proved her
worth twice over. Equipped, as she
was, with the engine she performed
the part of steam launch, a tug and a
ferryboat. She had carried out and
dropped the anchors in the channel;
she took her owners and few of the
hands to and from Orham every night
and morning; she was always ready
and always useful. III fact, as the cap
tain said they could scarcely have
handled the job without her.
Bradley, dirty and bareheaded, look.
ed at the little vessel
Il shan't feel easy until we pay off
that mortgage" he said and, an
other thing, you mustn't forget to see
Obed and close that insurance deal. It
worries me to think she is not protect
ed at all"
That's So Fact is, I've been so
cverlastin' busy lately that I'd forgit
to eat if hadn't got in the habit Of it
But / must settle that right off. Th1
only thing that's kept it from goin
through afo"c is on account of that
dynamite in the hold. The papers are
ready, only Obed won't dicher until
we take that stuff of; his comply
won't insure against explosives"
a little Of the dynamite that they
had been using in blowing up the hulk
containing the tar was still stored il
the Diving Bellies hold Captain Tit
comb had promised to SCI that it was
taken ashore, but he always forgot it.
Bradley would hin2clf have attended
10 the matter, but the captain seemed
to take the offer as Il PERSONAL rcGcc
ton on his own management. It was
the same with the insurance. Any
thing that the captain Undertook to do
he hated to give up to another
Don't you want me to attend to
that dynamite!" asked the junior part
ner.
mo, no. I'll tend to it myself Tod
you I would, didn't ~
Bradley saw that it was time to
change the subject. He looked across
the ocean to the horizon The air was
clear and cold and the November sun.
light lay upon the water with a sttels
metallic glitter that had no warmtb
in it.
Wind to the south ard" he observ
I'd, "and seems likely to hold that way
If it only holds fair long enough Wen
win out yet"
where's that special weather bu
rcau of oursY asked the captain
Amt had prophecy for two days or
more" He stepped to the hatchway
Hi, Pelegv' he shouted. "Peleg My.
rick. ahoyw
A distant voice from the hold replied
that Peleg was aboard the Diving
Belle.
That's So" said Captain Titcomb
$50 he is. Well, We'll see him later"
When the schooner again ran along.
side the barge Mr. Myrick was sum
moned and cambered on board The
weather prophet had coal dust in his
nostrils, in his mouth and in decora
tive smouches on his cheeks. AS for
his whiskers, the red and gray had
disappeared; they We're now solid
black. /
'Peleg," observed the captain, doe
Skeezlcks know you when You git
home nowadays?"
''Know meW repeated the astonished
owner Of the dog that was Just like i
human. Know me. Course he docs"
well, | didn't know You look SO
much Hike cross between a durky |
ana a Klckap)o Sagwa podd,cr in his
war paint that | shouldn't think youI
mother d know You, let alone dog"
Mr. MyricI pondered, well, you'll
see" he replied slowly, mother shes
been dead Tor considerable spoil, and
Skeaglcks"-
'Skeezicks aln't / see. That's incl
hest reason / know OF say, haw about
galest Got any markol ou lhe Gallon |
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