The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-07-04

| all friendship has its breaking strain
| I'm bit like that comfortable con-
tetnpi01e person, the miller of the Dee
| believe did care for somebody once
cared for me. Probably she lied. be-
cause under persuasion she went
| off with another man. Bah, though,
| what does ii matter? Kettle, were
| talking rank sentiment, and that's an
Improbable employment for men en-
| gagged on piece OF delicate business.
And-here's a gentleman come to tell
me that the consignment Of specie is
| just commencing to arrive. Now, cap
tain, the stuff'll be in iron bound boxes,
and you and / have got to weigh each
| one separately and check the invoice.
| Then we've to act as our own steve
dores and stow half of 1t In the cabin
next my room and half of 1t acress the
] alieyway next the mates.
| why divide it?'
Because the weight is big, and 1t
would give your steamer a heavy list
| to starboard." ' &.
"Oh, as to that, never mind. We can
easily bring her up again with trim
ming tank. And 1 shouldn't feel COM
| Portable ii any Of the stuff was in that
room next the mates. You see, Mr.
Cambel, any one on board can go down
| that alleyway. In fact, it's the only
| road from one end of the ship unless
you go UP over the bridge deck. And
| I'd not guarantee but what the bait
would make some Of them beauties try
and Iamper with the door. It's big
enough to smudge the honesty OF an
| archbishop If he was only earning "a
month. Now the room next yours has
iron walls and opens only in the inner
cabin. There's q good lock on 1t al
| ready, and IL / make the carpenter
| bend on four more you'll have strong
room the Bank OF England might boast
| about" . "... p.
That sounds sensible" commented
the envoy from the bank.
Very we'll" said Cambel, IT believe
| 1t is the best plan. Now. II you Please,
wen have the weighing machine in the
| main cabin, and If you, sir, Will in
struct your men to bring in the boxes
one by one I'll satisfy myself that they
| agree with the tally, and Captain Ket-
tie shall build them up in the stateroom
before us both. It's a very responsible
| lob we have upon us, and the more
counter checkings and precautions we
can put into it the better for our sew
eral regulations"
1t was a responsible job. Not every
| day is specie to the tune OF 100000
British sovereigns shipped from Liv-
erpool dock, and because gold boxes
| are made in a conventional pattern the
shipment was spotted, and crowds
| gathered. to stare at the cased In
] wealth. LII
| As staring dumbly is dry work, self
appointed orators among the crowd
| naturally distribute gratis their own
private opinions upon the situation,
and, according to their luck or elo-
! luence, these attracted larger or small
or audiences. No one took them very
seriously, and they, for the most part,
treated the subject in a jocular vein.
1t was not till Captain Kettle and the
Mersey pilot had Tone into the upper
! bridge and the mate on the toredeck
had cast off the first bow fast that
self appointed prophet arose who
spoke OF the gold shipment in another
key.
He was a wild unkeIrpt, knocxkne ed
man, who first attracted attention by
/ tying a crimson handkerchief to an
umbrella and brandishlng 1t above his
head. Being on the face of him crea-
ture who never IL he could avoid 1t put
his hand to honest labor, he naturally
addressed the crowd as fellow work.
ers." These things awokes slight hu-
morous interest and because the man
had the gift of glib and striking speech
the crowd continued to listen after the
| first pricking up of their ears.
The mans discourse need not be re-
| ported in detail. He was an anarchist,
red, rampant and ruthles" and by
means of arguments, some warped,
some fair enough, he pointed out to his
! hearers that the mission of the Port
EdeJ was another knife thrust of capt.
! tai into the ribs of labor. The state
| ment met with very mixed reception.
but the anarchist silenced both the
1 jeers and applause with a beseeching
wave Of his hand and followed along
the curb OF the wharf the steamer
which was commencing to float toward
the dock gates. He spoke to those on
board her now rather than to his more
immediate following, and unclean faces
/ stared at him from over the line of bull
warks.
ITO any man Of you who values life,"
! he cried, Il offer a Sc.emn warning.
/ That ship is doomed. She will sink in
midocean, blown apart by our petards,
| and her Ill gotten cargo will be hurled
out of capitals reach forever. Those
who are misguided enough to be her
! guardians will be blasted into space.
| Listen, you men of her crew. Jump on
the pier head yonder as she passes into
| the basin and take the consequences.
The brutal laws of this country will
hurl you into prison, but better a sea-
son dragging out martyrs sentence
| than death as an enemy to the workers
: cause"
At this point the strong right hand
! of the 'aw descended onto the speakers
elbow and then. because he attempted
! to resist, the willing right knee Of the
I law jerked up suddenly into the small
of that anarchists back. after which
he was hauled ignominiously to a po-
! lice station, and tile place OF his speak
| Ing knew him no more.
But the fellows threats had not been
without their result. Every band on
the Port Edes' deck had heard them
distinctly, and disquiet arose under the
belts of nine out OF ten. The mate
grew nervous and the men inattentive
and from the bridge Captain Kettles
voice and whistle kept ringing out with
biting clearness AS ii was. only one
nan attempted to put the warning into
| practical effect. He was a miserable
half clad wretch, q coal trimmer by
rating, already repentant Of the spell OF
physical toll which he had signed OF
| for.
Passing through the lock gates into
| the basin, the steamers port quarter
swung gently toward the wall A sail
or in readiness dropped from above ant
ran aft with the lanyard of q cork fen.
| der. The trimmer jumped or tho bull.
warks, and one might have thought
1 hot 1,a