The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-15
ployers who paid him a paid .xsary.

ployers who paid him a paid s9iary,
II was when Cambel woke from IA
dead sleep on the wheel grating OF the
upper bridge and came down to learn
Of the tragedy of the plume hunters,
which had taken place during his uu-
consciousness, that he got the first hint
of this. The little captain received him
with cold stiffness, was wooden when
asked for any suggestion and Snarled
when Cambel inquired what allied him.
1t was the donkey1nan who put the diff
hculty into words.
And, captain, now said he. how
much might yez be getting out of all
this for VerSelf?"
Five hundred pounds
"Begor, It's a mighty lot OF money
and little enough. too. l wish I'd it me-
self an more. I'd like a house ashore
an a wife, an an ass cart that 1 might
dhrive her out in like a gentleman. be-
sides other things"
oh. stop that! Don't tell me what a
man might do II he'd his pick of the
money In this ship. I can figure that
out for myself without suggestions
from any blasted Irishman."
"Ah. now. captain, dear, don't be
cross wild me. because I was going on
there was. Wen say, a thrilling argu-
ment. I'd be on you side. Mr.. Cambel.
yer a gentleman, an I like we we'll. but
the captain here's my officer. an'-well.
sor, a boy must look after himself some
times. specially when there's q chance
X this ready to his fingers. 'Twon't
come again in a lifetime"
Probably not" said .Cambel. He Law
PACK IN his chair. with linked fingers
behind his head. Look here, Kettle.
II you want TO- shoot me pull out your
gun and get 1t over. Then you and
SULLIVAN can run the cargo where you
please m share 1t how you like. Rut
tnat 3 the only way you'll make me con-
sem 10 your taking what's beyond your
due. Shelf trusted me. and hv love
I'm going to act fairly by Shelf If he
were a ten times bigger thief than I
know him to be already. Now. then
jump quick-let's ave it over"
Ihey were In the chartroon. CAPTAIN
heltle puckered his head for a minutes
thought n then getting up. shut and
locked the %starboard door. He took that
KEY and the key also of the other door
which gave upon the head of the com
pan1onway and handed them, both To
Cambel. ~ ~
and the d~onkeyman in here and en ans, lns
do as you like. But 1 advise. Won to
take your ID gold somewhere ont ~
TINS snip, because as sure as it's there
When l next come out of this room so
sure 40 l go and loot it. That's my
punk there, bang above the nIacs
where it's slowed, and I've sat on ton
or those sovereigns like a hen every
watch below Nv had this VOYAGE ana
hesru en- chfnkle and wondered what
theyd match out into. You nerbans
understand what I mean?"
Cambel nodded. y
Then take the etne!. from, p,a 80.
and cart your boxes away to heIr "a
quick as you can. Poor men like mo
shouldnt nave big temptations. II
by God. Here, get out Of >this No
Ca1nbel. Or 1 shall be doing you a VIC.
fence yet, and mind you lock the door
Donheynan, you hound, there's whisky
IN that bottom locker. Take the clean
glass yourself and give me he 49,
one" HS olfly
Cambel read the little mans mind ~
a comma and bowed gravely witho,,t
Then he did as he was Nil
den with the door and the kew and 1uan+,
oeiow and began the h~erculean task
p or nrihglng up the iron bound specie
where they had ridden from. the Ms
sey COCK. He placed them in the nnrt
quarter boat. which he had lowerad
ron Its davits flush with the bridge
~ uvt baii. n When she was loaded he
put the boat into the river. He rowed
her far up stream. past lights and
hayous. till he found a narrow can au
leading off the main river thromr.h,
clumps. and held on IN
.na .ali Ihe BOAT reached a great round
III -, 1 I'M Lrn1ln0
with solemn cypress trees and roofad
TO by their fringinp branchas
one by the boxes Were raised on
,ne gunWale and launched with a sui
len plunge. and it seemed an are ha.
fore the foul. smelling bubbles came I'm
to tell that they had sounded bottom
Ana then away back for another load
And a third. The inky cover.
ing crossed over all, and not so much IA
a splinter from one Of the boxes floated
on the surface.
Small rear OF any one rafdtnp +h,+
cache, Canabel thought, and two lava
later, With q clear mind, he was. ca
ping Right" to. Theodore Shelf from
ethe Western Union Telegraph COM
pany's on1ce in the hotel hal at Point
Sebastian. ~
Now modern science enable ,s RI
cry a message by wire round half the
earth at. breakfast time and have an
answer returned to us before the gong
sounds for luncheon. and 1t was in
anticipation Of q quick exchange Of
news like this that Cambel had come
to the nearest outpost of. civilization.
He had hidden his 100000 OF goid.
released the two men In the chart
room: with instructions that when they
felt Inclined or sufficiently recovered
for work they should, with the neEroos
help set about Transforming the steam.
ters appearance, and afterward had
made his way, partly overland by an
Indians path he knew Of, partly ~
dugout through lagoon ind bayou. Ia
Point Sebastian.
tContinued Next Week.)