The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-10
Continued From Last Sunday.)

certain they could handle it If thu
= chance was given them. Serenity men
mt least would be needed, and to house
and feed them was the problem. The
Boston Salvage company had lighters
: and barges for this purpose and they
4 had not. But there was the big shanty
3 at the Point, the one in which the pie
Z mic had been held. Thirty men had
lived and slept there before. BY build
ing new hunks and Singing hammocks
twice that number at least could find
room. The rest must occupy other
shanties or come up to Orham at night
The partners schemed and figured un
til nearly O'Clock in the morning.
One of them must go TO Boston that
day. The captain said Bradley ought
to go because Cook knew him, but the
Junior partner didn't agree.
You 60, Cap'n Ez,' he said, with
decision you're a better bargainer
than am, and it'll take a good talker
the face of the competition. Go, and
good luck be with you,''
SO the captain went on the first train.
He promised to telegraph as soon as a
decision was reached.
the next forenoon Bradley hung about
the station waiting. The noon train
arrived; no captain, and still no word.
He determined to wait until the even
ing train arrived, and then, if the cap
tain didn't come, to telegraph. But the
first man off the train was Captain Tit
comb.
Didn't get it; hey:" asked Bradley.
"Oh, got It! Yes, / got it! Now.
don't ask any more questions here.
Come on down to my ROOM"
He was silent all the way to the
Travellers Rest and, for man who
had just secured the greatest contract
of his business life, seemed strangely
downcast. When they reached the
room he locked the door and threw his
overcoat and hat on the sofa.
WELL" he said slowly, Il made Bos-
ton all right and stood for Cook &
Sons under full canvas. / hailed the
young squirt with the hay on his upper
lip and asked him If the old man was
in. What do you want TO see him
for?' says he. Son says 1. you trot
along like good little boy and tell
the old man that the Teller that's goin'
to git the Freedom off Orham shoal is
out here That kind OF fetched him
over with n Stat, and he went in and
told Cook. In minute out he comes
and pilots me into the shippers state
room.
II callate Cook was expectin' to see
another Teller. Are you from the Sal
wage company says he. No. says i.
takin "a chair; my names Titcomb. /
I'm from Orham. My partners a
young Teller name of Nickerson. He's
the one you picked out to lift the
Liberty's anchor that time Well, that |
way of putin it made him laugh, and |
he told me to go ahead and spin my
yarn, only be quick. l spun it. but 1
amt sartin that l was quick. I never
talked SO afore in my life. though I've
beat it once sence. When l hove an
Choir fin'lly he says. 'Cap'n. there's
nothin' the matter with your nerve, is
there? 1 told him no, 1 hadn't had
to take physic for it. Well, says he,
I'D like to give you the job, but you
amt big enough. This amt anchor
draggin''
Then I got after him again, told
him about the new schooner, drew q
diagram of the shoal and made it
plain jest how she'd got to be got off
IL twas done at all aud that we could
do 1T as well as anybody else in the
world and whole lot cheaper. At last
he told me to come in and see him
again late that afternoon.
II was round on time you bet, The
hay Zip chap told me the old man had
gone for the day. but that he'd left
big enough for the job Says 1 to
hay lip. Where's the old man live
He didn't know. bein' good liar I
asked him in an interested sort of way
IL he was dead sure where he lived
himself and went out to paw over the
directory. Inside of an hour / was
ou an electric car bound for Brook
line and Cooks home.s X
Pretty soon down comes Cook in
swallertail coat He looked mad. is
It your he says. Didn't you git my
messenger / told him I'd got it, but
that 'twouldn't be fair to him to let
hat end it, Pretty soon young Cook ..
come in. and he listened too
''Finlly the old man says, We'll, Tit
.omb. what's your figger? 1 told him
what you and me had agreed on. He
Ieemed surprised, l thought Then he I.
Ind his son went into the next room
md talked. When they come back he
ays, 'Titcomb. you've got the perse-
-erance of the devil or that partner of
ours Put you in good company. hey. :
srad? Your price. don't mind tellin'
-ou,' he goes on, is lower than any
me else has given. If you We're a big :
.er concern l guess Id give the job I
0 you Anyway, you come in and see !
ne tomorrcr.' |
well. this mornin' I was at his office y
vhen the doors opened. And there I ;
et until after = this afternoon. \ fell c
er from the Salvage company come in Z
While I was there. and so did one D
rom the South Boston tug people. a
hey went into Cooks room and come z
ut again. Finlly the old man sent L
or me. He and his son were there a
oGether. Titcomb.' says he. I'm B
DOL, and know il. but I'm goin' to let o
on try 10 git the Freedom clear s