The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-04

but you We got people VINO care 10
you"
Cambel gave the ghost. of a smile ant
then laughed. NO. he said. Il can
even boast OF that. Acquaintance ar
mine in thousands, but friends-well
all friendship has it's breaking strain
I'm a bit like that comfortable con.
temptible person, the miller of the Dee
l believe l did care for somebody once
and she made me think sh,
cared for me. Probably she lied, be.
cause under persuasion she Wen
off with another man. Bah, though
what does 1t matter? Kettle, were
talking rank sentiment, and that's ar
Improbable employment for men en-
gagged on a 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 it in the cabin
next my room and half of it acress the
alleyWay next the mates"
Why divide it?"
Because the weight Is big, and it
would give your steamer a heavy list
to s~tarboard."
oh. as to that. never mind. We can
easily bring her up again with a trim
ming tank. And l shouldn't feel COM
Portable If 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
n ta-apar with the door. It's big
enough to smudge the honesty of an
lrrhDiShOn tf no was nnlVH ag rninp cd a
month. Now the room next yours has
iron walls and opens only in the inner
cabin. There's q good lock on it al
ready. and If I make the carpenter
bend on four more you'll have a strong
room the Bank of England might boast
about
That sounds sensible" commented
the nvoy from the bank.
Very WE'LL" said Cambel, II believe
1t Is the best plan. Now. If you please,
We'll have the weighing machine in the
main cabin, and il you sir, will in
struct your men to bring in the boxes
n by n III 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
job we have upon us, and the more
counter checkings and precautions we
can put into it the better for our sew
eral repGtatiolls.'
1t was a responsible job. Not every
day is specie to the tune of 500,0 900
British sovereigns shipped from a 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.
AS staring dumbly is dry work. self
appointed orators among the crowd
naturally distribute gratis their own
private opinions upon the situation,
n ~ w. ~. N,.l to- ~ ~ I
Quence, these attracted larger or small
er audiences. No one took them very
seriously, and they, for the most part.
treated the subject in a ~jocular vein.
1t vas not till Captain Kettle and the
Mersey pilot had zone into the upper
bridge and the mate on the oredeck
had cast off the first bow fast that
a self appointed prophet arose who
spoke Of the gold shipment in another
key.
He was a wild. unkempt, knockkneed
man, who first attracted attention by
tying a crimson handkerchief to an
umbrella and brandishing it above his
head. Being on the face Of him a crea-
ture who never If he could avoid it put
his hand to honest labor, he naturally
addressed the crowd as fellow work
erp.' These things awoke a slight hui
morous interest n 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 n ruthless and by
some fair enough, he pointed Ii to his
hearers that the mission of the Port
Ede5 was another knife thrust Of CAPT.
tai into the ! b Of labor. The state
ment met with a very mixed reception,
hut the anarchist silenced both the
nnYQ s a nd n nr1o, q r,yStII - AA--l
wave Of his hand and followed along
he curb OF the wharf the steamer
which was commencing to float toward
The dock gates. He spoke to those on
hoard her now rather than to his more
immediate following. and unclean faces
warks.
To n man OF you who values life"
he cried, y offer a solemn warning.
That ship is doomed. She viii sink in
nidocean. blown apart by our petards,
Ind her III gotten cargo will be hurled
eut Of capitals ZACH forever. Those
who are misguided enough to be her
f.ardinns will be blasted into space.
Listen, you men OF her crew. jump on
The pier head yonder as she passes into
the basin n take the consequences.
The brutal laws OF his country will
son dragging out a martyrs sentence
than death as an enemy to the workers.
cause"
Az this point the strong right hand
of the law descended onto the Speakers
elbow, and then, because he attempted
90 resist, the willing right knee Of the
aw jerked up suddenly into the small
y thai anarchists back, after which
ne was hauled ignominiously to d DO
uce station, and the place OF his speak,
Ing knew him no more.
But h fellows threats had moi hean
without their result. Every hand On I
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 inattentfve.
and from the bridge Captain Kettles
voice and whistle kept ringing i with
biting c~learnesa. AS 1t a only one
maj attempted to put the warning fntoI
practical effect. He was g missra Ria
half clad wretch. coal trimmer III
rating, already ~repentant OF The smell ~
for.
Passing through the lock gates intoI
we basin. the steamers port Quarter
swung gently toward the wall. AZ SAIL
orst ffsreadiness dropped from above ana
ran art swith3athe lanyard Of q cork 8
der b trimmer jumped Of thu@bni-
Matskas y one might have fhnaYrhf