The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13


was quite, of opinion that he hadn't run
..The blighted Dutchman." said Cap
tain Image contemptuousy.
Well, you see" said the head OF
O'Neill and Craven conldentialy, "a
chance like that suited me uncommonly
yerpool Office / had veckoned on increas-
Ing the output of all our factories, and
found D. ! was doing it even more than l
there was big price bid for palm oil
heavily"
ju-ju on you, stopped the roads and there
you are caught short, me lad-I beg
pardon. Miss Kate. I should have said''
of course It only worried me for the
really tight II you take the trouble to
think out way through to the other
side. In this case it's shown itself to be
delightfuily simple. I've bought out the
German
Captain Image grunted. "Then wish
you'd asked me for advice first. But per-
haps you haven't clinched tho deal, and
tip from an old Coaster like me. you have
nothing to do with It His old Dutch
faet Ehs, only or, Worth RIB, scrap RAJ price
that's stored there, If Il hasn't been looted
whilst he's been away pleasuring down
be dead The King Of okky's stopped all
the roads"
little geographical surprise. Have you
got map?"
CAPTAIN Image indicated the drawers
of course, which include the river mouths,
but should pile up the old packet in a
Week WEE, IT, i re relied on them I'm my own
that's why with Gods Providence and a
sound use of drugs I've managed to work
successfully on the coast all these years"
We'll. il you haven't got map of the
back country here in your stock. I carry
very accurate one in my head. and e
you'll give me a paper and pencil I'll
draw out something that will surprise
you
The girl leaned over the chart table and
began to draw. and Captain Image sat
back on his camp stool and nursed knee
the least believe In this Moklsi venture.
and had not the smallest intention of
breaking in upon his usual routine by
self a distinct eye for the beautiful and
the romantic, and he found his ideals in
these matters very considerably filled by
Miss Kate O'Neill, her dress, and her oc-
cupatons.
There" she said at last, and handed
him the sketch.
Captain Image looked at it, laughed.
and shook his head. He had all of n
sailors intolerance for the amateur map
drawer. Moreover, he had traded in part
IL he did not know the back country
personally, he heard 1t spoken Of in the
factories and in steamer smoke-rooms as
matter of intimate knowledge almost
well. Captain, don't just shake your
head and laugh Let me have your cri-
TIN not saying, of course, that it's
the way you've put the rivers IN would s
been on the Coast for. years. You've
quito the knack of drawing a map. Miss
Kate. though there's another creek here
ton Of whs. we call the Dog s-leg chan
mel you must have guessed at. because
never heard OF its being navigated, and
nobody kno ~ where ee i gfes Mok
Well, 1t may do, though YOU can take
1t from me there's no water for steam
boat that draws even eleven foot six. But
the thing you're mainly wrong In is this
part you've marked Us the Okky country.
You haven't carried it anywhere near far
teeth with the end of the pencil. You're
quoting from the Royal Geographical
Map" she suggested
mitted, and know It's just about as
inaccurate as magazine fiction in whole
lot OF places. But shouldn't set myself
up to buck against a Royal Geographical
map unless ] knew"
Neither should I. But you see maps
have always been n fad with me. and
since Mr.. Godfrey died, and had the
whole weight of o'Neill and Craven land
ed upon,my one pair Of shoulders whether
liked it or not, looked upon maps from
a very different point Of view. AZ every
business, need hardly point out to you
that during Mr.. Godfrey's latter, days
to run down pretty badly, and when I
took hold. the firm was-wel what shall
I say?'
"Dicky." suggested Captain Image kind
~. but l can quite understand all the
hard words you'd like to let out if
wasn't here.
The girl laughed We'll. we'll put IT.
Captain. that the firm was decidedly
dicky, and I've had a most interesting
time in pulling It onto its feet. Incl
dentally I've given up drawing maps from
an amateurs point of view, and have
been drawing them with an entire eye to
business in the future. You've no idea
how interesting it is to a business woman.
Captain, when some special Information
comes to her and she is able to go to her
map and fill in mile or so OF river that
she'd had to leave gap for, or sketch
in n newly-diScnyaral trade roiIte through