The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-16
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MYSTERY
By Stewart Edward White
And Samuel Hopkins Adams
Copyright. 1907, by Mcclure, Phillips q Co.
Copyright, 1907, by Mcclure, Phillips q Go


devious diplomacy led us.
"Stlll, in one way. an officers an
officer, and seanau's n seaman.
thinks you. and discipline must be
held up among mates ashore or afioat,
thinks you. Qulte proper, sir And /
can see you think that the arms is
for the afterguard except in case of
trouble. Quite proper You can do
the shooting. and you cln Keep the
always by you. Just for
discipline. sir"
The mans boldncss In SO fully arm
ing me wns astonishing, and his care
lcssncss in allowing me ahoard with
Captain Selover astonshed me stih
more. Nevertheless | promised TO 60
FOR the desired cartridges, fully re-
rolyed TO make an appeal.
\ further confederation Of the ele.
ever. OF the fellows shrevtness. II
was no more dangerous 10 allow me Q
ihc-undcr direct surveillance yhe
purposes OF hunting than TO leave me
ny sawed Off revolver. which | still
retained The ars-Im ents he had uscl
against my shooting Perdosa were
luile as co cent now. As to the sec
nd point. |. finding the sun unex-
bectc 'ly strong. re- irned from the
Owe for my hat and so o,erheard the
follnving between ThraCklcs and his
icader:
whats 10 keep him from staying
aboarl;" cried Thrackles, protesting.
"Wcl, he might" acknowledged
Handy Solomon. "and then are we the
worse of? You amt going TO make
a boat attack against Old Scrubs. are
~ou?"
Thrackles hcsitated.
"Iou can kiss the book on II YOU
amt" went Oh Handy Solomon easily.
"NOr me nor Pull nor the greascr nor
the niger nor none Of us all togethcc.
We've had our dose of that. Well, II
he goes aboard and stays where are
we the worse of? asks you that.
Bur lie won't. This is waits goin' to-
happen. Says he to Old Scrubs. Sir.
tilt llGD ut'uN .Vh W HAFAi III AhtAi
heads Bash em in Yourself says
be; that's wat you're for And IL he
shoull come ashore wat could he doi
asks you that we amt disobeyed
no orders dooly delivered. We're ready
TO pull hailiards at the word. No. let
him go aboard. and IL be peaches to
the old maj. why. all the better, for
1t just gets the old man down on him.
How about Old Scrubs
Don't you believe none in luck?"
asked Handy Solomon.
AYE"
"Well. so do |. with wat that law
crimp used to call joodicious assist
ance."
rowed out 10 the Laughing Lass
very thoughtful and little shaken by
the plausible argument. Captain Sci
over was lying dead drunk across the
cabin table. did my best to waken
him. but failed. took II score of car
more-and departed sadly.
Nothing could be gained 10y staying
aboard. Every chance might be lost.
Besides, an opening to escape In the
direction of the laboratory might Of
fer. as well as they believed in luck
iudiciously assisted.
In the ensuing days learned much
of the habits of seals. We sneakeC
along the cliff tops until over the rock
cries; then lay fiat on our stomachs
and peered cautiously down on our
quarry. The seals had become very
wary. A slight jar. the fall of a peb-
BILE, sometimes even sounds unnoticed
by ourselves, were enough TO SEND
them into the water There they lined
up Just outside the surf, their sleek
heads glossy with the wet. their calm,
soft eyes fixed unblinkingly on MS.
1t was useless to shoot them in the
water. They sank at once.
When, however, we succeeded in
gaining an advantageous position 1t
was necessary TO shoot with extreme
accuracy. A bullet directly through
the back OF the head would kill clean
ly. A hit anywhere else was practical
~ useless, for even in death the ami
mails seemed to retain enough blind,
instructive vitality to flop them into the
water. There they were lost.
Each rookery consisted OF one tire
mendous bull who officiated apparent
ly as the standing army. number OF
smaller bulls, his direct descendants;
the cows and pups. The big bull hello
his position by force Of arms. Occa-
sionally other unattached bulls, would
come swimming by. On arriving op-
poslte the rookery the. stranger would
utter peculiar challenge. 1t was
never refused by the resident cham
plon, who promptly slid into the sea
and engaged battle. If he conquered.
the stranger went on his way. IT..
however. the stranger won. the big
bull immediately struck out 10 sea,
abandoning his rookery. while the
newcomer swain in and attempted to
make his title good with all the young
or bulls. ! have seen some fierce COM
bats out there In the blue water. They
yashed each other deep.
You can see by. this how our hunt
ing was never Mt an end. On Tuesday
we would kill the boss bull Of GER
tain establishment. BY Thursday at
10 taef anathat Nvn,,lI ha inetolla1