The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-04-23

Hal hat" cackles Van, pufinE for
breath, and showing the pig out Of his
lap. This Is the best everl The Goat.
Ing garden of Eden! Or the arkl Say
Martin; I begin to ~sympathizc wits
Noah"
Noah sent out a dove, II l remem-
Der right" says Hartley. Wonder II
1t would work with a chicken?
Where's our Ararat, skipper?"
I was mad clean through. Here was
twice that I'd been made a fool OF OF
salt water. / want used to IL aad It
hurt.
1.-THE ark was afloat for 40 odd days;
you want to remember that" says l.
And this skiff won't float 40 minutes.
loaded the way she is, II she drifts out.
side that point"
Then she mustn't drift there" says
Van. cheerful. Il don't want to get
wet-not now, with James gone. This
is the only ~presentable suit I've got
left. II this is wrecked you'll have to
press it, SOL"
My, but l was hopping! Talking
about pressing clothes and us next
door to going to the bottom!
'Tll press nothing" says I. "And
I'll say right now, Mr.. Van Brunt, that
/ won't tend to them gardens. You
hear"
Van waved his hand. "Your salary
from now on" he says, will be-"
mo, it won't. My salary's big
enough. It's me that's short-short
about &c hours out of the "a. II
1 was two men I might do what's need
full, but as It's I can't. 1 like you both
first-rate-when o amt too crazy
but either you'll have to get me a
helper or I'll have to quit. That is,
II we get out of this mess alive, which
amt likely"
All the time l was preaching this
way l was Juggling at the 'midships
thwart. Finally l got 1t loose and
showed it over the stern. / was going
to try to scull with 1t.
The H~eavenlies was completely up
set. Not by the fear Of drowning
afraid Of anything-but my talk Of
quitting seemed to knock 'em silly.
by Jove! you know" says Van.
"This is serious, skipper. You can't
mean it,"
you bet / cant" I says, sculling like
all possessed with n arm and fight
ing pullets with the other.
You're not going" says Van. de-
cided. "You're-simply-not. II he,
Martini"
Il should say not" says t'other Twin
SOL, II you wan more money-or as
sistants-or anything, why, all right
But we want you. And we're going to
keep you"
That's settled then" a y Van
quick. What kind of help do yor
want-and how many?"
well" I says, cooling down a mite
of ourse I was pleased to find the.
liked me SO well. WELL" l says. II
you could get somebody to cook an,
help round the house may be +"
"A cook?" says Van. Good! w,
get a cook-two cooks-ten Of 'em. 1
you say so. And we get 'em quick"
Lets get ashore first" says I. "Tv'
got to make the point there or wei
get"
Our finish, hey?" he says, ending
the sentence for me. "All right; MAKE
the point" Then he got out a ciga,
and went to smoking.
But l want by no means sur WI
would make the point. Twas tn
BASTARD end Of Ozone island I wa
aiming for. The tide set in stronl
there and l could see that the skill
would pretty nigh hit the beach, II
had luck.
We zig-zagged along. Pretty 500
we got to where the waves was rur
! ming higher. They commenced to slo,
g into the boat.
She'll go under, sure's you're born,
says I. IF I car only keep her up til
, we get into shoal water"
e" seem to have acquired the cas-
$ away habit" says Van. "Once in tina
other boat of yours, Sol, and nov 1
I this one l must swear of. This
n getting m~onotonous."
e The swells run bigger as we neare
the point. The skiff was half full an
the stopping and the motion stirred u
g the menagene. Such ~squealing an
squawking and Tapping you neve
r heard nor saw. Them hens was a
yer us and the pig underneath.
d We riz on a wave and begun to cal
size.
l. Here we go!"I yelled. STAND by!
Over we went. The hens had th
best Of us in a way-they could a
d after a fashion. l wished / coul'
Lucky the water want more tina
waist deep.
/ plowed through the sand an
undertow and got to the beach. Har
ley come next, toting the pig by or
leg. The dear" wriggled loose an
headed for the pines, %hurrahing like
sawmill. The most of the hens hs
gone OF ahead.
" "Humph!" says somebody. "You'l