Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-01-02

! lOOh III AUleTlCd0lZcu.
Ware wonderful ware wonderful
broke In the voice OF Andrea, the
Italian. He rested on his oars In some
excitement. "One-a day he coma da
Ceeshman's warf an talk-a da feesh-
man, an say, ! show-a to you da dol
lare deespeer. You gotta da dollare?
freshman pull-a da dollare out-a da
peck an banda man one-a meenit
You see? Passa da han dees-a way
and Andrea made sweep upward
with one hand-"an da dollare dees-
peer. Wait.a da dollare coma back;
no coma back. Da man he wait-a, too,
an look-a da aire, but dollare coma
no down-nevare. Ware wonderful, all
feeshmans teenk. Try-a da more dol
lare--all goa up, no coma down. Ware
wonderful. Feeshmans teenk he hava
da devil cen heem."
felt for my watch. Harvey looked
surprised.
And didn't he give the dollars
back?" he demanded.
How giva back. when he no gotta
heemself?" asked the boatman.
Harvey was about to reply, but
changed his mind and asked me what
time it was.
'Half-past four" I replied, return
ing the watch to my pocket.
And where are we, AnGrea?"
"Closa da whistling buoy. sare. Half
4 mile, l teenk."
l could see the tower of the buoy
looming in the dark haze ahead Of us.
1t seemed, as Andrea had said, about
half a mile away.
you want to get out of this" said
Harvey gazing around. We're right
in the line of the raft and the buoy.
where there hasn't been fish since
the swimming season opened"
At that moment l felt tap on the
side OF my coat. l turned question
ingly.
Well" said What is it?"
Andrea raised his brows with an
swering inquiry.
What was it you wanted?" 1 re-
peated.
81? l not;a want-a anyteeng."
81 thought you touched me-"
mo, sare, / no touch-a you"
shut up talking" said Harvey.
Lets get to work"
For the next half-hour we circled
slowly around the buoy and fished in
silence. Then Harvey wound his line
on the peg in the bow again and re-
filled his pipe.
Whats the time now?" he asked.
The next moment | could have
fallen out of the boat with consterna-
ton.
My watch was gone!
had worn it in small inside peck
ct of my coat, without any chain,
thinking it safer that way. had con-
suited it but half-hour before and,
replacing it carefully. had buttoned
my coat over it. Under the coat
wore a sweater, so there was no
chance that had mistakenly placed it
ia q waistcoat pocket.
The watch had simply been removed
in some miraculous way from the
pocket in which l was accustomed to
keeping it, and in which | remembered
with terrible distinctness having
placed 1t such a little while before.
And now miracle was to follow mir
acIe-or else we hadn't done with the
first one yet-for while l was stin
Trenziedly fumbling about my Clothes
became aware of Andrea leaning for
ward in strange excitement, with his
finger pointed seaward.
What the deuce is happening any
how" cried Harvey, getting to his
feet
was doubly dumb. Straight ahead
descry the outlines Of vessel some
two or three miles farther seward.
Our own boat was fully three miles
from shore; the whistling buoy we
could see quite distinctly on line
perhaps quarter of a mile to the
sog9til of us.
Andrea was hauling glass out of
! iDcker and fixing it to his eyes.
ware wonderful" he muttered un-
der his breath. Il noa see da boat-a
look lax heem before teenk SOL"
Well, | had. Here, in part of the
Pacific at least six weeks travel from
/ where / had last seen one, was a Fill
| pinO junk!
/ 1t was bearing with good speed
/ southwark, but coming in also. 1t
| seemcd in a fair way to pass quite
; close to the whistling buoy, at which
we also were heading. II we should
stop at the buoy the strange craft
would come within speaking distance
of us. unless she should change her
course. Trembling under a three
fold rystery-the hotel stranger, the
junk, the magical disappearance Of my
watch urged Andrea to give me the
glass and row with all his might for
the buoy. Harvey | silenced with a
shake Of the head.
In ten minutes we had run the boat
alongside the buoy and were resting
on the side hidden from the Filipino
vessel. BY poking the glass around
the corner could see the incongruous
visitor still coming on, now within q