Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-30

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'sHa. hal" cackles Van, putting for
breath, and showing the pig out of his
lap. This is the best everi The float
Martin; I begin to sympathize with
Noah"
Noah sent out dove, if I remem-
Der right" says Hartley. Wonder if
it would work with a chicken
Where's our Ararat, SKIPPER
I was mad clean through Here was
twice that I'd been made fool of on
salt water. I want used to it and it
hurt
1.-THE ark was af1oat for 40 odd days;
you want to remember that" says L
'And this skiff won't float 40 minutes,
loaded the way she is, if 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. If this is wrecked you'll have to
press it, SOL
My, but 1 was hoppingi Talking
about pressing clothes and us next
door to going to the bottomi
I'll press nothing" says I. "And
I'll say right now, Mr.. Van Brunt, that
1 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-shorl
about % hours out of the "a Il
1 was two men might do what's need
f1r1 hr1f &c fic I,<,fI
first-rate-when you amt too crazy
but either you'll have to get me (
helper or I'll have to quit. That is
If we get out of this mess alive, which
amt likely
All the time L was preaching this
way 1 was Juggling at the 'midships
thwart. Finally 1 got it loose ant
showed it over the stern. 1 was goins
to try to scull with it.
The Heavenlies was completely up
set. Not by the fear of drowning
drat 'em. 1 don't callate they wa
afraid of anything-but my talk O
quitting seemed to knock 'em silly.
by Jove. you know" says Van
This is serious, skipper. You can
mean it,
You bet 1 cant" 1 says, sculling like
all possessed with one arm and fight
ing pullets with the other.
You're not going" says Van. de
cided. "You're-simply-n Is he
MARTINI
Il should say not" says t'other Twin
SOL, if you want more money-or as
sistants-or anything, why, all right
But we want you. And we're going tt
keep you"
That's settled then" says Van
quick. What kind of help do yoi
want-and how many?"
Well 1 says, cooling down a mite
of course 1 was pleased to find they
liked me SO well. We'll" 1 says, 'i1
you could get somebody to cook ano
help round the house may be L"
"a cook?" says Van. Good! We
get a cook-two cooks-ten of 'em. il
you say SO. And we get 'em quick"
Lets get ashore first" says 1. I've
got to make the point there c. well
get"
"Our finish, hey?'' he says, ending
the sentence for me. All right; make
the point" Then he got out a cigar
and went to smoking.
But I want by no means sure we
would make the point. Twas the
BASTARD end of Ozone island 1 was
aiming for. The tide set in strong
there and 1 could see that the skif
would pretty nigh hit the beach, If ]
had luck.
We zig-zagged along. Pretty soon
we got to where the waves was run
ming higher. They commenced to slor
into the boat.
She'll go under, sure's you're born,
says l. eff 1 can only keep her up till
we get into shoal water"
Il seem to have acquired the cast
away habit" says Van. "Once in thai
other boat of yours, Sol, and now in
this one. / must swear off. This is
getting monotonous."
The swells run bigger as we neared
the point. The skiff was half full and
the stopping and the motion stirred VI
the menagerie. Such squealing and
squawking and Tapping you never
heard nor saw Them hens was all
over us and the pig underneath
We riz on a wave and begun to cap
size.
Here we go!" yelled. Stand byi'
Over we went The hens had the
best of US in a way-they could fly
after a fashion. I wished / could
Lucky the water want more than
waist deep
plowed through the sand and
undertow and got to the beach. Hart
ley come next, toting the pig by one
leg. The dear wriggled loose and
headed for the pines, hurrahing like Z
sawmill- The most of the hens had
gone on ahead
--Humphi" says somebody. you're