Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-06-10

hall an eye on. the 14.O00-ton. battle
ship ahead Of US, kept one and : half
glued on the fore-and -aft bridge. III
Suddenly, 70 my amusement, I saw
the old man coming. Ny dive down
the port ladder equaled Chilo's, while
the way he showed the pipe In Its
drawer and nipped up the starboards
has never been beaten. II Fl sIss f4s
BY that time the enemy was on us.
lsaluted gravely and fervently prayed
he might 80 on up to. the bridge. Not
9 bit Of it! He put, his gray head
into the charthouse and then started
back. i, 4. ...3 Il .'.EE v e Il. 81,
Some one, has been smoking in
this charthouse!" n Ri 5.5s .s9.a..
l said nothing. and kept on say
ing it II W., sss H 4aF
THE charthouse is full OF smoke.
air.n This time he addressed me &di.
rectly. 4ys sEx s..t5. s.lss Ell 4, :3.t
iI7again said nothing. sssd si1s sfs
sl"Wh6 IL the officer OF the watch,
sir :" !. ". Ill ii
beMy lips moved, but words failed I'd
comea - uIFHs, e. SE$ " t3s7 HtS8H
"Omcer ofsthe watch! Z" he shouted.
fiThat was fatal The sudd enness 81
Chilo's appearance almost !, aabber!
gasted nme, while the way he clicked
his heels, saluted;, dropped Ills tele.
scope = and then calmly ignored the
captains frantic effort to save what
was already safe were combined
masterpiece. n 2@H,;;ll r s1'.-% ataHs o&3s$
Had the gods been with us the old
boys nerves would have been is shat
tered that he would have forgotten
what he had intended to say and gone
below to steady them. But now he
waited q few seconds 70 recover
breath and then opened the ball with
q vengeance. 4 a. ~ =. >1z@ y.I3s -.
Some one has been smoking In
that charthouse, sir" and he eyed
Chic as sternly as he was able.
Chilo's establishment knew NO
bounds. Really, sir!"
"That charthouse 10 full of smoke
SIR" The captain was working him.
self up.
Chilo looked In and shifted loudly
its atmosphere you could barely have
cut with 4 razor; SO, removing his
cap, he went through the motions of
thinking profoundly.
Then the captain entered the chart.
house and, opening a drawer, placed
the sacred pipe marked &c" in his
mouth. I thought he would have apo.
plexy. Between the clouds of smoke
which curled from his mouth he at
length sputtered: my -my-my
pipes alight, sir" il,
The face of Holmes - Sherlock
Holmes-at the bottom of a world
paralyzing mystery was nothing to
Chilo's. "Ah!" ct was an "ah" of
vast relief.) "Ah! Now I see, SIR"
said he. " =,
You see, sir? What do you see?"
demanded the captain. ~-.. ...
1T confirms, sir, what I have often
told the navigator" The quiet convic-
tton In Chflo's voice would have con-
verted Turk. THAT that tobacco
yOA oAA>A AAo OSo 40 oAAUAy VuOCH-lull vi
saltpetre, str: once you light 1t 1t will
simply never go out"
The captain first CAPPED. then gasped
and at last groaned. but -E-that is
to say. we might have burned the
ship down."
You might indeed. SIR" acquteeced
the solemn Chilo.
Extraordinary = most extraordi.
nary! Ask Observation-Disclosures to
kindly speak to me" Poor old can.
tain! He felt he needed support.
l rushed to obey.
Cursing softly, the navigator got up
from dinner and followed me on deck.
Navigator" almost shouted the
quaking old skipper, my pipe l left
in. that drawer has kept alight for
for-nearly four hours, and Mr.
Chilo-tells me it's because the to.
bacco we use is simply full of salt.
petre. Why, we might have burned
the ship down."
The navigator said nothing. What
could he say? But he slowly raised
his fist behind the captains back and,
shaking it in Chilo's grinning face, his
lips formed the unspoken words:
"Chilo-you-brute!" But how he
paid Chic back is another warn.