The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

another slug of the captains bum
rum"
Although Mulready consented to be
pacified. Kirkwood got the impression
that the man was far gone in drink.
A moment later he heard him growI
"Chinchinr' antiphonal to the captains
'Cheer-or"
Now. then" Calendar proposed. MIR.
Kirkwood aside-peace be with him!-
let's get down to cases.
"Wot's the row?" asked the captain.
The row, capn. is the Hallam fe-
male. who has unexpectedly shown up
in Antwerp we have reason to believe
with malicious intent and a private
detective to add to the gaiety of ma
tions.''
@wots the odds? She. carn't 'urt us
without lyin' up trouble for 'erseIf."
"D-n little consolation to us when
we're working it out in Dartmoor
Speak for yourself" grunted Null
ready surlily.
; Il do" returned Calendar easily;
we're both in the shadow of Dartmoor.
Mul. my boy; since you choose to take
the reference as personal. Sing Sing,
however, yawns for me alone; it's go
ing to keep on yawnfng, too. unless
miss my guess. love my native land
most to death, but
"ow, blow THAR interrupted the cap
tam ITTfldDlN. Let S ear about the
Alan Wot re you afryd Off
Fraid she'll set up a yell when she
finds out we're planting the loot, Cap'n
She's just that vindictive you'd think
she'd be satisfied with her end of the
stick. but you don't know the Hallam
That milk and water offspring of hers
is the apple of her eye, and Freddie's
going to collar the whole shooting
match or madam will kick over the
traces"
'Wel?"
Well, she's queered us here. We
can't do anything if my lady is going
to camp on our trail and tell everybody
were shady customers. can we? The
question before the board is: Where
now-and how?'
amsterdam, Mulready chimed in II
told you that in the Deginning"
But how?" argued Calendar. THE
Lord knows I'm willing, but -. we
can't go by rail, thanks to the HaIlam.
We've got to lose her first of ALL"
But wot I'm askin' is, wot's the mat
ter with
The Alethea, capn? Nothing. so far
as DICK and l are concerned. But my
dutlful daughter is prejudiced; she's
been so long without propec paternal
discipline" Calendar laughed, that
she's rather high spirited. OF course I
might overcome her objections, but the
girls no fool, and every ounce of pres
sure bring to bear just now only helps
make her more restless and suspicious"
You leave her to me-" MuIready in
terposed. with a brutal laugh I'll
guarantee to get her aboard or ="
Drop it. Dickp' Calendar advised
quietly. And go bit easy with that
bottle for five minutes, can't you?'
Well, then" Stryker resumed, ap-
parently concurring In Calendars atti-
tude wy don't one Of you tyke the
stun. go off quiet and dispose Of it to
proper fence, and come back to divide.
l don't see wy that
Naturally you wouldn't" chuckled
calendar. Few people besides the two
OF us understand the depth of affection
existing between Dick, here. and me.
We just. can't bear to get out of sight
OF each other. We're sure insepara BILE
since night before last. Odd, isn't it?''
ou drop itH' snarled Mulready, In
accents so ugly that the listener was
startled. ~Enough's enough and"
There. there, Dick! All right; I'll
behave Calendar soothed him. Wen
forget and say no more about it"
We'll, see you don't
But as either of you plan?" per-
sisted Stryker
L have" replied Mulready: "and it's
OnlV
make this long lost parent here see it,
''Wot is it?"
Mulready seemed to ignore Calendar
and address himself to the captain. He
articulated with some difficulty. slur-
ring his words to the point of indis-
tinctness at times
Simple enough" he propounded
solemnly. We've got the gladstone
bag here: Miss Dolly's at the hotel
thats her papa's bright notion: he
thinks she's to be trusted Now
then, what's the matter with weighing
anchor and slipping quietly out to sea %
Leavin' the dootifuI darter?"
"Certn'y. She's only a drag anyway.
Better off without her. Then
we can wait our time and get highest
market prices
You forget. Dick" Calendar put IT.
that there's a thousand in 1T for each
SIX weeks. n thousands five thousand
In the land 1 hail from; can use five
thousand in my business"
Why can't you be content with what
you've got! demanded Mulready
wrathfully.
Because I'm seventh son of sew
enth son; can see an inch or two be-
yond my nose. If Dorothy ever finds
her way back to England she'll spoil
one OF the finest fields of legitimate
graft | ever licked my lips to look at.
The trouble with you. Mul. is you're too
high toned. You want to play the swell
mobsman from post to finish. A quick
touch and a clean getaway for yours.
Now. that's all right; that has its good
points. but you don't want to underes-
innate the advantages of a good black
mailing connection. If / can
keep Dorothy quiet long enough, I look
to the Hallam and precious Freddie to
be great comfort to me in my old
age"
Then. for Gods sake" cried Null
ready, 'go to the hotel. get your brat
by the scruff of her pretty neck and
drag her aboard. Let's get out of this .
Il won't" returned Calendar infiex-
IDLY.
The dispute continued. but the lis
tener had heard enough. He had to
get away and think, could no longer
listen; indeed. the voices of the three
blackguards below came but indis-
tinctly to his ears. as IL from a dis
tance. He was sick at heart and ablaze
with indignation by turns Uncon-
sciously he was trembling violently
in every limb swept by alternate
waves of heat and cold. feverish one
minute. shivering the next. All of
which phenomena We're due solely to