Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08

spears from head hunters. There's
models of boats and lot of stuff.
You see, call this my main cabin
sort of grand salon. Over there
bunk with my crew, just one Jap, and
the galley's to the rear In them
rooms Sato gets my breakfast, steals
my loose change and lies most of the
time. Got another room over there
Seldom use that; got it fixed up nice
and civilized. Guess that's why ]
amt feeling comfortable if try it,
These details were of no interest to
Mrs. Brooks, who desired only to bring
the interview to an end as speedily as
possible.
II came right up-asked the elevator
boy. Perhaps l should have asked at
the Office" she said.
mot at ALL" he answered, in man
ner intended to be reassuring. II
have my own way in this place. /
got the money to pay for what want,
and there amt no one in this hotel
asking me any IT, and or but"
mo one knew me. didn't care that
they should hear my name"
cts nobody's business. What I'm
| entitled to. I'm entitled to, and SO long
as pay the money no one else can
interfere with the way run my ship"
| "Still, a woman-at this hour!'
"Makes no difference, although you
are the first lady to call on me. night
or day."
"You mean that no woman has ever
been in here before?'
81 said the first lady,"
Mrs. Brooks shuddered, and instinc
lively she glanced toward the door.
You have telephone here. haven't
you, captain?" she asked.
Fright over there by the door," he
said pointing to it. Want to use 1t ?"
mot now. thank YOU
She cleared her choking throat and
started right in to the business that
had brought her.
Captain Williams. since you left us
tonight Joe-Mr. Brooks-has told me
about his difficulty"
so Smith said"
That's what came to talk about"
well. that little matter can rest" he
said affably. you've called. and It's
| the first chance I've had to speak t.
you alone"
~ want to know if there is any way
some arrangement
mo use in looking SO glun over &
little stolen money. I want to show
you my quarters"
II didn't come to see your quarters
captain. came to-
Il don't care what you came for
Mrs. Brooks he declared. with mas
todonian playfulness. Il make it /,
rule that everybody who drops ii
here. man or woman, has got to lister
to me spinning yarns. Now
Emma was becoming more and NOR,
nervous.
II know you will think me rude. bu
can't delay" she insisted. "Joe is ii
great trouble. and some other time II
hear the yarns"
He rose with mock dignity.
You're on my ship, Mrs. Brooks.
Please remember every captain is mas.
ter of his ship, and if you don't listen
and like it--mind you. l say like it'll
clap you in double irons for mutiny."
Captain Williams" she pleaded, 81
am sure that you would not dis.
please
This little fore and after, Mrs
Brooks" he broke in, picking up the
model Of the ship on the mantel, lis Q
model of the Sally Moran, my frs
command out of Frisco. That's bel
wheel up there over the door. She
laid the cornerstone of my fortune, but
she taught me how to fight and have
nerve. Took her up into the north Pa
cific sealing and then down on the Jap
anese coast Had crew who wouldn'
adorn any high back rover Captain
Kidd ever could wish for. If there
was any good in that schooner Coo
must "a saw it first and hit it,
To humor him she had advanced tt
the mantel.
"And is that where you got you
awful reputation?' she inquired.
The bushy eyebrows came down I'm
til the lids We're hidden, and his eyes
shining like live Goals. were alone yisi
BILE as he directed his gaze upon her.
"Just how bad is that awful reputa
! ton, Mrs. Brooks?"
'They say" she returned, meetin
J. his gaze steadily, that you have n
= heart. no pity. in you; that you'd kill
man in those days with as little fee
. ing as would kill mosquito"
"Well, guess the reason you'd kill
9 mosquito isn't because it's just mos
Q quito and that you'd like to kill it, bu
u because you're afraid it will bite yor
Amt it?'
YES"
/ 81 had men, Mrs. Brooks, who,
you let 'em go too far, they'd bite, an
if you let 'em bite too deep they'd xii
g Them were the early days of sealer
! 1t was a hard life, and 1t made har