The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30


over TO sec what you people are like.
Any harm done2"
Not bit. not a hit-yet." chuckled
Sats" .ae S'' man. ana WHAT your business
"Sailng-mosty"
"Ho. no. ho' OF course; 1 might have
known It! sailing-mostly. Why. GER
a pistol on one side OF you and q knife
on the other, Nat?''
"Troublous times. Dad. Some Of the
very scrupulous. They took cargo of
canned stuffs from me year back"
And what use do you make OF the
our-pounder that's wrapped up in tar
In the world are you going to do with
five barrels oil Sunpowder?"
How in blazes-' began Captain
80, TO be sure. to be sure-they're for
the flsherfolk," interrupted Obadiah
Price. BLOW 'em up. ch. Nat7 And
you seem TO be young man OF educa-
ton. Nat How did you happen to make
twelve men aboard your sloop instead OF
eight, Nat? Aren't there twelve instead
OF eight Eh. Nat?''
The deyel take you!'' cried Captain
Plum. leaping suddenly to his feet, his
twelve men and I've got a gun in tar
paulin and I've got five barrels OF gun
powder, But how In the name Of King
dom Come did you find It out?''
Obadiah Price came around the end Of
the table and stood so close TO Captain
Plum that a person ten feet away could
not have heard him when he spoke.
II know more than that. Nat" he
whispered Listen. A little while ago
say, two weeks back-you were becalmed
off the head of Beaver island. and one
dark night you were boarded by two
boat-loads of men who made you and
your crew prisoners, robbed you of ev-
erything you had and the next day you
went back to Chicago. Eh?"
Nathaniel stood speechless,
And you made up your mind the
pirates were Mormons. enlisted some OF
your, friends. armed your ship--and you
are back here 10 make us settle. Isn't
II so. Nat?
The little old man was rubbing his
hands eagerly, excitedly.
You tried to get the revenue cutter
they wouldn't-ho, ho, they wouldn't!
One OF our friends in Chicago sent quick
word ahead OF you 10 tell me all about
It. and-S,rans, the king, doesn't know!"
He spoke the last words in intense
Then. suddenly, he held out his hand.
Young man, will you shake hands with
me? VIII you shake hands?-and then
we will go to St James"
Captain Plum thrust out a. hand and
the old man gripped it The thin An
gers frightened like cold clamps o! steel.
For moment the face Of Obadiah Price
d
ness and glitter went out OF his eyes
and In place there came a questioning
and almost an appealing look, His tense
mouth relaxed II was as ii he was on
the point OF surrcndering to some emo
tion which he was struggling TO stife.
And Nathaniel. meeting those eyes, felt
that somewhere within him had been
struck IL strange chord of sympathy.
something that made this little old man
more than a balf-mad stranger to him.
and involuniarily the grip OF his fingers
frightened around those Of his compap
lon.
Nov. we will go to st. James, Cap
He attempted to withdraw his hnnd,
but Captain Plum held to It.
Not YETI he exclaimed; There arc
two or three things which your friend
didn't tell you, Obadiah Price"
Nathaniel's eyes glittered dangerously.
when ] left ship this morning ] gave
explicit orders 10 Casey, my mate"
lie sazed steadily into the old mans
Il said something like this: Casey.
I'm going TO sec Strang before l como
back, II he's willing TO settle for five
isn't-whv: we'll stand out there mile
below and blow st. James into hell, And
If ] don't come back by tomorrow at sun
down. Casey, you take command and
diah Price. il there's treachory-"
Tho old man cutched at his hands
with insane 6crcencss.
"There will be no trcachery, Nat
swear to God there will be no treachery'
Come. we will 60"
Still Captain Plum hcstatcd.
low?'
"a member OF our holy Council OF
Twelve. Nat. and lord high treasurer OF
His Majesty, King Strang"
Before Captain Plum could recover
from the surprise Of this whispered an
4 Frrn
himself and was pattering swiftly
through the darkness OF the next room
The master OF the Typhoon followed close
behind him. Outside the councillor hcsi-
route TO take. and then with a prodiglou:
wink at Captain Plum and a throat tfu
OF his nimitable chuckles, chose thu
path down which his startled visitor o
a short time before had fed. For fifteer
minutes this path led between thicl
black walls of forest verdure. OBADIAH
Price kept always a few PAGES ahead o
his companion and spoke not a word
At the end OF perhaps half a mile tn,
| path entered into q. large clearing. or
the farther side OF which Nathanie
caught the g'immer OF n light. The!
| passed close 10 this light. which camt
| built NJ logs. and Captain Plum becsm,
suddenly conscious that the air wa:
| filled with the redolent perfume OF lilac
| With half A dozen quick strides he over
| took the councillor and caught him b.
the arm.
81 smell lilacr he exclaimed.
| Certainly, so do j." replied Obadial
Price I'VE have very fine lilacs on tn
| island
"And 7 smelled lilac back there" con
tinued Nathaniel. still holding to the OLE
mans arm, and pointing a thumb owe
his shoulder II smeled 'em back there
| when"
"Ho, no, hor' chuckled the councilo
| softly. II don't doubt 1t. Nat. l don
doubt It. She is very fond of lllacs
She wears the flowers very often"
lie pulled himself away and Captain
Plum could hear his queer Chuckling 70
some time after. Soon they entered tn
| gloom OF the woods again and littl
later came out into another clearing. AM
| Nathaniel knew that It was ST. Jane
that lay at his feet, The lights Of fey
fishing boats were twinkling In the har
Dor. but for the most part the town wa
dark. Here and there window shon
like a spot OF phosphorescent yellow !
the dismal gloom and the great beaco
still burned steadily over the home Of tn
prophet
"Ah, II Is not time" whispered Oba
diah. cit is still too early" He dre'
his companion out OF the path which the