The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-02-03

asking me any if and CT but "
mo one knew me. didn't care that
they should hear my name"
''It's nobody's business. What I'm
entitled to, I'm entitled to, ard so long
as l pay the money no one else can
interfere with the way run my ship
''Still. woman-at this hour
"dakes no difference, although you
are the first lady to call on me, night
or day"
"You mean that 10 woman has ever
been in here before?'
81 said the first lady,"
Mrs. Brooks shuddered, and instinc I
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 itT'
"NOt now. thank YOU"
She cleared her choking throat ard
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"
| $50 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 to
you alone"
81 want to know if there is any way
some arrangement
mo use in looking so glum over
little stolen money l want to show
you my quarters"
81 didn't come to see your quarters,
captain. l came to-
: II don't care what you came for,
Mrs. Brooks he declared. with mas
todonian playfulness. II make it
rule that everybody who drops In
: here, man or woman, has got to listen
to me spinning yarns. Now
Emma was becoming more and more
nervous.
y II know you will think me rude, but
j.. I can't delay" she insisted. "Joe Is IN
y great trouble, and some other time I'll
Il hear the yarns"
i 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 thu
=, model of the ship on the mantel, lis +;
=, model Of the Sally Moran, my frs
command out of Frisco. That's he
wheel up there over the door. Sh
. laid the cornerstone Of my fortune, bu
she taught me how to fight and hav'
nerve Took her up into the north Ia
H. cifc sealing and then down on the jar
a., anese coast. Had crew who wouldn'
adorn any high back rover Capital
-, Kidd ever could wish for. IL thei
was any good in that schooner Go
,c1 must "a saw it first and hit it,
IA TO humor him she had advanced t
lei the mantel. .... CO., .. .-
"And is that where you got yol
awful reputation?' she inquired.
The bushy eyebrows came down u
til the lids were hidden, and his eye
shining like live Goals, were alone Wis
BILE as he directed his gaze upon her.
Just how bad is that awful reput
tion,' Mrs Brooks?"
"They say she returned, meetil
his gaze steadily, chat you have !
heart, no pity, in you; that you'd kill
man in those days with as little fee
ing as would kill mosquito"
well, l guess the reason you'd Kill
g INC n
quito and that you'd like to kill 1t, b
because you're afraid it will bite 20
Amt it?''
Eyes"
81 had men, Mrs Brooks, who,
you let 'em go too far, they'd bite, n
if you let 'em bite too deep they'd X
Them were the early days of scale
1t was a hard life, and it made la
men. amt any better, but ! guess
amt no worse, than lots OF otht
would lie fixed just as l was ut IL
time"
"I'm glad to hear you say that, CT
tain" she declared, seizing the opp
tunity. 1T opens the way for
business came on
"BusinessY
Eyes, business"
but It's after business hours, NJ
- Brooks, and amt half spun my ya
hall NOW, over mere ! wan. " e""" w
couple Of spears l got from lot
,,o,, head hunters, down. !,Ltbc. Malay art
-. pelago. You may not know where
'ec Is, but I've always had an idea
where God battened down the d.
'e' after that first big row they had
~, read about ire the Bible. was &c
ashore, seeing what was doing. w
this crew Of niggers come down on
like q squall. We had an awful &
getting back to the boats. tell
We were some cut up, and all l