Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27


him." The reporter laughed n:earing.
ly.
Drunk, do you ncan?''
"Oh, not exactly drunk. but uretty
wet. He knew what he WAS saying.
however. Can't you give mo soine.
thing ,uotc:"
Nothing" Boyd hurried to his hotel.
prey to mingled anger ard contrition
So Fraser had told ;hc truth, after all.
and with a kind of Sullen loyalty bad
rhoscn Ia rcrlnin under a cloud himself
rather than inform on n friend 1t was
ruiic in Keeping with the fellows pc.
ruiar temperament As it happened,
Boyd found the two mon together and
lost no time in ac0uninIug them with
his discovery.
awe come 20 apologize 70 yon." he
said 10 Fraser who griunod broadly
and wns seized with a sudden nhash.
men. which Stlled his tongue. Emor.
son turned to Clyde. why did You
permit me to de- this inius;icr?"
III didn't mean to civ" gu, any
sccrots--l don't remember doing it,"
Alton aroIogi7od lamriy. Won know
cent drink muon don't remember
It thing abou, 1t. honestly" Boyd re.
rartlcd him colby. hut the young
mans pcnitencc seemed so genuine, he
looked 80 weak. 50 pitifuliy incomre-
tent. that the other lacked heart 70
chnStise him. II requires resistance to
develop heat. and AGAINST the absence
of character it IL irlpossible to create
any sort of emotion.
when you got drunk thar night you
not only worked n great hardship on
all Of us. but afterward YOU allowed
me to misiuGGe n very faithful man"
declared Boyd IF you can't keep Il
close mouth and do as you are told
You'd better go back to Chicago
Don't climb any higher aImon-
ishcd "FinCcrless" Fraser. "Yics all
tluned up now. I'll lay you to | he
don't make another break Of the kind
NO: was so com-cussed- plctely
picked that | forgot even spoke
about the salmon canning business. ri
break my corkscrew and seal my flask.
and from this moment until we come
out next fall the demon rum and | are
divorced Is that good news?'
"Everything is n joke to you. isn't
to- said Boyd. IF this trip doesn t
make II man OF you. you'll never grow
up"
AS If billiards conversion had mark
I'd the turning point of their luck, the
partners now entered upon n period of
almost uninterrupted success Boyd
signed his charter. securing a tramp
steamer then discharging ut Tacoma
Bait closed his contracts Cor Chinese
labor. and the scattered carlonds of
material which had been lost on route
n mysteriously laid out on sidnGs be.
gan to come in as If of their own ac-
,ord.
A brigade of orientalS and n NINA.
ture army of fishermen had appeared
as if by magic and We're quartered In
the lower part of the city awaiting
shipment At the dock one throbhinC
April evening the bedford Castle
bcrthed. ready to receive her cargo
and the two men made thei' way to
ward their hotel weary. but glowing
with the grateful sense OF an arduou.
duty we'll performed The followine
morning WOOL find the wharf swarm:
ing with stevedores and echoing to the
rattle Of trucks, the clank of boists
and the shrill whistles of the signal
men.
Looks like they couldn't stop us
now" said Bait.
ut does" agreed Emerson. 1--WE
ought to clear in four days-that'll be
the 18th"
1T smells like an early spring. too,
The fisherman observed. shifting the air
"If it is we'll be IN Kalvik the frs
week in May"
I'm off to tell Cherry" said Boyd.
His course took him past IIilliard'.
bank. and when abreast of it he nearly
collided with n man who cane hurry
ing forth. In the we'll groor-d. fer,
haired, plump figured man Emerson
recognized The manager o: the Nortl
American Packers association
Good evening. Mr.. Marsh"
Marsh whirlcd about. FIJI? Alb
Why, ye, it's Emerson"
Marsh Informed Boyd of the ange
Of Mildred's father at his canning en-
scrprise and also that Mildred an
Mr.. Wayland were to visit Kalvik O
yachting tour. Emerson was great
~ amazed az this informaton also h
realized that Marsh had arrived o.
the spot because billiard had granite
his opponents their needed loan. Tb
men separated
The next morning Bait rushed in o
Emerson with news that the laborer
loading the Bedford Castle had gon
on n strike because the captain, Pea.
ley, rightly refused a demand Of 50 O0
by tie union.
ITS Marsh again" said Big George
YES" Emerson answered; Its
holdup pure and simple." A look {
intense anxiety came into his eyes.
When Boyd returned some two hour
later he found the dock deserted say
for Big George. who prOwled watchfu
~ about the freight piles.
well, did you tx it up?" the Gshe
man inquired.
NO" exclaimed Boyd ITS ran
'ramc-up. ard | refused to be bled."
GOOD for you"
"Thcrc are some things fellow
manhood won't stand for III carr
hat freight aboard with my ow
bands before I'll be robbed by lab
nnion at the bidding Of Willis Marsh