Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-13

IN the sun, sleeping three-fourths of the
time and spending his waking hours in
repeating the awful tale of his dis
graceful peonage.
To unload the machinery. particular
~ the heavier pieces, was by no means
a simple matter, owing to the furious
tides that set in and out of the Kalvik
river. The first mishap occurred dur
ing the trip on which the boilers were
towed in, and it looked TO Boyd less
like an accident than a carefully
planned move to cripple him at one
stroke. The other ships were busily
discharging and the roadstead was
alive with small craft of various kinds,
when the huge boilers were swung over
the side of The Bedford Castle and
blocked into position for the journey
to the shore. George and a half-dozen
OF his men went along with the load
while Emerson remained on the ship.
They were Just well under way when,
either by the merest chance or by ma
licious design, several of the rival
company's towboats moored to the
neighboring ships cast off. The anchor
age was crowded and a boiling six
mile tide made 1t difficult at best to
avoid collision.
Hearing a confused shouting to
shoreWard, Boyd ran TO the rail in Tina
to see one of the Company tugs at the
head Of a string of towboats bearing
down ahead of the current directly
upon his own slow-moving lighter. Al
ready it was so close at hand as to
make disaster seem inevitable. He
saw Bait wave his arms f~uriously and
heard him below profane warnings
while the fishermen scurried about ex-
citedly, but still the tug held to its
course. Boyd raised his voice in a
wild alarm, but had they heard him
there was nothing they could have
done. Then suddenly the affair altered
its complexion.
The oncoming tug was barely twice
its length from the scow when Boyd
saw Big George cease his violent antics
and level a revolver directly at the
wheel-house of the opposing craft.
Two puffs Of smoke issued from the
weapon, then out from the glass-en-
cased structure the steersman plunged,
scrambled down the deck and into the
shelter of the house. Instantly the
bow of the tug swung off. n she
came on sidewise, striking Balt's scow
a glancing blow, the sound of which
rose above the shouts, while It's force
threw the big fellow and his COM
panions to their knees and shattered
the glass in the pilot-house windows.
The boats behind fouled zach other,
then drifted down upon the scow, and
the tide, selling the whole f1otilla, be-
gan to spin 1t slowly. Rushing to the
ladder, Emerson leaped into another
launch which fortunately was at hand,
and the next instant, as the little craft
sped out from the side of The Bedford
Castle, he saw that a fight a in
progress on the lighter. 1t was over
quickly. and before he reached the
scene the current had drifted the tows
apart. George, 1t seemed. had boarded
the tug, dragged the captain off, and
beaten him half insensible before the
mans companions had come TO his
rescue.
lis the scow damaged?" Emerson
cried. as he came alongside.
She's leaking, but l guess we can
make it," George treasured him.
They directed the second launch TO
make fast, and. towed by both tugs,
they succeeded in Bleaching their cargo
a mile below the landing.
wen calk her at low tide" George
declared, well satisfied at this outcome
of the ~misadventure. Then he fell to
reviling the men who had caused 1t.
Don't waste your breath on them"
Boyd advised. Were lucky enough as
It is. II hat tug hadn't sheered off
she would nave cut Us down, sure."
THAT fellow done it a-purpose.'
George swore. "Seamen amt that
careless. He tried to tell me he was
ratified. but I ratified him"
"If that's the case they may try II
again" said the younger man.
"Huhi I'll pack a 'thirty-thirty' from
now on. and I bet they don't get within