New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
SUNDAY

landing -"
All right. all right, Eccles. you old spoil
SPORT he said, with a laugh in which the
doctor joined. Doctor, you hear, you've
got ten minutes to get ashore in, or We'll
take YOU to the Spanish Manor to Davy
Jones locker. Here's one more toast to the
cruise. Wish you We're going with u.s.
went on deck to have the launch manned.
The lightning was playing freely now, and
the rigging was singing overhead. Go with
the launch, Mr.. Brophy," | said. You'll
have to make a running berth coming back.
The anchors due to come up right away"
As | turned, the lightning flashed again in
the north. | caught Brophy by the arm.
" The men were too sharp for you" | said.
Il knew | heard boat There she goes
near the beach | pointed her out by the
lightning flash, d skiff, with two men at the
oars. III find out about this when We get
clear" sang out.
Fishermen most like, said Brophy.
They never touched us.
Here your passenger, | told him short
", as the doctor came on deck with Mr.. Lar
rabee. The visitor was half-seaS over; but
my owner showed a clean run. They shouted
their goodbyS against the rising wind. and
the launch put off, to return in few min
uteS, running under the Yachts counter as
we slid seaward. The davitS were barely
swung inboard before We got the hurricane
THANK God we had fifty square miles to
take it in, with the screw racing out of
water half the time. Down in the engine
room AIcKittrck preached little sermon
on the handling of engines in a hurricane,
with object lessons, while | kept ringing for
more headway. and little more. "Will
make headway out of steam Only?' he
shouted through the tube. Give the sea
my compliments and ask it please to push
on the propeller, will you? The shafts
Sayin' gOOdby to the thrust block
On my way to my watch below, stopped
and looked in at the saloon door My owner
and the inventor were there.
Mr.. Larrabee was walking up and down.
have no doubt MIR. Beldeu's deliberate
way made him restless and he raped out
an oath. Then he saw me and called me in.
Spanish Dicks cutting up rough" he
said. Il hadn't reckoned with this But
he'll show us before I'm through with hml
If he won't take his share OF the gold with
the rest of us, he'll be glad to save his wrin-
kled hide; for I'll fay him aIivel"
Mr.. Belden raised his voice then. the first
time had ever seen him excited. No more
violence, Mr.. Larrabee, l beg of you," he
said, for all the world like preacher heard
once. You know how abhor such scenes
as happened this afternoon. | will not be a
party to-"
TO the deuce with your scruplesl"
roared my owner, forgetting my presence.
" The old cutthrOat's the only man in the
world who knows where the treasure lies.
Would you balk at giving him a foretaste Of
hades, II he tried to cheat your paupers out
of their fortunes?"
| missed the drift of this last until the in
ventor said, Mr.. Larrabee, l wish nothing
better than to carry out my ideas of aiding
the poor; but | will not be party to vio-
lence. Our experiments with nv telescope
have proved that 1t Will locate the treasure
when"
'Yes-when, when" mocked Mr.. Lar
rabee, and that Was the only sign Of his
liquor. When the old fcnd shows us which
one Of million inlets she lies in. and not be
fore! You leave him to me-I'lI make him
talk IN the next three days!"
WAS turning away, when above the wind
heard hubbub on deck. Half a min
ute later a scared steward ducked by, shout
ing some tooIlshncss. | ran up. and found
BBrophy laying into the watchwith his tongue
Ont man III especial he named fora cowardly
SWAP; that was NWcnson, a Norwegian, a