Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-18
Silver HoRDE
BY REX BEACH.

Copyright, 1909, BY Harper & Brothers

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when you got drunk that night you
not only worked great hardship on
all of us, but afterward you allowed
me to misjudge very faithful man.,
declared Boyd. "Fraser's ways are not
mine, and have said harsh things to
him when my temper prompted; put
am not ungrateful for the service he
has done me and the sacrifices he mas
made. No, Alton, you have chosen TO
join us in desperate venture, and the
further we 60 the more vigorous VIII
be the resistance we shall meet. II
you can't keep close mouth. and 40
as you are told, you'd better go back
to Chicago BY rare good luck we nave
averted this disaster, but | have no
hope of being so fortunate again.
Don't climb any higher" admon,
lished "Fingerless" Fraser. Hes all
fuffed up now. I'll lay you eight to one
he don't make another break OF that
kind
"No. / was so COM
pickled that forgot even spoke
about the salmon canning business.
Urn break my corkscrew and seal my
flask and from this moment until we
come out next fall the demon rum ana
are divorced. Is that good news?
Everything is joke to you, ism
ito" said Boyd. "If this trip doesn't
make a man of you, you'll never grow
up. Now I've got work for all OF u.s. IN
Guiding you, Fraser.
what is it?'
Go down to the freight once anu
trace a shipment of machinery, Whlle
IL"
! "Nix! That ANT my line. If you neeu
a piece of rough money QUICK Why
4 ri take nv cat and stick somebody
nm in an alley, or feel out safe com
bination for you in the dark; but this
. chaperoning freight cars amt IN my
game. I'd only crab it" :,
81 thought YOU wanted to help?'
j ~ do sure do! III be glad Wnen
you're on your way, but most re
!. speotfully duck all bllis-oi-iauins -
shipping receipts. .,e,,,
smiled. Nevertheless, If we get ~
/ tight place, I'll make you 'ahe na-
in spite of yourself. s,,,,1
ANY time you need me-, cneeIiuiis
volunteered the other, lighting L.esn
cigar. "Only don't give me chiiu
work" Lo;1
AS if billiards. conversion nae
marked the turning point OF their iuch
IN, mariners now entered upon per
iod Of almost uninterrupted success. ~
the reaction from their recent dls
couragement they took hold OF thel.
lahors with fresh energy, and forums
aided them in unexpected ways. BOY
4 signed his charter, securing tranl
steamer then discharging at Iacolna
Bait closed his contracts for Cnlnes'
! E1ahor and the scattered carloads y
material. which had been lost. enroute
: or mvsteriously laid out on s1dlngs
began to come in as If of their owl
accord. Those supplies which nae
. been denied them they found IN uneX
nected quarters close at hand; ana al
most before they were aware or II lne
Bedford Castle had finished unload'hs
4 and was coaling at the bunkers.
brigade of/Orientals and NINA
tire army Of fishermen had appeared
az If by magic, and were quartered II
the lower part Of the city awaiting
shinment Boyd and Big George
worked INCREASINGLY in the midst OF
ma e,strom of confusion, the center o.
which was the dock. There, one throp
hing April evening, The BEDFORD Gas
Etle berthed, ready to receive her cargo
and the two men made their way "
ward their hotel. weary, but Clowns
with the grateful sense OF an arduous
dutv we'll performed. The FOLLOWING
n,ornino would find the wharf swarm
inc with stevedores and echolng to the
rattle of trucks, the clank OF holsts
a,nd tho shrill whistles Of the signal
men. -, :.
now" said Bait. 49,,
..It does" agreed Emerson. "We
o,oht to clear in four days-thatll be
the 18th"
at smells like an early spring, too,
the fisherman observed, SHINING IN.
air. "If it is, We'll be IN halVih lh'
first week in May"
rs you sense of smell sharp enough
to tell what's happening up there?
Sure -,
"Suppose it's a backward season.!
"Then we'll lay in the ice alongside
the Company boats till she breaks
That may be in June.
IL would like to get in early ane
have the buildings started before
Marsh arrives. There's no telling VIVA
he may try"
George gave his companion shor
nod. "And there amt no telling VIVA
we may try right. back at him Any
i how. he'll have to fight in the open
and that's better than this shadow
. boxing that we've, been doing
"Tm off to tell Cherry" said Boyd
"she'n need to be getting ready"
His course took him past Hilliard's
bank. and when abreast OF 1t he pear
lly collided with man who came hur
rying forth, an angry scowl between
his eyes giving evidence Of surly
humor. In the well-groomed, fiery
haired, plump-fgured man, who, alb
sorbed in his own anger, was rushing
by without raising his eyes, Emerson
recognized the manager OF the Nortf
I American Packers Association.
/ Good evening, Mr. Marsh"
| Marsh whirled about. "Eh? Ah!'
4 With visible effort he smoothed the