The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-17

"Shortly after this the Captain sticks
his HI ad i'm the cabin door, and yelIs at
the top If his voice:
severe making forty knots now.
sir, and only hit the tops OF the Wayts
"'Give it to her Cap, give it to her,
came from the b,,ss ArgOl aut, as he !
raked in four dollar and thirty cent
jack pot.
.This kept up fer some little time,
possibly half an hour or more, then al!
of sudden the din incre ast d, and OF a
j the cursing and roaring tt at was ever
he ard, even on board ship, was heard
on the deck of that oldtuh. Il was the
uuintessence of blasphemy, combined
with the demoniacal rOars and yells OF
a lunatic The old hoat swo oyed, stag
gered. shuddered and then stopped dead
still, hut just at this critical period
there was twelve dollar and fifteen
cent jack pot on the table, and the
Argonants were sweating blood, one
with three of kind and the other with
bob-tail flush to the draw, and one
speak lowly-of my friends was passing
. the paste-boards. OF course they both
helped and the hand was strung out as
long as possible, and then another ex-
ClJl0Q manu- was uCdkt duu OIL uh6 O~ss
and then another until at least two
: hours passed-the Argonauts winning
. pretty much of the time; as Iintimated
!. before they must ha' mat least thirty
> dollars apiece that night.
"Then in comes the Captain, roaring
9 like a mad bull, and ringing wet
Y through. Say you lubbers,' says he,
:, mad-like do yer Wanter stay out mere
an 90 to farming, OF have any OF yu'
II got an airship in y'r kit? Come out
e here on deck, with another rip roaring
is expression, 'an see where In perdltlOh
h we've got to-
=" "Of course, this broke up the game
~ much to the regret of the Arg0nauts
ID and they all went out on the deck OF
N the tnb. to examine their condition
And there they were, high and dry OF
the beach. at least four miles or more
10 from the still receding tide. The tot
had cleared up, and a silvery moon wal
tn riding over the Sound, almost as brlgh
al as day, and away off, miles away !
A. seemed, they could see the sllvery TIT
~ fes of the waters of Puget Souno
10 while the Laurilee seemed TO nav
nd started off on tour of inspection o
of the interior of the State of Washington
-. And then, the Captain told them nov
it happened:
i'll "Savs he. when we were making
our best time, at least fifty knots, W
rot made a grand spring Of about OF
I'd hundred feet, and / suppose We spron
~ one of our cantalever braces, Whlc
ng vou can understand would accelera'
er- the centrifugal urge, and the revers
ms link being over we could not STOP
>. we have run at least five miles up 0
the beach,
the T,anrilee in an optimistic vein,
ter nr0ves conclusively everything Y
"a said about the boat, for we certalil
''o made the time, and jumped from wa,
10 to wave, and say, when it comes to
ned light draught boat, surely consider
me beat that can go five miles across cou
,nc try under her own steam as having
rather shaller dranght.'
"ee ayes said the young Argonaut,
ust he measured with his eye the distan
hat from the boat to the water, that's sure
eep what I call going some.
,os "The boss Argonant, however, 100
'on the proposition over with serlo
ana scowl, then he s'epped to one SIDE WI
:sed his friend and they talked Tor whi
for Coming back to my 1rienos ano =
Cantain the boss Argonaut throws hi
q
'om made his little wiseacre spiel
and "Says he, with considerable pompo,
we're ness: 'We don't reel aC ai -ios pone.' o.
.;x for the position you have gotten yo
Ola boat into and we believe it will G.
OH considerable money to pct her ant
auts again, cons equently we do not feelo
like selves bound by our original props
oeo ton. Now, what is the least amot
oso you will take in cash right now for
tain, Tyanr;lea inst as she stands?'
the "sYes.' says one of my friends, !.
!: been an expensive night for us
mo around, and we mus! be back IN TO
> tomorrow to meet certain 0tner
auo portant obligations, or else we Will III
.ame still further losses. I'll tell you W
we'll do. right now quick, or else eve
,t.;n thing is off, we'll take just even re
,,in thousand cash right now and the o
ao,n. is yours
Jack and after the papers and money
ghty changed hands, my friends ana
ai n ed Captain started out to catch an .. (
they train back to Seattle, for they wan
sir, to get out of that vicinity before
s.boo tide came in again. As they. v
gray moving away from the boat, the
Argonaut says to the Captain, 10
d to chnckle: You'll guarantee the sl
n the of this here boat, Bill right, WonC
two Cartain?"
stoot- ..Speed.' said the ex-C Captain of
vs.. Il Lanrilee excifedly, as he waved
y. all hand in frantic GESTURE, swhv man a
and if we hadn't got that. reverse Lever
ii in when we did. we'dsnow he to tn fol
fhef Cascade Range, by AadssiraS 9
I, ST Haskell