The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-27

mo harm. TIL admirafs all right,
and don't You forget it, As | wus
sayin', they finds this ere box. The
dockeyments wus in French. but tn
daughter read 'em of sumpin wonder
full, You've heard OF Napoleon"
Yes: l recollects the name" re-
piled the captain, with quiet ridi-
Guile.
Well, this business pertained T.
hib Seems some o. his friends got
money t'gether L rescue him from
some island or other
st Helena
| That wus ii. They left the cash
box in Corsiker. mother island; I-tal-
van, I take 1t. But I'll bet a dollar
YOU never find anythin' there"
| THAT Is as may be- The captain
! liberated a fun sigh and dug hand
into a trousers pocket. He looked
cautiously about The two of them
were without witnesses. The land
lord was always willing to serve beer
to those in quest of 1t; but imme-
diately on providing 1t he resumed his
interrupted perusal of the sporting
volumn. At this moment his soul
was flying around the track at Ben
nington. When the captain pulled out
his hand II seemed full OF bright au-
tumn leaves. Donovan's glass was
and his lips. Slowly the glass retraced
the half circle and resumed it's per
pendicular position upon the oak.
| beauties; huh ~ said the captain,
Twenty dollar bills"
| "Yessir: every one of seam mfw
"Yessir; every one of EN- as good
as gold: payable to bearer on demand,
says your Uncle SAM
An why are you maxim me en-
a Vh%vN rFaG g.
~.
Donovan, you and he's been friends
off an on these ten years, ever since
tn commodore bought tn Laura,
Well says he tn me, Capt n, we
forgot that Mr.. Donavan was in tn
room at tn time o tn discovery. VIII
YOU be so kind "a to impress him with
the fact that this expedition Is on the
@. r.? Not that think he Will say
anythin', but you might aud THESE
few bits o. paper to his promise no'
:, speak.' Saws I. I'll trust Mr.. Don
ovan.' An i do. You never broke nc
promise yet"
at pays in the long run replied
Mr.. Donovan. vainly endeavoring to
count the bills. :,
well. this ere little fortune Is
xours you promise to abide by tn
conditions.
THAT / keeps my mouth smut: j.
An not open II even TO Tn Mrs
Mr. Donovan permitted oouo. "
wrinkle his brow. "Thatll he tough
proposition.
put tn money in tn bank and say
nothjn' till you hear from me- ao-
vised the captain.
That's 60"
Then l give you these five nice
| ones with tn regards o. tn comma
/ dore.'. The captain stripped each
| bill and slowly laid It down on tne
table for the fear that by some curl
/ GUS circumstance there might be sly
4 zone hundred. Crptn, I'm
I Mr.. Donovan emptied his glass with
\ few swift gulps and banged the
\ table. Two more.
The landlord lowered his paper
] YEARLY twould they never let him
\ alone J and stepped behind the par
4 At the same time Mr.. Donovan folded
the bills and slowed them away.
| Not even L tn Mrs. he s~ore
! Here's luck, Capt n
! Same t you: an don't get drunk
this side o. Jersey City
And with this edmonton the cap
| tain drank his beer and thumped on
/ for the water front. satisffed tha'
| The village would hear nothing from
Mr.. Donovan. Nevertheless, 1t was
| shameful to let a hundred go tha'
easy. twenty would have served. He
| was about to hail the skiT when he
was accosted by the quiet little man
/ he had recently observed sitting alone
! In the corner Of Swans Office
| Pardon, but you are Captain ran
| agan. OF the yacht Laura
| "Yessir." patiently. But the own
err never let's anybody aboard he don't
know. sir" :
| II do not desire to come aboard,
my Captain. What I wish to know Is
| II his excellency the admiral Is at
| home"
"Ifis exceiiency'' rather COMPOUNDED
| the captain for a moment: but he
came about without "takin' more'n
a bucketfui." as he afterward ex-
| pressed 1t To Halloran the engineer.
| II knew right then he wus furri-
J ner: i know 'em. They amt no ex-
celiencies in tn navy. But tells
| him that the commodore was snug
In his berth up yonder. and with that
4 he looks to me like WIS = lady,
| rye seen him in Swans ut night read
! in; aiius chasin' butterflies when he
sees 'em in the street." And the
captain rounded out this period by
touching his forehead as q subtle hint
that in his opinion the foreigner car
rted no ballast.
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