Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-12-26
urn me service some day. -

W ues OteSOu CEleu. III your
boss now. said she. and you take
your orders from me- Look at the
load of ivory nuts. said. Bother
them. said She I'm playin for some
ELlo.y bigger than ivory nuts. Wen
Larlp them oversize as soon as we get
G;sder way What | want to know
is she your partner or amt she !:
That's what | want to know
''She is.' sheldon assured him.
well. who'd have believed it. I've
seen a few unlikely things in these
Solomons-rats two feet long, butter
flies the commissioner hunts with a
shotgun. ear ornaments that wOulu
shame the devil and head hunting
devils that make the devil look like
an angel. I've seen them and got
used to them. but this young woman
OF yours
Miss Lakeland Is my partner and
part owner of Berande." Sheldon in
terrupted.
$50 she said" the irate skipper dash
ed on. But she had no papers to
show for it. How was | TO know!
And then she's hired them drunken
loafers, three of the worst scoundrels
that ever disgraced the Solomons-
15 quid a month each-what dye
think of that? And sailed away with
them too. Phew. You might give me
drink. The missionary won't mind.
I've been on his teetotal hooker four
days now. and I'm perishing."
DR.. Welshmere nodded in reply to
Sheldons look of inquiry. and Viaburi
was dispatched for the whisky and ST.
phons.
1T is evident. Captain Oleson," Shell
don remarked to that refreshed mari
ner, ''that Miss Lakeland has run away
with your boat. Now please give a
plain statement Of what occurred"
fright o. Here goes. Id just come
in on the Flibberty She was on board
before / dropped the hook-in that
whaleboat of hers with her gang OF
Tahiti heathens. that big Adamu
Adam and the rest. Don't drop
the anchor. Captain Oleson. she sang
out i want you to get under way for
Poonga Poonga. says. Excuse me.
Miss Lakeland. and yells for'ard Let
gor
"And then we had it out. I didn't be-
Iieve her. didn't think you'd take
her on as a partner. and | told her as
much and wanted proof. She got high
and mighty. and told her | was old
enough to be her grandfather and that
wouldn't take CANNON from "a chit
like her. And then ordered her OF
the Flibberty. Captain Oleson.' she
says. sweet as you please. I've few
minutes to spare on you, and I've got
some good whisky over on the Emily.
Come on along. Besides. | want your
advice about this wrecking business.
Everybody says you're crackerJack
sailorman' that's what she said
'crackerjack. And went In her whale
boat. Adamu Adam steering and look
ing as solemn as funeral
ION the way she told me about the
Martha and how she'd bought ner
and was going to foat her. She said
she'd chartered the Emily and was
sailing as soon as / could get the Fib'
berty under way. | was to sail direct
for Poonga- Poonga and II | couldn't
take her word that she was your part.
ner she'd get along without me and
the Flibberty. And right there's where
she fooled me.
down In the Emily's cabin, was
them three sOaks-you know them
Fowler and Curtis and that Brahms
chap. Have a drink. says she.
thought they looked surprised when
she unlocked the whisky locker and
sent a nigger for the glasses and wa
ter monkey. But she must have tip
ped them of unbeknownst TO me, and
they knew just what TO do Excuse
me. she says: I'm going on deck a
minute. Now. that minute was naif
an hour. | hadn't mad a drink in ten
days
well. anyway. at the end Of the
half hour down she came again and
took a good squint at me. 'rhat'll do
nicely | remembered ner saying. and
with that she took the whisky BOTTLES
and hove them oversize through the
compa nionway. That's the last she
said to the three soaks. Till the Mar
tha floats and you're back In Guvutu.
It'll be a long time between drinks.
And then she laughed.
"She looked at me and said-not to
me. mind you. but to the soaks: It's
time this worthy man went ashore
me! Worthy man! Fowler, she said.
lust tell Adamu Adam to man the
whaleboat. and while he's taking Cap
tain OlesOn ashore have your boat put
me on the Flibberty. The three OF
you sail with me. so pack your dun
mage. All hands got me over the side.
and It seems 70 me went to sleep sit
ting in the stern sheets and watching
that Adamu steer Then ] saw the
Flibberty's msinsail hosting and
heard the clank OF her chain coming
in. and woke mp. Here. put me on
the Flibberty.' I said to Adamu- !
put you on the beach said be. Missile
Lackalanna say beach plenty good Tor