The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-04-13

in search OF mislaid tool interrupt
ed further confidential instructions at
the time.
A few mornings later. soon after s
O'Clock. the Five Brothers was warp
ed out Of her dock Her departure
knowingly at each other as the two
score Chinese fishermen" boarded
the schooner with their scanty be-
longings.
BY o'clock. customers of the
Northwestern telegraph Company
found the little office tenanted by
two shirtsleeved individuals who were
writing as If their lives depended
upon IL. The lanl<y Nova Scotian op-
orator in charge occasionally opened
his key long enough to inform his in
terrogators that he had enough stuff
on his hook TO keep him busy for an
hour, and that il those "Yanks'' did
not get the writer's cramp, il would
be impossible to say when he would
have an open wire.
Captain Jeremiah Bradley, master
of the schooner Sally Quirk, was leis-
urely sculling his sharpie to the stone
dock fronting his cottage. Freights
had not been plentiful, the schooner
had been anchored just off the dock
FOR several weeks. and Captain Jere-
miah had just finished his daily chore
Of swabbing the decks and pumping
out the little vessel He had reached
the dock and was making the boat
taSt, when a SmoOth-faced individual
wearing a pair OF gold-rimmed spec
tacles addressed him.
Captain Bradley, 1 believe, mas
ter Of the Sally Quirk, and lookin
Tor charter inquired the stranger
re right, young man. be
Gap bradley; that's my schooner
anchored off yOnder. and il Yer don't
want her for stone or coal she's for
charter replied Captain jeremiah
Let's go over to my room at the
CROKER House and talk things over"
suggested the man in Spectacles u
want 10 charter the schooner. and I
won't kick about the price il We can
agree about the other particulars. II
we can't come TO terms you won't be
out anything cause Iii pay the car
rare both ways, and I've got 4 box OF
good cigars and plenty Of good stun
to drink up at the hotel. Here's one
or the cigars for a starter"
Making selection from the ex-
tended pocket-case. Captain jeremiah
S err examined the band. "HeTs
hre! he exclaimed, Il haven't
smoked Romeo in five years"
" mats the word, Cap?" persisted
the ST. anser. win we take the next
car downtown ,"
We sure WILL" responded Captain
Jeremiah, and if your booze is as
good as your smokes. you're what /
call real blown-in- bottle sport
with capital S"
Deeply engrossed in a detective
story. wireless receiver strapped to
his head. Aces sat in the tiny cabin
Of the Sally Quirk one evening.
Reaching the end OF each chapter, he
would lay aside the book, shift the
apparatus 10 different tunes and
listen 10 various MESA ges from the
sea, patiently waiting for the letters
a. G. A. the call for his station.
For the third time that evening ne
suddenly threw down his book. grab
bed pencil and paper. and listened in
tently.
During the silence that ensued Can
tain Jeremiah picked nervously at his
gray beard, and even Billy, seasoned
old gambler that he was felt his
heart thump with unwOnted activity.
After Aces had repeated the message
and received his 80. X" the youth
handed the slip OF paper to Billy. and
the letter read with quickening
pulse:
\. G. A. VIII have goods for you
tomorrow morning ut New Haven
Breakwater between and A. NJ
Answer if YOU can receive them. p.