The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-02
The DIAMOND SHIP
MAX PEMBERTON
Doctor 1.-THE Hundred Days." etc
Copyright by d. Appleton & Co.
CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.)

WAS General Fordibras on board
with the man you speak off"
mot this trip. / heard tell he'd gone
to Europe. He's too easy for this job
Three Fingers never could look Shelf
field knife in the face. / guess his
daughters got all the courage"
We had passed another door of steel
as he spoke and descended short flight
Of stairs to a second corridor, above
which were cabins of cbmmoner or
der. Here the surgery of the ship had
been located--a well-fitted, thoroughly
modern apartment, recently tenanted, IL
seemed, by doctor who knew what the
hospitals of Europe were doing. A
quick search discovered the antiseptics
the wool, the linimept. and the lancets
without which so little could be done
for the wounded men above. There was
nothing missing for the practice Of a
modern art.
1t would be work of supererogation
TO tell you of the long hours which fol-
lowed Immediately upon my assumption
Of the role of ships doctor. / passed
dreamland of restless thoughts. There
was no less than 81 wounded men upon
the steamer and Of these seven be-
ionged to the fo'castle party, "a to the
saloons. The latter chained my inter-
ests in spite of their condition, for there
were Englishmen among them and
faces that the stories of recent crimes
had made familiar to me. One lad
slashed heavily across the forehead by
a clasp knife, had been mentioned.
remembered in connection with the
famous forgeries upon the bank OF
England some five years ago. ] recog-
nized the Italian jewel thief Detucchi
the German forger Urich, the young
Belgian Monterey, supposed to be serv-
ing sentence Of penal servitude for
life for his attack upon King Leopold
Happily few Of these men had been
wounded by rifle bullets. Those whom
the guns had killed fell upon the in
slant and their bodies were already In
the sea. My patients were the victims
Of cuts, fearful gashes in some cases
and difficult fractures in others Two
died while 1 tried to help them. 1t was
woeful task and I trust that ! may
never be called to its fellow.
The honest men, happily-for so
called the sailors of the ship-had suf-
Tered considerably less. / found them
profoundly grateful for such services as
I could render them; nor did the AM
erican hesitate to tell me frankly the
story Of the mutiny.
1--WE were for making Rio, but Mr.. Ross
stood out" he said. "A relief's ex-
pected, and I guess there are some law
like dirt and began to talk Of rafting
Do you know what rafting is, doctor
no: well, it's putting living men over
board on a raft as big as deal board
and wishing 'em good luck while they
go. Don't try it while you can sal
saloon. Colin Ross fell sick of fever
and is down below, raving now. We
got the arms by tickling the mates
whiskers and promising him Ross
berth. That was the first and the last
Of 1t. We shut 'em down like sheep
and now we're going ashore to spend
our money-those that live, though
they're like to be few enough"
Here was truth beyond all question
stood on the deck Of a veritable plague
ship. "A wall of death rose increasingly
Night had come down and thick white
mist enveloped the ocean all about US
The yacht was nowhere to be seen. o.
all the hours of that great endeavor
This to me was the worst. alike in its
menace and its suggestion.
For said that the yacht might lose
me in the fog and leave me, the pris-
oner of these desperate men and their
hostage against the justice which
awaited them.