The Detroit times., 1912-12-09

seeing Kettle In a furious rage at
having all the. difficult work done for
him.
But that small mariner read the
scheme OF Mr.. McTodd's ambitions
las he and others were rowed otf) /.
and with an effort pulled his temper
into hand. and resolved not to allow
himself TO be drawn for the Scots
wicked qualification
Instead he stretched out n cordial
hand. mac" he said, tits clever Of
you. How In James did you man
age 10 do it?"
The Northerner's Jaw dropped. He
was losing the sport he had promised
himself. at looks "a II I'd gore be-
yond your orders" he said pointedly.
II didn't leave you behind in
charge because you were reliable"
Kettle told him sharply. but because
you were the best l had"
Man" retorted the Scot, II
kenned fine you undervalued me, and
IL is Just that knowledge that's i'm
PEELED me TO miracles. Ye saw for
yourself how impossible II was ever
10 get this rusted old cargo-box into
deep water. again, and here you now
see It's been done. You. and the
British Board OF Trade. and a few
others. can never be convinced OF my
qualifications, and I'm put to this
perpetual strain OF performing
miracles just for the sake OF my
ordinary professional credit"
You've been drinking again.
among other things"
And for why not7 Drinking. say
you? Man. tell you the Archbishop
OF York who's an Aberdonian. yes, or
even the moderator of Free Kairk OF
Scotland. would have Tapped guild
whisky II he had had II, as counter
irritant to the strain I've been put
to. As a first example how many
OF those ducks you left in my charge
do ye think can SWIM"
II never took the census OF them"
"Pairfectly. Weei. did. II seem.
ed ION inquiry there were three who
said they could. and % who couldn't.
Man, you'll barely believe II. but I've
taught 22."
Now look here. Mac, pull yourself
together and tell straight tale.
Twenty-three you said second be-
fore. Which is It? And anyway,
what has swimming to do with pull
ing the Towers out OF that bay"
Man, dinna' be offensive. Your
nationality Is against you. ken fire.
but fight against 1t. man, fight
against It." Mr. McTodd shredded
tobacco for his pipe. and secured out
an evil-smelling dottle into his hand.
"Twenty-three, as said, tackled.
and 22 I taught The odd swimmer
got mislaid, and whether the sharks
got him, or cramp, or whether ne
started to swim back under water to
Cardiff where he came from. and lost
his course, I Gamma tell you.
Anyway, | was minus his ser
ices. and for that and no other
reason | mourned his memory. Hut
for the rest, I turned them into mer-
maids, and. gosh! you should have
seen some OF them strip. They'd nave
made a sculptor faint. We got
FIRE in the donkey boiler on the Tow
ers. and persuaded her number one
winch to turn, and rugged derrick
They'd big iron tip-bucket In NUM-
Der three hold that they'd used for
shipping that copper ore. and that
with holes punched in was just the
implement wanted. Ye see the
,ame?"
go on"
"I'll trouble you for a match"
Here's my last. For the lords
sake, go on"
'Tn due time" said the engineer,
lighting his pipe. and speaking be-
tween sucks. I'VE lowered the
bucket on to the top OF the dam, and
then divers had to fill II by hand
with stones. led them. Man, |
lived under water like the King Nep-
tune they tell of In the wind-jam-
mer days, and those OF the hands that
didn't dive we'll or stay down the pre-
scribed time, beat over the head
with rocks away down there under
the surface Of the sea. And you, who
have been enjoying yourself on a cir
cular tour round all the fashionable
sights OF the neighborhood. come back
and throw hints about the whisky!
Man, In your ear, IL y val d huhoi-
GUS: Il was no your whisky at all.
or the ships 1t was from the own
er's private sea store that he went
away too ratified to leave locked. |
ask you. how's that for humor?"
Sir George Chesterman had come
into the chart house In time
to hear this last. He laughed
cheerfully. That's all right.
Mr.. McTodd The necessity OF COM
Wandering medical comforts in time
OF stress Is recognized by act of par
lament. Then did you and that
splendid crew pull down that enor-
nous embankment by hand, and In
deep waterH"
'Our policy" said the engineer,
emphasizing his point with an ex-
planatory pipe-stem, was to cut a
gap big enough for the steamboat to
pass through at the top of food.
We'd no ambition, yell understand,
for leaving parliament structural i'm
provements to this part of Africa, aud
when we'd a bucketful Of the stone
hoisted above water level, we hooked