The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-02-09

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board. There are only three things
! am afraid of-bumbIebees. scarlet
fever and chaperon- Ugh, the cluck-
Ing. evil minded monsters, finding
wrong in everything. seeing sin in the
most innocent actions and suggesting
sin-yes, causing sin by their diseased
imaginingsv'
"Phewg' Sheldon leaned back from
the table In mock fear.
"As If anything good were worth |
while when it has to be guarded and
put in leg irons and handouts in order
to keep it good. Your desire for a
chaperon as much as implies that am
that sort of a creature. prefer to be
good because It is good to be good
rather than because I can't be bad be-
cause some Argus eyed old trump
won't let me have chance to be bad"
but tit Is not that" he put in. 1T
Is what others will think"
LET them think. the nasty minded
vretches! 1t Is because men like you
are afraid OF the nasty minded that
you allow their opinions to rule you"
x am afraid you are female Shell
tey," be replied ''And a. such you
really drive me to become your past
ner In order to protect you."
III you take me as partner IN
order to protect NEIL sha'n't be
your partner. that's all You'u drive
me into buying Pari-Sulay yet"
"All the more reason he attempt
ed.
do you know what III DOR she
demanded. IN find some man in the
Solomons who won't want to protect
me-"
Sheldon could nos conceal the shock
her words gave him.
'You don't mean that, you know"
he plea ed
II do; l really do. I am SILK and
tired of. this protection dodgeS Don't
forget for moment that m per-
fectly able to take care of myself.
Besides, / have eight OF the best pro-
tectors in the world-my sailors. You
were living like a savage when
came along and found you-eattng
nothing but timed meat ant scopes
that would have ruined the digestion
of a camel. Anyway, I've remedied
that. and since we are to be partners.
it will stay remedied. You won't die
of malnutrition, be sure Of that"
IF we enter into partnership" he
announced. 1T must be thoroughly
understood that you, are not allowed
to run the schooner. You can go
down to Sydney and buy her. but
skipper we must have
AT so much additional expense and
most likely a wtnskey drinking. IRE
sponsible and incapable man to boot.
Besides. I'd have the business more at
heart than any man we could hire
As for capabi tell you can sail
IA tail around the average broken captain
or promoted able seaman you find In
the south seas. And you know ] an
a navigator"
"But being my partner" he sale
coolly, "makes you none the less
lady"
THANK you for telling me that my
contemplated conduct is unladylike."
; She arose, tears Of anger and morti
fication In her eyes, and went over t
the phonograph.
Il wonder il all men are as ridicul
Gus as your" she said.
He shrugged his shoulders ant
smiled. Discussion was useless-he ha'
} learned that; and he was resolved t
keep his temper. And before the da,
, was out she capitulated. She was t
20 to Sydney on the first steamer. pul
r. 1Ehase the schooner, and sail back wit
q An island skipper on board. And the
. she inveigled Sheldon into agreein
!. that she could take occasional cruise
a In the islands. though be was adalnan
It when Il came 70 recruiting trip
Malaita. That was the one thin
q barred.
y And after It was all over, and teri
Is end businesslike agreement tby 81
# urging) drawn up and signed, Sbeldo
I paced up and down for full hou
g. meditating upon bow many dlnereI
ct kinds Of fool he had made Of himsel
IT He had never seen q more independeI
u woman who stood more In need OF
=. protector than this boy minded girl WI
at had landed on his beach with eigl
is picturesque savages. long barrele
Ut revolver, a bag of gold. and gaud
merchandise Of imagined romance ar
D. adventure.
d. he Ind never read of anything
h. comparp With IT, He smoked cigaret
e? after cigarette. Satan. back from
On prowI around the compound. ran up