Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
CHAPTER TX.

CHAPTER TX.
WHEN Captain Barstowc sardonically introduced
!" Captain Bates to Henderson, he added, "Ill
leave matters in your hands, Mr.. Henderson"
"What the blazes do you mean by your tone! de
manded Bates "You know YOU are entitled salvage,
and if you think mean to beat you out of anything
"You needn't try to buster, Bates, said Barstowe
"You got hint of what meant when you heard me
say that the Enid was the Urania.
"You We got to prove began Bates; but Henderson
cut him short.
"If you will send your little way up the beach,
he directed, "I'll speak to YOU plainly.
Bates abruptly ordered his men out of earshot Then
he turned an ugly face to Henderson. Now them! he
demanded.
rabee Damon" said Henderson mildly, "of which the
Uranla is part
81 never heard of the Urania, and never heard of
Larrabee Damon" said Bates.
"Oh come, Bates' cried Barstowe disgustedly Cant
you that we have you cornered? You babbled too
much to Jack Hastings when you were drunk.
al don't want Captain Bates to misunderstood me-
Henderson said Il shall not try to regain possession of
the Urania for Larrabee Damon. 1t may remain the
Enid to the end of time for all pledge you my
word that nobody shall disturb your career Captain
Bates But in return for this | want you to give
straight and fair of what has happened to Lar
rabee Damon and his friend"
with grunt of relief "Why, that he said all
admit I'd rather be the owner of the Urana honestly
than dishonesty Since she belongs to me honestly I'll
pay for her with the whole truth.
"That is all ask, said Henderson. He seated him
self opposite Bates but Barstowe stood in stiff dsap-
proval.
YOUNG DAMON engaged to take him and his
I friend to the island of Arap He would not even
let carry cargo and trade as wanted to. | did
have the slightest where Arapi was there
Arapi; but | knew that if there such
island could find it somehow. need not tell YOU that
| did not let Damon know how vague my information
was"
Captain Barstowe grunted and spat contemptuously
I'll not trouble you with an account of the trouble
had getting the track of the island Bates continued
Missionaries traders, Kanakas, I asked everybody
To make long story short found last that Arapi
was we'll south of Rapa,-a little oasis in dotted maze
of sand islands 1t is out of the way of everything At
first supposed the young chaps after shell pearl
but it nothing like that | suppose you know why
they going
"The friend had an uncle who had some treasure of
some sort; that all | know, said Henderson.
"Not treasure, exactly but guess til turn out
be. But III tell YOU | to it. It's part of nv
story We got this island and as pretty place
as you would wish to see with fine healthy, handsome
natives not at all used to the coming of ship They
led the young and me up the sands to big hut and
when went in we saw sitting on the floor white
He was burnt as brown a Kanaka and he had
native clothes and wreath round his head but his
eyes bright blue and his hair and beard long
and white. This Uncle Nathan-thats how the
nephew greeted him. and that's what the natives called
him.
well, to celebrate our coming everyone got blind
drunk. The young and the old uncle had done a
good deal of Ginning before he began to soak himself
When he pretty drunk he talked to He showed
me great Jumps of stuff that he said he had invented
And what do you think it was? substitute for RUBBER
Yes, Sir! The young had got some of the humps
that he had home in his young days. and they'd had
it analvzed and it's about the same thing as rubber
The old fellow said that since his nephew had had the
energy to after him and get the formula he could
have it. He'd already given it to him. He said the
young must pay him decent visit, and then he
could go home and make the whole family rich.