Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-18

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evsa = ~ ths cow4s& ard quit him.
I lreeA %. think bAok o. ~ paeeaeA
c loaf days % the Dest of lnvicea.
Nov !, than days I No. f1essn, and
considered honaly. The mouth got
wouN - large fue dog. smile sixl
~ fAspequastsfG Thar ashore e
Jnvista. I'd still look sort Of cheerenls
% al tAsn TUG skitpsrs took me for
. joks. Il was four days and three
pishts since I'd slept. % ssppoee 70
look funny wanting to hire . ting.
I showed power q attorney, wrote
In indelibis pencil On dads old dickH
oravst, but the tugs expected cash.
and the agents went bach on me.
Nothin' doing Saturday nights %
the once. tug crows III ashore. bat
the port viii get . Dove On NondayJ
Trust grown men . know nore'n .
nero boy. Tho glass 10 down the gullD
y Tying inland. thaT1 waakAsF brew.
ing. I seen In my mind tAo sprayu
lash over the wreck.
Il wao dark when weot % ~
wharves With Captain Mo0aw - ~
the Pluribus Unum. He'd show ne .
tug cheap 1t ten thousand casA
stores Ill complete. steam uD. engineer
on the premises, though he'd stspyed
ashoro for . drink Cute cabin he'd
got on the bridge. c1naing httla 0lory.
hole forrard. Why. everything was
real handy. % tAat only had % BET
him behind the ear with o. Delaying.
pin, and no dropped right down the
fore hatch. All wsnted now was .
navigating ofsceP I could trust
which brings mo to Mr.. Mcmillan.
our own second mate. buying . dozen
fried oysters in . card box WITH . wire
handle, al for tvsnty.lvs cents,
though the GIRL sesnsd expecting .
k1ss.
"Hello, Ftankis." ssys I. slapplns
him on the bach. A Sorsmast hand
can make his od3cer oct real disniAed
With less. SAY, Nsol Dye know
what Greed done~ grabbed HE
oysters. "Greed, he choke puppy"
says I, and in my mind seen the
gulls wheel around the wreck. whore
something's lying huddlsd. Come on.
puppyi" says I. waving Frantic down
the street With them oysters, % al
the trafic pausss to aduairs. and our
second omcsr II running good. More
things said, esoorting him maybe .
mile aboard OF the Pllribus Unum.
And there ! ate them oysters while
he was being coarse and rude. but al
the time I seen the wreck heave sick
and sodden on tho swell Of the gulf.
the circling gulls. and how they drove
down, pecking at q huddle Of torn
clothes beside the wheel
Up thar on the tugs masthead ] vas
owning to being In the wrong. while
Frankie Mac was promising faithful
to tear my hide OF over my ears when
I'm caught
'Plssse. sir" says I. 1T amt %
much the oysters worries me. It'A
this yer Cap'n McGaw l done en-
bexxled. Caynt call Il Kidnapped cause
he's over sixty, but stunned him
Illegal With belaying-pin. and I
hears him gToanlng-times Whsn you
stops to pant"
But Frankie Mac wouldn't believe
one word until he went down IN the
fore peak to inquire. while I spilled
the hatch, and battened down
So you see I'd got . tug. and the
crow aboard. % the nsxt thing was 70
| take In the havsers. shove OF. and lee
, her drift on the ebb.
It's q caution TO see how many taps
and things besets IN engine-room. Ill
Of 'em heaps efficient. The hrst thing
handled proved up plenty steam. for
my left arm was pink ana blisters for
. week. Next found tap called
! bilge-valve injection, which lets In the
sea when you wants to sink the ship
! I turned him full. and went to cit on
the fore hatch while ] sucked my arm.
and had chat with the crow.
They was talkative. and batterins
at the hatch With an AZ, 90 I'd hardly
. word in edgeways. Then they got
scared we'd blow up before we
drowned. Allus in my mind I'd see
them gulls squawkin' around the
wreck, and mother fighting them
That heaped thing by the wheel wal
dad, for seen the whites Of bis eyea
- the ship lurchsd him. M tn
Sulls-
Csp'n McGaw was plsadin' With me
then Mr.. MCMILLAN. They. swore they'd
take me to the wreck for nothin'
they'd give their Bible oath. they'd
sign agreements. NcGaw had Wife
and family ashore. Mcmillan was II
lows.
/ turned OF the bilge.vaive injection
opened the fore hatch. and set then
two to work. They was quite tame
and that night slept-only to wake
up screechin' at the things seen II
drsams.
Seven days We searched for TIL
wreck before We gave up and quit. q
least the captains did. Then nigh
came down black overhead. with thu
swell all phosphorescent ! allus thinl
Of mother in light sea under blacl
sky. like it was that night, when on
tug run into the wreck, BY accident
] jumped hrst on board. The poo
hulk lay dush with the swell. liftinl
and falling just enough to roll the thil
green water, al bright specks. acros
and across the deck. Mother VA
there, her bare arm reaching out he
left hand lifting her skirt her nc
looking up. dreaming - she turned
and turned, and swsyed. IN . slo,
dance. It's what they calls . waltz
!. and seems. n I stood watching. J.,