The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

eall, -snd, hy the sveriasttn'i I veat
row. We've eo< 70 have . Sag
%. from N Oh pair = blus evsN
an. white cotton shirt. a1A tie seA,
oo the church pulpa4 he maAo
Z nag and hoistsd It to Tie tssek a
his queer commAnA. They provts1oasa
her. gave her . liberal supply II
fresh water. and. oss mornin& -
passed through The oDsning q the -
COON out to the dsep bius q ~ p
cine. And. hidden IN hse eaptAia's
stateroom under The hsaA a h2s bank.
was the ten thousand dollars oos6
For Nat had sworn 70 himself. ~ ''tAe
everlasting" and other oa4hs. 70 -
liver tAa& monsy to his New York
owners safe and. necessary sxpsasas
deducted Of course. untouched
FOR seven weeks The erAzy noads-
script stopped across ths ocean. Fair
winds helped hse and. It last sAs
entered the hasboe 1t Nukahfva, over
twelve hundred mflss away. And there
-"Hammond's luck" the sailors eatl-
cd twas . United etatss naan-oe-
war lying at anchor. the Arse Amsri-
can vessel TO touch q that little
French settlement for I've years. Ths
heat they built was abandonsd and
the survivors of the Sea Mist were
taken ON board tie man-of-waS and
carried 70 Tahiti. " + n
From Tahiti Captain Nat took Pas
sage On = French bark Ter Houolulu.
Hers, aftsr months wait, ~ found
opportunity to leave for New York
ON an American ship. ths Stass ard
Stripes. And finally. after being aWay
from homo for two ysars. hs valFsd
into the once Of his New York own
srs. deposited their gold on . table.
and chssrfully observed. well. hsss
am
But Trumst did mot hear the yarn
Immediately. Al that II heard and IN
that II know was contained IN Cap.
tain Mats brief telegram. "ArravSA
today. VIII bs home Thursday." That
was all. but It was enough. for IA that
dispatch was explosive sufficient 70
blow to atoms the Doctors pians and
Ksziah's, the great scheme which was
70 bring happiness 70 John Elissy aad
Grace Van Horne.
d. Parker heard II, whlls, On his
way to Mrs. Princes. and. nsglecting
that old lady for the once. hs tafnsd
his horse and drove - fast - posi-
BILE to the shanty ON the beach. 1Ast
~ he drove, Captain zsbsdse Mayo
got there ahead Of him. Captain Feb
was hitching his white and ancient
steed to the post n the doctor hove
in sight.
by mighty" the captain exclaimed.
with . sigh Of relief. "I'm Glad enough
you've come, Doctor. I hated - -
In there alone. You've heard q
course"
Say. amt II wonderful IN
ticklsd all mp one side and sorry al
down t'othsr. Mats = trus-blue fellse.
and I'm Glad snough that he a4n't
shark haat: but what about the nninia-
ter and hsrf shes promised - Nat.
you kAcv. Are you goan' y tsas ~.
Ellsryf. ~
-Csrtainiy sok Ana hops -
hasn't besn told. He's getting we'll
fast now. but - mustn't b wosrtsd
or back he'll 90 again. We must ~
Mrs. Conn. Kexiah 10 cur main hold.
That woman has got more sense than
all the rest OF NJ put togsther."
But It was Grace. mot Keziah. who
opened the shanty door In answer to
their knock. She was pale and greet
ed them calmly. but II was evident
that her calmnoss was the result Of
sheer win power.
Won't you come in. doctorr' she
asked. Good Afternoon. Captain
Mayo"
Dr.. Parker entered the building. but
Captain Feb remained outside. STAN.
mering that he cal'latsd he'd better
stay where he could keep an eye on
his horse. This was such = trans
parent excuse that II would have been
funny 1t any other time. No one
smiled now. however.
"Is-is Mrs. Comn-er-Kekah
aboard?" the captain asked.
'No, she isn't. She went to the
parsonage Z few hours ago. Mr.. Ellis
brought the mail and there was . Let
ter in It for her. She said II was i'm.
portant and that she must 20 home
to see about some things. She'll be
back pretty soon. I suppose"
Parker found his patient sleeping
soundIy and had mot disturbed him.
Returning to the living room he spoke
to Grace.
'Humphl" he grunted, Watching hse
from under his brows. everything
seems TO be all right In there. He
mustn't b. told anything that will up
1T him. He's getting we'll fast and
I want II to continue
ssvAa rNAAentA nd ~ lI-