Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-28
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obedient A tramp freighter, whose
captain is a bully Do you under
stand me?
81 get you. But there's no need TO
go to Corrigan this trip. Bannock is
in port and sails tonight for Norway
That's far enough"
"Bannoek? The very man. Well,
Mr.. Norton, reporter and amateur de-
l teetive, I guess we've got you fast
enough this time. You may or may
not come back alive. Go and bring
around taxi; some one you can
trust. III dope the reporter while
you're gone.
! Long hours afterward Norton OPEN
/ ed his aching eyes. He could hardly
move and his head buzzed abomina-
bly,. What had happened? What was
the meaning of this slow rise and fall
of his bed? Shanghaiedi
Come out O. that now. We skqlker!
/ roared a voice down the companion
| way
xShanghaied!" the reporter muir
INJURED. He sat up and ran through
/ his pockets Not a SUMMARIZE, not
match even; and second glance told
| him that the clothes he wore were not
his own. They've landed me this
time. Shanghaiedl What the devil
am going to do?''
ID We hear me?" bawled the strid-
ent voice again.
Norton looked about desperately for
some weapon of defense. He saw an
engineers spanner on the floor by
the bunk across the way. and with
no small physical effort he succeeded
| in obtaining it. He stood up, his
hand behind his back.
! "All right, me buclxol I'll come
down an git ye'
A pair of enormous boots began to
appear down the companionway, and
| there gradually rose up from them
a man as wide as a church door and
! as deep as a well,
Wait moment" said Norton,
gripping the spanner. let us have
perfect understanding right off the
| bat"
Were goin' to have 1t. matey.
Don't We worry none"
Norton raised the spanner and,
dizzy as he was, faced this seafaring
Hercules courageously.
i've been shanghaied, and you
know it. Where are we bound?'
Copenhagen"
well, for a month or more you'll
beat me up whenever the opportunity
offers. But | merely wish to warn
| you that il you do you'll find a heap
of trouble waiting for you the next
time you drop your mudhook in North
river"
: rs that SOP said the giant. eying
the spanner and the shaking hand
that held it aloft.
1T is. I'll take your orders and do
the best can. because you've got
the upper hand. But. God is witness,
| you'll pay for every needless blow
| you strike. Now, what do you want
me to do?"
Lay down that spanner an come
on deck. I'll tell we what t do.
was gon' to- whale tn daylights out
o. We; but ye're somethin' av a man.
Drop tn spanner first"
| Norton hesitated. AS 1.-the as a
| tiger the bulk of q man sprang at
him and crushed him to the floor,
wrenching away the spanner. Then
| the giant took Norton by the scruff
of his neck and banged him UP the
steps to the deck.
| 81 amt goin' L hurt We. ] had t
show ye that no spanner ever bother
ed Mike Bannock. Now, d We know
what cooks galley is?'
II do" said Norton, breathing hard.
| well. hike there an start in with
lpeelin' spuds, an don't waste 'em,
Ye were due for a wallopin', but |
kinda like yer spunk" ~
So Jim stumbled down to the cooks
galley and grizzly set to work on the
potatoes It might have been far
worse. But here he was, likely to be
on high seas for months, and no way
of notifying Jones what had happen
| ed. The outlook was anything but
cheerful But vague hope awol1e in
his heart. If they We're still after
| him, might it not signify that Flor
ence lived.
| Meantime Braine had not been idle.
According to Vroon the girls memory
was in bad shape; so he had not the
| least doubt of bringing her back to
New York without mishap. Once he
| had her there, the game would be-
gin in earnest. He played his cards
exceedingly we'll Steaming up into
the little fishing harbor with a hand
some yacht in itself would allay any
distrust And he wore a capital dis
guise, too, Everything went we'll I'M
til he laid his hand on Florence's
shoulder. She gave a startled cry and
ran over to Barnes, clinging to him
wildly
mo, mol" she said