The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

you already know. the machine Is set
to 60 OF in four days from the date 1t
was packed. + was packed the day
we sailed therefore II viii not ex-
plode till we are near the American
coast. I'm not sure 1t will explode at
ALL. It may be that it's joke tpre-
petrated ibg that fellow Bnrns after ALL
II 80 he wouldn't hesitate to put a
clock in the box to make it worse. /
wish I had him. here now to punch his
head. THIS isn't the first time. he's
caused me trouble By his FRANKS"
what do you proposeY' asked the
captain. III you think the matter q
hoax yoa'A better open the bar. and
fld out WAether It = or not"
rand blew ap yopr ship as well "a
nyself IL itis asreai Internal machiney
The captain evidently had not
thought Of that He looked confused
81 tell you what you do, captain"
continued Jenkins. ssrow II"
The captain looked relieved He told
the purser to take down q List of the
articles inl the box from the owner.
with their values, so that in case the
box were lost the amount Of claim
would be limited. But he did not
want to have this done before getting
rid of the box. He directed one of the
crew to carry it to the upper deck,
where the lifeboats were swung on
the davits, and put it in one Of the
lockers Intended for provisions. wedg-
ing It SO that It would not slide about
with the motion Of the waves. This
was done. The boat was lowered.
cable attached to her bow. and she
was suffered to drift hundred yards
astern.
While this was being done the cap
tain gave orders that what was in
the boat, or rather what was supposed
to be in the boat. be confined to those
who were in the baggage room when
the matter was discussed. He did not
consider that bomb hundred yards
away from the ship could endanger
her.
The Tartaric sighted Fire island on
the fourth day out. She was twelve
knots east Of Moptauk point just before
daylight on the morning Of the fifth
day. A man stood ON the after deck Of
the ship. where the cable that lowed
the lifeboat was attached. He tied
loosely to the rope pair Of oars, which
.drifted back to the ,ifeboat. Then he
fixed to the rope a clutch with handles
like those of q pair of timers shears.
Crashing the handles. he swung him.
self or the stern and let himself down
slowly till he reached the water. The
pressure against him exerted by the
Roadway Of the ship was so great that
he would not have been able to main
tain his hold had it not been for this
clutch. BY it's use he let himself be
slowly forced backward till he reached
the lifeboat and pulled himself up by
the cable on to its bow.
Once in the boat he castNan eye to
the westward, where shOne light.
which he recognized as one on Mon
tauk point. Taking from the bow the
oars he had sent before him. he put
them ID the boat. Then he east OFF
and was left astern. As the dark body
Of the Tartaric grew darker in the dis
lance he smiled and raised his hat to
her.
"Goodby, my friends" he said. 81
think can now get on without your
valuable assistance"
Taking the box from the locker in
which it had been placed, he ripped it
open with screwdriver he drew from
his pocket, took out clock, which ne
threw overheard. and small package.
which he concealed in a pocket Of his
flannel shirt. Then, beginning to shiver
with the cold, he took up the oars and
pulled for the light on Montauk point.
By this time a streak of gray light
appeared In the east end, in due time
the sun came up, but the man in the
boat did not need its warmth to dry
his clothes, for the heat Of his body,
kept up by the exercise Of rowing. had
already done that. He was making
slow progress. for one man pulling on
so large boat could not move it rapid
". However. by9 O'Clock in the morn
ing he was but half dozen miles from
the Long Island coast. and. motor
boat passing him, he made bargain
with the man running her to take him
ashore.
Once on terra frma. leaving his boat
hauled up on beach. he started in
land till he came to town. where he
hired horse and buggy to carry him
to the northern coast Of the island.
There he chartered motorboat to
take him across the sound to Saybr0Ok,
where he boarded Long Island east
bound train for Boston Arriving
there in the afternoon, he purchased
clothing and. dropping into diamond
dealers. took from his pocket the pack
age he had taken from the box sup
posed to contain the internal machine.
unrolled it and displayed dozen enor-
NOUS diamonds. Before leaving the
shop he sold a number Of them to the
dealer and early the next morning
parted with the rest of his stock. real
izing handsome profit between what
the stones had originally cost him at
the diamond mines and what he re-