The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-17

II know whuts the matter" said
Dunkers. Hes is love"
Shut your mouth"
%Didn't | tell yuh?" laughed the
panionway. "Stcye'S in love, r he
didn't git drunk enough on shore t.
satisfy his whales belly!"
A boot thudded spitefuliy against
the door, jamb.
You fellahs let me alone, r. I'll
bash in a couple O. heads."
20. yuh will. will yuh?" cried Dun
. kers from The deck IF yuh want
| little exercise. yuh can begin on me,
: yuh moonsick wab Whut's tn mat
ter with yuh. anyhow? Whered yuh
git this crouch? Whut've We done {
yuh? Huh?"
You keep GU; G. my way, that's all.
Is mind;n' my watches, an don't ask
:. ro odds OF you buffers. What IL have
| a crouch? Is it any O. your blame bus
| mess? All right When we step ashore
| at tn Dahans. Mister Jim Dunkers.
III tear the ropes out c. your pulley
blocks. Eut till we git there, you C.
tn upper bunk an me { mine"
Leave tn oil crouch alone, Jim, Th'
mate won't stand for no scrappin'
aboard. Wcli have tn thing done right
IN tn custom sheds. Well have a tin-
LII field, Qucensberry rules, an NAV
tl' best man win
I'm will;n'," said jim.
Sem l. agreed Steve. But his in
tentions were not honorable. He pro-
posed to desert feore any fight took
| place. Not that he was physically
! afraid; no; he wanted TO dig his hands
deep into those doublcor; and pieces
of-eight.
So the four day dom passed eth
erwise uneyentfully. amid paint pots
and iron rust and three meals a day o
pork, onicn soup. potatoes, and strong
! bitter coffee. The winds became light
ana balmy and the sea blue and gentle.
l'The men went about iii their under
shirts and dungarees. barefooted. o.
course the coming fight was the maii
topic OF conversation. II promised to
be rattling good scrap, for both men
were evenly matched. and both had
kick in either hand. Even the cap
| tain took mild interest in the affair.
he was an old cailor. He knew that
there was no such word as arbitration
- - SaiiOi HIS uISDUIGS
could be settled only in one manner
by his calloused fists.
When the old mudhook (and some
day Steve was going to buy IL and
hang 1t over the entrance of the ellison
house) siittcreI down into the smiling
waters OF the bay, Steve concluded
that discretion was the better part o
faicr. He would steal ashore on the
quarantine tug which lay alongside.
He was willing to fight under ordinary
circumstances. hut he must get his
treasure in safety first. They could
call him welcher If they wanted to; |
ceYii Bit did he cGfe. So he nr:ed
back the boards OF his bunk wall, took
out the box, eyed it fondly. and noted
Tor the first time the lettering on il:
STANLEY HARGREAVE.
He wrinkled his brow in the effort |
TO recall pirate by this name, but
was unsuccessful. He hugged |
the box under his coat and made
for the gangway,' and. inadvertently
ran into his enemy.
Dunkers caught bit of the box
peeping out from under the coat.
What a yuh got there?2 he de- |
mnnded trucn!entIy.
None o. Your damn business, You
femme Dy; near me?"
Amt none o'-my business, huh
Where'd yuh git hex like that? steal
it? BY cripes. I'm goin' T. have look |
at that bcx, my. hearty. It don't smell |
like honest onions"
You lemme by" breathed Steve, |
with murder in his heart 8.S,
Suddenly the two men closed, surg
CD back and forth, one determined to |
take and the other to hold this my:- |
ferrous box. Dunaers struggled to up-
hold his word. not that he really |
wanted the box but to prove that he |
was strong enough to take IL IL he
wanted to. The name on the box flash
cd and disappeared. 1t was a kind OF |
shock to him. He and Blossom went |
battertng- against the rail, Dunkers |
grip slipped and so did Blossoms, The |
result was that the box as catapult-
CD into the sea. With an Lgoniziag cry, |
blossom leaned far over, He saw the |
bcx osciilate for moment, then sink |!
gracefulfy in zigzag course. down |
through The blue waters. Etsissar as.ti |
fainter 1t grew. anu at last vanfehed. i
N sorry. Steve;' but yuh wouldn't
let me, look at it, said Dnnkers, con-
thatts ~ =,
II became real fight this time. fist
5na root, tooth and nail; one rad with
the lust TO kill md the other desper- /
ately intent on living. 1T was .pne OF
these contests In which honor and fair
play have no part But for the timely
arriyai OF the captain and some OF the
crew pnnkers would have heen hadlt
INJURED, perhaps fatally. They hauled
back BLOSSOM. roasing OFT his Saths
at the top of his innge. II took haiR an
hcnrs arguing to calm him down.
Then the captain demanded 10 know;