The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-11-27


not come back alive. Go and bring
around a taxi; some one you can
trust III dope the reporter while
you're gone.
Long hours afterward Norton
opened his aching eyes. He could hard
ly move and his head buzzed abomi-
nably. What had happened? What
was the meaning Of this slow rise and
fall Of his bed? ~Shanghaied?
Come cut o. that now, sc skulk-
er!" roared a voice down the com
panionway.
"Shanghaied!" the reporter muir
INJURED. He sat up and raj through
his pockets. Not a sou-markee, not a
match even; and a second glance told
him that the clothes he wore were not
his own. They've landed me this
time. Shanghaied! What the devil
am l going to do?"
Dye hear met" bawled the stri-
dent 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 be-
hind his back.
IAN right, me buckle! 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 a moment" said Norton, grip.
ping the spanner. Let us have a per-
feet understanding right off the bat"
We're going t have it, 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
We'll, for a month or more you'll
beat me up whenever the opportunity
offers. But I merely wish to warn you
that If you do you'll find a heap of trou
BILE waiting for you the next time you
drop your mudhook in North Amer
lea
rs that so?' said the giant, eying
the spanner and the shaking hand thai
held it aloft.
1T is. I'll take your orders and dc
the best | can, because you've got tn,
upper hand. But, God is witness
you'll pay for every needless blow YOU
E strike. Now what do you want me t.
do?'
Lay down that spanner an com,
on deck, III tell we what t do. l wa.
0 goin' t whale tn daylights out O. We
0 t ye're somethin' av a man. DroI
e the spanner first
q Norton hesitated. AS 1.-THE as a t
ger the bulk of a man sprang at hin
= and crushed him to the floor, wrench
y ing away the spanner. Then the gian
' took Norton by the scruff OF his nee
md banged him up the steps to II
deck.
j Il amt goin' t. hurt We. ! haL
: how ye that no spanner ever bothere
y Alike Bannock. Now, d know whi
III Il cooks galley is?'
" Il do said Norton, breathing har
We'll hike there an start in wi,
4 gcelin' spuds, an don't waste e.
~ lclther. Thatn be all fer tn presen
y, We. were due for a wallopin' but
hiuod like yer spuuk.'
So Jim stumbled down to the cook
gallery and sTimiy set TO work al I'll
!, potatoes. 1t might have been ia
10 worse. But here he was, likely to
n. on the high seas for months, and n
n way of notifying Jones what had haI
n. pened. The outlook was anything b.
"a cheerful. But a vague hope awoke
n. his heart. If they were still after hil
might it not signify that FlorenC
lived.
Meantime Braine had not been idl
"a According to Vroon the girls memor
a. was in bad shape; so he had not tn
n least doubt Of bringing her back
New York without mishap. Once h
had her there the game would begi
Is in earnest. He played his cards e,
ceedingly well. steaming up into tn
p little fishing harbor with a handsom
At yacht in itself would allay any di
~ trust. And he wore a capital disguis
too. Everything went well till b
laid his hand on Forence's shoulde
She gave a startled cry and ran owe
to Barnes, clinging to him wildly.
!. mo, mol" she cried.
II Nov what, my childg" asked tn
e. sailor.
r. She shook her head. Her averslo
was inexplicable.
Is Come, my dear; cant you see this
j. 1t is your father?" Braine turned I
the captain. She has been like thI
for a year. Heaven knows II She
L. ever be in her right mind again.
IS sadly. Il vas giving her an ocea
voyage, with the kindest nurses Dol
IS sible, and yet she jumped overheard
1t Come, Florence"
The girl wrapped her arms all tn
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