The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-04-16
!: THE WRECK OF
!: THE ROSY DAWN
: A Story of Plans That
: Miscarried
By CLARISSA MACKIE

shipyard Lem Peters was always the
first man to be laid off. People said
that it was a good thing for Lem that
his wife was a popular dressmaker,
for her busy fingers enabled them to
live very comfortably in the little white
cottage.
1t was rather dull now at the ship
yard, and in consequence Lem Peters
was sitting idly on the wharf, swing
ing his feet and waiting for the ar
! rival Of the daily steamer from the city
across the sound. The departure and
arrival of the Dunton were matters
of daily excitement in Quank village.
! In winter, when the harbor was frozen
over and the DuntOn was icebound
! at her wharf, things were very dull
indeed in the remote village.
! But today, in the late autumn. the
weather was still mild, with haZiness
| in the air that was suggestive of dis
| tant forest fires The cliffs that en-
| braced the harbOr in two long protect
, ing arms were clothed with ancient
| cedars and sturdy oaks; the oaks were
! dripping Il golden shower of leaves
/ against the dark background of the
| cedars.
The bay was deep blue, with little
whitecapped waves that broke crisply.
The sun shone brightly, and the west
wind murmured gently.
| Lem Peters pulled gently at his pipe
and dreamed of many adventures he
/ had shared with little Captain Charlie
! Sayles, whose tight little schooner, the
} down the bay.
Their last adventure had led them
down among the Florida keys in search
| of the tabled fountain Of youth and
the hidden treasure of that famous
/ pirate, Black Duffy. They had return
ed richer in experience, but poorer by
some hundred dollars.
| That had happened a year ago. and
now the wanderlust was upon Lem
Peters again, and it also gripped Cap
tain Charlie Sayles.
I'm going aboard the schooner,
Lem. Want to Gomez" Captain Char
lies bluff voice broke in on LENS
pleasant somnOlence.
/ "Uh-huh," agreed Lem, and he fol-
lowed Captain Charlie down the ladder
/ to the little boat that bobbed in the
rising tide.
In silence the two men rowed out
to the Rosy Dawn, and it was not
until they had boarded her and were
/ sitting side by side in comfortable
chairs under the canvas awning that
/ the silence was broken.
you got something up your sleeve.
cap'n," ventured Lem hopefully.
Captain Charlie spat thoughtfully.
Il got an idee," he said, with wary
glance around as if he expected his
wife, Elsie, might be within listening
distance.
What is it?'
You remember steamer went
down off No Point three years ago."
yes, dead of winter, bowling gale,
wasn't it? Everybody saved except
the vessel. l remember. heard there
was considerable money aboard of her
and
That's what I'm after" said Cap
tain Charlie quietly.
"Jerooshelum, How do you figger
on doing it? l amt no diver, you
know" Lem FASTENED to explain.
mo more am ~ retorted the captain
irascibly, land | amt a consumed fool
neither! That there steamer went
| off ho off No
Point. Well, was around there 10th
er day, fishing for blues. and, Lem, !
seen her ribs down there, and l found
this here on the beach,"
He dropped a dull looking coin into
LENS horny palm
"What do you call that, eh?" he ask
ed, with thinly yelled triumph in his
tone.
Lem examined it. polished it on his
blue flannel sleeve and calmly pro,
nounced it twenty dollar gold piece.
'I'll bet there's sight more where
you found that" he hazarded.
There ought to be-" agreed the cap
tain. Dare you to come along and
find out"
Take you. When you going to
start?'
Tonight. Full moon. Light as day
Don't want no talk about it. Jest hist
sail and slip out while all the folks is
dancing at the firemen's ball. If we
can clear up a few hundred of these
here coins I'll be satisfied. What say,
Lem?" The captain punched his friend
in the ribs with a playful forefinger.
'Sure. But. cap'n. how we going to
get hold of the money? It's not all
washed up on the beach and
81 got a small oyster dredger-a hand
dredger that belonged to my brother
Hiram" explained the captain patient
ly. I've overhauled the donkey en-
CINE and got it rugged up under the
tarpaulin yOnder." He pointed to a
lumpy mound on the foredeck "One
Vt us II bring up the mud, and t'other
can poke around in it for gold. What
say?"
Captain Charlie" said Lem, with
slow emphasis. you got a head Oh
you"
"Oh. 1 dunno. but I'm bound to gil
rich some day. responded the captain
modestly.
"There amt nothing to be said to
the wimmen folks about this, eh?"