The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-29
CHAPTER VII.
Moses lchthyophaous.

Moses ichthyophagus.
After suffering all the pangs q
those who lose between the touch an
the clutch. Griswold had found tn
red-handkerchief bundle precisel
where 1t had been hidden; namel,
buried safely in the deckload @
sacked coffee on the engine-roou
guard.
1t came to light in the final hal,
hour of the voyage, when he and NJ,
mates were transferring the coffee I,
the main deck. forward. It had no
been disturbed; and what had han
pened was obvious enough, after tn,
fact After its hiding, arm's.lenetl
deep, in Granny between the sacks
some sudden Jar Of the boat hat
slightly shifted the cargo. closing ON,
Granny and opening another.
with the money once more in hi,
possession he had a swift return Of
the emotions which had thrilled him
when he found himself standing on
the sidewalk in front of the BAYOU
state Security with the block of bank
notes under his arm.
AS to the battle for the keepins
which was probably awaiting him at
the st. Louis landing, the prospect of
coming to blows. man-fashion, with
the enemy, was not wholly unwel.
come.
The few necessary preliminaries
were arranged while the Belle Julie
was backing and filling for the land.
ing. Since to be taken with the
money In his possession was to give
the enemy the chance of winning at
one stroke both the victory and the
spolls, he made confederate of the
negro, whose part he had taken in the
quarrel with McGrath. The man was
grateful and loyal according to his
gifts, and Griswold's need was too
pressing to stick at any trifie of IN.
intelligence.
Nose, you'll go ashore with me- nm
the spring line" he said, when he
FOUND his man at the heel of the land.
ing stage.
Yes. sub. Mars Gravitt; dat's me
sholy" me-
All right. You see this bundle. #
anybody tackles me while we're max.
ing iast' I'm going to drop it, and you
must get 1t and run away Do YOU
understand"
Wnut-all mus l do when Is done
tux out wild hit?"
yet away first; then keep out of
SIGHT and hang around the leyee for
an hour or two. II don't turn IN no. |
iore you get tired. pitch the thing into |
the river and go about your business,
II you open it, it'll conjure you worse
than any Obi-man you ever heard Of"
NO, sub! l amt gwine open hit,
Cap'm-not If dey's cunjah in hit: no.
subj"
well. there is-the worst kind Of
conjure this old world has ever known.
But 1t won't hurt you If you don't
NEEDLE with 1t. Keep your wits about
you and be ready to grab it and run.
Here we CO."
The pilot had found his wharfage
and was edging the Belle Julie up to
1t. The bow men paid out slack and
Griswold and the black, droppinp
from the swinging stage, trailed the
end Of the wet hawser up to the near.
est mooring ring. Griswold babe the
negro keep watch and knelt to knot
the hawser in the ring While the
negro sentinel was stammering
'L-l-lookout, Mars Cap'm!" the trap
was sprung.
In difference to the upcoming pas.
eenSer from the Belle Julie, the two
man catchers tried to do their Job oui.
city. But Griswold would not have IT
30. and he was up and had twisted
himself free when a blow from a
dubbed pistol drove him back to his ,
knees. Halt stunned by the clubbing, ,
ne still made SHIFT to spring afoot i,
lsain. to drop his handkerchief bundle
md kick it aside, and to close with his l
'ssailants while the negro was snatch I
ng up the treasure and darling away q
'mong the freight pyramids. After
nat he had but one thought; to keep q
ne two plain-clothes men busy until
ne negro had made his escape. Even I
his proved to be forlorn hope, since O
ne smaller Of the two instantly broke '
way to give chase, while the other d
topped back. spun his weapon In air, 1
nd lsveled 1t. 4.
ha&e-blinded as he was, Griswold Y
new that the leveled pistol meant O
urfenosr or death. When his captor Il
ao handcuffed him and was walking II
lm toward closed carriage drawn G,
p before the nearest saloon in the W
lVer-frontins street, he ventured to n
sk what he was wanted for. b,
You'll find that out soon enough" N
'as the curt reply, and nothing more
,as sAo until the carriage was m
~a SAeu ian sno the door had been jerked Ii,
e. us' IN! commanded the mai m
ssz as'laalaw and when the door as