The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-12-09
Copyright. 1913. by Emerson hough


had some look of dubiousness, for
L'Olonnois went on.
I'VE gotta do it somehow. III we
don't We'll about have to go back
home, and who wants to go back nome
from good old desert island like TINS
here? So now
''Uh. huh?"
"Why, I'll tell you now. You see,
got some pull with her-the fair cap
tive. She used to lick me, but she
don't dast to try it on here on desert
island. so got some pull. And like
enough YOU could talk it over with
Black Bart"
'Nuh-uh. don't like to-"
"Why?"
well. don't. He's all right
Yes. but we got to get 'em togeth-
err
"Shore. But my idea he's hard to
get together If he gets a notion he
amt had a square deal nohow. some
ways"
well. he amt. So that makes my
part the hardest. But you just go to
him and tell him not to hurry be-
cause YOU are informed the fair cap
tive is going to relent pretty soon If
we just don't get in too big hurry
and run away from a place like this.
where the duck shooting is immense"
"But kin you work her, Jimmy:"
"Well, l dunno. She's pretty set if
she thinks she amt had square deal
too
well, now,'' argued LATTE. IF
that's the way they both feel, either
they're both wrong and ought to shake
hands or else one of ems wrong and
they either ought to get together and
find out which it was or else they
ought to leave it to some one else to
say which one was wrong. Amt
that SOP"
"Of course it's so. So, now, thing fer
us fellows to do is just to put it be-
fore 'em plain and get 'em both to
leave it to us two fellers what's right
fer 'em both to do. Now, | think
they'd ought to get married, both Of
'em-I mean to each other, you know.
Folks does get married"
"Black Bart would" said Jean La
fitte. IN bet anything The fair cap
tive, she's heartless jade, but seen
Black Bart looking at her and'-
"And l seen her looking at him
leastways picture-and says she.
Jimmy
"Jimmyw 1t was l myself. red
and angry, who now broke from my
unwilling eavesdropping.
The two boys turned to me innocent
ly. l found it difficult to say any
thing at all and wisest to say moth
ing. II was just going to ask If you
two wouldn't like to take the guns
and go out after some more ducks. es-
pecially the kind with red heads and
fat noses, such as We had yesterday"
"Sure, Well CO." Jean spoke for
both at once.
Every we'll, then. And be careful
And you'd-you'd better leave your
auntie and her auntie alone, Jimmy
they'll want to Sleep
"YOu didn't hear us saying nothing
did you, Black Bart?" asked L'Ollo
nois suspiciously.
"By Jove! l believe that's boa,
beating down the bay" said L. "Sai
ho! And so eager We're they thai
they forgot my omission of direct re
ply.
"1t's very likely only the lighthouse
supply boat coming in," said l. "1'l
find out over there. Better run alons
or the morning flight of the birds will
be over" So they ran along.
AS for myself. called Peterson ant
Williams for another visit to our dis
abled ship. which now lay on a leve
keel. white and glistening. rocking gen
tly in the bright wind. left wore
for the ladies that we might not b.
back for luncheon.
We found that the piling waters o
Cote Blanche, erstwhile blown out t
sea, were now slowly settling bacl
again after the offshore storm. Tn
Belle Helene had risen from her be,
in the mud now and rode free. Gu
soundings showed us that it would b
easy now to break out the anchor an
reach the channel, just ahead. So. find
ing no leak of consequence and the be
loved engines not the worse for veal
Williams went below to get up som
power, while Peterson took the whee
and l went forward to the capstan.
"Keep bout" the lighthouse keepe
commanded when we reached his shak
wharf. mo, you'll didn't
"We'll didn't what, my friend?" b.
gan l mildly. Don't you like m
looks? Not that l blame you If 20
do not. But has the boat brOugh
down any milk or eggs that you ca
spare:"
mo milluk-no haig! muttered tn
ligh. tender. and they would have clio:
ed the door.
Come. come now, my friends!' l n