El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-22

, schooner Sallie NJ, out Of Portsmouth
| my own boat. tOO-bound cOastWis s.,
| with case hardware Hardware, Huh
| Gimme another swig of thet water, an
! I'll tell y about it,
He took a long, deep pull, but this
| time swallowed it with caution While
/ it felt cool he held il blissfully on hi'
| tongue and to his dried lips, and then
| swallowed it with a grunt of perfect
! happiness.
| "By gravy" he exclaimed, water
/ en- taste good Wen il wants to"
He looked the machine over curious
/ ", his eyes cleaning with an odd eN-
! preston of incredulity like man who
| knew that some one was trying 20 fool
| him with cleverly concocted scheme
Honest. I thought L had the willies
wen ! fust seen you,' he said. so
thets one Of them air-e-oplanes. is 1t.
! WeIl What a. you think OF theft An
she do go. too. don't She?
Suddenly a new thought seemed to
"Say. Mister he cried. How fer
en- you go in thet thing firm here?'
She is good for nearly five hours
yet said Sayville. call it 1000 miles
Two hundred mile an nour!
about that"
Well wat d you think Of tibet.
Say. don't you fellers bother about me-
Leave me a canteen OF water, viii you,
an go after tibet ship Of mineE She
can't be more'n $50 mile away. Go git
'er. will you? 1ou1l scare them pirates
20 death with tibet air-e-oplane. An
tibet gun in y'r bowl Is it real r jes'
IF show
1T is real. Fortunately there is one
belt of 500 shells in her now
"ThetH do the trick. Oh. Mister
Go git them pirates-go ahead.
"Pirates2" asked Sayville, with puZ-
lied wrinkling of his brows. You
surely don't mean actual pirates, do
you?"
Same thing" declared Captain Mar
vine. the fury again flaming in his eyes.
Il started down the coast with her with
hardware fr Key West Three days
ago. nv mate, Nat Brandon, an a Teller
name Of Andrews knocked me down In
my cabin an tied me up han an foot
an took her away firm me- t9r "a
hour, they kept ME locked up, an then
they up an told me the whole PROPOSE
tiOn.
Il cd keep my ship If I'd jine 'em.
they said-my own ship, mind Bouu'
fr tn eastern end of san Domingo,
they was. an the cases Of hardware was
guns an ammunition. Teller name Of
Cartwright's down thare- now, waitin.
fr 'em with an army or niggers all
ready L start one Of them revolutions
soon s the guns gifts there. Nice, neat
way Brandon managed it all, too. Got
me to run up an see tn old woman
while they were loadin' the cargo-said
he'd see everything VS. all right-an
him in Cartwrights pay all the time"
But you would not join them
"Who-me? Ne? Seth Marvine?
Say, Mister. that ships named after my
old woman, an she never done
crooked thing in her life No more viii
thet ship while's I've got my health.
No. sir So they put me overheard in
this here dory an left me. Say, go git
en-, wont you? Another day, an it'll
be too late. They'll have the stuff
landed in Domingo, an tn shooun' II
begin"
Sayville's teeth clicked together in
anger. and the muscles Of his jaws
tautened.
''The dirty Dogs he cried THAT'S
the kind Of scum that keeps our gov
eminent in hot water, and they are the
first to claim our protection the min
ute they get caught How far away
do you say she is2'
We'll she amt much fr speed. the
SalIie amt. Seven knots s about the
best they'll git out Of her. They've been
gone two days more r less-can il
three hundred and forty r fifty mile.
You can't miss 'er. There's nothin'
quite like 'er afloat-sort of dirty yal-
Ter. her hull is--two masts an a fun
neil"
ana sne IS uldhlHs IBHL loL Gdhlo
Domingo
Yep; eastern end. This Teller Cart
wright's to send some one out L meet
'em an let 'em know where the revolu-
tionists s gathered at The Sallie's L
lay off till they hear firm him Go
ahead, Mister; leave me here. en- git
along awhile longer"
III do it," declared Sayville deter
minedly. 1.-THE revenue cutter Tama-
qua is following US. She will be here
in two hours and pick you up. Keep
that canteen. We will start, and I will