The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-06-29
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mind. How did you get all bloody and
what's the matter with your head?"
Mcdonald passed a hand owe he
bandages and said:
"When that young fellow pushed
me down the hatch my head struck
the coaming and knocked me out.
When I came to the boat was pitching
violently. l pounded on the hatch, but
no n heard me. The blood was still
flowing from the wounds, so tore up
my shirt and bandaged it. Then l took
off a shoe and hammered until you let
me out. That's ALL" "1" ~ ~@8
"Why were you so nasty with us?"
when I saw we were leaving the
land I got crazy. I didn't intend to go
on this trip at all. It was only a bluff
on my part. I'm a detective, and l
have been shadowing Lent. 1t means
a lot to me. For Gods sake let me out
of this, won't you? Lent is a crook,
/ give you my word"
The twins considered. Finally
George said:
"You better come with me and I'll
dress that wound and bandage it prop
erly. Then we'll talk it over.y
When this was accomplished they
returned to the cockpit again.
"Where did you meet Hemenway
and what was your arrangement with
him?" asked Jim.
Mcdonald told them his story from
beginning to end. "You see," he con-
Guided, II thought I could keep in
closer touch with Lent by tying up
with Hemenway, as l knew Lent had
promised to go along, too. But I had
no intention of sticking. My idea was
| to nail Lent at the last moment, and
then l could prove he was intending to
skip"
1T seems to me,'' said George, "that
Hemenway acted in perfectly good
faith throughout the whole business.
| Are you married."
mo"
"Then you have no family to wor-
~ over your absence. 1t seems to me
it was a low down trick you tried to
play on Hemenway. He counted on
you to complete his crew. And you
would have thrown him down at the
last minute and upset all our plans.
6" guess you will have to go along,
whether you like it or not, unless
Hemenway wants to put you ashore,
which l don't believe he will want To
do after he has heard the whole
story"
"Where is he? Let's ask him." said
Mcdonald.
Hes asleep, and I'm not going to
disturb him. Now about this man
Lent. How do you know he is 8
crook?"
Lent worked in a bank as book
keeper" replied the detective. "The
officers OF the bank learned that he
was visiting gambling houses. They
had his books examined, but could
find nothing: wrong. Still, the could
not figure where he got the money to
gamble with. So they consulted my
employers and I was put on the case"
"Have you got anything on him?"
mot a thing, except that he cashei
a lot of checks last night, and he has
MT any money in the bank that ] know
of. And the fact that he has skipped
town is proof that something is wrong,
isn't it?'
mot necessarily" replied George.
For all you know, he left a note tell
ing the bank people he was going
away. You say there's nothing wrong
with his books?"
The detective tenderly felt his head
and took a long look over the stern,
81 guess I'm up against it." he said
finally, and I may as we'll make the
best of it. I o~verplayed myself. All
right, let it 90 at that. What's the
orders?
"You better turn in now and get
some sleep. You seem to need it as
badly as the rest. I'll call you when l
call the others. Go below and take
any bunk you like"
Mcdonald turned to go.
zone minute" said Jim; "can you
cook?"
ill " ul1uOllu
~That settles it, laughed George.
'Now you've got to stick"
Its a funny combination" re-
marked Jim to his brother when they
were alone on the deck. "Hemenway
seems to be the only one of the three
that is strictly on the level. Fine kid,
that. oh, well, what do we care? l
wouldn't quit would y0u?"
"Not on your life.7 replied George,
with a laugh. I'm just beginning TO
enjoy myself"
At noon the twins took an observa-
ton. At four bells, following the
promise to Hemenway, the course was
changed. The wind had hauled more
to the west, and it was simply a case
Of veering off. When sheets were
eased to a fine quartering breeze the
course was laid south-southwest, half.
west.
At eight bells Jim went to the COM
panionway and yelled: