The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-07-06
W don't. but Joe does" replied the

happened to have it with ne"
Look here, Archie, what kind Of
prize ring rules do you fight underr'
inquired Jim.
Hemenway grinned.
marquis Of Dogberry. Can you
blame me?" he replied. "A knife
fighter is about as low down a cuss az
they make 'em, and when a man pulls
a knife on me l lose my aristocratlc
manner Friendship ceases imme-
diately.
"Im afraid I lost my temper when
Old Sport Tyler began handing me
compliments. Very fortunately, I had
on my heavy shoes to rest my feet
from those canvas sneakers. What do
you think of these rummies, anyway
What'll we do with them?"
II think your nan is in a bad way"
said Jim. HE hasn't moved since
Dennis pulled you off,"
II kicked the wind out of him;
that's all. He didn't have enough left
when he got through swearing. He's
a regular artist in that line"
"We better look him over and then
decide what to do with the outfit"
said George, arising to his feet. Joe.
keep your eye on those two gentlemen
for q minute
Tyler was beginning to show signs
of life, and about the same time Haw-
kins pulled himself together and sat,
blinking stupidity on a thwart OF the
dingey. Hemenway, Mcdonald and the
twins thrashed out the problem before
them and finally came to a decision.
Mcdonald passed his gun to HEM
enway and sculled out the yacht IN
the dingey. There he collected the
knives in the galley and returned to
shore. Hemenway took possession OF
Tyler's knife saying:
"Come ashore Bill. You and Haw-
kins can take charge OF the piece OF
cheese you call Tyler and dreg him up
to the house If he isn't able to get
there under his own steam.
well give you some water to swan
out his eyes, and then We'll give you
something to eat. After that you are
to go down to the beach in plain view
of the house and stay there until we
get ready to dump you somewhere
else.
"You are to keep together. You
are not to wander beyond certain
marks we will make on the beach,
and under no circumstances are you
to come toward the house. II you no.,
we will fill you full of lead without
stoppinr to think twice about 1t. Now
grab hold of Tyler and get him out OF
here"
The two villains pulled Tyler to his
feet and supporting him, they made
their way up the path to the mousse
followed by the other five men. There
wasn't much ginger displayed by the
castaways.
"Tyler," said Hemenway, YOU don't
look very clipper and you're not
swearing as much as you were a while
ago. l don't want to rub it in but be-
fore you quit this place I'm going to
tell you what l think of you"
The tall man made no answer. AT
the house they fixed him up as best
they could, and hen gave them all
something to eat. Between bites Bill
and Hawkins told the young men that
they were returning from an eXpedi'
ton, the nature of which they did not
disclose, when they put in for water.
Tyler professed to have owned the
little schooner that was wrecked on
the reefs. When she vas lost The three
lost all they possessed. @s' -1&',
"Well, I'm sorry for you if that
helps you any," said Hemenway; but
we don't trust o after what you
tried to pull off a while ago. Go on
down to the beach now. Keep together
and as you value your life, don't try
to come near this house." -'~~
The boys watched them walk slow
ly to the beach. 1t was agreed that the
only thing to do was to keep watch on
the villainous trio. They drew lots,
and Mcdonald was elected to stand
guard the first night, or until he got
too sleepy when he was to awaken
Lent to finish out until t%urning-out
time.
At McDonald's suggestion, they
~ " oo AISHL SdliC I'll
and placed it or the beach near the
three men. Mcdonald then drew out
his pipe and settled himself on the
porch for a long nights vigil. Sudden
ly he thought of something. He said
Jim, I owe you an apology for in
terrupting YOU song this afternoon.
Will you finish it now?"
with pleasure" replied Jim, "ani
to show you there's no hard feelings,
I'll play my own accompaniment"
Seating himself at the piano he sang:
"....love you forever and a day.
Blu do they? Not at all; they never
do;
Or else they swear they'll leave you
forever, right away,
But they never, no., they never, new
er do.
They swear they will forever stay,
Or else forever stay away.