The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-06-29

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straighten things down below"
Hemenway and Lent followed him
down the cOmpanionway.
For the love of Mike, what's this"
exclaimed Jim. He was standing be.
side n of the hunks on which was a
dinner coat and a pile of gold and vel.
low-backs.
That's my pile,'' replied Lent. Il
took a dying chance in a gambling
house last night and luck was with
me. I don't know how much is there,
but I broke the bank"
"That's interesting" said Hemen-
way, well count it right now.' They
did SO and found the pile totaled close
to fifteen thousand dollars, more than
eight thousand dollars of which was
in gold.
"Well, stuff it away somewhere,
you can't spend it here" remarked
Hemenway.
They quickly put the cabin to rights
and then repaired to the galley. After
nosing around they brought forth the
ingredients of a breakfast. Jim made
coffee and cooked bacon and eggs,
which with bread and butter and a
can of peaches made an excellent
meal.
LUCKY I thought of a case of eggs
and a tub of butter and a whole lot or
bread yesterday. They were not on
NnU 1icf - coi1 IJopooox,o1, StI,,% 7
guess we have plenty of everything
else."
II hope so,' said Jim f~ervently.
SHOW clean up those dishes and I will
relieve George at the Wheel"
1t took George no time at all to eat
his breakfast and oon they were all
gathered aft again.
what I want to know is, who is
that fellow you called Dennis, and
what did you do with him." asked
George of Hemenway.
Hes the husky I told you about"
replied Hemenway. II took him in
good faith. He agreed to come for
twenty-five dollars a month. He came
aboard drunk, al lear as I can find
out. Anyway he talked like q drunk
man about Lent, here.
II didn't have time to argue with
him, so l pushed him down the hatch
and put the lid on. After a while I'll
dig him up and have a talk with him.
lie certainly ought to be S ,be, by that
time"
Call right" said George. "Now,
Hemenway, you and Lent turn in.
You can sleep until foul O'Clock, which
is eight bells unless you are needed on
deck. In the meantime Jim and I will
figure out how to run things. If you
hear us boiler, jump quick. Now go
below"
Aye, aye, sir. Is that the way to say
it," laughed Hemenway as he disap-
Feared with Lent.
Gust as 500 as those fellows get
some sleep we will take them right in
hand,' declared George as soon as he
and his brother were alone. 'The
first thing to do is to teach them to
steer SO they can take their regular
trick at the wheel. Tomorrow, if the
weather is anywhere near decent,
We'll show them how to reef and furl,
and make EN- learn the ropes in dou-
bic quick time. Then we-what's
that"
They listened. There was a sound of
subdued hammering. George ran for
ward whence the sounds came.
tits hat fellow down in the fore
hold. I guess he wants to come up"
he yelled.
LET him xp,'' ordered Jim.
George unfastened the bar, lifted
the hatch cover and peered down the
hold. Seated on a coil of rope, strip
ped to his undershirt and holding a
shoe in one hand was the detective.
He had torn his shirt into bandages
which he had wrapped around his
head. His face, hands, and under.
shirt were smeared with blood. At
sight of George he arose, threw his
coat over an arm and held up a hand.
"Give us a lift" he said.
George grasped the outstretched
arm with both hands, hauled the gum
shoe man quickly to the deck and fas.
tened down the hatch again. Nc
Donald GRABBED a halyard to steady
himself and gazed stupidity around.
Nothing but the broad expanse of wa
ter met his vision.
(Which ways the 1and?" he asked.
George pointed aft Mcdonald peer
ed around the mast and saw the dim
outline of the coast in the distance
At that moment a bucketful of spray
came over the weather rail and SOUS
ed him. It seemed to revive him in.
stantly. He dropped his coat and shoe
and ran swiftly aft. Jumping In the
cockpit he made up to Jim at the
wheel.
Turn around and put me ashore
me and Lent" he ordered.
you're crazy man; haven't You So
bered up yet?' demanded Jim.
Mcdonald with q cry of rage,
threw himself at Jim and tore him
away from the wheel. He attempted