Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-07

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ance OF receiving a favor. These pa
pers he. carried down to our tiny box
OF Il room and added to his bundle. L
supposed at the time he was doing ell
this on Moliere's principle, that one,
gains more popularity by acceptingR
favor than by bcstowing one.
In the early morning one day we
came i'll sight of a round, high bluff
with a castle atop, and a low shore
running away. The ships man told
us this was Chagrcs.
This news caused Il curious disinte-
grafton in the ships company. We had
heretofore lived together Il good hu-
mored community. Now VIZ immedi-
ately drew apart into small suspi-
clous groups. For we had shortly to
and ourselves and our goods and to
obtain transportation across the 18TH
mus, and each wanted to be ahead of
his ncighbor.
Here the wne of much freight
found themselves at Il disadvantage.
| began to envy less the proprietors
OF those enormous or heavy machines
Tor the separation of gold. Each man
ran about on the deck collecting busi-
~ all his belongings into one pile.
When he had done that he spent the
rest OF his time trying to extract def
mite promises from the harasscd ships
officers that he should 90 ashore In
the first boat.
Talbot and j sat on or few pack
ages and enjoyed the scene. The ship
came to anchor and the sailors swung
the boat down from the davits. The
passengers crowded around in a dense,
clamoring mob. We arose, shouldered
our effects and quietly slipped around
to the corresponding boat on the other
side the ship. Sure enough, that also
was being lowered. SO that we and q
dozen Who had made the same good
guess, We're, after all, the first to land
We bcached in the mud and were at
once surrounded by 4 host Of little,
brown, clamorous men. Talbot took
charge and began to shoot back Span
ish at Il great rate. Some Of the lit
tie men had q few words of English.
Our goods wer" seized and promptly
disappeared in Il dozen directions. T
tried to prevent this, but could only
collar II man at Il time. All the
Americans We're swearing and threat
ening ut Il great rate. l saw Johnny,
tearing up the beach after a fleet ma
tive, fall fiat and full length in the
mud, to the vast delight Of all who be-
held.
Finally Talbot plowed his way to me.
Its all settled" said he. 1--WE made
Il bargain With my friend here to take
us up in his boat to Cruces for SIS
apiece for four of U.s."
We'll, if you need two more, for
heavens sake rescue Johnny" I adj
vised. He'll have apoplexy."
We hailed Johnny and explained
matters. Johnny was somewhat put
to it to attain his desired air of i'm
perturbable calm.
They've got every blistered thing I
w and made off with it,. he cried.
"Confound it. sir, I'm going to shoot
every saddle volored hound in the place
if l don't get back my belongingsw
They've got u stuff, too l add
ed.
well keep calm" advised Talbot
Il don't know the game down here,
but it strikes me they can't get very
far through these swamps, if they do
try to steal, and I don't believe they're
stealing anyway. The whole perform
ance to me bears u strong family re-
semblance to hotel Here,
compadre!"
He talked a few moments with his
boatman.
That's right" he told US then.
Come ont"
We walked along the little crescent
OF beach, looking into each Of the
boats in the long row drawn up on the
shore. They were queer craft, dug out
from the trunks of trees, with small
decks i'll bow and stern, and with q
low roof Of palmetto leaves amidships.
By the time we had reached the end
of the row we had collected all u ef-
fects. Our own boatman slowed them
Continued Next Week.)
Capital Punishment.
Customer-Your cream is very good.
Clerk-It ought to be. l just whipped
it.-Iife