Charlevoix county herald., 1916-05-19
THE GRAND
GETAWAY
BY A. n. C. MITCHELL
Copyright by the Frank A. Nun
sey Co.
Continued from last week.

boom or cannon ana near SnOi
whistle across the bows as a command
to surrender. He had read of such
things.
He felt like a private, privateers-
man. blockade runner and smuggIer
all rolled into one.
1t appeared to him as though every
gun in the fort was pointed at him
personally, and to his guilty mind i.
seemed as though every pair of BIZ
noculars in San Francisco was leveled
at the yacht to see what direction she
would take; and that when he least
expected it a long arm would reach
out, pick him off the deck Of the craft
and stand him up before the stern
gaze of Anderson, the chief of police,
the district attorney and the president
of the bank he had looted.
But nothing of that sort happened,
and before long the yacht was rising
and falling on the long swells of the
ocean and her masts were bending
lower to the heavier breeze of the
open sea.
That last thought had given Hemen.
way an idea, and as they gathered
around the wheel he said
Say, Captain George, does it make
any difference to your navigation
business if we head due west until we
get out of sight of land? | told a
friend of mine we were going to Yo-
kohama, and l don't want him to think
! am lying about it.
Hes a bookmaker, and / know
the old son-of-a-gun has his field
glasses on me this very minute. He
bet me fifty | wouldn't have the nerve
to start out in boat of this size, and
just want him to know he loses. It'll
keep him sore for six months.'
They all laughed.
"All right said George, "it won't
take us long to put California under
the horizon if this breeze holds out
Now, somebody get breakfast while
the others straighten out that cabin.
This sea will slap things around if
they are not slowed shipshape."
The fact quickly developed that
none of the party except the twins
could cook.
You are fine bunch~ exclaimed
Jim in disgust. I'm not going to do
all the cooking, and neither is my
brother"
Hemenway FASTENED to smooth mat
tiers over.
IL want you fellows to understand
that am willing to do anything, and
work as hard as anybody. l can't
cook, but | can learn. / can't sail a
boat, but l can learn that too. Please
be little patient and things will iron
themselves out all right. Just now I'm
nearly ready to drop.
II was up all night and haven't had
a wink of sleep since Saturday morn
ing. If you will allow me wink or
two as soon as it can be arranged
that's all l will ask"
"All right bo," smiled Jim. That's
good enough. Come on, now, and let's
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 one of the hunks on which was
dinner coat and pile of gold and yell
low-backs.
That's my pile.' replied Lent. 81
took a dying chance in a gambling
house last night and luck was with
me. don't know how much is there,
but l broke the bank"
That's interesting" said Hemen-
way, well count 1t 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 thought of a case of eggs
and tub of butter and a whole lot or
bread yesterday. They were not on
my list" said Hemenway, "but
guess we have plenty of everything
else"
II hope so,' said Jim fervently.
Now clean up those dishes and / will
relieve George at the wheel"
1t took George no time at all to eat
his breakfast and soon 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 told you about"
replied Hemenway. Il took him in
good faith. He agreed to come for
twenty-five dollars month. He came
aboard drunk, as near as l can find
out Anyway he talked like a drunk
man about Lent, hee.
Il didn't have time to argue with