The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-06-29
THE GRAND
GETAWAY
BY A. H. C.. MITCHELL
Copyright by the Frank A. Nun.
sey Co.
CHAPTER XII
"That's My Pile"

"That's My Pile"
George clapped his hands.
"Get the jib on her, JIM" he yelled.
"Hey Waterman, stand by to cast off
that stern line."
Hemenway pulled off his coat and
hat, threw them down the companion
way, and with Lent followed Jim for
ward. They a up the jib, and as it
thrashed in the wind George shouted:
"Cast off! That's the stuff. Stand
by the bow line. Cast off! Cast off!
Haul aft the jib Sheet"
The Runaway slowly gathered head.
way and was soo clear of the dock.
George took her well out in the bay
and then brought her up in the wind.
They hoisted fore and main sail ana
forestaysail. Then pointing close to
the wind the Runaway went off on
the starboard tack and when well
clear came about and headed for the
Golden Gate on a strong ebb tide.
When there was a chance for a
breathing spell Jim turned to the
Screw"
Il take it you fellows never han
died a rope before,' he observed.
"Guilty," replied Hemenway with a
grin.
"How about you. Lent?" e
Same here"
"Well, we are taking considerable
Of a chance. The thing to do is to
make you learn the rope and learn
'em fast"
"How about eats? I haven't had
any breakfast" said Hemenway.
Nothing doing until this deck is
cleared up. Come this way and I'll
show you how to coil a rope"
He started Hemenway on the hal
yards that cluttered the deck around
the mainmast and put Lent to work
forward, explaining things as they
went along, and soon the deck was
clear.
The wind, as had been said, was a
trifle west of north, and blowing e
good eight knots. Under it's influence
the Runaway rapidly neared the opeE
sea. A hundred times since the yacht
left the dock Hemenway had cast ali
anxious eye in that direction. A hum
dred times his eye had swept the wa
ter-front in fear that something, he
knew not what, would put from n of
the wharyes. overhaul the schooner,
put aboard her, and slip handouts on
his wrists.
AS the yacht came abreast of the
old fort he half expected to hear the
boom of a annon and hear a shot
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.
It appeared to him as though every
gun in the fort was pointed at him
personally, and to his guilty mind it
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? I told a
friend of mine we were going to Yo-
kohama, and I don't want him to think
] am lying about it.
Hes a bookmaker. and I 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 a 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, ut 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 il
they are not slowed shipshape."
The fact quickly developed that
none Of the party except the twins
could cook.
"You are a fine bunch!" exclaimed
Jim in disgust. "I'm not going to do
N the cooking, and neither is my
brother.'
Hemenway hastened to smooth mat.
ters over
II want you fellows to understand
that I am willing to do anything, and
work as hard az anybody. ! can't
cook, but I can learn. ! can't sail q
boat, but / can learn that too. Please