The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-04-27
The GRAND
GETAWAY
sy a. \. E. MITCHELL
Copyright ~ TIA Frank a. Mum
Z sey co.

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CHAPTER VII.
Expecting 1 jolt.
Next day the launch tender, which
was up II the basin with the Runaway
towed the yacht down to Anderson &
BrownloW''s, dock. The schooner had
been recently overhauled, and there
wan little to do on her except 8 that
everything wa s%hipshape.
Hemenway got Anderson to put q
scrub crew aboard and, with Jim Car
teret, who was off duty until SIX
o'clock that evening, they took the
yacht out in the bay to stretch her
sails and give Carteret a chance to see
how she behaved.
Jim went to the wheel and took
command, and in the light breeze that
was blowing put the little schooner
through her PAGES. He pointed her
close to the wind and beat up the bay
In short tacks, then eased sheets for .
short reach, and finally jibed over for
. run before the wind.
The yacht behaved beautifully. AZ
ter an hours thorough test Carteret
brought her up in the wind and let
her hang there.
aYou handled her like you had
spent all your life on q schooner
yacht declared Anderson. what do
you think of her-a beauty eh?"
s.Don't tell him, Captain C~arteret,r'
laughed Hemenway: The might want
to boost the price on me We haven't
aligned papers vet"
mo fear Of that" said Anderson.
s'fYou and / are going to get along
without any misunderstanding, Hem
enway. Well, what do you say to get
ting back? I have some work to do"
When the Runaway was made fast
Hemenway asked Garteret to go iall
over the vessel and make any sugges-
tions he thought necessary. While .the
twin was busy on the yacht, Hemen-
way went into executive session with
Anderson.
Tia latter promised to lose no thine
In getting the supplies aboard and
rush the other small things SO that
everything would be read as so0n $
possible. When Carteret had finished
bis inspection Of The schooner rthey
left together.
For the last Hwentyfour hours
Hemenway had felt as though he was
walking around with q IAN Of nitro
glycerfn In his pocket. So far every
thing had gone along smoothly, but he
was In that ticklish position Of not
knowing when somebody would come
along and give him a jolt that would
scatter him and bis project into q.
thousand pieces.
He felt safe enough with the twins.
but he decided to keep away from An
1erson. and transact business with him
over the telephone.
"Mr. Carteret," said Hemenwag a.
they walked away. show many M us
40 you figure it win take to sail shat
boat7 What's the lowest number we
en- get along within
hThose down-east two-masters 20
70 sea; with q captain and crew Of two
men," replied Carteret: hut hey
we're brought up to that sort Of thing.
We ought to have five. anyway; may
g We could get along with four h :
pinch, hut I wouldn't want TO II I
could help It. How are you coming
ont with your crew-aanded anybody
yot1~
7 es. I've got one young fellsw
Who viii at IA with M all right.
TAere's another one that + don't know
~ well. and ! don't care much for his
styls, but ghe might - = GOOD man .
have along 10 do the mendal work, q
4 we're. i nm to see them both tonight
81 viii let you know shout them
when ! set home, e yoa ars stilI
awake"
by the way, Mt. Hesmenway. my
brother and Ihaye . piano which has
lust arrived tram the East. That VIII
haye "a 90 along, and fit = all right
Is do 20 / win have It sent down To-
the schooner from the freight yard
Zine business. / viii call up An
derson and tell him to pat It aboard
md see that It ID screwed down tight.
And you better start getting your
things together. Don't forget 10 take
plenty sof light clothes.
II think ! Will 90 around IA 1 pair
~ aunnEnr md = aunf1A when
weather gets good ana hot. While ~.
- about Il, let's figure this thing ont
Anderson tells me he viii have every
thing ready ~ next Friday. This u
Saturday. Supposing ~ AZ on Sum
day morning : week from tomorrow
1ors tho getaway day. Does that suit
;1ouf
Fine: tho sooner the latter.s
We'll, then, : week from tomorrow,
sunday, positively. Have everything
YOU 30 going % take ready ~ aatur
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