The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-07-27

you! Thought l didn't know anything
about 1t, didn't you? Har!
II can see your liver turning white.
! know. Went nosing around my
boxes in the cabin one day and open
ed one.
Sweat coming out on you now.
Ell? Lent. I ought to shoot you dead
in your tracks. But l wont. All Ill
do is this"
AS he spoke Hemenway grasped his
revolver by the barrel and sent the
butt Of it crashing into Lents jaw.
Lent wabbled an instant, then his
knees bent and he sank to the ground
and rolled over flat on his back; Nc
Donald took a step forward, but
paused as Hemenway turned on him
menacingly.
That's a pretty cheap trick. Hem
enway. hitting a man without cause
when he can't defend himself"
sneered the detective.
II owe him a lot more than that,
and so do you." returned Hemenway.
His anger faded as quickly as 1t came.
Hes the man that planned with
Tyler's gang to steal our schooner.
And l would be a dead man now
starved to death-if I hadn't had tho
biggest piece of luck that ever hap
pened to a fellow.
"Lent will tell you all about that
end of it, but he would tell you
how he helped Tyler steal the yacht
CO don't GOT f,ccy nvnr what I did tn
Lent. He's a bad egg. Dennis. There
he is. Do what you like with him.
I've got to go. Want to shake hands.
or don't you?"
"Sure. Good-by Archie. and good
luck"
Thanks. Same to you old scouts
Hemenway turned and walked rap
idly away.
They'll never get me, Dennis" he
added over his shoulder. He quickly
joined the boat crew.
Gall right. Mr.. Sanderson." he said
to the mate; "Tll shove off," and
grasping the bow Of the boat he gave
it a shove and jumped in.
"Hold on!' ordered the mate.
where's the rest of your
"They're going on the schooner
which got here before we did. I'm 60
ing with you"
"What's all this monkey buslnessI
I was ordered to-
"That's all right, Mr.. Sanderson,"
interrupted Hemenway, they prefer
to use their schooner as l told you; l
prefer to go with you Please put me
on board your vessel. I'll settle win
Capt'n Bailey. . @.,1.' -. r%."E<" =
With a growl the mate gave the or
der and the boat moved ahead.
Twenty minutes later they were on
board the trader again n Hemenway
faced the skipper. Rapidly he repeat
ed what he had told the mate, adding
a little more detail and answering sucn
questions as Captain Bailey put 70
; him.
Finally the skipper appeared 10 D*
satisfied and was about to give the or
o der to fill away when Hemenway star
tied him with a proposition.
"Capt'n Bailey he said. "Il CIV
YOU fifty dollars a day, counting iron
D the time you left the other island tnl
t, afternoon, PAYABLE in advance, II vo
10 will keen your vessel just WITHIN sigh
le of this island and send a man alo'
from DAYLIGHT to darkness and let III
1t know when that other schooner leave
Then I'll go ashore and get sOhi
y things I left there in a secret plac
n After that / will pay you rc%.lar pa
D. sage money as long as stay wit
Re you" ~''"AS'@
1t took considerable lying on Hen
70 snway's part to gain the shippers co
n eent to this proposal, but he final
10 succeeded in convincing Captain Bal
a ey that his party bad been ca a scie:
q tific expedition and considerable jea
le ousy had developed. He had some va
q liable specimens on shore which h
q had hidden fearing a rival would de
n troy them. an so on. >.siss ssr 80 -E.t,
" At last they struck a bargain. Hell
u enway went below and extracted fit
dollars in gold from Lent's pile, han,
N ing the money to the skipper for til
10 first days pay and as an evidence
good faith.
D. For two days the O Bailey lay hu
n down off to the southwestward of tn
II island and nothing happened, bu
about noon on the third day the ma
e aloft with a pair of glasses reporte
that the yacht was sailing away fror
II the islnd in a northwesterly direction
4 When she had entirely disappeare'
n from view Captain Bailey gave order
?. to make sail and stand in toward tn
island.
Q Hemenway went ashore in the small
e boat rowed by two Kanakas. The,
landed a little way up the inlet on tn,
north shore and leaving the sailers II
the boat Hemenway hurried to tn,
spot where he had secretly buried hi
J. precious boxes on the night following
their arrival on the island.
The spot he had chosen for this Dur