Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11

! moccn food
shanghai brown took tho bottle from
MN ana poured u generous dose of re,
WHISKY into Eriiny tumhlcr.
tut that down. friend" he said
SchiallN. foull feel a whole lot bet
ter You need il. after your victim
las; nsrht."
nc drained the glass and. with an
uncomfortable Sr:mace OF disgust. re
| turned IT.
| Mr.. Brown talked on watching philin
curI"usiN. Tie young man was staring
81 hlin with Il sick look in eyes tina
rapidly lost all expression whatever
OF sudden they were quite blank lie
lurch"d forward OH his face.
Juan Lopez ran down the dock not
three minutes later. aiire with an i'm :
nortant discovery lie had accidentally
made while en- route TO New York. u
discovery Of such moment that he had
felt obligated TO turn back and com
lhunicatc II 10 his prince without de-
lay.
It's masters i: know respectively as
Mickey and Ike. They were rough but
passably amiable creatures when in
liquor. which is as much as TO say
when in funds. and violently otherwise
when Il temporary deficit in the budget
denied them thci customary allowance.
OF alcohol. They existed simply and
quietly and primitively in a rude shan
~ built on the end Of an equally rude
aud somewhat more rickcty dock, near
by the muorine. by habit they slept
or a, least kept studiously under cover
from dawn till dark from nightfall ill
sunrise they navigated up and down
the coaStlincS Of Manhattan and
brooklyn and the Jersey shores. seek
in;, what they might lind and get away
with undctccted. and particularly seek
ing 10 be constantly elsewhere than
in the neiehborhood OF these busy
bodies. the liarbor Police.
Thus the converted lifeboat grew
biasc 10 curious cargocS and com
missions. |; carried tons Of coal
hlchcd from barges in Raritan Bay and
tho kill Won kull. Again it br"uEh,
ashore from an ocean tramp at anchor
in the Lower Bay a brace or gen
tlemcn with rcvolrers in their hands
and bag fun Of diamonds between
their feet-stones destined never "a
pay duty to Uncle Sam. II did
ono. with vessels that brought in
opium from the Far East. Rui i
wasn't proud; it was not above sneak
ing home with no haul more valuable
than a coil Of rope lifted from he
meath the nose OF some SLEEPY ui.h;"
watohman. And once il had assisted
tho ahscondins executive Of south
american republic to tranship fcg Eu-
rope without bothering the immi2rA-
ton authorities or coming INTO pos
StptS IHplcdShul aSSOti6l!ph N4tii
volunteer posse Of his countrNnen who
were waiting to greet him ~ tie pier.
with Warrants in their hands aud
weapons il their pockets MI was
fish that came into its nets, but it's
eafc Ia say the lifeboat never ue;tcd
more romantic fish than the Two il
picked up in the North River. rom
tnc wake OF a Jcrsey-hound ferry
boat.
1t had been making homewards from
an expedition not only fruitiess, but
perilous. with no lights showing. under
cover Of grateful wrack Of cloud that
masked the moon. when one OF is pro-
prtctors caught the Caintes, echo OF q
hail. and. searching for its sourc. with
eyes 9" hAbited to the night that they
saw almost as kccNl! ihcn as by day.
discovered two heads hobbin. i'm the
bi, ken waters.
P."ciy in time the lifcboat fare 81.
a'"nSside. Prince rni!ip was ns"n-
sible from exhaustion: tho strength 81
Juan Lopez was waning to the vanish,
iug point. 50 tagged was tho latter.
in Tact. that even when Mickey aud
Tic had relieved him Of tho burden
IF his prince he was able Ia Il, no
n'orc than hang onto tho cunwalc ~.
helped aboard. And When this Was
done. hc collapsed. spent and uncon-
scious. IN the bottom Of tho boat. and
rested 50 for the better par, Of an
hour
IN tho COURSE nj that time tho river
thieves p'lotni their craft quietly INTO
home waters
When Juan came 10 ihcy wore sl,p.
ping IN beneath a wharf. Tic motor
Wa, no lonre, working. Nlckoy and
HE We're standing. ono in III" bows the
Other in tho sierra. working i'ic boat
in b. pulling AMI inrustiuc 1T tho niles
SQUARE open.n@ in tho floor az tho
wharf Through this opcuiu. Mickey
scrambled and Disappeared Ion. enough
10 Mike light. returning 10 help Juan
mp into ,he on room "f N snack,
then lending him hand IL bring NJ
tue still s"nsolnsS rhiiip. After which
lie closed trap over tho opening
wnilc ~" took tho boat "ff /" ~
nnorinc
y hrcf examination persuaded Juan
that tho "is"ai aud most humane thiuG
h" could Il" for his master wps - lct
uatur" haze her way with him, Prince
ii.ilip had gun" overheard rom III.
fcrry-boat - ;Uc climax OF an uucofa-
mon:T ;rriNr and faticuinS dut. IN ihc
course 81 wIich hc had more than one.
e2crted Nis strength 10 tho utmost, aud
had one, Eccr slnuGShott"d aud mar
r"Wl, escaped asDhS station. It's "rh-
segment struggles IN th> waters ~ tho
Hudson nad sapp"d ~! his powers ~
resistance u" hat succuiubcd :" resist
less coma" 10" 10 was deep ~ lc,h-
areic slunbsrs. from which nothing
could rouse him short ~ measures, ~
once heroic and cruel
Having arrived 9; thi" conclusion.
Juan ke"led over it, a corifc, or The
shack and resigned himself :" sleep
But u" wac FAR from satisfied ritlI
their situation, True their li,cs had
been saved by Mcssrs Mickey ANA Ike
IN, il was oGuaiiy tru" that "a" gem
eral appearan." and bearing cf these
gentry was not such a 10 tuspir" con
~, in All i,1r a.