Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-14
CHAPTER XXlx-Continued.

CHAPTER xxIx-continued.
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The pain room and the forepeak
came next. and explored the latter
myself, as there was scarcely room In
the narrow space for even one to creep
shout. Pushing the lantern before me-
every nerve singing like copper wire,
1 crawied out at last. dripping with
pe9spiratiOn, and ~ black as though
Ind been for half q day In the coal
hole. To Leayord's inquiries could
only shake my head.
sWell, SIR" he said obstinately, 'T'm
q aailorman, but / never did believe in
ghosts. an amt a-goin' fer ter believe
in 'em now. 1t warn't no spoOks what
did this job. This yere Bascom was a
sure enough human the last time put
eyes ON him. an I don't reckon he's
changed much since, 'cept maybe In his
line O. brains; do you. sirT'
"He's flesh and blood, all right, IL
that b what you mean; only insanity
makes them cunning"
that's what l red to Red here while
you was crawling round in the fore
peak, lappin' up bilge-water. He reck-
oned It might o bin 4 ghost q dom
these things: but claimed tibet ghosts
don't shove knives into sailormen /:
leastways I never heard o. none that
did, So It naturally stands to reason,
CIR. that this bloomin' lunatic is still
aboard somewhere"
He leaned forward, striking one hand
on the other to better express his argu-
n,ent. was thinking. paying little at
tention to his words. my eyes un-
consciously viewing the ship aft. The
deck was 10 wrapped In gloom that
outsfde tho radius Of our lantern I
could perceive no movement, not even
determine the presence Of the two men
left on guard. The two masts. with
their heavy spnrs. cast all below into
dense shadow, but beyond. on the poop.
Me faint rays of the pinnacle lamp IL.
neeted softly on the face Of the girl ut
tho wheel. making her appear almost
~ Z vision. The sight for an instant
fascinated me.
~Aip't tibet 30, sirr'
"Why. yes. Leayord; I am unable to
re It my other way-but wheref"
"Well, there ain't but ono place
aboard UNEMPLOYED, cir. Hanged IL
know how he ever got there. but he's
either there, overheard. or aloft: or
rise I've got to take on my hat to Red
hers. an acknowledge It's d real ghost
we've got aboard the old hooker"
'The cargo holdf"
faye. aye; I'm fer takin' OF the
Matches. and letting . man or two creep
ADwn there; we'vc got to find Eut
where that devil H."
There was no answering his logic.
and determination 30 complete the
3ob was already In my own mind.
sect the tarpaulin out Of the way.
liverpool" I said sharply. throwing
me lantern where the light was need
"a. ~Cut Il loose. man; don't waste
tune with the lashings; there's plenty
q spare canvas In the saflroom. What's
showed iirst Below, Mr.. LeayordS"
N THAT'S the devil q II, SIR" he re-
Piled soberly. Il never told You, for ]
d4sin't nee no cause. There Wan . lot
= boxes come ON board. sir. maybe q
5, thousand Of 'em. tho Gods clamped With
Iron. an they was ALMIGHTY heavy. We
had to load EN- with the donkey en-
gfnA IN. most Of 'em were dumped In
1T below thu main latch
DO you know what They containedf 2
..Mr. Bascom told me they WINS army
stpvea. mir. and maybe he thought they
was. Ter he seemed SURE about Il: but
along at tho last tho hook slipped od
enc Of them. an tho box dropped about
thirty feet. slnaahin' the whole end In
III was plumb full . loaded ahells.s
''Ioaded shellse'
THAT'S what: there was powder
sneugh scattered about therc Ter blow
- whole ahip = Hadss an back
NO doubt ether explosives an
sbsard. The greater reason for - to
by hands o. Bascom. Take hold
SAexN with Red and help rip UP that
larpaulln: now get the point Of this
eapatan bar under ths hatch clos
Ines; here's yeux isver-it'n take the
weight Of tAe thres oe NJ b move the
lsen-now. heAvs hels
W bent b Il sxsEting every orncs
- Strength sncourags4 b. The fact
int he Asavy hatch yseaded to on
combined elRor& and began 70 move. e
mn evr ~ grooves. and shove bach
islioh91y. VIM - OtAer thought but q
ealn epsning snoush Tor another inser
- e ths lsvsr. ~ bsat 10 tho task
Nuuothlne eaugAt, rendsring tho great
Nxun Id immOvable.
sWhitAs I called. ~come over here
and eive n . hand
heard him pattcr ACROSS the deca
- HI bare feet, but before he reached
- har. To fellow stopped. staring a
- narrow spsning. and sni1hng IKE :
!po1ntor Dc.
Lay holar called ont angrfly
sxha weight - breaking our backs."