The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VII,
Upton s. Clair and tho Five Fridays.

n UCIIIES gasp of astOnishment when
she saw what had rescued was
followed by an exclamation OF
wOmanly concern
"Is she drowned?" she asked.
shook my head negatively.
Just swallowed little too much
water, guess" explained one of the
men from the boat. She'll be all right
as soon rs she gets a cup of hot coffee
in her"
who is she, Captain Perkins, and
why is she dressed that way" asked
Lucille, ignoring the reference to coffee.
II dunno who she be-" said the cap
tain. "She come aboard at Buena
Vista and said she was going to Fair
View"
Dressed like thatT'
mo, sir; she was dressed swell.
When we struck the rock over yonder
! told her we might have to swim and
she'd Orter dress just as light as possi-
BILE. She went into the cabin with her
grip, and when she came out she was
like this and asked me If | calculated
that was light enough. l lowed it was,
and we didn't have no time for eXpla-
nations. because just then we broke In
two"
We made a rough stretcher and car
ried the unconscious girl to the house.
When we had placed her in an upstairs
room we left her to Lucile's care and
had a stag party In my bedchamber.
There were now six men of us.
or the newcomers the captain was a
tall, wiry Old man with sharp ferret
black eyes and set of whiskers cor
rectly trimmed for one Of the natives
in "Shore Acres"
One of the other men, green, lanky
youngster, was obviously an employee
on the boat. The other was just as
obviously a passenger. The boatmeu
were inclined to take things philosoph.
ically. The passenger was annoyed
and uncomfortable under the incon-
veniences he had been made to suffer.
He was not fat man, but he had a
build similar to mine before started
fasting.
offered the passenger a suit of my
clothes. You're about my build"
suggested.
He looked at me with disfavor, as II
to say, II hope not" but accepted just
the same.
told the captain and the other mar
l would outfit them with some of Mr.
Green's old clothes. l rummaged the
closets, but all | could find was /
slightly moth eaten suit of evening
clothes and a red and white blazer.
had never suspected Mr.. Green of own
ing anything as frivolous as that.
The captain possessed himself Of the
evening clothes and while he was put
ting them on l asked what had hap
pened.
II didn't have no business putting
out" he replied, "but that good looking
girl there seemed in an awful sweat t.
get to Fair View, end old as l be,
let her hornswoggle me. My biler wer,
not in first class shape. In fact, l ma!
say that some of her flues was con
structed on the general principle of I
doughnut, which is more hole than any
thing else. Jim, here, my engineer
amt regular engineer, being as hov
he learned by correspondence, but
hired him because he's one Of the bes
cooks in the state. He must have don
something wrong
The other man tried to interrupt.
81 know"-the captain brushed hin
verbally one side-"but you must hav
done something. Anyhow we pluml
lost our steam completely. browne
the fires too. Afore we could do any
thing we straddled the rocks out her
and you know the rest. Now if yo
want rattling good cup Of coffee an
some bacon and eggs just turn Jill
loose in the kitchen"
looked at Bopp, and Bopp looked q
Kent, who grinned.
There amt any coffee" he announC
ed, "and there amt any bacon an
eggs"
"Wel, anything win do, even tea"
There amt anything"
"What?" The passenger was on hi
feet in an instant. Nothing to eati
'Not thing"
Good heavensi' he raved. "We'll a
starve. am positively faint with hui
ger now. What shall l do?"
"Why don't you try fainting?" sui
gested BopD amiably.