The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-10-30

fifty yards without one Of them get
ting you"
"sharksl" gasped out the boy. con-
temptuously. II know more about
sharks than you do"
"You seem to know q good many
things ! DON'T" said Charlie, whose
grimness had evidently relaxed a little
at the lads display of mettle. Mean.
while, my temper was beginning to
rise on behalf of our young passenger.
Il tell you what. Charlie" l inter-
posed: IF you are going to keep this
up. you'd better count me out on this
trip and set US both ashore at West
End. You're making a fool Of your.
self. Tho lads all right"
The boy shot me . warm glance Of
gratitude.
"All right" agreed Charlie. begin
ming to lose bis temper. too. "I'm
damned II I don't" And, his hand on
the tiiler. he made as II to turn the
boat about and tack for the shore.
"Noi mo-" cried the boy, springlng
between US and appealingly laying one
hand on Charles shoulder. the other
on mine. you mustn't let me spoil
your trip. I'll compromise. And. skip
per. I'll tell your friend here all there
Is to tell-everything-I swear-if you
will leave II to his Judgment"
"Right-0!" agreed Charlie at last
20 our passenger and I thereupon
withdrew for our conference.
It was soon over and couldn't help
laughing aloud at the simplicity Of It
all.
"Just a I told you. Charlie" e.
claimed: "lt's innocence itself" Turn
Ing to the lad, l said: Dear boy,
there is really no need to keep such a
small secret AZ that from the skipper
here. You'll really have to let me tell
him."
The boy nodded acquiescence.
"All the same. ! gave my word" he
said.
When l told Charlie the innocent Sc
cret, he laughed as I had done, and
his usual good humor instantly re-
turned.
The stubbornly held secret had
merely amounted to this: Our lad was
acquainted with my conchologst, and
had paid him q visit the very after.
noon I did, had In fact seen me leav-
ing the house. Answering to the boys
romantic talk Of buried treasure and
30 forth. the shell enthusiast had
thought no harm to tell him of our
projected trip; and that was the whole
OF the mysterious matter.
Yet the day was not to end without
q little incident which. slight though
indeed 1t was was momentariIy to
arouse Charles suspicious Of our
charming young companion once more.
Presently. In the far southwest, tiny
points like . row Of pins began very
family to range themselves along the
skyline. They were palm trees,
though you co7ld not make them out
to be such. or anything in particular.
till long after. One darker point
seemed closer than the rest.
There's High cayl" rang out the
rich young voice Of our passenger,
whom we'd half forgotten In our tense
scanning Of the horizon. Charlie and
l both turned to him together in sur.
prise-and his face certainly be-
trayed the confusion of one who has
let something slip involuntarily.
"Hol no young man." cried Charlie,
his face darkenlng again. what do
you know about High Cay7 l thought
this was your first trip"
$50 1t Is" answered the boy, ION
the sea-"
what do you mean: on the sear"
Il mean that I've done It many a
time-on the chart. l know every
BLUM and roof and shoal and cay
around Andres from Morgan's Bluff
to Washlngton's Cut"
"You do, ehf'
"on the chart. Why. I've studied
charts since | was q kid. and gone
every kind Of voyage you can think Of
playing at buccaneering or whaling.