The Lamar register., 1919-09-03

to p6rtake little m that latter quail
lty. Still, Charlie and Sailor were 30
happy that l wouldn't have let them
suspect that for the world.
Besides. had my wonderful young
friend, to whom ! grew daily more at
tached. l found myself feeling drawn
10 him as | can imagine Il young fa'
ther is drawn to young son! and
sometimes | seemed TO see In his eyes
the suggestion Of confidence he was
ON the edge of making me-a whinr
sical. pondering expression. AS though
wondering whether he dare to tell me
or not.
>"What is II, Jack?" asked him for
we had asked him what We were to
call him. he had answered with
laugh: "Oh. call me Jack-Jack Hark.
away. That is my name when l go
on adventures. Tell me your adven-
ture names. don't want your prosaic
everyday Names" "Weil," had re-
piled. entering into the lads humor.
my friend here is Sir Francis Drake
and I. well-Fm Sir Henry Morgan"
what Is 1t. Jackf" repeated.
But he shook his head.
"Nol" he replied. II like you ever
so much-and l wish 1 could: but
mustn't"
Somebody else's secret againr ]
ventured.
"Yes!" And he added: '-This time
It's mine. too. But-some day per-
haps: who knows2-" He broke OF
in boyish confusion.
"All right. dear jack" said, patting
his shoulder. take your own time.
We're friends anyway"
THAT we are" responded the lad.
with a fine glow.
I mustn't be too hard on Char
lie. for Charlie had another object In
his trip besides duck. As a certain
poet brutally puts It. he had anticipat-
ed also ''the hunting OF man." In ad-
dition. though II Is against the law OF
those Britannia islands, he had prom
Ised me a fiamhgo or two for decora-
tive purposes. However. famingOes
and Tobias alike kept out OF gunshot
and. as the week grew toward its end.
Charlie began TO grow a little restive.
"It looks" he murmured one eve
ming. as We had completed our four
teenth meal of roast duck, and were
musing over our after-duck cigars, at
looks as n am not going to have any
use for this"
BE had taken a paper from his pock.
ct. II was q warrant with which he
had provided himself, empowering
him to arrest the said Henry p. To-
bias. or the person passing under that
name, on two counts: First. that of Sc
ditlOus practices. with intent to spread
treason among his msJesty's subjects,
and. second that Of willful murder on
the high seas.
Charlie put the warrant back into
his pocket and gazed disgustedly
across the creek, where the loveliest of
young moons was rising behind q
frieze of the homeless. barbarfc brush.
There was never such a place In
the world" he asserted, ito hide in
or get lost in-or to starve In. l have
often thought that II would make the
most effective prison In the world"
The young moon rose and rose.
while Charlie sat In the dusk OF our
shanty. like n meditative mountain
saying nothing. the glowing end Of his
cigar occasionally limiting at the cir
conference OF his face.
'Tll get him. all the same" he said
presently. coming out OF a sort of
trance. In which. as I understood la.
ter. his mind had been making a geo
graphical survey Of our nelghborhood,
going up and down every creek and
corner on radius Of fifty miles.
So we sought our respective cots;
but ! had scarcely begun to undress
when foolish accident for which
was responsible happened. an scei-
dent that might have had serious con-
sequences, and which. as a matter Of
fact did have-though not ut the mo
ment.
Neglecting everything a man should
do to his gun when he Is finished with
1t for the day. had left two cartridges
In 1t. left the trigger on the hair-brink
of eternity. and other enormities for
which Charlie presently. and quite
abashed me with profanity.
in short, my big toe tripped over the
beast as 1t stood carelessly against the
wall Of my cabin. and. as 1t fell. re
ceived the contents In the fieshy part
of my shoulder.
The explosion brought the whole
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