Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-07-05

him the more dangerous. Hes not a
10 the bad"
Il couldn't help thinking that too,
I interrupted
sOh. no." they said. "but he's a hl
mad. too. That's his trouble. He
got a personal, as well as an abstract
grudge against the British govern
ment."
TREASURED" I laughed.
aHow did you knowy" they asked.
"Never mind; l somehow got tn
idea"
aTake a word OF sdylce. Have I
few guns with you, for you're liable c
need them"
"I agree" I remarked. "Fn TAX
the guns all right, but Tn afraid II
need some more crew. I mean II
want an engineer. and another deck
hand"
And, Just as I said this, there cams
up some one pOst-haste from the vii
lage; some one, too, that wanted th,
clergyman, as well as me. for my cap
tain was IN, and at the point of death
"What on earth can be the trOuble?'
l said. but. the three of US, including
the cOmmandant went.
We found the captain lying in his
berth, wrlthlng with cramps.
"What on earth have you been doing
with yourself. Capp asked.
Il did nothing. SIR, but eat my din
ner, and drink that claret you were
kind enough 10 give me-"
"The half-bOttle Of claretT
"Yes, SIR. the very same"
"Well there was nothing to hurt
you In that" | said. "Dld you take II
half and half with water, as l told
your
II did indeed. SIR"
cts very funny" | said. And then
as be began to wrlthe and stiffen,
called out to Tom: "Get some rum,
Tom, and make It boiling hot, quick
quick We must get him into a sweat. "
Very soon we did Then l said TO
Tom:
"lVhat do you make out of this smell
that's coming from him. TOm?"
kerosene, sar," said Tom.
81 thought the very same" said.
Tom beckOned me to go with him to
the galley, aud showed me several
quart bottles Of water standing on a
shelf.
1.-TWO of these were kerosene" he
said "and | suppose Cap made a mis-
take" for one looked as clear as the
other.
Then | took one Of them back to the
captain.
WAS II a bottle like this you mixed
with the claretT l asked.
"Sure It was, sir" he answered,
wrlthlng hard with the cramps.
But mani" l said. Couldn't you
telI the difference between that and
81 thought 1t tasted funny, boss, but
| wasn't used to claret"
And then we had to laugh again, and
! thought old Tom would die.
"a niggers stomach and his head"
said the cOmmandant, "are about the
same. really don't know which is
the stronger"
The captain didn't die, though he
came pretty near to 1t. In fact, he
took so long getting on his feet, that
we couldn't wait for him; so we had
to look out for new crew,
with the exception OF Tom, and Sailor.
The commandant proved a good friend
to us In this, choosing three somewhat
characterless men, with good "char-
acters."
AS we said gOodby, with a spanking
southwest breeze blowing, l could see
that he was little anxious about me.
Take care Of YOURSELF" he said,
"for you must remember none of us
can take care Of you. There's no set
tlement where you're going-no tele-
graph or wireless; you could be mur,
dered, and none Of US hear of It for
a month, or forever And the fellows
you're after are a dangerous lot, take
my word for 1t. Keep good watch ON
your guns, and We'll be on the lookout
for the first news Of YOU and anything
we can do we'll be there. you bet"