Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-09

three captives bound like three sill.
| fowls. aud presently threw then
ashore with precious little ceremony
! Then we got back to the Maggie Oar
ling, with imprecatlons In our ears
1 and particularly the promises OF III,
pock.marked rebel, who announced IN,
certainty Of our meeting again.
OF course we laughed at sucl
threats, hut | confess that, MS wen
down 10 my cabin and picked up III,
manifesto" which had been forgotten
in all the turmoil, could not escnp,
certain thrill us l read the sigma
ture--for II was: Henry =. To
bias, Jr."
That night we made Harbour island
and met that welcome that can only b,
met at the lonely ends Of the earth.
The commandment and the clergyman
took me under their wings on the spot
and, though there was a good hotel
the commandment didn't consider II
good enough for me.
liked the attitude they took toward
my adventure. Their comments or
"Henry =. Tobias, Jr." and the paper
/ had with me. were specially enlight.
ening.
1.-THE black men themselves" they
both agreed, "are all right, except. OF
course, here and there. It's fellows
like this precious Tobias, real white
trash-the negroes name for them is
apt enough-that are the danger for
the friendship Of both races. And it's
the vein of a sort Of literary ideal.
ism In fellow like Tobias that makes
him the more dangerous. He's not all
10 the bad
81 couldn't help thinking that too, .
1 interrupted.
"Oh, no." they said, "but he's bit
mad, too. That's his trouble. He's
got personal. as well as an abstract
grudge against the British govern.
ment."
Treasure" I laughed.
"How did you know" they asked
"Never mind; I somehow got the
idea"
Take a word Of advice. Have a
few guns with you, for you're liable to
need them"
81 agree" I remarked. "I'll take
the guns all right, but I'm afraid I'll
need some more crew. mean I'll
want an engineer, and another deck.
hand"
And, just as said this. there came
up some one post-haste from the vii.
lage; some one, too, that wanted the
clergyman. as we'll as me. for my cap
tain was i'll, and Mt the point of death.
what on earth can be the trouble?''
I said, but. the three of us, including
the commandment went.
We found the captain lying in his
berth, writing with cramps.
What on earth have you been doing
with yourself, Cap?" / asked.
II did nothing, sir, but eat my din.
ner, and drink that claret you were
kind enough TO give me-"
1.-The half-bottle Of claret"
Eyes, sir, the very same"
SWELL there was nothing to hurt
you In that" l said. did you take il
half and half with water. as I told
your"
II did indeed, sir"
ITS very funny" said. And then
as he began to writhe 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:
"What do you make out of this smell
that's coming from him. Tom?"
. kerosene. sar," said Tom.
II thought the very same" / said.
Tom beckoned me to go with him to
the galley, and showed me several
quart bottles Of water standing on q
shelf.
1.-TWO Of these were Kerosene" he
said land suppose Cap made mis-
take" for one looked as clear as the
other.
Then took one Of them back to the
captain.
WAS it a bottle like this you mixed
with the claret?" I asked.
Sure it was, sir" he answered
writhing hard with the cramps.
But man" I said. Couldn't you
tell the difference between that and
waterf"
II thought it tasted funny, boss, but
1 wasn't used to claret."
And then we had to laugh again, and
I thought old Tom would die.
"a nigger's stomach and his head,
said the commandant, "are about the
same. I really don't know which is
the stronger"
The captain didn't die, though he
came pretty near to it. In fact, he
took SO long getting on his feet, that
we couldn't wait for him; so we had
practically to look out for new crew,
with the exception Of Tom, and Sailor
The commandant proved good friend
to us in this, choosing three somewhat
characterless men, with good "char-
acters."
AS we said goodby. with spanking
southwest breeze blowing, I 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
Element where you're going-no tele-
graph or wireless; you could be muir
dered, and none Of US hear of it for
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