The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-13
Greasy Luck
BY T. B. ANDERSON
tCoDyright. 1919, BY the Westefa New
paper Unloo.1

a year on his last whaling voyage be-
fore either his niece. Rhoda, or her
lover, Vance Deveril. heard from him.
During the twelve months Ishoda had
lived with distant relative and Vance
had held a modest cierkship in a ship
ping Office.
The sea had been the rowing ground
Of Vsnces father for many year. He
had been the owner Of whaler.
When ne died about all he left was
the good ship Defiance. She was not
as good as new by any means, how.
ever. and the executors were about to
sell the vessel for what she would
bring as old junk when Captain HOl-
comb had come along. II was through
this circumstance that young Deveril
became acquainted with RhOda, his
niece. Thenceforward she filled all
his thoughts and this fact induced
Vance to favor the uncle in Il plan he
had formed
Tell you what. lad" Captain HOl.
comb had said the Defiance can be
'nnt!e entirely SeaWorthy and I have
enough laid by to make her 80. Here's
my proposition: you furnish the snip,
III reft her, then fifty fifty on what
comes III "a venture tn the South seas.
say around Polynesia. ; know the dis
tfiet. ii ;,bounds il, SpD,iters, and as to
alabergrS it's there that precious
spoil sb0unds. One lucky voyage and
we're both made men in a money way"
So the battered old Defiance started
for the Southern seas and Vance and
Rhrdl dreamed, and loved and hoped.
Vance lad only his limited salary to de-
pend on if they married. :" they await
cI sorn,. word fr0n .iiair vcn:,ireS0mc
arrOuaui.
II t.aii come nj i.,-!--;. letter From
what tanrr could -irrnise ii had been
picked up by a mail Steamer from i
boat ro,nn- rtf Shnrn from, somewhere
ia tho vicinity OF til" tapuan group "
islands. II started ~. with the
words. I'm about IL tell yDu abou,
+, our cruise. aud TT start in by Sayin.
! III an cacouragin. way We hat greasy
| luck.
What dcc> that mean inquired
/ kh"da, to whom Vance showed the let
| ter
Its wi,aler>' term aud means thar
| tisey We're successive. in finding plenty
! If whales .un secured 4 rirl, cargo OF
sperm OIL explained Vance. FOR two
pages. though. the rest OF the letter is
| un,1ccipherable. II ,unS, have been
| wet through. immersed in SEA water
! somewhere. for the p.ncllingS arr, all
! blurred and b!otte'l out. Only the laS1
page is clear again. Listen. dear and
he read aloud
You mus, COME therefore ~ Mi
. mosa island. where. rs tell ynn.
am, and ! need yoGr help in Scl'in.
away. Come alone by .awi from Amp
. II. AMI he sure 10 paint your nose red.
As have explained IL You | am Il
king, but f'need a prime minister to
! hein lne out Of my liz
"Jargon. King. prime minister,
RID nose" quoted Vance, ut sounds
like the rawlings OF Il nadnan'
Perhaps the biutted oul pages ex-
! planed:' suggested Rho,la. ana after
Il lengthy consultation i, WAS decided
!
this mysterious and uncharted Mmos;i
! island.
Ii was not an easy task and it
! strained his resources to reacl, the pre-
Sumed vicinity Of the old captains
whereabouts and hire others to assist
him IL his quest
Vance was greeted by !; ,aif-nudc
j terocou> appearin. crowd. bearing
spears, clubs and darts. They We're
about To attack him when their arten-
ton was focused on his carmine-he
aauhed nose He WAS led to rude
habitatiOn and there. seated on Il
broad daiS, more ruhicund than ever
his nasal appendage more than usual
aslow. was Captain Holcomb.
Il took the latter some time 10 inn
pari tn Vance the story of his adven-
! lures. Laden with greasy spoil" rep
re>cntin" II fortune the Defiance had
encountered Il storm. Then peStiien'e
had swept away the crew. Ii WAS just
by cli;ince that the Sole survivor, the
! captain, had been able II navigate the
! tlisnantled vessel into a cove at an UNI
! fr"quented part of Mimo>a island.
''She'S there now said The captain,
/ "lnl | have Sn played on the super>ti-
! tiouS fears Of my subjects thar they
! believe she is haunted for When they
| first discovered me / played some
+ tricks on them with fireworks vic
| tr"ia and an electric battery which i'm
! pressed them that l was u sort OF viz
| ard. They made me their king I told
them "f the coming at nay red no>el
| relative aud they believe red noses 10
BE- Il distinctive mark ef great dignity
and power. They will never let nic 90
! Willingly and my escape and the con
: veyance of the Defiance to some
+ friendly port is how to be Your task. y
/ Vance received explicit orders from
! the captain and rowei away that
! night. At the settlement he engaged
steam launch to proceed back I" the