The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-23

Inc telephone rang ana Ilernan an
swered. Hicks and Flaherty hitched
forward In their chairs to listen.
"Hello. Yes. Red Stack office.
... Steamer Yankee Prince. -.
4 What's that? :. silk and rice7
Half a mile below the Cliff house.
Ehf 81. Sure, III send tug right
away, Lindstrom."
Tiernan hung up and faced the two
shippers. Gentlemen" he announced,
there's chance for little salvage
money tonight. The American steam
er Yankee Prince Is ashore. half a
mile below the Cliff house. She's
big tramp with valuable cargo from
Hong Kong. with the rudder gone and
her crank shaft busted"
Its high water at twelve thirty
seven," Jack Flaherty pleaded. "You'd
better send me, Tiernan. The Bodega
has more power than the Aphrodite."
| This was the truth and Dan Hicks
knew. It. but he was not to be beaten
| out of his share Of the salvage by
such fiimsy argument. "Jack," he
pleaded, "don't be hog all the time.
The Yankee Prince Is an eight thou
sand-ton vessel and lisa two-tug job.
Better send us both, Tiernan, and play
safe. Chances are our competitors
have three tugs on the way right
now"
"What wonderful Imagination you
have, Dan. Eight thousand tons !!
You're crazy, man. She's thirteen
hundred net register and know It be-
cause was In Newport News when
they launched her. and went out with
her skipper on the trial trip. She's a
long, narrow-gutted craft, with en-
gines aft, like lake steamer"
"We1l play SAFE" Herman decided.
go to it-both Of you, and may the
best man win. She'll belong to you,
Jack, II she's thirteen hundred net and
you get your line aboard first. If she's
as big as Dan says she is, you'll be
equal partners"
But he was talking to himself.
Down the docks Hicks and FIaherty
were racing for the respective COM
mands, each shouting to his night
Waterman to pipe all hands on deck.
Fortunately, goodly head Of steam
was up in each tugs boilers; because
Of the fog and the liability to COLI
sions and consequent hasty summons,
one engineer on each tug was ON duty.
Out through the Gate they nosed
their way, heaving the lead continu-
ousIy, made wide detour around Mile
rock and the Seal rocks, swung
mile to the south Of the position of
the Maggie, and then came cautiously
up the coast, whistling continuously
to acquaint the Yankee Prince with
their presence In the nefghborhood.
In anticipation of the necessity for
replying to this welcome sound, Cap
tain Scraggs and, Mr.. Gibney had, for
the past two hours busted themselves
getting up another head of steam in
the Maggie's boilers, repairing the
whistle and splicing the wires of the
engine room telegraph. Like the wise
men they were. however, they declined
to sound the Maggie's siren until the
tugs were quite close. Even then, Mr..
Gibney shuddered. but needs must
when the devil drives, so he pulled
| the whistle cord and was rewarded
with weird, mournfu grunt, dying
away into a gasp.
Sounds like she has the pip" Jack
Flnherty remarked to his mate.
Must have taken on some OF that
dirty Asiatic water" Dan Hicks solIlo-
quized, "and now her tubes have gone
to glory"
Immediately both tugs kicked ahead
under dead slow bell, guided by q
series of toots as brief as Mr.. Gibney
could make them, and presently both
/ tug lookouts reported breakers dead
ahead.
Dan Hicks sent man forward to
heave the lead under the nose Of the
Aphrodite, which was edging In GIN
gerly toward the voice. He had q
i searchlIght, but he did not attempt
to use 1t. knowing full well that in
such a fog It would be Of no avail.
Guided, therefore. by the belIowings
| Of Mr.. Gibney. reinforced BY the shrill
yips Of Captain Scraggs. the tug crept
In closer and closer, and when Il
seemed that they must be within a
i hundred feet Of the surf, Dan Hicks
trained his Lyle gun IN the direction
Of Mr.. Gibney's voice and shot heav-
ling line into the fog. ~
Almost Simultaneous with the report
Of the gun came Z shrek Of pain from
Captain scragss. Straight and true
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