Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-12-03

Ra.ney." Lund declared. Food an
drink 20 tickle my tongue su' ill my
belly, the woman I h9ppen to want
an beiu' able to buy ennything I set
my fancy on. The answer 10 that is
Gold. With it you can buy most emmy
thing. Not all wimmen, I'll grant you
that. Not the kind Of woman I'd want
for steady mate. Thets one thing
I've found out can't be bought, my
son. the honor of a good woman An
thet's the sort Of woman I'm lookin
for.
This is my gold, an I'm goin' TO
handle it. If emmy one tries 10 swizzle
NE cut of it I'm goin' to swizzle back,
an YOU can lay TO that. Not forget
tin them that stands by me-"
Between LIad and Simms there ex-
listed a sort OF armed truce No open
reference was made to the desertion
Of Lund on the foe BUT Rainey knew
that it ranked in Lund'S mind The
FIVE, Peggy Simms. her father, Cart
sen, Lund and Rainey. ostensih!y
messed together, but Rainey's duties
generally kept him on deck until
Carlson had sufficiently completed his
own meal TO relieve him. BY that
time the girl and the captain had left
the table.
Lund invariably waited for Rainey.
Tamada kept the food hot for them
To Rainey, Tamada seemed the
hardest worked man aboard ship. lie
had three messes TO cook and he was
busy from morning until night, elf
cient, tireless and eyen-tempered. The
crew, though they acknowledged his
skill, were Californians. either by
birth or adoption, and the racial
prejudice against the japanese was
apparent.
A week of good wind was followed
by dirty weather. The persistence
and increasing opposition Of the storm
seemed to have a corresponding effect
upon Captain Slmms.
He grew daily more irritable and
morose, even to his daughter Only
the doctor appeared able TO get along
with him on easy terms, and Rainey
noticed that, to Carlson, the skipper
seemed conciliatory even to Difference.
Peggy Simms watched her father
with worried eyes The curious, tar
nished look Of his tanned skin grew
until the flesh seemed continually dry
and of an earthly color; his lips
peeled, and more than once he shook
as If with a chill.
On the eleventh day out, Rainey
went below in the middle of the after
noon for his seaboots. In the main
cabin he found Simms seated In
chair with his daughter leaning over
him, speaking to her In a harsh, com
planning voice
mo. you can't do thing for me, "
he was saying. IT'S this sciatica.
I've got to get Carlson"
As Rainey passed through 70 his
own little stateroom neither OF them
noticed him. but he saw that the cap
tain was shivering, his hands picking
almost conyulsively at the tablecloth.
where's Carlson, curse him."
Ralney heard through his cabin parti-
ton "Tell him l can't stand this any
longer. He's got to help me- Got to.
Got to-"
As Rainey appeared, walking
heavily in his boots, the girl looked
up. Her father was sumped in his
chair, his face buried on his folded
arms. The girl glanced at him doubt
fully, apparently uncertain whether
to go herself to find Carlson or stay
with her father.
Anything ! can do, Miss Slmms?
Your father seems quite H."
The hesitation of the girl even TO
speak to him was very PLAN to
Ralney. Suddenly she threw up her
chin.
"Klndly find Doctor Carlson" she
ordered, rather than requested. ASK
him to come as soon as he can. I"
She turned uncertainty TO her father.
"Can l help you to get him into tho
cabinf" asked Rainey.
She thanked him with lips, not eyes,
and he assisted her to shift the al
most helpless man into his room and
bunk. He was Ike q stuffed sack be-
tween them, save that his body
twitched. While Rainey took most Of
the weight, he maryeled at the
strength Of the slender girl and the
way in which she applied It, Simms
epnrrad n have fgfnfpd "a he on tho