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

Ra.ney." Lund declared. FOOD an
drink to tickle my tongue an I'LL my
belly, the woman I happen TO want
an betn' able to buy ennything l 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. Thet's one thing
I've found out can't be bought my
son, the honor of good woman. An
thets the sort OF woman I'm lookin
for.
This is my gold. an I'm goin' 10
handle it. If emmy one tries TO swizzle
NE out 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 WIS made TO the deSertion
Of Lund on t.Ec foe. But Rainey knew
that it raniled in Lund'S mind The
I'VE, Peggy Simms. her father, Carl
sen. Lund and Rainey. ostensibly
messed together, but Raineys 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
4 ,f,.
had three messeS TO cook and he was
busy from morning until night. eff
Gent tireless and even-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 Simms.
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 Garrison, 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 scaboots. In the main
cabin he found Simms seated in a
chair with his daughter leaning over
him, speaking to her In a harsh, com
planning voice
NO, you can't do thing for me, "
he was saying. ITS this sciatica.
I've got to get Carlson"
AS Rainey passed through TO his
own little stateroom neither of them
noticed him, but he saw that the cap
tain was shivering, his hands picking
almost convulsiyely at the tablecloth.
where's Carlson, curse him :"
Rainey heard through his cabin parti-
ton. Tell him l can't stand this any
longer He's got to help me. Got to-
Cot to-"
As Rainey appeared, walking
heavily in his boots, the girl looked
up. Her father was slumped 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 Simms?
Your father seems quite H."
The hesitation of the girl even to
speak to him was very plain to
Ralney. Suddenly she threw up her
chin.
kindly find Doctor Carlson" she
ordered, rather than requested. ASK
him to come as soon as he can. =
She turned uncertainty to her father.
"Can / help you 10 get him into the
cabin" 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 stuffed sack he
tween them, save that his body
twitched While Rainey took most Of
The weight, he maIveled at the
strength Of the slender girl and the
way in which she applied If. Slmms
seemed to have tainted, to be on the
verge of uncons eiousness or even utter
collapse Rainey felt his wrist, and
the pulse was almost imperceptible.
"Ill get the doctor Immediately" be
! said
Mighty funny sort Of sciatica,
Ralney told himself as he hurried for
ward He knew where Carlson was,
in the hunters coy quarters, playing
| poker
1.-THE shippers d." said Ralney.
mo pulse. Almost unconscious"
Garrison raised mis- eyebrows
Didn't know You were a physician"
he said Just one Of his spells I'll
finish this hand Too good to lay
down. The skipper can wait. for
| once"
The hunters grlnned as Carlson
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