The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-04

cabin Tie Tad not brought MP the /
subject OF Rainey's kidnapping, an'i (
Rainey let il 90. There was no use
arguing about the inevitable. The
rating and the cabin fare seemed Of !
fered as an apology. and he was will /
ing 10 accept it.
Garrison acted a. first mate, and
Rainey had to acknowledge him eff /
cient. He fancied the man must have
been ships surgeon, and so picked
up his seamanship. A sailor named
Hansen was promoted TO acting quar-
termaster, and believed Rainey- Carl
sen spent most of his time attendant
on the girl or chatting with the hunt
ers. with whom he soon appeared on
terms of intimacy.
The hunters esteemed themselves
above the sailors. as they We're, In in
telIIgence and earning capacity.
There were six hunters and twelve
sailors, outside of a general roUst-
about and butt named sandy who
cleaned up the forecastle and the
hunters quarters. where they messed
apart. and helped Tamada, the COOK,
in the galley with his pots and dishes.
"'Cordin' 70 the agreement" LUnd
said TO Rainey, the COLDS to be split
into a hundred shares. One for each
sailorman, an they chip in for the
boy Two for the hunters, two for
the cook, four for BergstrOm, the first
mate, who died at sea. Twenty for
ships share Fifty shares TO be split
between Simms an me"
"What's the ships shareT" asked
Rainey.
Represents capital investment.
Matter of fact, it belongs to the gal"
said Lund. "Simms gave her the Kar-
LUX. It's in her name with the insur-
ance."
"Then he and his daughter get
/ forty-fve shares. and you only TWEEN
| ty-five?"
| "You got it right" grinned Lund.
"Simms is no philaErhropist. 1t WANT
so easy for me to git emmy one to go
/ in with me, son ] amt the first man
to come trailin' in with news of a
/ strike An had nothin' to show for
| it. Matter of fact, Honest Simms was
the only one who didn't Iaff at me
outright.
"An' we had a hard an tight agree
ment drawn up on paper, signed, wit
/, messed an recorded. Course it holds
| him as well as it holds me, but he gifts
the long end of that stick. Wen
! read. or got it read to me, in the
Seattle News-Courier, that the Karluk
was listed as Arrived i'm San Fran
cisco, it was all l could do to git car
fare an grub money. If l hadn't bin
| blind. an some of 'em halfway human
to'ard man with his lights out, I'd
never have raised it.
"But I'm here an I've got some say
so. One thing, you're goin' to git
Bergstrom's share / don't give q
On where the doctor comes in. II
he marries the gal he'll git her TWEEN
ty shares, ennyway. Though he amt
married her yet. And I amt through
with Simms yet" he added, with an
emphasis that was a trifle grim
Rainey thought.
4 'Tt's me an you ag'in the rest OF
'em, seems to me, Rainey. The docs
amin to be the Big Boss aboard this
schooner. He's got the skipper buf
: faloed But not me. not by a joyful
He slammed his big fist against the
side of the bunk so viciously that il
seemed to jar the cabin. The blow
was typical of the man. Rainey
decided. He felt for Lund not exact
~ a liking. but an attraction, q Ger
tain compelled admiration The gian
was elemental, with a driving fore
inside him that was dynamic, mag
netic. What a magnificent pirate HI
would have made thought Rainey
looking at his magnificent proportion.
and considering the crude philosophie,
: that cropped out in his talk.
'I'm in life for the loot Of II
Rainey.' Lund declared. Food an
drink to tickle my tongue an ill m,
belly, the woman happen to want
/ an beiD' able to buy ennything | So
my fancy on The answer to that
Gold With it you can buy most enn
thing. Not all wimmen, I'll grant yO
that. Not the kind of woman I'd wan
for steady mate. Thet's one thin
> I've found out can't be bought, III
son, TIE honor of good woman. Al
: thet's the sort Of woman I'm lOokiI
;. for.
This is my gold. an I'm goin' I
handle it, If emmy one tries to swizz'
me out of it I'm goin' to swizzle bacl
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