The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-10
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Continued From Yesterday,
BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
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VshuWs From Yesterday
The hlaekhiri made trip after trip
unul late In August. Then. one day
when the salmon In her hold had
been piearooned to the oann.ry floor.
MaeiSac went up "a tho office. stuhby
Iasa sont Tor him. lie looked uncom-
Portable when Jack came in.
What's on your mind now. Mac
Rae asked gcniaily.
something damned UNPLEASANT"
Stubby growlcd.
shoot" MaeRae said. He sat
down and liz cisaret
Il didn't think they could do a."
Abbott said slowly. but IL seems
they can. l guess you'll have TO lay
Off tho Cover territory after all.
Jack"
You mean you wiil.. MacRae re-
piled. tive been rather expecting
that Can Cover hurt your
Not personally. But tho banks
export controi--there are 40 many
angles TO the cannery situation. II
l had this pack marketed could
EN-NI ~ AaMttH W hntiDs ftut Il
haven't There's the rub
Don't worry about me- MacRae
said gently. II have no pack TO
market thru the regular channels
Nor has the bank advanced me any
funds. You are not responsible for
what | do. And neither Cover nor
the Packers association nor the
banks can stop me from buying
salmon so long as have the money
to pay the fishermen and CARRIERS to
haul them. can theyr-
No. but the devil OF n II they
can stop you selling" stubby la.
mented bitterly.
MaeRae did not attempt to answer
that.
Let's sum n up he said. -you
can't take any more blucbacks from
Covers territory. That, l gather.
Is the chief object. Am TO be Dc.
prlved OF the two boat charters into
the bargain7-
mo. by tho Lord stubby sworc.
Not II you want them"
''Pu; a fair price on the Birds. and
III buy EN- both" MacRae sug.
E-rted. You had them up for sale,
anyway. That viii let you out. 70
far as my equipment II concerned
Five thousand cach." stubby
said promptly. They're good value
at that And can use ten thousand
dollars right now
"Iii give you n check. want the
registry transferred to me at once,
MaeRae continued. That done. you
can cease worrying over me. stub
You've been square. and I've made
money on the deal You would be
foolish 10 fight unless you have a
fighting chance. And IL IL IN any
Satisfaction TO you personally. Stub
I can assure you that I shall con.
tinue to do business as usual"
stubby looksf curious
You've rot something up your
siecyey"
Yes" MacRse omitted mo
stuffed club. either. IT'S loaded
You walt and keep your ears open.
| Within two hours MaeRac eras the
owner % two motor launches under
British registry. At dusk he passed
/ In the narrow mouth OF Squitty
cove. The Bluebtrd was swinging
about TO 10 when her sister ship
ranged alongside. The Blu~blrd was
packed with salmon 20 tsrr hatch GOV.
crr.' There had been a fresh run.
Tho trollers were averaging 50 fish
TO a man daily. Macftae put yincen,
Ferrara aboard the Biaekhird. him.
self took over the loaded vessel. and
within the hour was clear OF
Squitty's dusisy heaiiands. pointing
a course straight down the middle OF
the gulf
MacRas smiled contentsdiy. There
was long run ahead. But there
was no law against the export OF raw
salmon 10 a foreign country. MacRas
could afford TO smile. Over In Bel
lingham there wero salmon packers
who. like Folly bay. we're hungry for
fish to feed their great machines
But--unllks Folly bay-the Amer
cans were willing 10 pay the price
any price In reason. for a supply OF
salmon.
I NacRae could see the scowi tina,
would spread over the face of Mr.
I Horace A. Cover. when he learned
I that ten 10 twenty thousand Sduitty
island salmon were passing down the
I gulf each week to an American can
merry: that a snooth.faoed boy was
putting 4 crimp In the ancient order
/ Of things