The Lamar register., 1921-11-09
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look an ALMOST cillulSl utllellt III pTo-
claiming his prowess as helmsman.
The booms were stayed out against
swinging In flaws and the roll of the
sea, and Lund strobe back and forth
behind Rainey, who had the wheel.
The hunters were grouped about Carl
sen, who, seated on the skylight, was
telling them something at which they
guffawed at frequent Intervals.
"Spinnin' them some of his smutty
yarns" growled Lund, halting In his
promenade bad for discipline. an
bad for us. He's the sort of fine
feathered bird that wouldn't give
those chaps first look ashore. Get
tin In solid with Penn that way Is Q
bad steer. You can't handle a man
you make a pal Of, wen he amt yore
rank"
Captain Simms seems to believe in
him." answered Rainey. He wondered
how much OF Carlsen's increasing
dominance over the skipper Lund had
noticed.
"Simms is Carlsen's dogw exploded
Lund. THE docs got somethin' on
him, mark me. Carlsen's bad egg
an, wen he matches, you'll see a buzz
zard. An you wait till he's needed as
doctor on somethin that takes
more'n few kind words or a lick
out a bottle"
Hansen came aft. offering to take
the wheel.
"They bme goin' to shute at tar
gets" he said. "Meester Carlsen he
put up prizes. For rife an shotgun.
Thought you might Nike to watch II.
SIR"
Rainey gave over the spokes and
went to the starboard rail with Lund,
watching the preparations between
fore and main masts for the competi-
tion. and telling Lund what was hap
pening. Csrlsen gave out some shot
gun cartridges from cardboard boxes.
twelve to each of the six hunters.
Sandy. the roustabout. had been
reQuisitioned to toss up empty bot.
ties, and those who failed cursed him
for a poor thrower. A hunter named
Deming made no misses. and secured
first prize Of ten dollars In gold, with
a man named Beale scoring two be-
hind him, and getting half that
amount from Carlson.
Then came the test with the rifles.
The weapons were all OF the same
caliber, well oiled. and In perfect con-
dition. Each of the hunters had
few shells In his possession. but they
lacked the total Of six dozen by a
considerable margin.
CarlDen went below for the neces-
sary ammunition while the target was
completed and set In place. A keg
had been rigged with a weight under
slung to keep II upright, and q tin
can. painted white, set on a short
spar In one end of the keg. light
line was attached to a bride, and the
mark lowered over the stern, where II
rode, bobbing in the tail Of the
schooner's wake, thirty fathoms from
the tafrran where the crowd gath
cred.
More bullets hit the keg than the
can, and Carlsen was often called
upon as umpire. But the tin gradual
ly became ragged and blotched where
the steel-jacketed missiles tore
through. Beaie and Deming both had
five clean. undisputed hits, tying for
first prize. Beale offered to shoot It
on with six more shells apiece. and
Deming consented.
Cant be done" declared Carlsen.
"Not right now. anyway. l gave out
the last shell there was In the maga-
zine"
"Derned funny" said Deming, "a
sealer shy on cartridgesl Lucky We
amt worryin' about thet sort of
cargo"
Probably plenty aboard some
where" said Carlsen, "but l don't
know where they are. You boys have
got me beaten on rifles and shotguns,'
he went on, producing from his hip
pocket fiat. effective-looking auto
matte pistol Of heavy caliber. How
are you on small armsf"
The hunters shook their heads dubi-
ously.
Never use EN-" said Deming
.Never could do much with that kind,
enpyhow. Give me a revolver, an
might make out to hit whale, II he
was close enough, but not with one O.
them"
mot much difference" said Carl
sen. ANY of you got revolversT
No one spoke. 1t was against the
unwritten laws of vessel for pistols
to be owned forward of the main
rod fnr