, 1923-05-02
ApTeRAIL.-contInue


"He'se been huntin' for u.s." said
"Who is hep asked Radcliffe,
Friend Of Papls, he wns-Tf9YY yE(
pretended to be" put in Jude.
Spanish continued Satan. "and
ever since Pap gave he's been
pretty much on our heels. Jude and
me worked the thing out and we
senme -to=conciude he'd scented, some
how, from Pap, about the hooker !
spoke Of"
The wreck Ill III "a
yep. Pap was keen on gettin' ex-
ira money into the business of salvin'
her. and J lbpieve he sounded Car.
auinez-that's his name-and how
much he let out takin' his soundin's
the Lord only knowsl Cark's in the
tobacco line. Does a bit of everythin'-,
has a shop in the Gale Pedro in Ha-
sana and a gamblln' joint on the
front, owns ships. That's one of
them, and Matt Sellers, runs her for
him. He don't trouble handlin' her:
sits in the cabin all day smokin' Gig
arettes."
Nv bteu hllef us ever since rap
died" said Jude "on and orr
Ozark believes Pap found that stuff
and cached it-that's what he be-
neves, or my s~natne's not Tyler" de-
clared Satan.g sGEkEk 81 R[sN
well, let's get aboard" said Jude.
IF they see us s1uatting here. they'll
maybe, think the stuf's hid here"
F"They've seen us by this, though
It's too far for them to make, out who
We are" said SataE. pushing his pan
NINA farther forward to hide his face.
He led the way to where the boats
hnrked. tS as
THE abalones were got on board,
and=then they stood watching the APP.
~proacff=of the strangely
As she dropped anchor and swung
10 her moorings brcadside on to the
Sarah, the rake of her masts became
apparent, and her whole disreputabie-
psss spoke aloud. ~ =
Radcliffe felt lihs a man who, having
fot into pleasant low company, sud-
denly finds himself drawn into iun-i
pleasant low company.
The Tylers and the old Sarah were
Hn right, but this new crowd and that
FATTY old schooner he felt to be all
wrong. And the newcomer somehow
did not add honesty or moral sta
bilify to the appearance of the Sarah,
hor did the half-dIsclosed character
n activities of Clark she luster on
old man Tyler or his present repre-
RRnfnfiypQ
Satan had covered the heap of aba
icnes with some sailcloth. and he was
Standing now working his lantern
Jaws on n BIT or chewing gum, his
eye fixed on the stranger as though
she were made OF gluss and he could
sce Carqulnez sitting smoking his
cigarettes In the cabin.
"rhey haven't shown n sign" said
jude. VEN d IN WL n
They're hinfin' us I o believe hey
haven't spotted who we are" said
Satan. "Cark doesn't want us to
fWig he's been lookin' for us"
"Well," said Jude, Tets get the
mud-hook up and put out right away.
They won't hsyc the face TO chase u.s."
"Yes," said Satin. "nnd leave them
10 hunt the island and find the cache!
They've seen us ashor among the
bushes. You shouldn't have gone
Ashore."
"I went TO see we hadn't left no
Ifrnces."
Traces be d-di cark wants no
rnces. Once he starts to hunt. he'll
turn the burned island upside down
and shake II. No, we've got to sit
here TIL he goes. ana that'u be this
time rext year maybe" mn q
"What's the name Of Caruuinez'
s~choonerr. askeds Radcliffe. EAa1-
The Juan Bango," replied Satan,
-nnmedn after the tobacco company
pcopTe-Look. they're gettln' n bont
OF. That's Sellers, and he's comm
lnboard''d ffN G1Ff9fI nmfh
Then he collapsed. squattlng under
the bulwnrks. "Guy them" said he TO
Jude. Tell them I'm down with
smallpox; uiatu make them shove
Leave 'em to me" said Jude.
II was Matt Sellers right enough,
n big wheezy man suggestive OF Tam
many hali, but n sure-enough sailor In
practice. The bigrest biackeunrd ON
me coast, was his subsidiary title.
He was the henchman Of Carquinez.