Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-01-07
Published by special arrangement with the
Chicago Tribune Syndicate
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
THE STORY so A

This nautical story has for its lead
Ing role, one Mary Roche, and as the
narrative opens, this young and dumb"
lady is handling the wheel. What she
admires as pretty yellow yater, turns
out to be a shoal onto which she piles
the boat. Her companion indignant at
her Ignorance proceeds to right the craft
and 1t is a hard task. They are in Flor
ida. The narrator has ben pursuaded
to buy the motor boat and this is about
clad in armor with some companions In
another boat arrives on the scene and
offers assistance. The newcomers are
or have been reahrsing a pageant. The
party is invited to the Spanish carnival
to be held the next day. They decide to
go.
And now, the story
And he did a beautiful job, j must say
with extremely inadequate materials an
a poor foundation, for the superstructur
and deck of a power boat do not len
themselves to such transformations as h
was undertaking. But he got away with II
What we want Is a sort of hump at tn
bow and STERN" he explained. MAKE he
look like a slice of watermelon that's beer
hit into amidships. And If we can carr,
these canvas sides down they'll hide al
them fancy brass ports and all in the decl
house. Any ways, she'll look a sight differ
ent when we get DONE
She did all of that. In fact, she really
looked quite presentable, although / d.
not believe Oscar thought so. But ther
one of the things that Oscar is paid for Ii
not to think, at least out lound. ! know
his general department throughout the da,
combined all of the less attractive features
of a bowl of sour milk. but just the samt
Ii was Oscar who, of his own volition, pu
up the fake sail on the signal mast aftel
Mary Roche had finished painting a bis
red cross on 1t. We were watching him dt
fhqf tphan pya yvnrn hnfInd fro =, thn 6aarant
dock.
Hello aboard! Here's them bales ant
stuff for the cargo"
1t was the junk de Cana was supposed
to land in the pageant, the supplies for the
settlement. ! was having such a good time
1t did not occur to me to wonder why they
had carried the stuff over to the eastern
shore instead of bringing it direct to the
Goldfish in a work boat. Or perhaps 1t had
been easier to bring the sacks and thing
over to the cove and there fill them with
odds and ends and rubbish to look like
real merchandise. Anyhow, there they were
an assortment of clumsy bales and gunnies
and could they bring them aboard now. be
cause Sam Skinner was in a hurry to gel
back to Crocus?
Thought you were away fishing up al
the inletf" ] asked him.. Pleasant looking
young giant In rubber boots with the most
captivating smile.
Eyes, sir, l was," he admitted. 'But
there amt no fish-no, sir, there amt nc
fish right along ow-so II come home
They all seemed to think 1t was a great
1oke-on me, / suppose, because now that
Sam Skinner was home they could have
used his boat after all. However, they stow,
ed the stuff aboard while | sat and talked
to Mr.. Brown, who came put-putting by In
the midst of 1t to see how the Spanish
was getting on. We talked about
prohibition, and what a difficult job Ii
..roe On r.vn{aL chat aN.r{ 49, r ~,n -
that young pirate Skinner laughed a good
deal.
ut amt no cinch for me- Mr.. Brown
I'm sheriff Of this county and
I've sworn to maintain the law, and / do
1T, yes, sir, and ! don't give a durn who's
1t amt so easy for a man in my
job when he knows every friend he's got
In town, and in the whole country, is q
practicing ~bootlegger."
Practicing ~bootlegger-T like the phrase
Perhaps you'll be wanting to examine
my ice box y I laughed.
mo sir" Mr.. Brown declared. ~ amt nc
prohibition agent. It's no concern
mine what you've got aboard, but If !
catch you landing any of 1t In Crocus
county you and NELL have an argument
yes, sir. It's the rum runners I'm after,
Them pirates stick at nothing. Well, reckon
perhaps we'd all better clear out of here
now, you'll be wanting a quiet spell after
the days doings. Well be along about
eight in the morning to start the show
And then Mary Roche, who had managed
to keep busy all day with her paint brush
and her camera, and consequently out of
had to go and spill the beans.
20, Mr.. Brown" she inquired, what do
want us to wear? We've got to have
kind Of costume II we're to be In the
pageant"
suffering fish y Mrs. Roche exclaimed,
nd rrant hAIaxy fIar uatinn $50 - .-,s
5olize the fact that of two evils she, for
me, had already selected the lesser. But
Oscar and ! would have to be on deck,
md there was no question of Mary Roche's
below.
''That's right" Mr.. Brown agreed before
could formulate any compromise In my
mind. Amt any use having a pageant If
ron don't have it. | reckon we can fix you
lolks up. Which would you rather be, In
liam or Spaniard 2"
Indian r. said Mary Roche.
"Spaniard !" said /, in the same breath.
Iary Roche could, and undoubtedly would,
10 as she pleased, but as for me / had no
Of browning myself up and run
ling around In o feathered ~headdress, not
or the whole OF Crocus county. / explained
ii that to Mr.. Brown, and / think he I'M
me.
We'll" he remarked as he went off, "Tl
ring something along for you in the
morning. SO long" I
'You unmitigated fish ~ / scolded Mary
ioche. What did you want to go and do
hat forf And who ever heard of a red
leaded lndian?"
30, poohl = she retorted. 'You don't ever
inter- into the spirit Of things-and for
Inc looking pair of Spaniards, / don't
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But that is presicely what we did make