Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-19
CHAPTER XVI-Continued

was In tight hole. must strike
Mopelia. The elements had TO work
upon lay In the fact that the diary
which had been found mentioned mere
ly that we had put stores aboard al
Mopelia and told of the capture of the
Manila and said nothing Of the faei
that we had sunk that ship. Then
also. the truth Is rarely believed
| proceeded to skate very near the
| truth.
"The seeadler,' | replied. was
lost
How was 1t Iosi?"
ave got on the coral reef at Mo
| pela. We tried our best to get of
| put our stores ashore TO tighten the
| ship. Bnl IL WIS no use.
What did you do them"
"Ne went aboard the Manila"
1.-The four-masted schooner ManiaY
Yes. we captured her and took her
along with u.s.
W lHFe Is Tile MuIfilH HOW
"She Il waiting for me Off MopeIia
My men are having a gnnd vacation
on the island until come buck"
II say. Count, we Japanese are moi
such fools. You had the four master
Mnnia. and you sailed from Mnpela
to the Fills In a small boat"
"Yes." | replied. There was moi
room enough for all OF us ahoard the
Manila"
The admiral looked ai me With a
sly Oriental smile.
Fine. | thought. | had figured out
their minds correctly. They had not
set straight out for Mnpelin In spite
OF their knowing that we hnd landed
stores there. because II seemed wildly
impossible that with my five men
Ind sailed from Mopeia to the Fills
In an open boat.
count" exclaimed the admiral, 4
will tell ynn where your crew L. You
did not leave Il fuur-masted schooner
and saiI twenty-three hundred miles
In lifehoat. You sailed here In the
Manila. and, having got here. you nni
nut In your lifehunt TO capture III
other ship In nearby hnrh0r, You
tell me your crew Is ut Mopelia. hop
| Ing | will get up steam Immediately
| go hurrying uwuv for few thousand
miles IN wildsoase chase. and leave
them Ia peace. The Manila Is In these
waters. In four dnys your crew will
be my prisoners"
tie respected me too much to think
That ! would ever give my crew away
lie knew would try to throw him of
the scent. Ills object WINS To nutwii
me, to yet my story and read between
The lines,
Every good admiral" thought. ''lei
use see how 1t will work out"
We parted the best of friends. He
was an excellent fellow. Our meet
Ing had been one OF mutual deceit with
lies that no gentleman would tell To
ordinary times. Now they were quite
respectable, as rnses of war.
The lronIcnl thing was That my men
who under the command of Lieutenant
Killing were still living like lords al
Mopelia. were destined to lnve much
better luck In getting ship than my
little pnrty had had through all our
| terrible hnrdslips.
They caught a wireless message one
day telling OF our capture. So. fear
| Ing that their own whereabouts might
| soon be discovered. they hastily began
| TO build boat TO sail away In, but.
with the materials NJ their disposal.
| they were unable to construct any.
| thing like seaworthy craft, capnble
OF carrying that whole crowd. Then
Dame. Fortune smiled on them.
A French square rugged schooner
| the Seeadler.
by joe" exclaimed the captain.
| we passed here six months ngu aud
| there was no wreck herel We may
| find castnways on the Island II looks
| MS though we may find good profit
| too"
You see, a captain gets third OF
| the value Of any wreck, ship, or cargo.
| that he saves. The schuuner quickly
eeered toward the island.
1t was u Sunday morning. On the
| island the men were sitting around
washing clothes, writing diaries. and
so on The chef was shooting snipe
for dinner. Then the cry.
ship nhoy."
Killing took out a Ilfeboat with n
| boarding purity. the strongest men he
ind. some OF them the champion
| wrestlers. AS they approached the
schooner tbe~@ptain leaned over tn,
| rail and shouted down to them:
! Don't row so hard. boys We will
| come for you"
| our sailors swarmed aboard. Pts
| tolls out.
Hands upl"
| The Frenchmen recognized the Ger
man uniform
| "Afon Dleu-des Allennnds. turr
| of my course TO save custaways anl
| am captured by the Boches Nor
| Dieul"
| The schooner was not big enough
4 rn~ had ,.hnnrl rrnpIuInpo .,pnttuh "a,