The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-02-22
CHAPTER VII-Continued

DlODt SaEs deI say 10 me
won't have such doings around my
vessel, | won't First he's got the
green scare, worse'n Jonah's widow.
Acted like a summer resOrter. Then
he goes stealth your money or helpin'
somebody else steal II got
scared out. most likely. :"
at wasn't money. And he didn't
try to steal il In fact. if anyone did
try it, Erickson prevented II"
"Eh? By the hoky pokyT' Captain
Stocking sank down into his rocking
chair. "H0w's he know somebody was
aryin' to steal it? How'd he know?"
He didn't tell me-" Delong an
swered. an fact, Erickson told me
very little, only brought the package
in and gave ii to me. But I've an
idea of my own. The boys all right,
Captain Nothing to worry about
there"
The keeper snOrted.
You got lubberly idee of what's
right, misterI Where'd that barnacle
o. mine get that packet? What you
mean by stealin'? By SkillagalIee. IN
find outI Now listen. Who got that
dirty fnger-mark there on thar paper?
What you driyin' at, talkin' about en-
gines?"
The red-haired man laughed.
Think Wen have rain, Keeper" be
asked.
Norman Erickson went about his
duties punctually after his talk with
belong. The keeper offered him only
short commands and asked only off,
ciaI questions. Each stood his trick,
called the other promptly. and did NOT
mention again the matter of the oil
skin package or Norman's collapse the
evening of the storm. Norman did moi
resent the keepers silence He knew
that the other was not a man who
bore grudges: Stocking considered him
a coward he had told him so
plainly but In regard TO the
bundle of papers. Norman felt haziIy
that DelOng had convinced the keeper.
Captain Parish and his crew puf a
line aboard the yacht after the wind
fell. and dragged her of the reef.
Blind Mans Teeth had gnawed wide
holes in her bow. had broken three
ribs and bent the shaft her upper
workings hung badly smashed
There she be-" Captain Parish said
sourly when his men completed their
Job, that's all my crew is supposed
10 do, according 10 law. just drag her
up on land"
Thanks" Delong answered, -let Der
lie where she is now. III find car
penter in Madrid Bay. he can make
her fl to float. then tow her to the
harbor"
Delong had sat Idly the first day
after his wreck. unable To stand be-
cause of his sprained ankle. Captain
Stocking remained stiffiy polite to his
guest; Sue made up for it with a pro-
nounced cordiality.
The assistant keeper, going about
his own tasks silently, had few glimpses
of Sue and then only while she enter
tanned the stranger. OF Norman, Sue
evidently saw nothing. She kept her
first stern, critical silence, addressed
her fathers helper only when such
practical needs as coal or kerosene
or call to supper demanded it Then
the fog broke completely with a down
pour that washed away the last mist.
The sun looked brightly on an aston
ished coast. and that morning the red
haired Delopg left Blind Mans Point
in Sutton's boat.
II was the next evening that Sue
surprised Norman by a new cordial
fly. He had been waiting in the tow.
er for official SHUTDOWN, leaning over
the iron rail on the lakeward side of
the lantern. when she walked out on
the castiron deck beside him Her
face had colored from climbing the
stairs. distinct amiability had come
back 70 her voice.
"Hellor' she said briskly.
-Helloi" Norman answered.
Her nonchalance angered him, after
all this time. He turned his atten-
ton TO the lake.
Norman Erickson" Sue began.
1--we come up here to ask you some
thing. And iexpect a decent answer"
"A decent looks more than I've got
for week"