Show 01 Partners of the Tide By B JOSEPH C G. LINCOLN Author of Eri EriH I CHAPTER II II 1 IX TX IX-Cont Continued Now th then n. n Brad said hl the tho Captain well put on her hor necktie The way line lne wa drawn tight and the heavy ha messenger plunged out ont of sight beneath the water It I slid down downto to lo the rhe end nil of or the hit way lint lino thus Ihu holding hoMing with wih a tenacious grip lIt tho tIl submerged sub Ruh- merged object object The They te tested with the the me messenger pulling puling 11 It I up wih the cord and lolling It drop again It ft I struck solidly and with wih tho the tn tingle le of oC metal against metal feels eels as the the boy said paid al when h he lie crept down In the dark darl night afore Christmas to paw laW over o hi his Boiler Better bring up 11 the thur schooner Brad Brad Bradley pulled down to the tho LI Lizzie Ie Barne Barney and he lie hoisted c canvas enough to lo give ghe them steerage a way anti tho the littie lU III- III l- l U tie lle vessel sel ran rn alongside of the lie CaplaIn's Captains Captain's Cap Cap- tain's laIns dOl dory Then th time ropes wore wr ilg- ilg god gad through h tho lie block In lie tho tw rind and Bradley and Barney fitted InI in inthe inthe the brakes of or if the lie clumsy hand wind less J while Captain s stood tood by hy the Iho bulwark away commanded the ship ship- I por lieI The Tho creaked the cable tightened and antI tho tw he blocks groaned n na as asa asa a heavy y weight was 0 litton from rom the A minute or 01 two turn more and the captain sl signaled to ease up Brad he said salti come here hor a minute This his aint an any anchor anchor Barn Barney hel lucId held the tho windlass brake while Bradley moved cd to the lie rail Look at It that thai said aid Captain Caplain r Ezra rol ii t I ng Through the lie green water vater the messenger inca mes 1 g- g showed diml dimly holding in its is grip the upper of or part a three cor Iron frame as unlike an anchor as anything could be What hat on earth earth o began Egan Brad Ip hey ley The Tho captain grinned Never saw aw anything like that afore he hey Well ehi Vel I J T I have have What hat do tin you OU F say to a belt bell bel buoy frame Why sure suro Bradleys Bradley's s tone was a disgusted one No o wonder oner W wo we thought It was urns an anchor Got adrift al and smashed up 1 by hy the Ice somewhere somewhere some sonic where Well ehl el weve we've had hati our work for nothing Shall we cast off oc off Not Nol y yet yel son soui You Yon and anti Barney heave a little more elbow grease Into that ii InI Might as ns well wol shake hake h hands with wih lie tho critter now weve we've got hh him nigh enough to lo see ee his face ace I I I. I i I nut hut lUt that framework isn't worth anything anything the that counts al alway always at- at ways way Its It's what whal Santa Sana Claus Clous puts In Inside Inside inside In- In side of IL I have havo a notion noton this feller mn may be tie ht a e package e a away wa More ore of the lie wet rope came annie aboard Captain Ezra chuckled I guessed pretty nl nigh h that time hero here he muttered Now Nou Brad como come S Tho Thit Iron frame Crame green with wih seaweed and trimmed with wih kelp kolp an and shells hung half out ou of tho the water At Its base just jus t above the battered anti and ana crushed rushed cone that had been buo een a buoy S n a.- a. biG bl big bronze h n J t. r J n d. And I I can can git I 25 for that bell bel rowed crowed the captain Which in iii the Iho pre present ent state of this corporations corporation's fi finance t- t I- I nance mustn't be considered ere a widows widow's wid- wid wit wit- ow's WR mite mile Well this aint what 1 I Iwas was ivan after neer but hut Its It's none the less les welcome welcome wel wel- come conic as the cat car said when it i found Cound the moul In the milk mik pail Swing her hex In in Barney Now OW well we'll wel goback go goback o back and have another tr try for the Mary Ian Ds D.'s Ds anchor The bell bel buo buoy was uvas not the only surprise that old ocean oceon gave them although It I was the only onty ono one in which there was wan any mone money Once the thc they dragged to the thE surface th the rusted remnant of a galley galey st stove and once when the lie drag line was hauled In In at nt the lie end of an unsuccessful da days day's work olk wrapped about It was the torn omit and draggled remnant of or a n womans woman's apron and ami tangled tangle In iii that a childs child's o a oy-a a ll little hittl railway car This Thi last happened In lie tha sound off of Captain Tit comb carefully ti glod the oc odd timid rind from the line hue Humph he lw mU mused e balancing the haltered plaything In his hand wife and amid ald baby W was aboard the vessel that those came from Crom I dont don't remember er a wreck of that kind of oC late kilo years ears But Buthe Iho he title carries things a long ways way am and these might have ha e been heen rolled along tho Ito bottom for rOI miles or 0 the they ml might ht have haV have been carried Carried her here bore on n piece of drift And Anti then lien again I It I might be he one of those wrecks you ou never hear heal of black night gale gle blowin ln hlo snow so o thick you can scarcely scarce I ly 1 see el the an and there's theres a u uI smash and a tramp steamer backs hacks off wih her hei no nose o hunted busied not knowin what she she hi And AntI then in a u little while theres there's a piece In the hue paper sayin that hat the lie schooner So and Sois So SoIs SoIs Is aInt been heard of oC for Cor two or three weeks its it's If feared eared she m mu st stae t have e a foun foundered e. e In tl the bit big i g gale o of or or i anual January 10 LU nau Hal ins ills wire wite anu amI children with wih him and anti so forth Brad God uneven moves In Dr mo es a m mysterious way His wonders to perform dont don't He lie le Maybe f its it's jest as well vell wel you and anti in me inc don't dont know the tho real story of or things I Sometimes I think there ought to be he a law against sailors alors maniec married The They had some long talks together concerning their new venture which up to date dale although the they had made mantle some money had not given gen them th the opportunity for or a big lg job that thal they had hoped for or Brad observed the captain a athey ns as thc they wore walking up UI from Crom the wharf whar one ona evening are you OU gittin discouraged aged 1 No not nol yet t. t T I didn't expect anything any any- thing tIling different this first summer Well I jest jost asked You YOt see theres there's theresa a barrel of folks in this town who are ar that Im I'm Im I'm Im a fool to think hut thal Ican J I can Cn make male mane money out nut of a trade lint tha ether her folkl folks have barely kept body bOlh and soul together In And Anti tH they're Ie sayin sain too loo that youre you're a bl bigger fool Cool for goIn goIn goin go- go In In In with wIh me I J spose youve you've heard that as much as once from some omo of these kind Ind souls soul hav l t you ou Bradley laughed Well Velt e he an on- an- an I r listened to a n long sermon cImon from rom that thal text th tho he other oilier nl night ht nt at the lie postoffice Humph Hem Henry Simmons occupied pied the pulpit In response to a unanImous unan unan- call cal from himself himsel I spose How 10 did Iid ld you OU know Oh I J jest two and put two to- to like th lie woman that thai made some ome for COl her herself el out of a couple of f pair pai that thia belonged to lo her little tite girl I saw Henry head In over o er in Ir our direction that ir your night and I know hl his advice ud are al a always Henrys Henry's what you ou might call calla cal i ia a a quitter quller Tho he lie only time he lie ever stuck to lo anything was waR when he sot Mt b down own cm till the tte fly fh II paper papel Ho lie 10 was a II I for Cor t hirer ree OD voyages S and then Sn e gavel gave I t I t V I rc r- r t l Ii c tb b R. R S Sl tJ 2 It up ill enu cause e he lie hadn't boon been Cn made mado skipper I lJ I Then he ral tal oil ll liens hon but butot the got ot discouraged cause causo lay lay somo Mimo such reason renson anyhow lies Ho's dono ilone a little of mo most t everything everything- 1 em af after atter of- of s-ence s hut but hes he's given up lip one une fence the tIlt only trade lit lie aint ter tel the other IH Peeked In nt at f Is the he ono one ho Iw wa was cut cutout u out oin Olt for that's or-that's or on to top of ff the tho 1 church steeple for tor a a weather Consequently he knows from flom coin experience nee ence that lint Its It's time to give i up afore you U begin He Ht ay al always fal saul said turns a crazy thing to lo do 10 this didn't ho he hf Always A I Well el wu wuel when I r first ma made e the tho 01 deal for or the Lizzie with wilh wih Caleb Simmons como con round to me tile ln ha hoard of it It I. I and HI breathed Into Inlo m my oar ear aI in iii confidence con con- that hint hed he'd been heen o of doin the he same thing himself knew know fOI for sure that lint there ther was mone money in it i. i You YOl dont don't nH mean nican an It II I- I If I I didn't I wouldn't s1 fl i it Anti And Henrys Henry's not the only ono though ont though lies he's lit Iho prize winner In his class Theres There's lot lots of or folks In Iii Orham that think Ii ink because a things thing's boon beem 1101 dono afore by somebody else I e. e who ulio didn't know how hiot to lo do ilo It I that titan man who til trios it it I Is a n fool fOCI 1 A pullet can Call cal la lay hay eggs but hut she sho C cant can't sing for Cor a n cent cn wh whereas reu a canary camry bird makes male a pretty good shy at it H. I f went into lie tho bu business lne with wih 1 my e eyes oyes es open and anti I know knew bo be hard first along tong But I tiled to make that clear to you ou didn't nt I Look here E Ez Es if I you OU think Im I'm afraid because e wo we haven't struck truck on yet et then then then- I f aint afraid of you Br Brad I Jest wanted to boost up UI m my own spunk a n little I gue guess s Give GI e you ou and mo me a year er or so o lo to git giL it our nets riots out mit so to speak on and a grain or two of oC luck for and well we'll wel make mal huts thiH village man the yards when we wo conic comp into Ino port see ee if Jr w wo we dont What hat do lie tw old maids mald say Oh they believe c belc Im I'm Im Im I'm going to getrich got get rich of course Of course Well eil el maybe mahe the they aint an any further out nut in their ono one onoway wa way than Simmons and the lie rest 0 are aro the other oilier What hint does that little Baker girl have o to say about I If it Bradley looked at his friend In sur sur- fur fur- prise What hat ha t he lie asked Y Yes e said id the lie Caplain Oh well vell wel she sho didn't quite Iule like It I at first but the the more we tal talk about It together the boiler better beter tH the tue plan seems to in Ii her hel a i I presume Ikel likely you OU and anti she talk lalk about aboul it I a good gooc deal There wasn't the slightest flavor of sarcasm app apparent tint ent In this question so Bradley ad- ad hot lie lii mill mid Gus flits did elM ha have haa a i good many talks laIk on the tho subject And this hits statement wasn't an ex cx- cx x- x It I had hind become a a regular thing for or the junior partner In the dragging anchor anchor concern to tu drop in at the Baker homestead of an evening after supper was over o er and discuss happenings and anti plan plans plans' with wih Otis Gus Gus The Tho Th feeling that Ih the girl was not nol so o wholly at one with wih him In his hopes and ambitions as she used to beha be bo ha had galled Bradley He lie le resented her criticisms of rf the tho new venture on the evening when he first told her of or I It it I Five years year before erOe he lie knew she sho ho woul would have thought it I splendid simply because because be be- r- r cause he thought so o. o Ho lii II ha had conic come i t to to h her lr r ln un T o rol fl 10 m muCh h tie tl had hiatt changed ed lC and n iid now new he lie determined that lint he lie would compel compe her liet herto lietto 1 to belloVe belo o in him hInt an and hl his work So he called caled evening after ater evening an and In tn Ina a measure succeeded In hl his o object that i is is GI Gus became more mOIe and antI more mor interested and willing lo to a listen while he hue explained his hits and the he Captains Captain's ideas and what they ml might ht develop Into But Dut she sho no longer said mid yes yos tN merely mere mere- Iy ly because he gj said I U. U it She Sho al also o had and anti Bradley recognized II it I a subtle way tray of changing the lie subject to one of her own OWl choosing when she wished I to do so O. O anti and she could ten tease o him or ou 0 please plase him In spite of himself lf nut But these new neuv features of oC her character character character char char- acter were wen rather fascinating than otherwise otherwise oth othu- so o he lie came to lo think She Sho was waR decidedly Independent al and amid had hind a very original way of o looking at 01 things They agreed on some matters mailers aunt and agreed to disagree on others Dancing was one of oC the subjects on out which the didn't agree Bradley considered con COil dancing nonsensical and a a. a wa waste t of or time Gus on the he other hand was very ser ery fond of or I it Id Id rather saw SW wood myself declared de the- dared the former Cormel one evening be about as ns much work in It It I. I and considerably more moie moe fun If Jf J you OU want to 10 see Hee how ridiculous people look honk when they lid dance put pUl your OU fingers finger In iii your ems eats so as to shut out it the lie music anti and then Ihen watch vatch em lm Y Yes replied Gu Gus but theres there's no noIea Iea reason on onh h why you OU should hould put pu your fin fingers CIgers CI- CI iii- iii gers gem In your our ears earn ear Brad for goodness goodness' god god- good le ness ness' sake lale dont don't be an un old man be before before hc- hc fore ore youve you've hardly to be ayoung a u young one omie That's m my may one fear ear for 10 you you that you'll grow to lo he be as sober as an on old cow Cot and auth as a sour sout oU as ns-a ns as as aswell well wel as tho those e apple puffs I made mode yesterday yesterday yes yes- 13 and forgot to put the lie sugar Int into Inlo You want to sugar your work a little fun umi I like fun I can enjoy a good play at the theatre though its ll's mighty seldom I get lie chance and Id I'd play baseball titan than eat even now hotS' Well Wehl the only plays that conic come to Orham are Ten Nights in lii a Barroom Barroom Bar Bar- room or oa Uncle Tom and Im I'm afraid Im I'm too Oct old to plaY baseball without causing a u. sensation not that 1 I wouldn't like lo to sIte she added mis mis- But Brad Beau I do like dancing and there are aro dances hor once in a while such as they are and well I wish you danced 1 suppose I could manage to navigate navi gate through a quadrille without wrecking more tItan than halt half lie tho set but buta a waltz would have havo me nie out of soundIngs sound sound- Ings In no time line Will ilI you try to learn If It I teach you S Think twill pay PI for the lie wear team lear on your nerves and the unit furni furniture lure ture Ill risk tho he nerves anti and we ire need neeti some new furniture Come well we'll begin now Ill I'll hum the ho tuno tint and you jou can Imagine that thai D.'s Ds three piece orchestra Is playing Annie Aunie An Au nie their heir own variations aria varia louis anti and that hat youre you're waltzing with well with wills Georgiana Bailey Great Gica Scott lets leis imagine something some some- thing plea ihl lo to begin on All right here goes Get out of the tho channel That runt t lesson was certainly fun even admitted that lint |