Show Partners of tb the Tide Td By JOSEPH C. C LINCOLN Author of En Eri i I I CI I I t X XII XI i Continued I They rhOy worked with might an and main m-aln and anti at al the time end of oC a the Job was mime done dUle limo last a t Joist was laid upon the thc wharf Obed Nickerson on expressed cx- cx pressed himself as surprised ell and high high- I Iy y pleased You fellers have done dono mighty wel well ho said 11 I 1 felt fell Cel kind of or shaky when I let you ou have the contract hut iUt I shant shan't feel so o again If I you OU had a abl bl bigger ger ve vessel el with an nn engine In iii her I e bUe you ou could handle mo most t anything anything anything any any- thing taC that's Ikel likely to run up tip on this coast const Their share of or the cargos cargo's value amounted to nine twenty hundred dollars dollars dol dol- lars and nil all al expenses deducted the time to th the partners W was over r el two t thousand Not ot so 50 mean for tor two greenhorns In a In soup lp ladle crowed clowell the Ito Captain Brad hows how's the those days das Int anybody said Id I 1 told you ou so so o yi have ha time the they Time The underwriters underwriters' agent was their friend now ant and Inside of or another fortnight ht he had put iUt a u Job In their way war that brought them In four Cour hundred hun hun- dred dollars more mOIe She was n n a coasting constin coast coast- in ins ing schooner that had grounded ofT off of the Point and anti her 81 skipper had contemplated contemplated contemplated con con- telegraphing to the Salva Salvage e company but thanks to Obi d's ds d's re recommendation re- re commendation time the tH chance wa was given for for a much lower price of or cour course l' l to the Lizzie's owners The Thees es vessel 1 lal lalen laid en ens easy with wih only her hem bows on the time sand nd and the time anchors ahil a cables cable got gut her clear In three da days Then th they y went WInt dragging anchor again and met with wih considerable suc sue cess Ces The skipper of or the tIme coaster that the tIme partners had worked off the shoal as ns ju Just t described said fid to tn a n friend of or his who commanded a four master There Ther are arc a couple of ot fellers el rs down to Orham that are smart wreckers as ever vel I saw sw They snaked me off otT or the time edge of the Razorback In next net to tono tono tono no time arid and didn't charge half hai the ves vessel el was worth neither And Anti the time captain of the thc master four-master was waR by this reminded that he had lost a good goot anchor anti and thirty fathoms of or chain on the Orham rips only three months before I lie He wrote to Captain Tit Tit- Ti- Ti comb giving iving the he ranges Iange ns its near S as ashe ashe he could remember them anti and the partners agreed to undertake the job of recovering the lost The They found It after aCter a while but oddly odd odd- I ly Iy enough their drag line picket picked up tip four our other anchors of various sizes and values before the tIme right on one was finally hauled on board All I this was profitable as well woJ as asgood asgood good goot advertising and the I Lizzie's owners owners own own- ers 1 were doing well wel But nut they wore were ambitious and anti yearned for fur the time day when they the might undertake bigger cr thin things Captain was to for I ordering or em 0 dering a new and amI larger largel wrecking schooner Immediately ly the tIme use of Brad he nl argued Weve o got enough on hand to pa pay part parlor of what a a. decent schooners schooner's worth Lets Let's go o In debt for forthe forthe forthe the rest I But lut Bradley more conservative e. counselled counseled waiting a little IUle longer er No Xo Xou u r Ol'S ourselves c a II big d debt bt to 0 start stat with wih he lie said id Dead Denil hor hortel I Is in the he meanest manest to pay for that I know kno of or You remind ren me rue of or Uncle Bassett Jasel that the old man man dad dad I mean mean used used to t tell li tel about aiu ahou said rid the Captain Uncle was wag a great feller fell r fur for fil heln economical Time The Th only thing timing he spent Int much mOn money for tor ns rum and alil his argument was that rum was a cuss cus anyhow anho an and the more old chaps like hun hint bought hought time the less les there thoi was wa to tempt the time younger generation r Well Vei the said generation didn't stand much show shou sho of or him that's a fact fact Dad Dat used to say hed he'd never ne forgit Uncle Ellhu settin in the lie tavern that was sas over Oel at Harniss in those da days an and l a blue streak because he lie hadn't been hen able to git down cown from flom his house to town town the week be be- fore Consar it I It r says s 's Ellhu I was to git it to that to rl raise raise- o m my 1113 voice olce agIn alIn that money to fix fx th the towns town's hl highways h ays Wust extravagance ex ox- mc- mc tra ever el I see that Is Id I'd Id been a-been there says Bars he lie on only I the time mud In OUI our road was wan so o deep dep r couldn't I-couldn't drive through It 1 And although the time Captain agreed to wait vait wal a little longer e the new tv vessel eRel h he announced that flint he heI wius going to keep hl his eyes ets open and ani perhaps hed he'd hed he'd strike a bargain some sonic someday da day thay or om 0 other In August Augut Miss Prissy y threw the time hou household Into litto consternation by comIng com com- log Ing ng down n do with wih the lie grip She Site hind had In Insisted Iii In- on going to church in the tho rain because Mr Mi II L Langworthy's Longworthy's n nephew Providence was going to preach that lint Sunday and she came canto home lloma with wih wet feet feet A chill chi followed Dr Dl Palmer was called caled In and the tIme hou housekeeper and business mana in of her hel manager er spite protestations pro Iwo IHO- IHO was put to bed And In bed she stayed for some ome time Miss Is Tempy without her sister a was as ns the time Captain would have have- ha described it H. H t. t as uneasy as a fish out oUI of water She Sime Insisted on acting as ns nurse anti and housekeeper both Bradley prompted prompt prompt- ed oil by the time doctor hinted at hiring a servant ant but was tas incontinently snub- snub I guess Jues not exclaimed th d Miss 18 Tempy Temp I dont don't want aim any hired girls round this house Ive I've Ive heard enough h from flom other folks who do do have havo em em Mrs Thankful Brier Briem was me only a few fett cw Sundays ugo ago at that her hem daughter Jane U up to Melrose Melrose Mel Mel- ro rose e wrote her that shed she'd had three girls in lit a n and the last one put pUl the dog dol crackers or biscuits or 01 O whatever they be le on the supper table cause she tho he thou thought ht they was cookies The fhe Idea No o I dont don't want wanto o any n girls Then you ou must let some seine of or th time the housework go Its It's Is I's too much for you ou you'll be sick youl yourself o Let the housework go 1 I guess gues not not Bradley Ickerson i we Aln Aliens may he be poor poorer l' l than we wc used to b be but hut were we're not So as If it to prove this a assertion seron she relentlessly scrubbed the thc hour Hoor of oC the big room dining next day and was ver very pale and tr tired d hen when Bradley Briley came In to supper And then thou followed folo ct the first tha divorcement between th the flit young oung man and the sisters sister Ince that dreadful first Hist da day at school chool Bradley Braille put hl his foot fool and anti declared de tie- clamed that a servant should be hired lifted Miss Is Tempy Temp put Jl hers her down even harder hard it'd er el and owed vo owed she It I ended end coil ed oil 11 by a scene cene In iii II the time sickroom Bradley said Miss I s Prissy weak but unconquerable fore o Id I'd Il let le you ou spend J nd your mone money to hire a n girl In Inthis Inthis this ti-is house Ill I'll Il git gil 1 right out bod hed and do time the work myself If H Its It's Is I's the time la last t act net I will wi Tempy you OU ou let things s slide till ti Im I'm Im I'm Im helter better Now mind But Dut letting things slide Irle was tas not an Audi trait a as Braille Bradley lint had heel been t told j I Vem Very vry Alen much tri troubled 11 he wont ont nt t. t tim tl I c Oua mis UI for ad advice Brad said young that lady all af after 11 a i few fet cw moments moment's thou thought ht I I think Ikno Ikno I l for fUl- ou I believe c kno know kno Just the one erie you if I asked I Clara Hopkins would c come mo It ii her e r. r Clara Hop Hopkins n Why h Gus GUR she he Isn't a servant wouldn't Of or c course she Isn't She wo think of or coming a as a n a servant ser But nut you ou know since her hel mother molle el went t aia away to Fall Fail Fal River liver to stay with wih Clara Clar a s brother imis hl his wife has ha the typhoid line has been terribly lon lonesome fever fever it It some for I fr the thE poor liner girl there a L home She bhe h at told me the other day dar that she he couldn't stay tny alone much longer longel she thou thought ht she she should shut dint up tip time the tJ hou house l' l and board hoard somewhere e. e Now nw I be believe be- be lieve she would COuP come com and live lve I with h tin Ow Ie c old maids maid Of or course you yon mu mustn't tn t hint hintor limit hut she ho he could of or paying her bet wages coull help about the Uw hou house and ant she mime la is If Jol Jolt Jolly and good good tempered lii and nimi a splendid Id nurse Ill I'll Jl a ask ak l her hem If you want me met t to 0 to the tIme But nut Shed Shell he ju just t right one Gus it Il wont won't work ork Miss Prissy or wouldn't have her come conte Miss s hr there to help an any more than thamm Ute the they would a hired girl girl They Tile Th dont don't need to know that sIte she h comes conies for 01 that at al all Oh If Ir you were only a little less hess straight up anti ond just a little lite more like tell 1 well like Dont Don't you we see e You must make the old maids think that the they're re doing Clara Claraa Clara a favor not that sites she's doing th them m one I could arrange ar ar- 11 range mange It I. I Im I'm Im sure but youre you're 5 so c read dread dreadfully fully uly transparent B Ik Bradley rod I ey was wn aware asaro o of f t the Ii e trans trans- tm trans transparency mis- mis parc-nc parc and it I was t wih no nl great rca hope of success that he threw out nut the lie first hint concerning Miss Ii Hopkins To Tn his surprise the time hint a was well veil 1 n re- The sisters liked Clara aim and mil she hind had hat told Miss I POmp Tempy only tho time week b before h hew hc w lonel lonely sue ahe was as Poor Ioor thing sighed Ul time the JOm younger er sister r. r If I Prigs Prissy was well eil wel Id I'd Id have o her right here and amid make up us a u visit Id I'd Id be bo glad glad to have her come conic come and spend time the thE da day with U us mis anyhow anho This was wa unexpected good goot luc luck Clara Clam huh duly coached by Gus Gu came to spend the time ta day She made herself so I thoroughly at home hom was so o pleasant pleas In lit the time sickroom anti and helped In so O Oman man many wa ways without seeming to tr try I that the time cut old maids were were delighted I 1 declare Clara Clura said Miss 1 Temp Tempy Ive Ive jest enjoyed ha bavin havin in you nu here You shant shan't go back to that pol poky shut up house home tonight Weve We've L tot got ot si a I spare room and anti you can stay here jest as 3 well wel as not not When hen the thc sisters sis sis- sisters were alone she she said sahl Prissy I never ne 1 enjoyed doin doimi a charitable act moren I have makin that poor Imor lone lotte some girl happy today It I pays J to act like a Christian dont don't it And after that of course e It I was easy Clara sla stayed El on front from day to toda da day She became a pat part of or the household house how l hold holti and gradually lifted the burden lurden from Miss f Tempy's mp shoulder It I Ia a was plea pleasant to be able ahle to sit b by the time bedside lied bed led led- j side and amid read aloud from Crom rein The Fireside Fireside Fireside Fire Fire- side Comforter knowing the Ito while that hat the tt housework was vas being done n and nd well wel done nd And nd ClAra liked m ii ir dot Il J I i deed was a kindred kildred spirit The night Peleg had hat prophesied it ft for or a weel week before a a. a heavy northeast northeast north north- east ast gale brol broke t the monotony of summer summer sum sum- mer mel weather It I ver very nearly miel brought blought disaster with It I. I The great great six six-masted coal coal- barge Liberty recently bul built with wih h her hem twin sinter tIme the th Freedom b by l' Cook and anti Son Semi time the coal kings of Boston O lon came within a hairs hair's breadth of II f running bodily upon the time Boneyard shoal shoal She She was running into the Sound under tinder sail I with wih a tu tug following following follow follow- ing h her and the theIn In wind and tide cau caught ht her hel as time they had cau caught ht many another vessel essel Th The skipper suddenly ing his danger ran to the time windlass loosened th log and pin and let et tho the mammoth anchor go o over o m with ith Ih a run iun Then he lie leaped to the comple compressor or to clamp amp the time chain but hut the time l tide was tas too much for him The chain flew few over overtime time the wildcat with a n howl hotel and amid ant before before before be be- fore he could top stop it I It anchor and amid ant one onehundred onehundred hundred and ant twenty fathoms of or chain were el stretched out omit on the bottom Lucky for Cor the time Liberty anti and her owners own own- ers she ems she hind had cost ninety thousand dollars dollars dol dot lars to build and ant d over rh five thousand tons of or coal coal time the skipper of oC the stout s sea going a tu tug saw fW the time dan dan- gel ger ran ian up astern of the helpless barge balge and antI got a line lne aboard In iii time timeto t tr to check chelt her headway and amid hold her nose nos off the shoal shoal Well Wel Brad Bra said Captain Tit Tit- comb when the news reached Orham Orham Orham Or Or- ham land knows I 1 aint pr ln for fol other folks to lose mone money but hut what a job jub shed she'd shet have ha e made for somebody say say for us he hey Theres There's front from thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen to t ent twenty thousand In a a whale like her afloat Yes Yes replied his partner but twenty tons of or new brand anchor anti and chain are ame worth eight hundred at least and half bait of r that lint will wi go to whoever whoever who who- ever er e picks em up We Ve want that an nn- chor dragging chor jo job b sure sUe But It wasn't so o easy to get and so 10 the they found Their success In time the wrecking venture venture had hac bred bre woul would would-be bf rivals Before lefore that day was as over Seth Wingate and anti two or em three of ot hi his friends had offered ofErell by bJ wire ire to tu lo locate ho- ho ate cate and anti buoy 10 the time lost Ironwork for the sum of three hundred 11 dollars 01 Then the SaJa Salvage e company was waR to sc-mit sc send down cown a u tug and bring it to the th sur sur- ur- ur face ace It I was a great disappointment to the partners partner It I Is one omie thing however howe r to agree to perform an and another to tb do Seth had td n not t had hat much experience in itt an an- dragging chor-dragging and although his his- lhor catboat cat cat- boat hoat and nod two or em thre dories scraped the bottom for fot thic a 1 thc they failed to hook the lie 1 te were after The Tho 81 skipper of at tim th r came caine to Orham and put up Travelers Traveler's Rest Rest That nl night ht a lr j n it and Braille Bradley cale called at his room Gould Could aId suid ld Ezra does it make an any to tn |