Argosy, Vol. 147, No. 1 — page 48: what you’re looking at

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Rev. Bruce owner of the Cracker take over its management while Connors the part of sailors from Captain Jake's crew, wi and who has hidden part of his cargo in tender Emile, and Jote the Jug, an habitue. Connors: sinisterly vanishes, pviously playing a part and in afterward a mob of sailors crash open , a a Ne CHAPTER VI. CAPTAIN JAKE’S CARGO. ; ~ ee * Ad - ; ca << + oe a . of NN they came, a motley crew and os | heavy-faced ruffians, the scum NN dregs from the worst resorts on the ver front. They swarmed into the ‘racker Pot like human buzzards, and their morings gave evidence of the mob spirit v1 the momentum derived from num- hey swept into the little back room, i rning ing in their path. ‘. bas . ‘ This story Bt; ea. , a - “— WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN PART I, de Lisle and his friend Andrew Bailey, in payment Pot Café on the old Bowery of makes a trip to Boston. the cellar of the café. and Bruce has just taken league with a ne the door of the Cracker Pot and rush in. began in the Argosy-Allstory Weekly of a past debt to Chink- New York City, agree to Connors fears a raid on th whom he is involved in a mysterious enterprise, Connors also distrusts his bar- a girl, over charge of the café when Shortly gro piano player, Eddie Carbon, enters. Glasses tumbled to the floor, and the crack of splintering wood accompanied the crash, as table legs were wrenched loose, that they might serve as convenient clubs in the mélée that was to follow. The small group in front of the platform reflected the confusion and uncertainty at- tendant upon the unexpected onslaught. Bruce had jumped to his feet, dimly con- scious of a subtle, energizing force that was sweeping through his blood. He was also conscious of the fact that the young woman had pressed close to him in her terror. Her for November 4. icboo 34 com KS Go