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Updated: May 2, 2025
His eye lighted on the column devoted to shipping news, and, almost unconsciously, he saw among the "arrivals," the Turtle, of an Italian line. At once a train of thought was started in his mind. "The Turtle," he mused. "That's the freight ship that Captain Tantrella, formerly of the Olivia, commands.
I guess I'd better go see Captain Tantrella and ask him to keep mum about Retto until I have another chance at the man. Then I'll I'll go and tell Grace. She'll want to know all about it." He found Captain Tantrella at his hotel, having finished all the details connected with the docking of the Turtle.
"Ah, it is my newspaper friend!" exclaimed the commander when he saw Larry. "Have you interviewed any more captains who have been wrecked?" Though he spoke with an air of gayety Larry could see the captain was sad at heart, for, though it was not his fault that the Olivia had gone ashore, Captain Tantrella had been more or less blamed, and had been reduced in rank.
The young reporter saw a man hurrying along the dock toward where the commander of the Turtle stood. Evidently he had not seen the captain come to a halt, for he called again: "Wait a minute, Captain Tantrella!" Then a curious thing happened. The man caught sight of Larry, standing beside the ship commander. He halted and turned to run.
That's the captain Retto was inquiring about the day Grace and I made the tour of the steamer offices. He wanted to meet him. Well, Captain Tantrella is in now. I wonder if Retto could have left the hotel to go and see him?" Larry puzzled over it for a few minutes. Several ideas came to him, but they were confused, and he did not know which line to follow.
Larry was among the first to go up the gang plank when it was run ashore. A ship's officer stopped him, but allowed him to proceed when he saw the pass. Larry found Captain Tantrella in his cabin, arranging his papers, for there is considerable formality about a ship that comes from one country to another, and much red tape is used.
Larry, who had been introduced to Captain Needam by Bailey, told the former of his desire for an interview with the commander of the Olivia, and the matter was soon arranged, though Captain Tantrella was in dire distress over the loss of his ship. However, he told Larry what the reporter wished to know, describing how, in the fog, the vessel had run on the sand bar.
"I think not. Captain Tantrella might, but other reporters are not likely to connect him with the case." "Then this is what I'm going to do. I'll use the story of the accident separate from the Potter story. We'll say an unidentified man was run down on the pier.
Instantly the confusion that had reigned on the dock became worse. Men ran to and fro shouting, no one seeming to know what to do. "We must help him!" cried Captain Tantrella, shoving his papers into his pocket. "Come!" He and Larry fought their way to the man's side. A crowd surrounded him, but no one offered to do anything.
"Let me get at him!" called Captain Tantrella. "I know something of medicine." "Shall I call an ambulance?" asked Larry of the police officer. "I know how to do it." The bluecoat nodded, glad to have help in the emergency. Then he proceeded to keep the crowd back while the captain knelt down beside the unfortunate man. "Bad cut on the head," the commander of the Turtle murmured.
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