Satan Takes the Helm by Calvin Clements

Author:Calvin Clements [Clements, Calvin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled
ISBN: 9781951473143
Google: pP2azQEACAAJ
Publisher: Stark House Press
Published: 2020-10-22T11:00:00+00:00

“You got it all wrong, Cap! We didn’t use brass. We wouldn’t do anything like—”

“Shut up, Widemeyer!” I pushed a sheet of paper and a pencil across the desk. “I want the names of the men and exactly what they used for payment. If I don’t get it, or you short-change me—and I’ve got a pretty good idea what’s missing—I’m entering a bill against your salary for three hundred dollars.”

His jaw went slack. “Geeze, Cap, the stuff don’t cost that much—”

“Maybe not, but I want to be sure the ship doesn’t get the short end of this. Three hundred dollars charged against you, or a proper account—and who to bill. It’s up to you and your pals.”

Within an hour Widemeyer returned with a list of eight names and some fifty dollars’ worth of brass equipment they’d bartered with. I called it a hundred even to be on the safe side and handed the names over to Joyce for a payroll assessment.

She gave me an amused look. “Only one thing disturbs me, Martin. Just how do you know the ins and outs of this sort of thing so thoroughly?”

“Comes under ‘Miscellaneous’ in ‘Blair’s Seamanship.’”

She didn’t know whether to believe me or not.

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