Captain Drake again proves, and this time most brilliantly, his right to the title: "The Opportunist." With remarkable sagacity he scents an opportunity on the wind.
In a mood of sullen obstinacy he had tramped almost the length of the docks when, unexpectedly, he heard the clatter of a cargo winch; and the sound was so unusual that, like a magnet, it drew him in its direction. He found a rusty tramp that was lading.
"Now what—how did I miss getting that cargo?" he reflected. "The Rhodialim, eh?" And after a moment's thought he muttered: "Oh, yes. Belongs to that firm of Hakim & Letin. Got her and one other schooner, doing mostly Levantine and East African coast trade. Wish I could have got that cargo. My luck's out."
Roy Norton born in 1869 and died 1942, he was an American Newspaperman and author of pulp fiction, including those in the western and science fiction genres. Was a regular contributor to magazines like Cosmopolitan, The Popular Magazine, etc. Sometimes wrote as Roy E. Norton.
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