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Learn more- Not having a proper home to go to, Shorty became a member of Dago Pete's gang of wharf rats, and when the news appeared that a shipment of diamonds was to be made on Captain Arnold's boat, Pete decided to ship his men as the crew and make an effort to steal the gems. Ethel Arnold happened to be with her father when he was shipping the men. Her intercession caused Shorty to be chosen. The girl's attention came as a surprise to the boy and served to awaken his better self. Pete and some of his gang also managed to get aboard and, choosing well the moment of their attack, they quickly overpowered the captain, and tried to force him to disclose the hiding place of the diamonds. Failing in this effort, Pete had one of the men bring Ethel into the cabin, and, in spite of her effort to prevent him from weakening, Pete's threats of what would happen to her, caused Captain Arnold to disclose the hiding place. All of this was witnessed by Shorty, and Pete's treatment of the girl so enraged him that as soon as the men left the cabin to lower the boats, he crept in from his hiding place, and covered Pete with his own pistol, while Ethel securely fastened his hands behind him. After releasing Captain Arnold, Shorty went on the deck, and employing a ruse, he got the men to go down one of the hatches. No sooner had the head of the last one disappeared, when he clapped on the hatch cover and securely fastened it. Quickly rowing to the shore, Shorty summoned the police, and the entire gang was arrested. When the sergeant, knowing of Shorty's connection with the gang, insisted on taking him along with the rest of the gang, Captain Arnold and Ethel made it quite plain that henceforth his home was to be with them.
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