Show r rI T t I The Mutiny of the Albatross by I Jl I THE U s Service CHAPTER XII Continued XII Continued 14 14 That would be useless she saId more coldly lIe He I 1 neshe new ne she was re relIe lIe cd to see Mary Iary coming to toward ard her herlIe herlie herlie lIe sighed So there must be a n little littlemore littlemore littlemore more sailing under the skull and cross crossbones crossbones crossbones bones As the neared Its Hamner became less certain of his future fu ture Ills His efforts to stir Todd and and and- Dob Bob Unwin Into e ache had not come to fruitage Ills His aim was as to awaken a certain proper prIde In the breast of the late Inte Cap Captain tamn Halletts Hallett's nephew Was he lie un an officer to allow allo the essel sessel he should control by right to be taken Intoe Into bens e York by a murderous like ilke An Andrew Andrew drew Orme Ornie They 11 II say said Hamner Ith resIgned sadness s that that you was ns afraid ot of him they on wont on t believe belle It was as caution III say he was wis lS bigger er and stronger and you was ns wise Ise to nit What s It matter If It they do laugh at you ou a bit sir Shut up Crosby Todd said an lIe He resented these implications of cowardice It happened that he hc was courageous and had long felt his Inaction was as unmanly And It seemed that Bob Dob who had a 8 spell off ofT duty expected him to betray more leader like qualities What do you think we e ought to todo todo do dog Bob Dob asked sprang Instantly Into nc ac Seize him he said theres three to one and he don t t suspect a 8 thing TIe him up the s swine sIne Ine and then wire wireless wireless Ire Ireless less for help Thit II 11 put us In good Its It s mv my belief bellet the tempter went ent on that him and Met ger Alet plan to get Iet getaway getaway away 1 hats hat's to stop them going os 0 just after atter we get through the BrIdge Dridge and escaping or 10 lowering a boat In the dark We We t let him get away from the police Todd said wi l and yet It seems hardly pia playing placing Ing the game to get him now no 1 If It you re afraid just sa so Ham Ilam ners ner s manner was as less polite But But don t expect me to want ant to glue give gh e a bloody murderer fair pia play same saDIe as Id I'd W give gl you ion ou A happy thought struck him If It the judge S1 says s to you ou hy didn't sou ou do what hat Albert Hamner said what 11 you fins answer finser er I Ill 11 ha hat e eto eto to tell him P Per er thing S 1 At the wheel Bettington was as fightIng fight fightIng fightIng Ing against the desire to sleep e reser er had he gone so long with Ith so little littlerest littlerest littlerest rest There was wis lS a great deal of or ship aping and he had not much confidence In Todd S a s seamanship The dawn dan was breaking chill chili and gray when he passed Fort ort Hancock It was there that the three flung them themselves sel es upon him there was nas little opportunity to struggle le Hamner brought down a belaying pin on hIs head with enough h force torce to render hIm unconscious He lIe was awakened a hy by hythe bythe bythe the harsh spitting of the wireless lIe realized that the Albatross was nas an anchored anchored shored He lie was as I lying 4 In Ing on the floor door or of orthe the wheelhouse lIe He was as bound and ga gagged ged as neatly as ever er Metzger and Pereira had been The pain In his side was now very sery ery se severe seere ere And with It all nil was a racking headache Mrs Radway ay ame on deck at about eight o 0 clock She thought that Cros Crosby Crosby Crosby by Todd and Bob looked at her with witha a certain degl ee of ot embarrassment And Hamner the III was liS with Ith them The New York Yort Yacht club Is send lend sendIng tt ing Ing out some one to take us In Todd told her l 1 hey ought to be here any mInute now I I thought the doctor capable ot of that she said fro frowning lies capable of or anything all tiling thing Ham Hamner ner cried lou You dont don't know n what hat wave eve ve done for you ou maam Il What hat does the man mean she asked of Todd I had to seize tile the ship he saId was no DO que question of evading e what hat he had lead done or declining re We found that Orme had planned to escape and we e are holding him for the police pollee oi loi 10 I re remember remember remember member he wouldn't let me use the Irele wireless s That was nas because he didn t twant twant want ant to be caught c Its It's for n a crook to escape In New ew York fork than It would be In Limon ls Where here Is the doctor Mrs Had Hadway Radway way n asked hed She followed them to the brIdge The attack had been made marle In the dawn n and Todd lodd had no Idea that Hamner s blow blo had been so se severe seere ere or that so much blood had lowed flowed e from the wound lie He tried to prevent Mrs Ir Had af from seeing the man mun She knelt down at his tide side and removed the gag Are re you vou ou very sery ery much hurt she naked Her lIer heart was HIS beating wildly After all they had betrayed hIm There were ere were tears In his She could see that he ho did not dissocIate her from those who ho had made malle the as- as assault as assault saulL as-saulL sault Macy 1 hey carried out your our orders most rully bo he said and turned his aching head away the shrill sound of a siren stirred Todd to action Its It's the Yacht club launch he be cried f r- r 1 Mrs Irs Radway Raday Rad ay bent 0 over oser er Bettington a again one None else was as near I I suppose s ou can never er new ne never neer er be belIe lIe Ilene e It she slie whispered hl but I had no hand In this I shall always ah aha a s feel ashamed when hen I think of It W 1 hen lien he lie made no answer she went ent out on deck Perhaps n flat hid Ind hap happened happened was fated that hour to which he had been drawing near for a life lifetime lifetime lifetime time Mary Iary Um Unwin In hid had her arm et How like youth she thought to for forget forlet et Its recent perils and pre present presenta ent enta a serene front to the lie world look I 00 ook Mary Iary cried 1 7 1 here s Dad Oad e lively eh h n looked do down n at the launch and saw siw 1 that there were ere ere men In police uniform too Then she slie ree rec reeo recognized o the s senior partner of or the great reut firm which transacted her busIness There was nothing she could do now for the Injured man thin commend hIm to Mr Ir BIgelow scare s care It seemed an Interminable time be before before before fore the police questions were ere nn an and she slie was US on the lacht club launch with the Albatross Icing Ing astern She had been glad to accept the opportunity to Ie 1 e the thc yacht acht on the much faster taster launch CHAPTER XIII Mr Unwin Speaks His Mind The were ere speedily to find what hat wealth and the desire to help them could do Within twelve e a hours of meeting E CI n Had Radway their small flat nat had been abandoned and they were ere occupying Ing six beautifully appoInted rooms In a mansion whose grounds ran down don do n to the Hudson It was as Un ln's mission to go 0 to the Albatross and bring back a list ot of things Mrs Irs Railway wanted anted On the night of hIs Ills first visit to the yacht acht he be returned In a mood of horrified ex excItement Do Vo you jou ou remember a man named Hamner he asked I 1 ch rill ne never neer er be able ahle to forget hIm his hostess ans answered end I h 1 A sailor they the clued Red Hed Mike lIJe must hate ha had Ind some grudge rude rud e against Hamner Ham Hamner ner who ho from all accounts seemed a quiet ch 11 II spoken man mun Mike got at him and jumped overboard with Ith the poor fellow In his al aims The stream was nas running fast and they couldn t sae sa them Horrible she exclaimed There must ha have hae e been a curse on the ship Death upon death And And there s another likely Un Unwin In went ent on the prize crook of them all Dr Andrew Andre Orme Orrne There here s not much chance chalice for him Perhaps It Its s the bet better better better ter was a I should Ill III e a to ha base e seen hIm The police think heas he was as the braIns of or the whole thIn thing even esen the them theman theman m man sou vou ou called Clements seems top to t p I v r r A It Matter flatter If They Do Laugh at You a Bit Sir have hale been less dangerous They have ha Orme Ormes s record complete and hope to tobe tobe he be able ahle to fill nil In th the details of the they lost sight of ot him Un Unwin In talked on asking Innumerable able ahle questions and getting ready re replies replies plies piles from all but Mrs Irs Railway Hallway S I 1 ess than forty miles distant there theren n were ere grouped around the bedside ot of ota ofa ofa a man mall who ho was not expected to live lI an Inspector from frolD rs a po- po police po pu police lice Ilce surgeon and an steno rapper bow Z O Andy the tile Inspector begged be reasonable Why Shy go to your our Maker with Ith a lie He on sour our conscience The suspect held out his hands The Inspector did not know Inow what bat he be meant Finger prints said faIntly you ou haven hasen t verified them yet The Inspector did not like Ilke to tell hIm he was as rushed to the bedside In order to take tabe his dying d I Ins Ing deposItions A dead mans shands bands er were just as asgood asgood asgood good evidence e as ns those through whIch the thc blood coursed I I thought you told me rne he lie was all ahl allIn ahlin allIn In in the Inspector said to the surgeon c You lou said ou d gl glue give e him half hutt an nn hour hourat hourat hourat at the most He lIt s b one of those obstinate cusses said the surgeon 1 lucre here was us a certain admIration In his hb lil voice he could not for forget et that here was as a member of hIs hIson own o profession lon s ho ht hid Ind attained world orld wide Ide fame ere crime enmeshed hed hIm Hes Iles lIe s fot Jot the will III to Ih live Lice e the surgeon added W 11 hv In not humor hIm lies lIe s crazy to be finger finer printed The Inspector came carne to the It ft was as not often he Im could grant a last ta or so easily All All II right Andy he grinned I do It An hour later the surgeon was as wanted anted on the telephone I lint bat bird nin t Andy Orme Orine said the Inspector with Ith a note of gries nce In his voice olce olce Ills prints are also abo cutely new ne ones to us The surgeon found the unknown n awake ake and In plin p The surgeon S look was as not as friendly as It had been He had been mistaking a per peri person person person i son of probably no Importance with the discoverer of the celebrated Orme method of cerebral bur cry You re not Andrew Orme he as asserted assorted There was as Irritation In hIs manner he lie felt lie he had been fooled and the sensation was not pleasing I I keep on sa saying saving Ing so remarked smiling grimly Now Now can canI canI canI I be allo allowed ed to sleep In peace Mrs Airs nad Radway ay discovered ered In Un Unwin In Ina a man whom hom she could trust because he was honest and devoted denoted de to her Interests Aery A very sery great dell deal of ot bust busl bustness ness devolved upon him For the first time In his working life he was wis lS happy The Massachusetts Institute of Tech Technology Technology Technology was as to receive e Bob Rob and Mar was to graduate from Smith before she married Crosby had yet et to wIn hIs way Usually the took their meals In their own suite but very erv often then the were ere Invited incited to dine with ith Mrs Irs Had HadaY Hadway Radway way aY 1 I the lie he three of them them- them Mrs them Mrs Irs Unwin was ns still unable to move were mote e were ere Invited to toa toa toa a dinner party given gien hen by Evelyn J el n Had Hadway way a when hen she learned that Todd was as asto to leave lease for an appointment In Chi sago exactly one week after landing from the Albatross At se sewn seven en Mary heard heird her father fathers s olce on the telephone HP said he should not be able to bet Iet to Pee skill until nine lour voice olce sounds cross Daddy she said Are you ou angry with any anyone anyone anyone one Angry Is too mild a term he said and hung up Usually he called her hor horby herby herby by some pet Jet name but hea he a was abrupt dIfferent and Incomprehensible W 1 hen he came they the were sitting around a wood fire in 10 the large lurge lean hall around which the house was as built Un Unwin In was as one of those kindly men gl glen en to effusive e greetings when hen he knew his people Tonight he bo bowed ed to them all coldly Not even esen e en to Mrs Radway did he hI unbend Daddy said Mary Iary ely you OU ha en t spoken en to poor Crosby yet lIe lies s hurt I I have hale ha e no doubt doubt said Unwin dig dis distinctly that a young oung man of ot his resourcefulness re resourcefulness and Intrepidity will re recover recover recover cover from the shock Crosby Todd flushed He lie had been told that his future father lather In law was ai of a kindly and affectionate Assuredly Assuredly the mIddle aged gray gentleman on the rug be- be before before be before fore the fire was as not running true to form I m afraid you have had a tirIng day dav Mrs Irs Radway llad remarked One One of the most miserable I have ever er spent he ans answered ered It Is dim dill cult to know just how bow to tell you about It Mary Iary came to his side and slipped lipped her arm through his hb Very rarely had she seen her father In such a mood as this Had he she bhe wondered taken some dislike to Crosby Ills His tone seemed evidence e of ot it It Essentially she was as a peacemaker Don t tell us U us no now she begged In the morning this black mood would base ha pissed p IIo l I 10 loyd d Unwin In took tool no notice of ot his daughter He lie stood medItating The girl might not have existed ery cry ery difficult he lie repeated I 1 suppose I had better commence by bv proclaImIng my own Inefficiencies I have been an economic failure Mrs Irs l I have hale worked hard and there is nothing to show for tor It IL It A I month or so ago I went n ent to an old frIend and asked financial aid from hIm It was as for my children s educe thou I 1 needed It It He lie refused me I learned then something of ot the scorn success ss leas tius for tor such as I 1 It Don t David Mary Ia ry begged She saw that for some reason by her he lie was wis lS bent on crucifying Ing hImself publicly Another man he went on tag a 3 of ot equal standing In of ot years offered aid It was nc not In his PO power er to gh glue give e It Immediately lie set out to earn by his unquestioned skill the few fen thousand dollars I needed It was for tor Bob and Mary Iary he took this burden upon him I remember remember ber that thit he S lId he would try tr and be a fury godfather to there them Well hell ell he be failed Unwin Um fell tell Into IntI t anther er fit of or silent f I musing w 11 hen ho he h spoke again It was I of another subject I HI 1 have hare Just come from the bedside of a man who vho Is Iq cl dy Ing dyIng Up lip looked to toward vard ard Crosby lodd I 1 odd 1 be man you ou and my son at attacked tacked wounded and left for the police pollee to dr drig Ig to the Tombs I corn com mend your our caution Mr r rodd L L Lel el n Radway ay was as glad Iad that the dancIng shadows s from the open opell Ire fire her lier face tate I I don t I understand you ou on Mr Ir Unwin Un Unwin Unwin win Crosby l J lodd odd stammered Daddy Daddi they had to do what hat they dId Mary Mari told hIm ou loo waited alted ln Um re resumed umed 1001 In lug Implacably at I odd lIdel until he lie was lS worn orn out from the sleeplessness he endured for you iou ou lou ou ou and my son took him at a n moment when hen he lie was as exhausted lou on 1 ou attacked hIm when hen heas he lie was as from three rIbs brol en In the fight with Ith the man manlie he killed lou luu inflicted such uch that the splintered ends of or these frac fractured fractured ribs |