Show lWe 16 Mutiny of the Albatross CHAPTER Continued IX-Continued IX Continued 11 11 On deck early In the th evening they heard sounds sound of oC scuffling and anil shouting The Tho voices were too far Car of 0 for or any ot of the prisoners to linear hoar what hat was said But Dut they knew some dreadful scenes of at violence were tre being enacted some such scene perhaps as that had h d ended In murder Mrs spoke In a level hard hurd hard olce coke olce She Sh addressed her remarks to Crosby Todd I suppose you realize by this time what chance clIance we stand If It Doctor W alte has hns been Leen I 1 Hied ill ell the 1 1 he thought that be he bad had gone bras bra ely to a doom which could not he be alerted a a and had hall gone from a group croup of ot pe Rho ho plainly did not trust him sas as horrible to her She had always vs es esteemed esteemed 8 teemed d Ingratitude among the blacker sins and now she Mas as forced to nc ac accuse cuse CUge herself herselt of at It It was strange e she thought that the only thins thing he had c ewer glen ghen en her was a loaded auto automatic vatic maUc pistol But there was no other gift so welcome to her lier Images ot of Metzger s grinning face tace came unbidden unhidden den She took tool the n is weapon from rom n a dra draser er and counted Its six cartridges es e e e e e e 1 was alone on the upper deck lie had plenty plent of ot steam Drunk or sober Kenzle was a good engineer end would have hale no shirkers Ills HIs his history hisTory tory was curious lie He trod hid been an engineer on many ships piling Ing In Inmany inmany Inmany many seas but always he Le had been obliged to sen serse e on vessels whose en eD were worn out whose m would Invariably be on the point of gl way ay Never Neer In all his servIce had he shipped on a vessel essel whose en engines glues en pa passably good Then almost miraculously he had been up by a man who Rho ho knew Ills his past misfortunes held them club like 0 oter er his head and brought to the en engine engine gine room of the Albatross It was not drink which made seep cop when he lie saw the tir vertical Inserted compound condensing engines which took their steam from Crom an water oter tube boiler It was ible joy Ills dreams were sere ed l lie tie sas as glad that Metzger who I 1 new next nest to nothing about marine engines left Ift hIm alone No priest in the tho Gothic cathe Cathie cathedral dral drat was as more re reel el eDt than Kenzle before Lefore his bis charge e eSam Sam and Metzger flinging all care aside started gambling rack Each knes the other had hod money Metzger er n sas as the better player but Jut he sis wis hand I capped by a certain fear tear of ot nn trIll tricky play Ilay Sam interspersed his Ills games with anecdotes of ot men he hold head pun punIshed punIshed dreadfully for tor cheating Inter Inter- Interruptions such as a these cramped Metz gers er 8 style stilt st Ie of ot plus ph Sum barn was not go goIng going goIng Ing to be such food bood picking as lie he hoped Sim s favorite form fonn of ot punish punishment went ment It seemed was as semi ton It was sas as a n risky punishment Sam confessed because In the lent hent of ot the ml ht too far tar moment one go o An AD s ou know Inow It In a minute Sam barn said There s 8 something about a guy guys s 8 face chose v hose been lleen squeezed a n bit too hard 3 you ou Wont Won't t ont nt nc newer never er for forget et Dlo DIo I Metzger said petulantly Let Lct us talk of something el else e Anything Au sou say siy Sam returned returned ot about 1 ot of There Is only oDly one subject Metz Jer fer said he kissed his hand airily und and raised his Ills black eyes to hates Ln 4 omen I 1 barn Sam reflected on this tills for tor a minute It wis sas 8 not easily lie shifted his base ibis hIs woman business had been settled hours ago and lie he told Metzger so hev were wel e to be kept In ID the tore fore ot of the shIp until Limon Umon came In ID sight It was only then theD that the services ot of the surgeon would be no longer Indis Indispensable lie chuckled heavily hea as be bethought bethought thought of ot the doctors doctor's surprise All AU In good time Sam declared No use uce hurt hurrying Ing Metzger was sas annoyed when Antonio elra the cook whose hose name was en enshrined In literature came In with a plate ot c the same sort of lure cu sand saml Iches he had hod been used to make maLe for ay Pereira was as In the mood to tall talk of his conquests which hid ran ranged ed through h many seas sous Metzger usually interested In such mutters matters wished illy lly to be left alone n with Sam It was as almost midnight before LeCore the cook turned In ha In There Is a man like me Metzger er saId lIe He has no u use e for Cor caution I Itell tell you tomen love o that kind lIe has hns lived ell while you you- ou you Metzger shrugged his shoulders Poor Ioor Sam 1 I ll hit hint do yer mean poor Sam I said the other Irritably Sam was sas as stirred to Indignation Ile Be Il poured forth accounts of ot his amours lIe Ile grew almost eloquent But Dut he still told his friend that his Ills agreement with the navigator nn must bo be oLsen ed for tor safety's s 's sake Sam nil allowed owed Metzger to lure him himon himon himon on deck where bere they sprawled luxuriously on h two o great grent wicker chairs Metzger set out to tempt his com panton Deliberately he lie to evoke Imn Images es which should banish prudence He lie pointed to the Silhouette ot of Bettington's figure against the sky sIy skyline skyline line In the distance It It doesn't worry me said Metz Metzger Metzger ger Im rm all aU right ri ht Sam Its It's you iouI ou ouI I m for tor l lJ Q J is Wot sorry ot of the l h-l h 1 Is It Sam said sold pet pettI tI By fly this time he understood t that nt Metzger considered him one to be pitied The Idea re revolted him While he s 8 up there and there and hell he'll be bethere bethere there many I hours hours I know my woman is 15 all right But nut shat hat do Jon jou know v about the tile Nett pretty little girl with dark flushing C ewes cie Ill III tell sou She Shei i loses lo nephew Dephew They are nrc t B By WYNDHAM I IN T TUB TILE U 0 B wu sera young You rou my Sam am are old you are cautious you ou are slow Is she go goIng o lug Ing to wait walt for tor you when younger youner men offer octer themselves t LS 1 How Ilow Ion long n willIt It take tabe to get to Limon Umon I will III ask ask ulf 11 nit lie He came hurrying back from Crom the bl budge Seven Se days If It the steam pre ure Is kept up i 1 let et us uc say sn sav elgh eight t d di s sLight sLight Light like this to sit up here and think about her ber Sam Din DIo I It If It were ere for Cor her 1 I longed do you thInk 1 I would sit waiting waiting suiting Sam still fou fought ht for Cor strength to re- re resist resist re resist thIs tills tempter But Metzger's words sere ere firing Oring his Ills blood Iou ye ve got ot to wait yourself your el t he be retorted I L ala ain t the only oDly one Met ger er laughed lu In scorn ne lie n pointed again to the man mua on OD the bridge I I can COD afford to wait walt he said eald my rival rhal stay stars There he sleeps But nut you I l How Sparks must laugh lauh at nt you Sam I I 11 break breal hurls his neck Sam said licking his thick dry lips III In Iii ei ellit lit dais dass da s time Do you hear hearme hearme hearme me t hat Is sour Jour 3 our rec revenge re enge Is its I lt to give him eight days down donn there with Ith her n while hUe you vou wait walt for tor Costa Cota Rica Wco to I come In ID sight Metzger burst Into a peal of or con contemptuous laughter The visions vL lons that sere ere summoned by bv t the be tempter 8 a su awoke In III Sum Sim the desire e lre to kill 1111 the I 1 he door doors s locked he be said It s steel and hard to get t through h ll liv hv by give gl yourself that trot troi ble The doctor there Ins has the key In ill his pocket lIe Hell ll II do well enough In the chain locker locher Metzger saw that his words had fired Sim at last Ot Of course If It you re afraid he added well ell then wait alt till v e e see sec Limon Fur a moment Metzger er feared he hesus US sus to be lie victim to Sims Sim's sudden BuddeD laming flaming anger A of ot what shunt he lie snarled Of Ot the doctor doctors s pretending Le he t got the key hey W 11 lieu lien Sam scrambled to his feet Ceet Metzger chuckled Ills careful plans seemed likely to work worl out Metzger Metz Metzger ger er knew V Sam Sams s strength and aDd brutal rages Probably the doctor had no nokes 11 kes this tills Sam would not Dot believe e In Ine e there would could come a fight and aDd he did not think nay man on onboard onboard boar board hid had a chance a against Sam Sim And situ the doctor removed his bis path would be easier ler For or the moment he concerned himself nothing with Itil the ultimate destiny of ot the lie vessel sessel s 's el Pelt cautions were sere nothing to him In such sucha u a moment as this tills Sam Sum wasted no time In explanations I Ike Metzger retz er lie he hull had forgotten cau caution caulion tion and ful future ure dungel s In his rage and jealousy knew the Intruder n was as dangerous Ghe Gh Give e me we the key hey Sam com commanded hat be key koi 7 asked lou Iou lou know n d-n d n well sell I want the thel l I ey cy to there here the thc women omen are I I ha have hale e no key kc Ie Bettington said Sam im struck hIm across the mouth with the tir back Jacl of ot his monstrous hand 1011 1 on lie Ho he cried I II have hare It It It if 1 kill 1111 you iou OU Then suddenly without any prep Bettington struggling on OD deck deckwith deckwith with the Sam In a nearLy nearby chair Metzger In to the moonlight watched eagerly Bettington dared not Dot allow Sam to Jet get those long simian arms arme about him It was only the doctors doctor s cle clever cleser er foot toot footH f n nJ J I L i ey r H r rL t t 1 h F sir sirA A He H Poured Forth Accounts of His Hl Amours Amour work ork and greater speed which stitch en enabled enabled enabled him to stem those sa savage saJe Je rushes with continual jabs lie knew new they would not n win In the battle for Cor himlie himlIe him lIe He decided to change chanse his bis tactics suddenly There was a wrestling throw known n as the fl flying Ing mare he had lead been shown oho n by a 8 Cornish miner In ID tho Klondike years before r or Its execution not only consider considerable considerable able aLle strength was needed but accurate timing was os equally an essential Sam could not Dot have hate weighed le less s than two hundred and fifty fUty pounds while Bet Bettington Bettington was some sixty pounds less The ferocity of ot Sam nm s i attacks WM was astounding When the first burst ot of the assault did not bring him the sailor sobering a n little under undu the Increasing p ln of ot his hh brul bruised ed face became mope mo-e methodical lit lie saw that he must abandon this desire to Bent Bettington toD to the dec deck with Ws his 0 flying Ing fi fists ts and get a body hold It tats wis lS chile one of ot his accustomed habit channels was sas dammed for tor a mo meat by alcohol and he paused for tor forthe the fraction of ot a moment to think ot of ota ofa ofa a forgotten hold that Bettington ton rec his opportunity IS With Ith his right hand ho he seized Sam Sams s left w vast s swung sung ung hIm around a little and aDd then gabbed the Hie sailors sailor's right waist wilst they were back to back and then thenn s n Ith a n ml mighty strain leaned forward and flung lung linn hum clear over otter Ills huts shoulder Sam fell t n with Ith ten terrific violence his head striking a rail He tie lay there motionless Ids his head twisted Queerly on Its thick and sinewy sinew r pillar 1 t lie he fate he hid had r promised others was his hison own o Metzger W quickly over and looked down at the dead d id man lIe He lie forced It on me e You You Tou are witness of that I had no I 1 cs e Metzger looked at the doctor with a singular satisfaction I saw siw you kill him said he and I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall tell toll the others what shut hut I lIe wondered how he could turn thIs histo to his own advantage Accustomed to lying and suspecting others of dishon est eats he lie did not believe bellee belle e Bettington s swords swords swords words Of Ot course he lie had the keys and would go o below to be caressed and aud praised br by for his The thought was as unbearable enraging Metzger s knife flashed lashed out both looth lag Ing should keep the key from him But as ho the tir knife Bettin Betting Bettington Bettington ton s fist caught him on the temple and knocked him do down D Before he could regain his weapon the doctor had tossed It Into the ocean ocein Metzger sat up on Ills lils haunches for tor a Il few te sec seconds seconds seconds he lie cursed himself for lea leasing log the tho re revolver 01 ver lei lelow ow Tour Your life Is worth nothing he cried nn rII cia ring to his feet tt-et In t two 0 minutes you iou lU will he be as Sam SamIs Samis SamIs Is and I 1 shall go down and console her herfor herfor for tor sour our loss Bettington watched him race down downtime time tile companion calling loudly for help Ob two minutes seemed d a n lib liberal eral computation Ion as an estimate ot of the d doctors s life lite span lie Be II made mace what shat hat haste he could to the barred door and called for tor instant admission Io 10 remain outside was to tobe tobe tobe be killed hilled To loin time the Imprisoned four tour offered ate respite even esen e CD though it t might be n a brief one Mrs Irs Radway opened the door he darted Inside and barred harred It She looked at him In bon horror honor or He lie had for tor forgotten forgotten gotten that his face was bruised and aDd bleeding A moment later there was a con COD confused con confused fused sound or of o shouting and a n fusil fusil- fusillade fusillade lad lade of ot bullets bullet struck the steel bulk hE Bead 1 ou see how perfectly they trust me he commented He lIe turned hurls hIs bend head to see Crosby Todd hurrying to toward him 1 hey were after atter the doctor octor Mrs a said I I should feel teel happier bappler If I thought that I 1 was as the only oDly one ODe needed Bet Det Bettington Bettington said soberly lie lowered hIs coke olce as ns he saw Mary and her ber broth brother brother or er They rhey are arc outsIde ravening like lIbe wolves 01 ves CaD Can they get set In f Evelyn Ivelyn Badway asked I I doubt It he said with an air ot of cheerfulness Not anyway To the tour four hes he wis s confronting the thew e cither seemed suddenly to have be become become become come rough Thereas There was sas a perceptIble In the motion of ot the Alba Albatross Albatross Albatross tross She he Isn't steering Bettington es e pl pI lined tined She's wallowing allo Ing In ID the trough of ot the time sea sen but there s no dan daD danger danger ger vet W by did you leave the wheel It If you are the only man capable of ot talc tak takIng lag charges charger t Todd demanded 1 Because a dead steersmen n would hn base e been equally useless Don t you understand that they want to kill meI me I confess I 1 don dont t see why shy unless It is 18 they hn have hare ve discovered I 1 m bent on help belp helpIng Ing you Sam Sim came camo at me and then Metzger tried to knife me I Idon Idon don t thin think they knew I 1 had changed the course lIt lie II saw that Mary Diary Iary ered shii ered at the mention of Sam nm fhe The thought of ot him had given I en her nightmare terrors What hat reason did they gh gi give e Todd asked He lie was wis still convinced teat there was an nn effort to dupe him Tha That t the nn wanted Ranted ted the keys to this tWe part of ot tile the 3 acht Bettington turned to Mary and He lie had been able after nIl all to do something for Cor Tubby Unwin's girl Tot ot again would Sam menace her Sam Sam Is |