Show The Mutiny of the ie Albatross K by WYNDHAM MARTYN W wh U D Service IN l TI Im U 8 y i THE STORY STORY I Floyd noyd Unwin an and toward j I Bellington take tako dinner r with an anI anold I old od college colitis chum Alfred 1 magnate moen t Unwin pro pro- pro prof a written taken by bythe bythe bythe f the three nt at college to trip help each other In n adversity explaining i that he h needs nc d financial assist assist- assistance ance anoe to educate his son con Bob Dob and I daughter tT Mary Gibbons I at the th tb legality of ot the pled pledge pl dc e but torI but gnu agrees e to make a 0 place for tor forthe forth I the daughter au In his hll h ore ore- CHAPTER II 2 The The Planning planning of the Cruse ruise The rhe place tined stilled me sald ald Unwin when he atone alone Inthe In the street with Bettington Walk as far tar ls as as mp my studio n Bet Bet- Bet t- t s suggested ell It strange that ye we have 10 los lost t of one o e another another I i feel guilty It Its It's s true Im I'm not often otten In New York Tubby not Ill Ill I'll not lose sight of you now DOW studio was more a col- col colp lection col-lection of ot marine o objects a museum ot of tho sea than a place to work In There were two rooms at the top ot of otan an old brown brown stone atone house on the north eide elde of ot East Thirty fourth street He had a yearly lease of ot the place and used It but ut rarely There were were quaint figureheads of ot old sailing salling ships now long broken up or sunk sunk I have not always led the simple uneventful une life lle GI Gibbons ons assigned to tome tome tome me the painter said smiling when when he noted Doted his friends friend's Interest Sit down Tubby while I make real coffee Later he began I had a small fortune when I left lett Harvard I spent most of ot It It In seeing the world WIth what was left lett and some small savings I have bave bought a camp At present Im I'm up hard-up but theres there's plenty ot of money In this very room it of Im I'm ener ener- energetic energetic energetic getic enough to get It ft I I- I have sold very few of ot my paintings I have been een able to afford not to I have commis- commis commissions commis t for r a number which I have ha not That was selfish of me Ill I'll execute them and sell some of ot these canvases Your girl Mary Marj shall go to Smith and nd your boy shall have the Tech Seawater and paint shall take them both there It has been a n for for- fortunate fortunate for fortunate evening for me I needed wak- wak waking wak ing up Unwin thought of how soon this miracle might be accomplished which should give his children their opportunities opportunities opportunities The narrow things at home bad trained him to calculate with great niceness such adjustments net Bet Bettington Bet planned to start for the paint paint- paintIng painting paint paint-Ing Ing e x within two days das time He would start at Gloucester and wan wan- wander wander der up the coast reaching his new ca cam in far tar northern Maine In n a months month's time It were wise lie he thought to send Mary to GIbbons office The pictures might not sell Gibbons might offer the girl a splendid stipend He lie might seek to male make amends for tor his brusqueness by unexpected unexpected unexpected kindnesses Perhaps they had wronged Alfred Gibbons Mary looked at him next nest morning over oyer the breakfast table and her eyes s sIL IL 1 Sit Sit Down Down Tubby While I I Make Real Coffee asked the question her ber lips did not formulate Smith must wait walt Just a little he said said but dont don't be bo cast down Mary There Is hope you will yet win to il Take an hour off oer this very Tery day and go and see the great Alfred Gibbons He wants to see you YO Commercially C speaking your fortune is made He Is expecting you Mary Unwin had been almost a year fin an Inmate of ot the office of Elgar Badway Und Bad Radway way j she Bhe had quickly accommodated herself to the routine of ot her work She worked at nt top speed as did her employer himself and was paid eighteen dollars weekly The were kindly and J notorious as ng a man about never man about never mIxed his pleasures with his work She was as ns free from harm hann when tak- tak taking tak ing his Ills dictation as ns she would have e he been en with a n minded decent-minded man It was to him trim r Fhe he preferred the re- re re request quest for an hour off lIe He was not pleased cd Im busy he grunted Im ott oer for forn fora fora n a vacation soon poon oon n and d theres there's a n lot to todo todo do do ont D Dont Don't be lon longer r than an hour Ho looked tether nt her curiously aff as she went yent from the lie office office As As n a connoisseur of f women be n admired her Iler charm but she she was worth more to him him In the theoffice once than out of It t Radway Badway was n a voluptuary of sixty who was finding out that he lived now In n a soberer age and could not adapt himself to It victory pointed the moral He did not greatly fear far lIe comforted himself that after n a few weeks kR on the sea pea he lie would come ome back refreshed fir r for r rhe the he big game He lie was of or Gibbons trl tri triumph ump over over the Memphis and Toledo road only made possible by hy the trench treachery cry ery of a a trusted manager r when Mary Mary- Mary Unwin Iary Unwin entered the office of ot her fa- fa father's fa father's ther's time one friend Gibbons was often orten H a matter of or spec spec- spec spec- speculation among the Radway Badway stair staff staff It wad wa known that he he had hall once been Radway's clerk and had left suddenly breathing threats a against his em em- employer employer employer And It seemed he lie had de- de devoted de devoted voted his life to getting even for tor some grievance of whose orl origin ln none In his office had any definite Idea Mary looked at him with a a curIosity that had nothing to do with his financial finan financial cial position She looked at nt him as one who had In the other years been beena a close friend of ot her poor blundering clever er but unstable father whom shoe she loved lo the more because she saw his need Gibbons was not prepared for a beauty It was true Unwin had fine features and brilliant e eyes ees es but one remembered Unwin as the man who perpetually failed and looked apolo apolo- apologetic apologetic getic getie There was a cloud of ot depres depres- depression depression depression sion about Unwin which seemed to tomake tomake tomake make his carriage mean and Incon Inconspicuous Mary was slim and held herself as though no failure or self depreciation had ever come near her There was something fine about her And the brown eyes which looked at him un- un under under un under der level brows raised a doubt In his mind as to the successful outcome ot of the scheme which was working In his crafty head He ne first set himself to disarm h her r by the adoption of the air airor or of an old and privileged friend So this is little Mary Unwin he exclaimed shaking her hand Well I Well I It was a banal beginning Inning the girl thought But nut she slie smiled There must be something good In a man whom hom her father bad had liked So you want to go to Smith 7 he went on on He lIe could see her vivid Interest now More than anything on earth she answered I dont don't suppose you Jou can canever canever ever eer guess how much I want It IL It Perhaps I can he smiled Your father helped me to understand His nIs air was one of ot delight In well well- well doing doing There was born In her heart a Guttering fluttering hope that for old friend friend- friendship's friendship's friendship's ships ship's sake he was going to help her The cheeks that were usually pale took to themselves a lovely flush lush She could not bring herself to ask what he meant for tor fear of meeting disappoint disappointment ment It was good to hope after atter so much despair I told your father I would help you The world wo-Id knows me as a hard man but It knows me for tor a man of my word Im I'm going to help you and your brother Oh Mr Gibbons she cried I cant can't believe it It Is one of or those things too good to be true I How can Bob and I ever thank you enough lIe He looked at her tier keenly This was the ripe moment Y You u would like to feel you earned the rather than lion be under n a monetary obligation to me Is that what you mean 7 Of course she replied I 1 should expect to earn it It But how bow can I lie He leaned over the glass topped glass glass topped table Y You ou can he sa said Ill Y You 1 0 can very easily repay me for the few thousand dollars your education will cost You are Radway's Js private stenographer Very well you must have tave taken man many letters from him to three men named Harrod Harte and Buford nuford Haven't you Yes she admitted What I want Is tills this 1 wish you rou to leave Radway Badway and bring to thIs office the notebooks with the letters written since the fifth of ot the month to these men You will find a typewriting ing machine In the adjoining You will transcribe the letters and then forget all about It Forget she answered vered forget all about It the Idea he said delight delightedly edl edly He lIe was very much relieved lie had bad dreaded the the- tie Idea of ot tempting her Forget It entirely Go to Smith and feel that you Jou have earned the money moncy Ill I'll tell your father It Is n a aloan aloan loan BO so he be will feel reel satisfied She rose listlessly j the color bad had 1 gone Jone from her cheek She felt relt phys phys- physIcally physically weakened After all It was to tobe tobe he be a life Ute of office drudgery Gibbons dill did not understand this tills sudden alter alter- alteration alteration atlon the matter mattel he said Ir- Ir irritably Ir Irritably Oh not very much she said I Iwas 1 was only wondering how my father could ever eer have called culled you ou bl his friend What he cia ex-cia exclaimed I mell You are going to throw away a chance like lIIa that She made maLle a n little gesture of ot despair I am going to throw It away a He was now thoroll thoroughly angry lIe He had not been so upset for tor months he snapped You deserve to starve e with that d-d d d d fool of ot a n father or of yours and will will too She shook tier her head I shant shan't starve e but I 1 think Ill Id rather rather starve stane than do that y Gibbons had been wrong In declaring ing that the tile Memphis and Toledo road had been taken from Radway Badway because lie he was drunk Gibbons had bid so sohl hl high h that lint one ne on whom Radway Badway relied wholly had sold him Well that that would not happen again For the mo- mo moment mo moment ment there was a lull In the warfare It was not until some allies of or Gib Gibbons bons returned from Europe that the gle would be begin in again And before be- be before be before fore that happened there would be one month on shipboard where he could fill himself with alcohol and feel teel he was not ruining his Ills prospects It was the debauch of ot an alcoholic long de- de denied denied de denied nied his pleasure Elgar Radway Badway always deceived dec him him- himself himself self and others about this annual voy voy- voy- voy voyage voyage age Ilg-e But he never deceived his wife There had been a day ten years earlier when he was a n national fI figure re reIn In politics The death of a governor go hind had made him a of heard lieu lieu- lieutenant lieutenant tenant governor the head of ot a great grent state Ills His financial knowledge was wasat wasat wasat at the service of the White House nt at nta ata ata a moment when a black panic seemed about to devastate the country Senator Whitburn of his own state looked upon Radway Badway as his own o dis dis- discovery discovery discovery covery and talked of him so much that his daughter carried away by that spirit which Is found so much In society found the dis- dis disparity disparity dis disparity parity In years more than offset by hIs name prominence and promise From the beginning the lie marriage was unhappy He lie had found that the scandals discovered by bJ a political rival were not to be lived down In an era when women were powers He tie kad all gone back to his financing in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Evelyn Ivelyn Radway was a splendid hostess She was beautiful and she was clever The Radway Badway dinner par par- parties parties ties were Internationally famous lIe He was bound to admit that she had been beena a great asset to him It was at a dinner that he party an- an announced announced an announced his Intention of taking a months month's vacation There were as guests some foreign financiers He ne knew that his wife realized why he was going II He had never been able wholly to met the glance of those shaped shaped almond violet eyes with the calmness he lie wished In ten years she hud bud learned most of his secrets One hears said the president of ofa ofa ofa a Paris banking g house that you work even when making holiday but I never believe that No no Its It's what you ou call the bluff bluer Im taking a secretary and a wire wIre- wIreless wireless wireless less operator Radway Badway retorted and they're there tor for business And ill my wife will probably come too that too that Is IsIt It if she sho cares to Thank you rou Elgar she answered to his extreme surprise the change change sill do me good He lle smiled as though the lie prospect entranced him He lie now saw himself committed to at least two extra guests What on earth had he wanted to talk about taking a secretary for tor He lie was even more astonished to find that his wIre wife consented to come She did not care for the ocean as a rule lIe rather suspected that his hits ph physician hall had been warning her that this tills tri trip might be dangerous if he reverted to his old habits She was coming to se see that lint he kept within bounds I am glad you ou are coming Evelyn tie he said when his guests had gone It will do you Jou good You ure are really taking a 0 secretary she demanded Certainly he lie said a trifle trifle Impatiently Tl This s Is a business trip asI as I told Monsieur Theres accommodation for tor my maid she said Ample he lie answered What secretary will you take He lie thought a moment The Tho two men In his office who might answer were well enough In their way but the enforced Intimacy of shipboard oard would probably discover er unsuspected u t shortcomings Would you be bc annoyed lf It I took a pretty pre girl Do hD you ou mean that slight dark girl ctrl girlish nEIba I 1 have eys seen a Oh Elgar I wish ish you ou would It would be s such ch compan company for tor r me ne It If you 0 can arrange It lt Ill I'll can take her lien Probably her cr people wouldn't let b her conic come t If I T suggested ted It Ill I'll phone her address from y you the office tomorrow and you can go and see her mother she sh hat haa ha one Tell her ber It if she will get e twenty five dollars n a week wee k She to Jump at It it would the hope the ho g gorn girl Irl wo It was s with orn- orn morn go that Irs bars i Badway called calico home nei next Mr Un lag Ing at the t her ber berwIn herwin instantly wIn recognized her bad d helped Sargents Sargent's Sargent a portraIt marriage sinceL since that h t time timeto timeto to make her famous andI and L er columns fire the society had hod kept he her I in n the painting of ot her public eye delighted blighted d a ah at t the The were mont month h whole hule rs idea Iden of Mary SL getting n a additional I sav sav- saving savIng on shipboard And the something to them Ing meant Mary herself herselt who ho seemed d dIt was It confided ll In her b brother o ri She dubious that t tou I I 1 have huc er n a feeling y SS she said e- e Its It's a kind of presentment pro pre ou ought ht not to go I wish you could come find a job forme f for forme or would I wish they he ex- ex exclaimed |