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With a flash ftash of smiling teeth teethRomeo teethRomeo teethRomeo Romeo answered at the Bame same am Ume time timepointing tlm tlmpoLnting , Join ( poLnting pointing ting to an alarm clock hangingI hangingon hanging : on a nail aga 't t ' t the forward bulk bulkhead bulkhead bulkhead I head Twenty minutes past two twoI twoShe twoShe twoShi She calculated sWiftly-twelve sWiftly twelve swiftly - twelve plus plusiwo plustwo plustwo I iwo two and a half plus say flv five and a ahaUthat ahalfthat ahalf haU-that haU that half-that half - that they must be eighteen eighteenI eighteenhours eighteenhours I hours out of Moose Bay Maybe Maybe200 200 miles ? Romeo was saying : some somethinx and Thi The opened Intothe into -the the - the narrow triangular triangularforecastle triangular triangularforecastle triangularforecastle forecastle with two bunks bt.nks btnks . . and a lit litter litter litter ter of stores and gear and a steel steelladder steelladder steelladder ladder led up through an open hatch hatchto h batchto tch tchto to the deck She thought Romeo was wastelling wastelling wastelling telling her to go up on the bow deck deckand deckand deckand and she stepped Into the forecastle forecastlebut forecastlebut forecastlebut but then she saw that the pilothouse pilothousewas was accessible accesslbe ! by a set of steel steelrungs steelrungs steelrungs rungs agaln against t the bulkhead on the thestarboard thestarboard thestarboard starboard side She looked up into intoPat intoPat IntoPat Pat D Dinohoc Dnohoe mohoe ) s a scarred ard and battered batteredcountenance batteredcountenance batteredcountenance countenance He was looking down downat downat downat at her between his knees the th toesof toes toesof toesof of his boots not six Inches from her hernose hernose hernose nose as she stood below him HI HA HAand Heand ! and Angus were together there Rnd and RndPat andPat andPat Pat moved his great hulk bulk out of her herway herway herway way to let her climb up to join them themthen themthen themthen then slid past her und lind and down intothe into intothe intothe the forecastle to give her room roomenough roomenough roomenough enough Aneus Angus McPhall McPhail at the thewheel thewheel thewheel wheel looked at her with those eyes eyeswhich eyeswhich eyeswhich which so curiously always seemed seemedgray seemedgray seemedgray gray though they were really blue blueand blueand blueand and she sat down beside him sad said sadGood saidGood saidGood ! Good afternoonSleep afternoonSleep afternoon afternoonSleep Sleep all r ght ght7 ghl ? ? he asked quietLy quietI quiet quietly LyI ly lyI I didn dldn t know anythli anythh anythis g till-Ro- till Ro tillRomeo tillRomeo till - Ro Romeo - meo Is It-waked It waked It - waked me Did you youYou ? You seem restedSome restedSome rested restedSome SomeShe SomeShe Some SomeSh She Sh remembered the narrow narrowbench narrowbench narrowbench bench In the cabin that must have havebeen havebeen havebeen been his bed tpoke spoke of It I m mafraid mafraid mafraid afraid you were i l t ncomfortabi ncomfortable ncomfortableNo * No I didn dldn t sleep sll'ep sllep ' there I came cameInto cameinto cameInto Into the to fo c s Ie le One or the other otheror otherof otherof or of the men had the wheel all night nightBO nightso so there wis W'lS WlS w ' is an extn extra extr ' ! bunk I got up upat upat upat at Salmon Salmnn Rlv River r We tagged a doz dozen dozen dozen en ( ( r fifteen fishOh fishOh fish fishOh Oh ! Did we stop ? ' ' Why didn dldn t tyou tyou tyou you put me off7 ofT off ? ' 111 1 I 11 II take you on to Beaver River RiverWe RiverWe RiverWe We 11 it get there late tonight or early earlytomorrow earlytomorrow earlytomorrow tomorrow A steamer stops there theretomorrow theretomorrow theretomorrow tomorrow night You 11 be in plenty plentyof plentyof of time to catch ItShe ItShe it itShe She looked at him thinking he hewas hewas h hwas was himself hlmsel1 again remote con controlled controlled controlled trolled quiet and steady as a rock rockBut rockBut rockBut But she had gone to sleep last night nightwith nightwith with a question in her mind Shelaid Shesaid She laid said aid Mr McPhafl-forglve McPhafl forglve McPhail-forglve McPhail McPhall - forglv me-may me may memayI me - - mayI I ask you something ? ' ' ' Of course , ' " D d-your d your d - - brother expect your you on onthe onthe onthe the White Queen7 Queen Queen7Something ? ' Something qui qur kcned kenl"d kenld keand " In hts his eyea eyes eyeamoved eyesmoved eyesmoved moved and then was stillYes stillYes still stillYes Yes he said after a moment momentShe . . She guessed that this question had hadoccurred hadoccurred hadoccurred occurred to him before had beon been beonforgotten beenforgotten beenforgotten ! forgotten till just n wBut wBut w wBut But then she urgedwhy urged why whydidn whydidn whydfdn didn t he meet you or call to you youwhen youwhen youwhen when you landedor landed or something ? In Instead Instead Instead stead of letting you go off oft to shore ? It was some time before Angusanswered Angus Angusanswered Angusanswered answered Whcr Whel Whet he did he seemed seemedto to think aloud aloudI I wasr t sure the White Queen Queenwould Queenwould Queenwould would stop at H R mOlJ mouski kl he said saidI I wrote him I d catch her If It I Icould Icould Icould could but that otherwise I might mighthave mighthave mighthave have to come by plar e Isaid I said I d dlet dlet dlet let him know but I If f rgt rg > ) it t to wrIte wrItehim writehim writehim him agiin ag'lln aglln agan ' or wire h m or anythingSo anythingSo anything anythingSo So he dlili dlJI dish I t know s rely I d be beon on onher onher onher onherOh her herOh herOh Oh For a wh Ie le she did not notIpl'ak notspeak notspeak Ipl'ak Iplak speak ' nor d d he hl " but she ' was not notsatisfied notsatisfied notsatisfied notsatisfiedTl satisfied satisfiedTl satisfiedTI Tl TI e d el ) she shl " remcn rl"me-n rl"me rlme n rmen " - bered hered tiered Pat Dono- Dono Donohoe Donohoe Dono-hoe Dono hoe - - hoe and she had a dozen questions questionsInsta questionsinstil questionsInsta Insta instil itly 1t1y 1t1yD ) itlyD tly tlyD D dn do t yo r b ' ill 1tl iii " in "In Mr Dono- Dono Donohoe Donohoe Dono-hoe Dono hoe - - hoe kn w where whl"re whlre " y r t I 1 rother was wasHe ? He lie met vou you at the loat I t oat He knew knewyou knewyou knewyou you were coming corning Mr McPhall McPhail He Be Hemust Bemust Hemust must hive h'1ve h1ve ' kn wn y ur brother was wasright wasright wasright right tliere there on the \ " vharf wharf , hart mustn t tbe the tbe7 tbe7MePhall be he ? ' MePhall McPhail McPhall s a held he.d hed . , swung sharply sharplyaway sharplyaway sharplyaway away from her She thought at first firstbe firsthe firstb be he had turned away to avoid ber her bereyes hereyes hereyes eyes but he said in a soft lur gur lurprlse gurprise urprise prlse prise BulloShe IlulloShe Hullo Bullo Ilullo HulloSh She Sh leaned forward to look paf past pasthim pasthim t > thim him through throueh the small side windowt windowto window to aee see what had caught h1 his hil . atten atten- attention attention attention - - tion A gray motor cruiser like a awbmanne asubmarine asubmarine wbmanne submarine chaser drew smoothly smoothlyabreast smoothlyabreast smoothlyabreast abreast of them traveling three feet feetto feetto feetto to their two Robin recognized It Itand Itand Itand and as aa It hauled ahead of them them themsh , , she ahe recognized the man m n on deck deck deckeve , , , even at this considerable distance distanceaa distancea distanceas a as . Mr . Je&klns Jeklns .Jenkins Jenkins & She Sbe saidunneces said unnecessartly unnecesgaley unneces arily sartly galey arily"Why galey"Why ' " "Why Why " " . , It Ifi It's Its ' ' . Mr . Jenklrri .Jentdna Jentdna Jenkins JenklrriA&gu ! A&gu Agu Angua Angus & ild cUd din not ot peak speak speak ( . . . Mr .Jenkins Jenkins .JenkinsUtted Jenkinslifted . Jenklnslifted Utted lifted a band In greeting greeUna He ifs H was wu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - urely .urely surely . too far aWay way to bav have seen seenRobin seenRobin enRobin Robin she ahe sh waa was too wll well hidden be- be - behind behind be behind - hind Mr McPhall McPhail and In the th shad shadows shadows shadows ows of the th pilothouse to be seen Been Yet YetMr YetMr YetMr Mr Jenklna JenkJM Jenkins not only lifted Ufted his bls band bandb , he raised hi his . hptl hrtl hptlAngus hrtlAngus he * I IAngus Angus McPhall McPhail looked at ber her berBharply hersharply h rsharply Bharply sharply as 81 though thougb xpecting expectine expecting to tocatch tocatch tocatch catch her in the act of retumlng returning retumlngthat returningthat returningthat that salutation Did he know you youwere youwere youwer were * aboard here h r ? be he demanded demandedI I don t see se how hi he couldlie couldHe : could couldH lie He H may hav have seen you come comeaboard comeaboard cornaboard * aboard last night . . . ' * , ' I m sure he h didn dldn t . t t.Angus tAngus . Angus stared at the other boat boatwhich boatwhich boatwhich which drew rapidly away ahea ahead of ofthem ofthem ofthem them He leaned sidewls sidewise * to tc look lookdown lookdown lookdown down Into the th forecastle Pat Pat ? ? he hecalled hecalled h hcalled calledAle called calledA Ale A ) e sorrlWhere aorrlWhere sorri sorrl aorrl sorriWhere Where are arfl you ? Where s B Ro Ro- Rom Romeo Romeo - m meo ? Aft Will I call him . , sorr sorrT sorrTNo ? No no matter You corn come * tak takher take takeher takeher her PatPat PatPat Pat PatPat Pat Donohoe climbed into the th pi pl pllot pilot lot house he h went around behind behindthe behindthe behindthe the high ceat seat to McPhall McPhail s a other otherside otherside otherside side McPhall McPhail asked him a Ques queston questlon questlonPat tion ton tionPat tonPat Pat bow how did you know I d ba be on onthe onthe onthe the White While Queen ? Sure aorr sorr Will told meOf meOf me meOf Of course that s so 80 ' ' . Angui Angus as assented assented assented sented disarrnii disarmh disarmi , gly Bo So you met metme metme metme me ? 'I I ' ' did thatDid thatDid that thatDid Did Will WIlJ tell you hi he d meet us usat usat usat at the bunkhousc7 bunlhouse bunkhouse bunkhousc7Sure { ? ' Sure and that one never knew knewwhere knewwhere knewwhere where he d be from one minufi minute t ty 7 0 0y 0k 0I 0dr " y k I dr drT drt t - & T % t 4 4Jr , Jr t tx tkr x , / & . " /kr kr / / / , krRomeo -y y - " - . Romeo B me waa wall was anrsed amused at ker ber her flTto efforts enor effortsto " 10 to ( talk Frenck French the next they worked him so He H d dbe dbe db be at this lob job and that that , . , taster faster than thana a man could winkQueer winkQueer wink winkQueer Queer he didn dldn t see ma me land landHe ? He 4 " d be paying attention to his hisjob hisJob bisjob job Eh he was such a hand to towork towork towork work you ve ye no idea sorr Never Neveranother Neveranother Neveranother another thing In the mind of him himbut himbut himbut but the job he was at ever to be besure besure besure ' sure Angus McPhall McPhail said sternly Pat PatIt Patif Patif It if you ever lied hed to me I d break breakyou breakyou breakyou you In nine pieces big a as s you arePat arePat are arePat Pat chuckled Sure sorr sort you db d dbe dbe be * welcome to But if I ever did didit didit didit it d be a lie that had to be told toldsorr toldsorr toldson- toldson toldsonMayb sorr - Mayb Maybe about something that thatwas thatwas thatwas was best forgot Well you know knowthat knowthat knowthat that s . trueRobin trueRobin true trueRobin Robin watched Mr Jenkins boat boatdrawing boatdrawing boatdrawing drawing away ahead of or them and andshe andshe andshe she thought there was sometlmes sometimes sometlmesbetween sometimesbetween sometimesbetween between two men a thing no wom worn woman wornan wornan an could ever und understand < , rstand strange strangeand strangeand strsnceand and deep dl"Pp dlPp " and beautful beaut ful Angus Mc McPhall McPhail MePhall Phall Phail said nowPat nowPat now nowPat Pat you re a lying Irish black blackguardl blackguard blackguard guardl guard ! If a Sc tchman hadn badn t In Invented invented Invented vented the wheel wheell wheeli ! arrow you d nev never never never er have learned to walk on your yourhind yourhind yourhind hind legsPat legsPat legs legsPat Pat chuckled If It twas a Scotch Scotchman Scotchman Scotchman man did that that , , , it was so he be could lCet get lCettwo gettwo gettwo ; two men s a . work o 0 t of one Irishman Irishmanbe Irishmanhe he sure sorr < ; Shall hall I take tak * her hernow hernow hernow7 hernow7Angus now ? ' Angus nodded He III lie ' spoke to Rob Rob- Robin Robin Robin - - in We U 11 ll go aftRomeo aftRomeo aft aftRomeo Romeo was busy in th the galleyand galley galleyand galleyand and he smiled at her as aa she passed passedand passedand passedand and she at him In tt tl ti e a cabin Angus Angusshut Angusshut Anffusshut shut the galley door and he laidPat saidPal laid said laidPat Pat Pal will not tell the truth till Ull ba he s g sready gready aready ready No use pressing him You Younotice Younotice Younotice notice he evaded answering Ho His Hosat Hissat Hasat sat down wearily Will W1II waa was prob prob- probably probably probably - - ably drunk he dec ded I should shouldhave shouldhave srruldhave have guessed that I can Sf see s e now nowthat nowthat nowthat that Pat tried to keep us apart WI tlll WIWIll tlllWill tillWill WIll bad time to tober sober off Tho Thob0I Thoboy Th Thboy boy b0I ' was a wild reckless fool when whenhe whenhe whenh he d had a drink or two I suppose |