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Show t DEEP ATERS : ; rte - ' ' ' f _ OwiulBEN , WILLIAMS BEN AMES ALES WILLIAMS WILLIAMSoat WILLIAMS WILLIAMSWILLIAMS WMU.PEATUHEC WMUPEATUHEC . oat ' ' j TIIK TUB TUE TonT STORY TORY 110 80 o rAK FAa FAR aobln Robin n kr Daleyoung Dale ai a afVWla flue fVWla young artist fei zou goes to Moole Moose M Day Bay flay to aee a . k , bar . r 4a dance ftmc ce * Will WlU WW Mcrh&U McrhU M.cPha.tl McPha.tl McPhatl McPhail . . & Jut Jast " .st st . after attar ( t r her herIIoa he heboat h rbut IIoa boat " . , tbe the tk * Wklf WbUe Wbite Queen < ) , , , cloekl docks ck < ITUI WW la U ! ae ac aeeldentaU acrdentaay ctUctaUy eldentaU rdentaay ( , . klllej kUled killed r.eulllne reulllne Learatni . L * r l ( Urt that Willbrother WU1 Will I Ibrother . kNther brother ARf ADCIIS AntS . Siam blaiiei blames , be her ber , lor for ( r U hl bts * . death6oblu deatll death deatllnobln 4kthiJICbiB * nobln 6oblu .000a 000a gota f . to ABC ADa.a ADaa Angus . * .b1nc b1nc flahing . & ! 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Aneul Angae crew cond.ta condta conalats . of Pat PatDoaohoe Pa PaDonohoe Doaohoe Donohoe aDd and a cablD cabin boy named Ro- Ro Ror Re Remeo - r . .eo eo meo me * Robin R bln aaJ and ABC AnCIII Angus * are ar * talklni talklnl talkint whel when whei whenanother wheianother another rul.er ruler cruiser . , . draw . .bre.t bre.t bret tbreasl . . . 01 of them themf themOn 011 On deck Is Ia a . m.n mn man . ameJ named Jfklxi JenkIn Jenklna . who wh whMae k f Mae . rai .a a . a paisencer paueneer pa.senger pasenger . on n the th * whit WhIte * Queen QueenDe QueenRe Qu nII De Re * raliei raises raise , his hi * . hat to Robin Robyn R kln the- the theJl then theli - 1 li " . lone gone loneNow goneNow ( t Now N w they t y .re re . re r * lI.hlnl lIhlnl during . ihinc tor for ( Clr salmon ulmoa salmonNow ulmoaNow clmaN * Now w ccntliu conUnue continue * wllli wlUl with tir the .tory tory story storyt storye storyCIIAPTCR . fry fryWnile t CIIAPTER CIIAPTCR IX IXWnife e Wnile Wnife nlle Pat and Angus were worktog work worklng worlitne lng tog the easternmost pair of nels nets nelsRobin ntt nttRobin netsRobin Robin saw aw a large cralt craft comlne corning coming to- to toward toward to toward - ward theiTi them trom from the west and when whet whenIt whettl whenIt It tl drew near she called Romeo on ondeck or ordeck ondeck deck to see ce it She thought in somesurprise some somelurprlse ome urprise lurprlse surprise that he teemed seemed uneasy at atwhat a awhat atwhat what he h saw aw The new boat ran rat ranpast ratpast ranpast past them at reduced speed and an anofficer at atomcer norncT officer omcer looked at them for lor a lona long longtime longtime ; , , ( lime time through glasses ( lasses and the she real realized realtzed realV lied ized tzed thJs\Vas thJs Vas th thl i \ Was was some ome kind of Govern Government Governmeat Governrf rnent ment meat vesselIt vessel . It i a like eeine seeing B a policeman she shedecided shedecided he , decided When you re drivine driving andsee ant antgee and see gee e a uniform unllorm you alway always slow slot slowI slowdown Blowt ' down and nd feel { eel gUiltyThen tuilty gUilty tuiltyThen 1 Then she he saw aw Antus Angus leave the net netand netand netand and go alongside the cutter at anchor anchor an I | chor to receiv recetve receive him Pat Donohoe Donohoc Donohoereturned Donohocreturned Donohoeretunrd returned to join Jom her here and as a * he heclImbed heclimbed heclimbed clImbed aboard Robin RoblO said ald quicklyListen quicklyListen quickly quicklyL.i Listen L.i Li . ten t ' tThe i iThe The plane they had seen a whIle whIleago whileago whileago ago was returnme returning She heard It Itfar it itfar Itfar far away and after alter a moment theylaw theytaw they law taw w ILi Its lights low abov above the water watergrowing watergrowing watergrowing growing swiftly sWlltly nearer the roar of ofIts ofits ofIta Its engine engme loud and lot loider lotder der till the theplane theplan } plane * itself Itsell burst out of tpe tie Uie purpledusk purp1e purple purp1eI purp1edusk purpledusk dusk duskclose close by Its pontoons touched touchedIt I it taxied toward the coisl CO'lst COlst ' guard guardb ( uardb b at they s.w sw s-sw s s . - w it m orcd ored astern asternIt It was dirk d'lrk dlrk ' when Angus A igus 19U5 returned1 returnedI returnedA returned returned1A , . I A be b < at from the cuttpr cutlf'r cutlfr cutter ' fetched letchl'd letchld : ' him himal himat himai al at d they were all alt aft to meet hIm hImThe himThe himThe The boat rowed away and Angus Anguslooked Anguslooked Anguslooked looked at them in the d dirkness uknesq dirknest and andr andspoke andspoke andspoke spoke briefly in French R H . meo meoDsked meoasked meoasked r Dsked asked a questu qUl'stt qUlstt questic : ' < n Ar AI gus answered answeredtoo answeredtoo too casually and Rrmeo Rt Re meo and Pat Patwent Patwent Patwent went below WIl'l WIll Wl : ' ei they tl1ey were al Ie re IeRobin r reRobin eRobin Robin asked qu etlyWhat etlyWhat elly etly ellyWhat What is it if It ? ' Wt WI < at It is hnpt h'lPf hlPf htpi ' enlng cuing enlngWh cuingWhit eningWhit7 Wh Whit \ t ? ' Oh you mean the cutiter cutter cutr cut- cut cutrL - - L iter ter ter9 ? ' Why they re on patrol all tl1e the tl1etl theti theti tl ti ne neShe She smiled In the dark ess at his hisevasion hisevasion hisevasion evasion did not press the questionbut questionbut question [ but afterward when they were un under under under l unl der way she and Ang Aug is at table togeth togethcr to- to toeth - - geth eth r Ron Rots eo In the galley Pat In Inthe inthe Inthe gethcr the pilot ilot house sl si sle sia 1 e a asked wIthout wIthoutwarning withoutfvarning withoutWming warning fvarning fvarningDoes , Does Mr Jenkms Jenkins know they re rewatching rewatching r rwttching wttching watching hIm him7 him7She ? ' She law saw his eyes eye tun turr sharply to- to toward toward to toward - ward the galley where Romeo was wasbusy wasbusy w * busy Then he looked at her again . . . I , . t tMiss Miss Dale he said talk can tmend t i it } t mend end a broken plate But It can canbreak canbreak canbreak break breakone oneI oneI one oneI I m sorry She sa saw aw w tha that t therewas there therewas therewa was real concern in him doubt and andI anduncertainty andf andfuncertainly I uncertainly uncertatnty uncertainty uncertainlyWhen uncertatntyWhen uncertaintyWhen When she woke next morning the theSU thesun theCUB sun SU ) was high and nd the th cruiser was wasat wasat wasat at anchor She dressed and went wenton wenton wenton on deck defk : and saw that the smalldinghy small . > dinghy which they carried earned lashedin lashed lashedi . i in ! chocks i ( < n top of It U tl e a cabin cablO was wasgone wasgone wasgone gone the f falls llIs < daneling dangling bhe She he wasalone was wasalone wasalone alone the "I I 1 " he cruiser I lay lY < In a wIde wIdeshdllow wideshallow wideshallow shdllow shallow b I ; ly iy bordered by a sweep swel'p swelp : ' 01woade ofwoode of 01 , woode woade I 1 sh h rt rc . r < . In Ie r i e pi pl piIre plice ire ice there therewere therewere therewere r therer were son t e a ce ! cleared cieared rl'd rld : ' lid flel 1111 : ' Is and a scat scat- scattenng scattering scattering - - tering tenng of hou houses ' > E-s E s - and a d , ck k andwarehouse and andwarehouse andwarehouse warehouse 1 In lh h s must be Bea Beaver BeaverRiver BeaverRiver ver verRIver RIver There were small Ish fish ( ng ngcraft ngcraft ngcraft craft at anch r here sharp steried steriedwith stcr ster led ledwith ledwith with stubby masts there thert ! was one onelarger onelarger onelarger larger achooner schooner and she saw qaw the thecoast thecoast thecoast coast guardcuttl'r guard cutter cuttl'r cuttlr : ' coming p from fromthe fromthe fromthe the westwardAngus westwardAngus westward westwardL L Angus came at Ion r o n with newsMiss news 1 1Miss " Miss Dale that cr cc ise 1St ' boat isn tItopplng tstopping t topping Itopplng stopping here I I d forgotten they theychange theychange theych change nge their route n this tl1ls tr4 tnr tril She s a sgoIng agoing sgoing goIng home by way of Corner Brook BrookNothmg BrookNothing BrookNothing Nothmg Nothing a s expected here for tendays ten , days except the schooners to lake take lakethe takethe takethe the salmon saimon I 1 I don t t know wh it to do dowith dowith dowith with you He said doubtfully doubtfully'There doubtfullyThere doubtfullyThere 'There There ' a s a steamer g ing mg on to Lab Labrador Labrador Labrador rador tomorrow b t that won t helpyou help you get homeI home I ' I ve ye certa nly my made a r i r ulsance uisance ulsanceof uisanceof nuanceat of myself What can you do do7 do7We " ' We U 11 ll st at t p at Corner Br k Oill out outselves ouraelves " selves within a weekor week or so His tonewas tone . > wai was tentative tentativei I i tentativeWe We re pn pntty pretty tty far lar out of 01 the world worldaren worldwren worldarcn aren wren t we we7 we7Pretty ? ' Pretty tar lar far out of 3orn1 your1 U # world worldyes worldyes worldyes worldyesNo yes yesNo yesNo No I mean out ol-other ol other o1-other o1 of - - other peo- peo peopie peopie peo-I peo I - - t peot pie I a world My world ii Is wher where where I 1 1am Iam Iam am Wherever I am is mine Forthen For Forthen Forthen then It s the place I I belong in then thenShe thenShe thenShe She smiled I don t mean mE-an mE an - to be bephilosophical bei , philosophical just r I i radical racllcal If U you youcan youcan youcan can stand being put out of 01 your yourIJtateroorr yourtrtateroorr youra-tateroorr youra tateroorr IJtateroorr trtateroorr - miy m"lY mlY mny " I go on to CornerBrook Corner CornerBrook CornerBrook Brook with you you7He " ' Be said coloring slowly I thinkyou think you 70U know I U 11 ll do anything you want wantI )0 0 ) \ 3 3you I owe you-anything you anything youanythingShe you - - anything anythingShe She spoke .poke poke . in quick reassurancePlease reassurance reassuranceP1eahe reassurancePleake P1eahe Please all that s a forgotten lorgotten You Youweretired Youwere Youweretired were-tired were tired - - tired distractedr distractedHe distractedlie distracted r , He lie spoke gravely You re reWell reL I ) Well . , you ve ye a lot orsteadiness ofsteadiness of or steadiness steadinessand steadinessand steadinessmid and honesty and strength I m not notgood notgood notgood I good at \ putting P\Jthng P Jthng things l1ngs In words butI but cwt 1 want ) ' you 'OU OU to know that I m glad gladmy gladmy , my brother brotller had the happ ness neSB of ofloving ofi I loving you befori belore before he diedSIte diedShe died diedSke Ske SIte She was at once warm with hapPI hapPIneu happiseas happineu neu seas aad and choking chold g with Wlth tears There Therewit Ther Thertr . wit tgj tr * * " jfpthing n thlnp jgg jggshe she ahp "h h " . ! rnuJtt nonirt mild mildenv env . ay- ay ayOTtt .y y . - _ -OTtt- OTtt - * ! - f I i I I I - _ . . she sh would go on with him as 8S far lar at atCorner a asCorner . Corner Brook was setUedAn settledAn settled setUed settledAn An hour or two later Romecbrought Romeo Romec Romeobrought Borneobrought brought the th boat to anchor ancho near neat nearthem neatthem nearthem them and a at t sunset they wentaboard wealaboard went weal board aboard her and got under way Pat pal Pattook paltook Pattook took the th * wheel and rtomeo Romeo turned turnedto turnedto to In ! the th * galley Robin In her state state- stateroom stateroom - . room heard the chatter ot of his ac activity a'ctivity activity ' c ctlvlt.y tlvlt.y tlvlty tivity . there and he began to singin sing singin singIn in a rich rather sweet tenor Whenshe When Whenshe Whensh she * came carne out Into the th cabin .he he ahe ahesaid . sh shsaid .hesaid said to AngusHe AngusHe Angus AngusH He H has a pleasant voice hasa hasn t the t the the7 he ' . ' Angus nodded Yes Yea Sometlnienh Sometimeshe Sometlmeehe Sometimes Sometlmee he plays playa the accordion and sings at al atthe althe atthe the same tlhie tUne I always enjoy ItThe itThe it itThe The engine stopped On any pow powerdrlven powerdriven power-dnven power dnven er-drlven er drlven er-driven driven - - craft at sea or on a plane planeIn planein planin * In the air the sudden silence sllem.e slleme . of 01 the thenwtive themotive thimotive nwtive motive agency Is startling Angus Anguslooked Anguslooked Anguslooked looked around In quick surprise and andthen andthen andthen then the door between engine room roomand roomand roomand and cabin opened Mr Jenkins was wasthere wasthere wasth there ra In the th doorway His checked checkedBult checkedcult checkedsuit Bult cult was stained with grease sadly sadlyrumpled sadlyrumpled sadlyrumpled rumpled and soiled He held a pis pistol pistol pistol tol in his hand Angus stood up upsharply upsharply upsharply sharply but Mr Jenkins said in ingentle ingentle Ingenii gentle * tonesYou tonesYou tones tonesYou You might ax as well sit down Mr MrMcPhail MrMcPhail MrMcPhall McPhail While I explainWhen explainWhen explain explainWhen When Robin saw Jenkins appear appearfrom appearfrom appearrona from from ( the engine room she had asense asense a sense ens * of 01 o1 familiarity lamiliarlty as though all allthIs allthis allthis thIs had happen happened d before Even the thepistol thepistol thepistol pistol In his hand seemed to belonge belong r rt rW -e\ e - eJI : \ JI JIt t t W Ss > t tai ai aipct Y pct pcti 4 i * " pcty X , ' y EdF EdFIS4r I-S4r I S4r - Y \ H Hs < s Itd1Mrt r . , - " " ' ' " ' " " " -li1 li1 - ' aj | > _ s ffi " - " j .t t . .tThe - . . j The Th yIaBe plane they ha.al haal had bad . Been seen eetrrriBC eetrrriBCthere wall was returning re- re retDrniD - - tDrniD turning turningthere there She Sh decided that ttus thIS was waswhat waswhat waswhat what you expected from Irom Mr Jen Jenklns Jenkins Jenkins JenkinsPerhaps klns kins klnsPerhaps kinsPerhaps Perhaps that was why when nowthe now nowthe nowthe the pistol actually appeared .he he she shewas . shewas .hewas was not frightened IrIghtened She knew quite quitewell quitewell quitewell well that he was the sort of 01 man manwho manwho manwho who might shoot you but she de declded decided decided clded cided tl it ti it 'It ' he would sh ot of only if hewere he hewere hewere were badly scared and he d d not notseem notseem notseem seem scared just lust now Her lIer 1 1 ps pswere pswere pswere were dryad dry a d her palms were weremo weretoo weremo mo too st at and her hl'f hlf : ' heart he.art . w-is w is w.s ws w-ss ss . - - pound pounri ng ngbut ngbut ngbut but tho gh phys cally she was thus thusdlst thusdist thusdist dlst dist ibed me tally tdlly she was entirely entirelycalm entirelycalm entirelycalm entirelycalmS calmS calm S < ; t down McPhailThe McPhailThe McPhail McPhailThe The cabin suddenly was very veryIIn veryan verysn IIn an ' ill 'Ill It seemed crowded MrJenkins Mr MrJenkms MrJenkins Jenkms Jenkins standng stand ng in the doorway doorwayWith doorwaywith doorwaywith With the putol pIstol in m his hand crowded crowdedit It But when Angus did sit down downthere downthere downthere there seemed to be more room Mr MrJenkins MrJenkins MrJenkins Jenkins seated himself hlmsell on the bench benchacross benchacross benchacross across the table from Robin TIlls This Thisbench TIllsbench Tillsbench bench benchran ran along the port side and andfor andfor andfor for much of its length it served as asa asa asa a sea seat t during meals but Itwas it was a lit lib lit- lit little libtie little - tle tie longer than the table Mr Jen Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins kins sat at on the tl1e clear end of o1 the thebench thebench thebench bench that |