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" CnAPT CHArTER CIiAI'TEB CIiAITEB ' R XIVEven XIV XIVEven 1 1CnAPT Even yet behind the beach beacb of Alakoa Ala # ! koa continued tha the music and danc dancmg danclag dancIng mg lag which was an extension of th tin the thewake tinwake thwake < wake tor for the death of James Wayne Waynerelaxing Waynerelaxing , , relaxing now into an emotional deb deb- debacle debacle debacle - acle which whicb had forgotten the reason reasor reasonJ reasorthat reasonJ J that It began Consequently the crew crev crewof crevof crewof of the Holokal Holokai held on tha the vessel vesselwhen vesselwhen vesse vessewhen when they bad had expected to go goashore gt gtashore gcashore ashore was in ill reientful resentful and surly surll surlymood surllmood surlymood mood From that frustrated anc and 4 4dark * 1 could conk couldexpect conkexpect couldexpect 4I I / dark skinned crew any skipper expect a sullen handling of lines andgear and andaear andgear aear gear and tba the uneasy heavy beavy weight weight- weighted weighted weighted - ed obedienca obedIence of ot men who Uka like noth nothIng nothtog nothIng Ing tog about their work But this timeas time ( , as Dick Wayne swung aboard theHolokai the theHolokai thaHolokal Holokai something different hap bap- bap bappened happened happened - pened penedTonga Tonga Dick came aboard relaxed relaxedand relaxedand relaxedand and smiling and every mova move thathe that \ ) he mada made was lazy The easy drooFof droop drooF droopof droopof of his whole figure would have haveseemed haveseemed haveseenaed seemed at first glance to be that thatof thatof thatof of a man upon whom anybody could couldimpose couldimpose couldImpote impose And yet as soon as het hestepped het hestepped he hef t f stepped aboard a peculiar and tinexplainable un tin . . explainable discipline came over the thewhole thewhole thawhole whole length of ot tha the Holokai Holokal Tbe The Tbecrew Thecrew Thecrew crew forgot the doings behind beblnd the thebeach thebeach thebeach beach and the drinking they badK badK bad badK K missed and the girls girt . they had hadmissed hadmissed badmissed missed suddenly they wanted nothlag noth nothing nothing ing lag except to ba be out of range of the thefnevlta theinevitable theInevitable fnevlta inevitable ble explosionTonga explosionTonga explosion explosionTonga Tonga Dick didn dido dtdn t see any of bt that thatf thatA f 11 A Ha He didn dldn t notice the unaccustomed unaccustomedsmartness unaccustomedsmartness unaccustomedsmartness smartness with which deck Kanakas Kanakasgot Kanakasgot Kanakasgot got out of his way nor the naval navalprecIsion navalprecision navalprecision precIsion with which Inyashi attended attend attended attended ed him-not him not hint-not hint him - - not too close The rail felt feltunnatural feltunnatural feltunnatural unnatural as he swung over It be be- because because because - - cause his hands were cold and trem trembUng trembling trcmbline bUng bling and he was seeing nothin nothln.ex nothlnex nothln.except nothinyaxcept . 'ex ex 'except ' cept the wavering lights of the Seal SealprobIng Sealprobing Sealprobing probIng out through a a channel which 1 \ no one aboard her knewThe knewThe knew knewThe The tall rollers that came scross across scrosstwo acrosstwo acrosstwo two thousand miles of ot Pacific were werebreaking werebreaking werebreaking breaking low upon the coral reefs reefsNo reefsNo reefsNo No one could make his way throught through 1 t , there who had not been torn , Horn born among amongthose amongthose amongthose those reets-not reets not reefs-not reefs reefs - - not as the tides lay laynow laynow laynow now Certainly Captain Ramey bad badnavigator badnavigator badnavigator navigator and weak pilot could not nottlnd notfind notfind tlnd find his hi * way through Dick watcbed't watchedS watched watcbed 't t S ' tha the Seal Se l swing perilously In the rip ripof ripof ripof of the tide , , be waited confidently confidentlyeVf'n confidentlyeven confidentlyeven eVf'n eVfn even ' hopefully knowing what kind kindof kindof kindof of rock was reaching for the Seal s a * splates aplates plates Presently he believed he + 1 < . would take the people off the toun four fourdering toundering toundering dering Seal and put them back backv backwhere bachwhere v . where here they belonged-where belonged where belonged - where he had hadtold hadtold hadtold told them to stay He waited for tor the thereel thereel thereel reel of 01 the Seal s lights the sickA sich sick 1\ 1 A \ 1check check of her motion which wbich would wouldmark wouldmark wouldmark mark the physical concussion coqcussion be between between between tween John Colt s will and the actyalities acty actyalltles actyalities alltles alities of land and waterThere water waterThere suspendedi There was a moment suspendedIn suspended i * ' in hair breadth contest in 10 which he heknew heknew heknew knew the Seal could not live-that live that livethatthe live Livethatthe - - thatthe the one eyed Ramey had made one onemIstake onemistake onemistake mIstake too many Then unaccounti unaccountf unaccountably unaccount f ; i ably by a whim of the sea the theSeal theSeal theSeal Seal Sealshook shook oT off oft ( the tile net n.ef nef rtef . throueh through B a Bcourse acourse acourse course in which no vessel had ever eversucceeded eversucceeded eversucceeded succeeded yet-and yet and yet - and was frea tree free In Inopen inopen Inopen open water Even the broken toothedcorsi toothedcoral toothed toothedt t coral corsi seemed to have tailed failed DickWayne DickWayne Dick t ' Wayne WayneTake Take your anchor up Dick said saidHis saidHis saidHis His voice was so low that Inyashl Inyashi Inyashlwaiting Inyashiwailing Inyasblwaiting waiting wailing near as be he was had to askI askhim ask askt I . t him to repeat repeal repealr . . r ' Weigh your anchor and give methe me methe methe the Diesel ! ! What is this ? Doesn t tanything tanything tanything anything I say ever stick any anymore anymore anymore more ? i The Tbe Seal was in m the'open theopen the ' open seabut seabut sea * but now the Holokal Holokai was coming out out outbrought . , brought by a shorter sborter and easier easierway easierway easierway way When Dick Wayne had brought broughther broughther broughther her throueh through the treacherous and anl angling an l | . filing gllng gling channel be he set his hip against againstthe againstthe againsttha the wheel . , letting tetting the Holokai buck buckbrokenly buckbrokenly buckbrokenly brokenly against the cross chopInyashi chopInY8shi chop _ Inyashi InY8shi Dick said that is our ourboat ourboat ourboat boat boatOur * Our boat Captain CaptainT ? \ 'I I , ' ' I 1 m going aboard that boat andbring andbring and andbring bring her back Dick said saidSomething saidSomething saidSomething Something special showed In m Inyashl Inyashi In Inyacht yacht yashl yashi then- then thenSometime . - Sometime Sometimes * people wonL wondered won woo \ dered why a squatty little yeUow yellow yeUowman yellowman L - man who looked ' like f II b clerk in a aJapanese aJapanese aJapanese Japanese dry goods store should be beright beright beright right hand man to Dick Wayna Wayne f If ( Ifthey fthey Ifthey they had been watching they might f1.Ilght f1Ilght giight : . 1 , have bave found tound out something about that thatnow thatnow thatnow now [ Inyashi nyashl s a faca tace face wrinkled in s a speculiar apeculiar apeculiar peculiar grin it was deferential deferentialstill deferentialstilt deferentialstill still stilt , , , but a peculisr peculiar draxing drav.mg dravmg drawing . of the thelIps thelips theUp lIps * made the eye teeth show sothat so , ' that all aU at once without aycr elver er stepping step step- stepping stepping - - ping out of his place Inyashi Inyashl was wassomething wassomething wassomething something else than be had been beenbetore beenbefore beenbefore beenbeforeAre betore before beforet beforeAre Are all . the t.he Kanakas aboard aboardDick ? t , Dick asked askedAU , . AU AD five Captain Dick ' ' 2IIBring 'Jbring Jbring ' Bring em bere here bereThe hereThe hereThe The crew of the Holokal Holokai didn dldn I t ti Ii i , look like much 8S as a * Inyasbi InyashJ Inyashi brought r , a , /1/ 1 / 1gpqp / gpqp 4 r " 1 vt eases easesThe The one eyed Captain Ramey was waiting at so nearly the exact exactspot t spot where Dick took the deck that be had to jump back . them up to tha the wheel which Din Dinstill Dick Didstill IItm still held beld These were slovenly slovealy look looktug looking . ing tug men not very well washed wasbed Their Theirfaces Thei Theifaces Thaljfaces faces were dark the hair bair of some someat aomof aom aomof of at them bad had a crinkly bush th tb tbnoses the thenoses thnoses < noses of o1 some were nothing elsa else elseJut \Jut Jut bu buflat \ luflat ) flat flat , , and the lips Ups noticeably thick thickA thickA thickA A Polynesian who on a surfboard surfboardseems surfboardseems surfboardseems seems the Image of ot a god can toollike look tool looklike lootlike like scum in dungareesYou dungareesYou dungarees dungareesYou You sec see that boat up there ? Dick Dicksaid Did DidBald Dietsaid DietsaidNone said Bald saidNone BaldNone None of them said anything ant anttheir and andtheir anctheir their faces taces were Inexpressive The Thequestion Th Thquestion + < question was rhetorical . . Whatever Whatevei Whateverthese Whateveithese Wbatevcithese these brown skinned men might migh mightmiss migblmiss mighmisa miss misa in ia this world or tba the next they theynever the tbejnever ) never missed anything on the face o of ojthe : the sea seaWa seaWe Wa We re going to come up close on onthat or orthat onthat " * " * saidWe saidWe said saidWa that boat in a minuta minute Dick Wa We re going to swing 10 so 0 close to toher to toher tcher her that mayba maybe we U II smash her bel ' rod rud rodder rudder rudder der off 011 I m gohig going aboard and I m mgoing n ngoing mgoing going to take her back to Alakoa AlakoaAfter AlakoaAfter AlakoaAfter After I ve ye gona gone aboard tha the HolokalIs Helokalis Holoka1is Helokal Holoka1 is going to stand by tor for mayba maybe ten ter tenminutes terminutes tenminutes minutes Within ten minutes the themalahine themalahine themalahlna malahine boat will wm turn and go back backIt back.It backIt . . If It It doesn t turn- turn turnDick turnDick turn - - Dick Wayne stopped a moment momentwhile , , , while be he turned the Holokai Holokal more morecarefully morecarefully morecarefully carefully into the wake of tha the Seal s slIghts s slights llights llightsThen lIghts lIghts'Then lightsThen ' Then 'Then Captain ? Inyashi Inyash1 prompt promptcd prompted promptad cd ed In the undistinguished yellowface yellow yellowface yellowface face the canine teeth were showing showingIn In Inyashi lnyashi s peculiar new smileIt smileIf smile smileIt It If Dick said the Seal does doer doesnot doernot doenot * not turn In ten minute minutes * after atter I have haveI haveboarded haveboarded haveboarded I boarded her the Holokal Holokai will come comealongside comealongside comaalongside alongside the Seal and lash fasl fast faslAnd fastAnd fastAnd And then- then thenInyashJ then-p then p then - T ' InyashJ Inyashi Inya hl said sald again againOne againOne againOne One way or another . ' ' Dick said saidI I m gome gomg going to take the Seal back backto backto backto to Alakoa AlakoaDick Dick Wayne didn dldn t evenrock even 'ock ock rock ' at atthe atthe atthe the faces of the Kanakas-he Kanakas he Kanakas - - he knew knewwhat knewwhat knewwhat what was there They were looking lookingat at each other then but not in sullen sullenness sullenness sullennes ness * nor rebellion The faces ofthdte of ofth ofthi th thdte e men were thick skinned as asleather asleather aslaather leather weathered by a thousand thousandtropic thousandtropic thousandtropic tropic suns but now thera there was a cu curious curious curious rious drawing drawmg up of at the faces of thefirst the thefirst thefirst first man and the thlrd-dUferent thlrd dUferent third--different third different thlrddUferenttrom thirddifferentfrom third - - - differentfrom trom from a smile and at the same time timenothIng timenothing timenothing nothIng else-as else as else - - as if I ! the deep skinned skinnedleather skinnedleather skinnedleather leather had been dra drawn wn up by inner innercords innercords innercords innercordsIf cords cordsIt cordsif If It any haole had anything these thesemen thesemen thesemen men could understand Dick Wayne Waynehad Waynehad Waynehad had it and they understood him himnow himnow himnow now Without looking at them at atall atall atall all he knew that they would take takethe takethe takethe the Seal it If he named the Saal Saul Seal no nomatter nomatter nomatter matter what else happened atter alter atterthat alterthat afterthat that Dick had to grin a little littlebut littlebut littlebut but not without affection as he be rec recognizt'd recognized recoenized ognizt'd ogniztd ognized ' that he be was wa * perfectly cer certaIn cerLain certain taIn Lain of ot what these men could be becounted |