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Show -- X w - Y ff c&r 4 ! - i s Jt jf V IV -- i i v TUE - DZOniET NEWS SATURDAY FEBSUAEY 18 1922 Ba " in the voice of ar wood dove, and offers me a hand go slim and pretty that 1 almost feared to touch It. Grandfather la dressing. Hs will ber here Immediately Wilt you have a biscuit, and a glass of wine'' Til'd IJiave oh fudge! Was f d reamin I wondered, or plain drunk? A biscuit and a glass o wine writ' a princess o' the northland, - while grandpa wag bein' powdrred and perfumed to meet his guest. A biscuit and a glass wine forsoot mo A cannon lames. a gallant and quart o' slugs la what I wanted more. But-nbein" In command o' the garrison,, I made bojd to accept, and washed the brfne from me throat wit' ruby liquid made of sun and . fruit and flower wit a softly glowin coal In the heart of It. How many can ye muster hero, ladyf 1 asked the princess.; . " There are only the servants and oursehes says eh. Jean Batiste, eld Faneh, who lives on the chalope with little Fanch, the moisee, and Pierre, the cook. There la alao,. Madeleine,1 Pierre's wife, who la my bonne, or used to be before I grew up. Monsler de Morlaix'And two of our trappers have gone to Fort Chmo. Had she spoken in Frinch, iwottld have said as much to me. in the adjoining room ti cud hear the ould gentleman hnmmln a little tune as he vT?3 K3EIY G ROWLAND C7 : V Ag&or cf , Central Office lUn, "Dickey Etc. bjr Tfce Wkeefer Newepeyer Syndicate. Its, - XI ot Ts Baffla lAad with a crew of An unexpected voyage shipwrecked man who by a own Ota rescue by hard hit- affected hta tin and a lively Imagination.' Told aoa a the campus noMitw with aa analog punch to his flat and a still more astasia vocabulary acquired from the rah-ra- h bora who made the fata a plane of frequent calL doe. said Jimmy fOS, loaning forward and looking at mo with a grin on m . his mirthful month, and the violet --blue eyes he got from his 8ilo ie nottfw sparkUn between their of black lashes, maybe I didnt Uriah then that Id listened to Father VufTl advlceand given me-- the sight o that go) put the heart back Into me the eoraered-r- and doe, but out-thro- ats at Oo the blomla ) biases are you, aw the bloomin' biases did you gat kind. "Will that be your warrkT ere? saya.be, starin at me with a ays he, and Jerks his shaggy red shocked and startled face. head at the diseased Mr. Msndntosh. 'I'm a bloomin smuggler.' I anI seen the murder in his eyes, sad it swered, wit and 1 nerves ms up. No superstitious drsad drifted under your bloomin' bows on about thin pealin accents of a stsem what was left of a bloomin boat. riveter. Gee, here' ogre with the sleet Here's glad to see meeelf aboard, and in his whiskers fighting the flams. A I reached for the Jug and tilted out a whale of a lot he knew where I come slosh of sold peat rlclc. which I loaded from, and a whale of a lot ho cared. In bulk. wastoo paralyzed to His mind was on wherS I was goln, prevent. They and I seen his eyea twiakUn that 'Well, you're a cool and, I must way, which was back the way I come. sy. says the skipper. Ow did you Nothin to do but maneuver for aboard. blockin' the way to a mors git T clam over the bows of her I lingerin death, so 1 looks at him and answered. There was two old guys ays, soft and low: I fear Archie tried to stop me, so I had to stretch has left us, Donald. He does not seem em, Hope they aint hurted much.' to breathe and I leaned over like 1 A swarthy fluah appeared upon wanted plp, th, cold clay, then ths brutal face of the skipper gee., U Wp up, with the windlass brake dee, I can't help it. I'm that fond of But 1 , whipped BBk whlrllnf over my head, readin' and I thought the bloke'd been flahln out o' Boston before, and I -- gjune minuto he Jumped right boot. Mlnd your eye. Jimmy lad' Hlmd It good enongh, and It looked tato jc The bi bloke acred like he says I to meeelf; remember, these so fiv0 wanted he must ha died are wicked men.' and I hung onto lt mud, likojfc potHght , happy. reo then h wa that tough the Jug. Everything comes JK to him ?, s didn't die off. but lay who waits,' says I, ao don't wait, but hadnt counted oon a run to Rlckylck there, with his straight In the first lick. Gee, doc, but hands big grabble. get Greenland, nor on and that gave me an idee. X slewed for an 41011001. there was every Indiaif'the coast overside in s snowstorm with. a. Archie"" round sos his throat came cation of an ugly situation, os . you ' join' so Woks that throwed fits oncen to Donalds grip, and just Uks writln' fellers puts It. Then says often.' Well, be throwed her right handy be still had soma lingerin desire to the skipper: Bo 'twas you bashed in serose the plats this time. I didnt choke, some guy he hauled taut and their ead, me lad dast grab him with that sea mutin. Sure, I answered. What d'ye his slack.- - Than I put ths iron - -- "jjo hers was ms alone In the dory held, brake in Archie's stiffenin, finger, finks? When a coves stood to make somewhere between Capa Race and and, closed em on It. Them two sure ' couple o thousand In a few hours is looked Ilka they'd had a faiiln-ou- t. sees his vessel shut up Uks Capa farewell, which, an you know, a pimple im the cold noaa a Green-t-iT- -. "A thick, heavy voice hollers out a cordlon agin a growler, and a vally-bl- o ms gad ms half dosan cod, out- from aft: "Come along cony along. eargo gons glimmerin' ' X Ho interrupts: And what was ward bound tor Ireland; rollin homo , wbftt'i IndIb or onttlrrl ud acrast the ocean to the land o m tho muboard whalin skiff, yanked up your cargo T Chinamen I answered, bould aa ,nto WW t0XmS, Two hundred and fifty-thre- e lad, says I. Here' ! yoHer-bellle- d cut off in the fir flurto' ymtr, chinks at fifty dollars aort shiverin a 0 deadr f)Ya j - Bnleker- - Gueesed f1 head.- My share as mated been a yout. and all for lack o beta thorfirst tims right ough. It, however. It sh ud turn out eappy . says I. and begun to sort 0' ; coupie o- thou . Btead o that, heres that hell can wait a little longer for sob Uks a kid. And ms a growed man. L w00Ta re! ye, let this bo a lesson ths asst time But, than. I was wet and freexta cold. w Si m. ye have need to hand a wop a wal- and hadnt et f r a good many bourn. nI gin. Worst of lt waa we had to do lop to ameer him that bard that bo not havin the heart to after seeta their- - business for a couple o' coast cannot cry out ' out ths dory. , Jim poor gyratin lettln In waa this soak -, And so I gittin ont the bay. I wouldn't There was more hollerin frm aft. guards tell you this, ony I o a eee youre In along with the sleet and spray, someUl Come same voice nd says. thn the business yourselves. But, say, can thin, lep' at mo out o the- muck, WB bein' put out when ms' some- - you blame mo fer later ier. 2? uphd w d them two old whistle-breechwhere I brushta pot the tbe tried to chuck me back? veasel feelin was hid. Boons hed I histedj They goggled at me silent, for a wpy cautious through ths fog;onSame the cover and see the passed. back of a short minute. Then- - erne fry a mutt with a me, time the front end of her fell swarma Uks man sort bulk thick growth o weed they waa all - but I grabbed he bobatey. and is i... viwt --and a face you cud split whiskered sea a and took squint ed up out of the kindlers writ; Xa rude e'er cam fra over ths bows of her. savin' a body fra the sea eThs fUwt thing I saw plain was And all ths Urns I was How you talk, Angus! says I. we btaation. the ' lookout, and him so close had to throttle snufflin'. Bay, my Maybe they waa kin o yourn. Ton tryta could ha kissed each other. He over don' look was like you might be about as useful shoved think I t doc. and weepta heard ths dory splinterin', helandera They In a scrap as what they was. Who the bu llarks' them This bushy muzzle over locks brought lt on theirselvea. My trou-- I knows, maybe if you sing your jaw lust aa I rared up, me raven acroat and free, you might was worry over the choice of a tackle so blithe lyin In rich profusion of brine a dead ble romoio die o, senile decay. Just a face as drab as the belly of fhU W55 ,.n fish, and the sight must have struck Wk o on. lont fTn ie him as uncalled for and unsettin. ould , look at them two fellers, and let out e Hoots says be, like an windh a roar Hke he waa stricken to the hmtfid ST,th!!! went back over the fhJ! o4, and ho heart. Then he begun to declaim, but lass, a flutter o flying shin. But one ra a for on waa not for a supplication t mercy waa up with marvelous agility the cultured conversation of " of hla age, ns the story books say, their sinful souls. His stentorian Mac-Can- mile sway, ss me and the other birds fly, was this bloodthirsty bunch that by now was crawlin up In the shadow of the shore, thirstin for vengeance and loot. And here wag ould "V bewF 5' Pear prinkin and me drinkin' and the. hired help blinkin' and dlvsle a hand turned In defense Twas outrageous, and wjtat wlf ths flames and the wine and me warm woolen clothes. I begun to be suffused wit' a gentle sweat. Also I was vexed. Considerin' the I risk that T bad run of catchtn' cold and all, ltseemedto me heed. was taken of th warning..slight. I had not risked me fair young life on the ledge to pledge the eyes o the princess In ruby wring. And then a disquietin'- -. Idee came to the rescue of me reason. -- Jimmy, mo lad save I. what IT1 y'are baakin in a fools paradise?-Wha- t If this here Pear is a paretic? Spposln the old boy 4s a balm, and does not get the gravity of the situs- tlon ? For ail ye know, he may be sufferin .from senile dementia and "hl"d tlJ? rm . JJI"rnek. w!t r run--the- d; .v f 'D,d n -- I , 'There Was No Fear in the F elly, and He Told Me to Step Up and State - .... om Jib-bo- h"d. oa herjr -- i i ( , Come aboard, sir says I, salutin' made me wish I was hack behind the to bar o pops place servin out suds to boys, and listenin' the rah-ra- h conversation. tatelleechoo! their 'Please. Mister Macintosh, sayssuc-c-I. put down that crool weapon and who a poor Harvard stoodent, with the has Just don a name plat o Davy Jones locker Swish says the flatiron bar, and the pelv thing that saved my life was my readin the signal before she off came 'through, and and, the track. It spun him round, when knowln what I might expect hfe came bark, I did not wait, but Jumped, In and sent him nebehlnd the ear by quick delivery. The lessons learned In me early life for well applied and he did not call at tha police. Down he splashed hrad-flrand this against the windlass, He bided time there waa no flutter. where put, kn they would say on thatI hell hooker. Lookin down at him, could see that the etissedneas waa let front my out for good and all not "count of poke on the mastoid, but his buttin the windlass on one of its r hard corners. Than I looked aft Nobody in sight. the mainmast, abaft The fog hid her and it was get tin dark, too. I knew what ahe was. right off. thoughButIdI never seen bne like her before. stack and rig got her number by her nd h and boils and oni square stumpinees of her. She was Dundee of those little auxHUry arctic, whalers that fish up in the was doin and I wondered what sh and haad- way oTftr our fido th pond my tn for D&vi strait, accordin tofurlreckonln. Her sails were loosely ed and she was steamta slow, like she wanted to save coal or was afraid of drift Ice .and small bergaj Frwlers broke off the big beinea Now what for did ould" Mister Macintosh try for to slaughter "mtr Was H fright at 1 asks meself! me come over the bow like I done. No, or he would ha broke and run the aft. Besides, he must have heard anystovs, and dory when she was lime recover to how hs had plenty tt l from panic. Was It then tosease dvll? was real, or soma sort of a No. be reason of that aa me 'P"erian crunch of material matter, also iron wiBdlaaO brake beta mayb good tesprof devils, but for flesh h Wxd- - Twuld bea like trip testin' the Valley o pearls wlf hammer. Why. then, did he endeavor mmly-culeto rejulc Jne to me original The answer was easy. cray. doc? No. The trut of the matter was on that ship. this; I was not wanted meself back For a second I Wished in the dory wlf me water brewer, cod. But. as you biscuits, and lousy ihere was no time sc In your stories,Worn beiowsome-where, ta regrets. the inginsM room, ? come ths sound clock strikin eight iwllercd. he win wheel end lookout disthinks I when the new bloke wUI cover the .late lamented Mr. Macintosh.' And I cocked a ln hy. nr vole tenL what dy the - quarter --dock: W11, m sound, say. you in the eye?' Dtvli me though, sM I wSs matin upcover, mind and to sneak afl. Uft a host of ths boots, when s dtp Into 'wad com loomin forrsra, vugs ape flecked wlf mow. its h)s 'The'1 w comes hlst'ry chestn whst do ys its tsd. eAge,ys, andths'soCt hsroT ap-rtyjjwolcSrhi ' . v or get-aw- side-atepp- in ' Kr s? I UJ i U i es '.i bnr i let Ahem two I atpredeach skipper.Didnt would be ' others throats afore ever we sighted the land? Wot bally good to put em in separate watches, with natures sich as theirs? And now. after bickerin' the entire way they go and vMMvan each others' bloomin' eada and leave ns ter do, the blighters! And; with a partin' benediction, away he goes aft, grumblin' and growlin and snappln his fingers in disgust Ths funeral ceremonies was brlet end ths deseased took little stab them to their watery tomb, and when they had slid over, all but the lookout went could not see them well, but aft Itheir from talk, which was none too easv to understand, I gathered that the vessel was already undermanned for the business she bad afoot and that this was not the catchtn of whales. I knew already that she had done no business with whales, or any other o' the finny tribe, and I wondered what was her sinful errand, for that lt waa such, I had no doubt. Most o' the vain regrets I had overheard from the hands over Archibald apd Donny were for their flghtin aualitiee. Jimmy, mo lad. says I to meself, ye been thorough this time, bat lackin In strategy. This Is a fine broth o oea scalawags ye have tumbled into, and you cannot hope- - to appeal to their higher natures." Bay ye stood your ground, the brake In your fist, and said bouldly to the shipper. Them two ould corby crows assailed roe, and I was forced to lay them out. he would have pardoned the misdemeanor and mads ye chief bucko of the bilta. But now if ye come whimperin out like a frightened cur and com out soon ye must, or perish of hunger and cold he will take ye be the scruff o' the neck and toss ye into the wake. But It was then too late, so I lay there shivering and wishin I was back in pops place, servin suds to the un dergraduate body of sincere soaks of ould John Harvard, and nickin up scraps o their eddyfyln figures o speech like I'd done the last tore years since qulttin the sea as a source o' livelyhood. It looked now like the boundless main was flxta' to be a source o' sudden death, unless I could manage to convince the leader o' the gang that I could teach the big boys some bad new words before be judged me by appearances Jimmy, lad says L ve got to harden your heart and stiffen your 'spine agin vise nee. Do it now, me lad. Take time be the forestay and remember tls a long worm that has no turning: Since yo failed to strike when the Iron wss hot. ye must swipe twice ss hard, now that it Is cold. So with these partin words o good advice. I sold goodby to meself and olid out the boat onto the deck, and Into the black-neo the night. .That dark it was that she might ha made use of s lump o cool tor a mastheadc light. . d too re, For one Im t mst int I lookin at nothin, then slowly and caumake me to way notiously begun where. fr ail I could sea. But after bavin traversed some few Inches, I saw a gllzn trier of light, which come from ths binnacle, and struck upward la a sickly glare on the whiskers o the mug that waa ogling jt, But I him by, give tbs natch of the companion a short, and want below. There was four men sttUa around the cabin table, and S broom jug antin op tt. They welcomed ms wit surprise, but the skipper rememberin his dooty ss host, quickly recovered Jits sang frwad enough to Inquire as to my sorry plight. os Errand. xsr . I' '1"' f,T -- tor-rsr- ftrd What are ya? Man or de llr be r - croaks, and the lovelight in his eyes C-- bt My smuggled into the states be the ltkesl second or two. Then the X skipper I overheadwasbe his left hand, while his heard. right weavin figures wit the o me. A good graft, but dangerous, asks ma what I thought and necessitatin frequent conflicts i - The beat of a ships engines. flench In, knife. -. Unitwit, the Mounted PoReeand the Chin on shoulder. I examined the answered, but maybe I was wrong. Me tears ed States revenue authorities. is like the ears of an owl from j strategic feiHure of us both And was bou. ? .T?1!!. "And alt thia while that I waa delma cmugglin habita. and trained to forced to admit that twould not hej?.tt, la liffhtin the lug o me listener, X waa auch sound. But one cannot be at- - ea ay to flaat abi war loan on thehftn millin' about In ma mind soma war to ways sure.1 (achievin his Trust to coop. the vigil- AM .In t warn this trader, a Frtach canuk be Instinct and a nee of another Old your vict ry. T was .more Listen says he. if yo must, but trust name Pear Oillyneck, or so It sounded. lug close toagln.' wishln make not to a long Journey the watter. first to your. own. when ve can.Twas not only Pear to cause- me worI done. so. then straightened up all alone that, led m to pinch the " the princes herself that stone tighter wit mo left hand, and, took Twas ry, hub I learned from this- scut of s and shook me bead, mafflid is it the thoughts out o me mout', vis- me scullion off ths Pelican, what had loosin' hold wit the right, to draw Let u', comn Ir 1 ao ,nd goelL was j ssn a M1. maneuverin to excuse just Ited the post, that Pear had a puli ahead A bit, and I will listen once knife wit caution and hoold tt In the meself take a lunar observation. slip of a more. Twould be no Joke to find our- flat o' mo stiffened palmy the point No doubtand daughter, who, though but asilver-fosaw from the way I waa she x child,- was as pretty as a selves bottled up In the bight There agin the finger tips, I looked at Ang- - wriggling that ma mind was not at pelL- 'A nice place for her. this tub o is always the chance of the company's blood says I to meeelf, and plans to ship bein ahead of her schedule " Nae doot ye'd bo likin to say a bit rest,'Grandfather does not seem to be time. jump ship the minuto the Jumpin' is So we dipped our oars and pulled prayer afore yo taste the akenedhu? unquiet about these bad men who are good. perhaps SOO yards, this takin us sars he. going to attack us says she. so there There was not long to watt. A closer under the beach. Presently I I would I answered. "May God is no need to be 111 at ease. Grandhard noFeaster takes a runnln leep off raised me hand. And on sinful soul ha mercy father always knows precisely what your the .dow fields of Greenland, and Oars!' eays L Now hold your wit that I raised me right hand high, to do. says she. 0 to Baffln L"d "her In as him back to the if benediction, 1 True for you. Udt! X answered,- leaned breat, the lot o.f ye. And UP Into a windin bight, and comes over the me ear close to the and the blad held agin' the palm wit ' Tie the ould gentleman tn command gunnel' little to the backThen anchor, downward and barkys waters edge. For a moment I list- me thumb. quietly here, and far be tt from me to show spars almost shakin hands wit' the ened, and snap, and lack of faith in his tactic. But 1 hope then began to cuaa There ward I swung tt wit aarm The post is at the head of she Is. Into full Pn of strength play e will pardon me for savin' that L Anybody who is not brtngtn' the inlet around the promontory, and deef cansays now. Listen, all wit no risk of losin balance. Ye have while, of course, he knows Just what her hear or fonr lomB thre higher up but to face the wall and try yourself to to do, there seems no evidence so and the simple procedure is to man a hands. But yare ant to throw Inward, as far Of his doin' itBo-ifywlU ktadiy Gee, doc, but wasnt the real sea I did The heavy knifweitaked again permtt ma I will Just astep outside couple o the boats, pull up under the Orinoco. Ivory outs f Over they rtrie and the sboce,-whicthey h is black shadow of the O' the cliff, r laced out like a sniff the air face the a, bit." rubbered, skipper and all, their gills flick o' boats a bk almost I white tt and heard flame, ness where yo might have to throw as pitch, and, leerin' the "She little nod. a so a out I went gives wash, and my weight acrost he sticks the a hook Into a coast guard any minuto. below to pot the trader when chug into the thick body of him. One and walked down to the Jetty, where, the fromopposite- gunnel all that kept ber scream Ts want men. and men. that aint in out hia head to see what Is toailin' othho gave, then sliotjed his foot- for a minute or two. I stud listenin'. Was rollinoho not for down, be Sh'ud there happen danger of gittin tpopcuaalon o the dogs whaleboats, but more the hold, and the black shadows tuk hum. At first I did not hear a oound. Tho d trap- like our brain when they set down hard. Im ers about. Indians or o the Norwegian fiahln skiff, The crash that came uo from beneath Inlet wa like black ice In the glare o typo to are share and the like, they open to an offer. Sign me on if ye pers,same the moon, and the shore- - by - which with flara and high free- was like that of a falling trea fate Then toad the boats board d happen to be through the like a dory. And then," when - "But alt was not yet well, and the thlm cat -- throats would come a band of. to eot and aboard off sealorist and eee. my unfort nXL.careleeen I she was nicely balanced I flung mo-se-lf goose hangin' high, for be now them Ink agin the light sky wit tho tali rough when riled. Ye want to a post across the strait. Of the grand down, and over ahe blasbphemlous bathers was beta res- fir tops gaehin lt like teeth.: I walked, remember that. Angus and dont daughter ao word waa said But take went euddenly on her beam ends. She did not cued. Scarce had Angus dyin yelp to the end o the Jetty, then down on count too much on that evil eye o her along they would not dare, nor capsize, not bein tha build, but be- fadedthan they was bilta Vor the tho land! stage, and there, lyin on so that even her alive no more,secret-serviyoarn. One of his eyes paid off to leave movta-pictufore them lumps hanging overside beach. They did not shoot, dislikin me chest, I held an ear close to tho waa port. right themselves, she was flood- maybe to profane the peace o' the per- ters edre. Gee. doc did I have that skip- agent c'ud have made a near guess could "And then I got lt plain the low ed asj awash.; And as ahe settled I fect night. 'Twas catch him alive O, per hypnotised? And Angus Inwardly at the fats awaitin' her. and toast him to a turn. So back I grunt of muffled oara. slow under. and regu- disturbed? And them other two admo Twas Just before dark wo entered, slipped in mo heart When I broke water ar the end of wrigged, mout, lar, and not far awav. Twas all I mirin me barroom eloquence? I did. driftin in wit a fair wind under royal a dozen for the scuttle so stairs. sa I searching They needed, back ntsred acrost the the peaceful night was But, beet of alt mo fore topsail and hid be the wooded waa hiju strokes roarin through the Dines when I moonlit space and Into tha cabin. If wit Had the was gradually and swiftly returnin, and And bow the divdle am water been lessblasphemy. a struck o was the where promontory rock ud spot call bein you as it was such, it I cold, ha might thanks to a combination of fright, I to warn mo friend Pear?" says I to y but os it was. 1 lacked rougher and leas steep, and up this I really a solid house of logo laughed, peat rick, and the growin conviction myself, for no time was belq lost breath. foot me to bo and cement, wlf maybe half a dozen expectin every that I had to do with a hunch of the anchor hangtn from a a manlla need o' Then I looked back; and the swarmed, None but a man wit death prick- rooms Tho ould gentleman was toastlaughter left ma Her plow- last. murderin mudheada And tt was not cable that there bo no clankin o on him in ba done climb. cud me in JUs shins before the blaze, and as that in In wake not ten feet astern, long before tt all came out, and I and the boat towin alongside, comes On top wAs a eort of broken be looked qp wlf the ruddy glow upon a felly that left a learned that they had Jogged over, chains, oars the and parceled armed ready, bow wave like a launch, and. a the plateau which got tower and more his fine, strong face. I said that I had not to fish for little whales In Davis wit" rags Where they took the row cold WMMini wirobin vseucx dov. n Oq the dpwn to a stairway of never seen a handsomer man. nor one strait, but to plunder a Hudsons bay o weed he Was draggin trm his slaPeiesf ledge. mass And there on that looked more the leader of others far trader at a place called Apavak., there might be some delay that would o the pines, was tho Judgin from his manner, he might ha "Commercially s peakin, the scheme give me time to warn the trader, lt face, I seen that It was Angus He had the edge me clever ruse for shore poet, a tong, tow cahin. and some been waitin for a powdered was not unsound. A lonesome post to that in discovered got underlie leave without permission, and was outbulldlns and a jetty to which was ray. HE lordship is served. flunky or the this, and visited only bo the com- soon was not case the present Small a flshin boat. I started like. What he really did hear waa me on bustin' up the party lyin' pany's ship, and wanderin' native to bo taken, butopportunity made. And how? figurin' Needless to say I hod no wish to for the place, and while some dist- tellln him them pirate wa pullin' up trappers. One of the craw, a Finn, Hera was all as ready for immejlt ac- wrangle wit Angus down so ance the knew the place well, and at this time shoved beach, the dogs wind- under the shore about a mil sway. I there, snap and ones the her up another notch. the trader should, be well stocked In tion as a wolfwetowould Thera other ed ms and begun to roar. Then the Poor, misguided ruffians he. swav. bo anchor gone, bathers was hollerin' to the steward door o tho cabin opened there was a their fate will be a hard one--. soys pelts of value, to say nothing - of I fear " and was a chance, but "Thera Vngle 1 em to In fetch or kickin' at or soap, his store. the two. money and trade stuff let a and out holler. and. reachld' box of for a yelp ba Havanas, seen by the coldness of the The post was at the head of a long that distasteful. I had but I did not A man, lookin ten feet high and the offers ore to me, who takes in a the give them heed. water, Twas me or Angus top of him white as driven snow, trance, then fires up himself. I lt and twistin' Inlet, and the plan waa chart that the post was around noticed to run In at night and lyin' in the promontory and up at the head of the now, oo I gripped the brine wit hand out Into the moonJigbL rifle ho had shifted from 4ns, tong d resain black shadows of the store to send a bight, on the other side of the neck and heel, and hove meself ahead otep Into In a I how costoom me 'and hand like gown own easy but thought I There was a knife on mo hip. and landin party which 'ud loot the post, Of land wo waa approechln.' Could ha been for them murderin shirt and coat Instead o the blouea killin any or all who opposed them. only manage to get ashore, the dis- once I was tempted to dive and turn twould across He looks on me and mutts at the whaler. smiles. and away to sea and tance to the post as the bird flies and strike him In the bilge. But I Then, " I am to be shot In effigy directly was no fear In the feller, ths takin of whales, and 'no man the would not be a quarter of that to bo feared he waa likewise armed, and andThere he Tt is not the first time this me told to says be state and was otep ' up boats. But there covered the wiser. by strong swimmer as he showed himself a has though tho circumNow. 'era's a chance to tyke a lyt-tt- e two drawbacks. In the first place. I might spike me as I passed beneath. me errand In the tone of one who has- stancehappened are rather different. Coma e his time been used to glvln' o ordoff tha top. lad. says the skipper was not ashore, and, in the second Bo I held on. and. beta handler in oeeln ers arrango and them obeyed.1 waa mightaaweU a (rings through lack of heavy clothln' properly and him half drunk. Diwle a show of I was not a bird. There And nad 1 told him that tho neighbors And he steps into hw room, cornin out , discipline on this one. ths handa bunk-- 4' ,e. Mind a . dozen yards ahead. were in cornin cakes wit and beer to a minute later wlf a figure stuffed and to In promiscuous where the notion took edge, and behind them the cliffs rose! Wish no I had now, as one could see.'to represent them, and little work done but to steer sheer and higher than aur truck, and j quarrel with Angus at that moment, calibrate hia hundredth anniversary, padded, himself There was even a painted As for gettlnias so doin might prove fatal to me 'he cud not have been more polite. and shovel coal, and not much o that, dark and forbidden. j face and snowy hair of coltoij wasta she sailin the best o the time. Whales ashore, there was too many movin j plans, to aay nothin of meself Bo bored. Saspnata says he. real petu- This he hangs from the decks to slip Over the sideionce wit a foothold, I equattered up lant. 'Why must men be so stupid' whichdummy pulley, they would have to take before their runs on a wire over the door, over them kelp covered rocks like Now. it Is probable that I shall be twas likely therend swim for it, and also the moon-lan- d return, and then oo attache K to the latch that it sea otter, and took a runnln dive pbltged to kill a few of these animals and would be trouble, the only two real j light was on the water, and the rip-- a were sure to be sefen. Should this into the fringe o scrub pines at the and wound others. K is most nnfor will be drawn upon. The threshold aa whattsre ln they gang havin gona to P their rest. These others were the happen, one did not need a palmist foot o the cliffs. But Angus was hot- - i tunate And ho looked at me tike tt the Idoor opens. watched him In wonder must scum o the stew o many porta And to tell tho Immejlt future. A boat rooted on me trail and 1 could hear j me own careless fault Come. here was me, Jimmy MocCann. one o' east off. a few strokes, when biff! wlf iI the square, bulk of him collidm wit says he, 'put on some dry clothes, and ha been expectin somethin o tho eort, sir says I. regardin him wit, the scenery, a I started to swarm up we nhaIt them pirate, and talkin like there the butt of an oar. and bubbles done , what u lo So I held meself in hand, siftin' on what looked to be a fissure In tho j wasn't any belter sport than to slit ..gg nlo thB cabin he ed. and open I gawp. have he answered, Wa u b some poor, lonesome guy of k trader K10 (All pipe, while the sails smilin 1 "as struck wlf the fineness Of the out tho higher upV'TT, furnishlns ' under the gills, gut his store, set bar clewed by some o' tho yachtin party, that1 unostenta-- 1 and the of air 'of hook and lost the and her the altitude and she at way. giddy presently ablaze, and then, if things looked all ttoua luxury to be felt throughout. 1 a wa more lowered or the to bit ked and tt hundred flattened on move next feet ground. to the gently post along right, . tho . . raja He would not listen j the short, for this here Apavak trader We fetched up almost In the foliage, the disappearin' point, leavin me tor moferry plea for urgent haste, and ex-- L was not the only one them vampire and had I been a (lyin squirrel, I clinging to a ledge that might fade h aminin him b the light of some! -, I'k had their eyes on. might ha risked tt. but a wingless and likewise et any minute, and Angus lamp. I did not argue. There was J! , I Mo stood Oil-ime wav under seen reputawArkln' n me biped, ha doc. sh'nd logy my pat. ye "Gee, directly poken to etandin up like it felt 'lie. that not an them hyenas w Ith tale ol slaughter tion as a flghtin maty had got mo tho like the patient min o method hell to ' po!1,'ne to: hour before had hung-fro- m o1 and rapine. What with bein' a' place of honor, end I wa to have the molded him. hoW "Geo, doc! All tho evil deeds o' me thoughtful liar be nature, and readin J, Proud privilege o etoppin' the first o ledge by both eye winkers and racked rd e to and filthy ri? as a rags, and ' honor loose Ilf eves the a knife betwixt the mb of a lead, flashed before me special like a your stories and swappln' yarns wlf me elective evenin' class In contemp'- - the cuttln o Pear's throat. Me share on the-- loose. So c limbed Tnto, the new., heavy cordu- - ed giant of a he lander. projector - Quite ,o. 'd fast I could tho Joot was to be that 6 tha not oee them. And then, roys and woolen blouse, 'which Is rary crime down to pop'a-lar- aBear, a coot owl as I had feared, me led re went back wore outside th breeches like French, and he turns rajs to the princess. 'You ha' been a barnacle could I not if- from fishermen Bt skip-side on me, and I turned to eee Angus adof awed them. Angus. Is? In to one j Palmpo! and Jlalo had bet'erstep Into jour room, my Tumble In. now! growls the hia wrath, pumps me on this; P0r. Look alive, lads, and don't make vancin wlf cautious eaxernesa, and you find on the Iceland banks, wit' j dear. says he. and then to me Keep coMIs smugglin', and I soars. I tells, no nyse abaht it. 'Andie. yer oars the moonlight glint on the tong curved a thick, blue sailor cap to match, i back from the door. MacCann, and him o' the vast Secret svstem o chink now says talking tbick and fast knife be held in his fanes. Close to and here I waa warm and dry and avoid the windows, though I think out into the livin' the btlndt are buliet proof. says be intrigue which loia lt tentacles in ev- and steady count o the drink Jrt'd ma qlmostlfl strikin' distance, he Frfnehtfted. Then o And our weapons, sir? I asked. criminal and diplomatic had. but with at eort of whine that stopped, flattened out araln the face room where 1 was struck aback at t ery pore "We shall not need them.' says he a of me was none the ana o which showed of too humble he Ufa, la nervous, and lovely child wit' great j, the cliff like a monstrous spider, sight part that of a pawn. Mails hm hpw them rtuck on the Job. It hadnt needed no tuk the knife from his tret, and laugh-e- dark eyes and tong, heavy braldojhn steps to the smn5,n..tahie. iaksa heart h.warniin her. a fresh cigar, and light it. smokin And why oheuld he --not? "There stan dinbr-th- e moatly women took in raid trained artistic to get hia color -'W and thoughtfliT and puffin hia th minute I'd piped him down. was I, spread-eaglebellv to th little hands at the blaze. Bbe was! smooth-shaverTanketyJfrom n lips before iettin' the Kiang and very beautiful, and des-- 1 Quarantine was bio hua cliff, and cllngihgilka a tree toad be dressed like an Indian princess, or them. Not a lined to enrich th coffers o the Ca- "My billet was bow Oar, and, 1 was the suckers o both paws, the left side so aha looked so to me. and at the Mueeddies h out between r ",1- ord d,d nary Colored Slave company which Just shovin off. when tho idee struck o me to Angus, four inches o rock sight of her clear colorless skin, and supplies the odrrlisks fer the hareent ma The beach was may bo a cable a tremblin under me toes, and a hun- th grace of her as she moved. I. had. hot sttn the end of my .e a 4 , of American mlBtonalres. . They are length distant and Just as .the skipper dred feet o sheer dron Into the black- ma Aftnht j ' tor world would I ha thought o In bond. I tell was about to give the order fr uc to ness beneath. Almost In react) o me shipped from Seattle r1 Somehow into itjnnwdlt;tTton him, and lost . in th wilderness of give way, I says, sharp and sudden: was Angus, ofandin Uka a shammy uch- X thoug-ft- t '!rgn trader of jft his silence neeme d fillin' and proper I Canady, whence they are rounded tip listen!' . feet tucked under him. on a vak wa not to be aeen. wlf ..,n be th agents o the company and J Ail hands wasjstlU as death for a rounded Jtnob, houldln to a cravlca MGoo4 YninV' (Continued on pace twelve.) i Ura princess, - t! t trA half-bree- ehort-hande- was-alwa- ce re ' one-stor- er up-sti- ck y.' te Si red-hea- mov-in'-pl- ay -- I(' oth-wu- b. d. trt d, arui ' mix' Bh-h- -h , if t r |
