Show u The The Mutiny of the Albatross o o BY WYNDHAM MARTYN 4 a a 1 u. u TB TOB rn 0 o. o L whit Denies THE STORY Floyd od UnwIn and n J Howard ton tak take dinner with anold an anold old college colle chum Allred AUred financial rn magnet Unwin produce pro pro- due duce a written pledge pledl taken bythe by bythe the three al at college collel to help each ether In ad adversity unit that he h. nude need financial asset ance ane lo to educate aducat hie hl son eon Bob Dob and daughter Mary Gibbon scoffs at the legality of ot the th pledge but agrees agren to lo make a place for tor forthe forthe the lh daughter In his hie lolAr Mary Un t In I. I stenographer toa to toa toa a wealthy alth debauches debauchee Red Rad way a Calling al at Gibbons Gibbons' office aa u arranged Mary la Is asked to lo betra betray her aneS refu fe plan plane an ocean voyage to lo recover from the ef et f. f facts lecta of dissipation Mar Mary la I. to lo togo too If go o 0 aa a secretary her ber brother to lo accompany her painting on os the Maine Main coal la Is and aneS taken aboard board a vesseL veL ill Illi clothes cloth are ar found b by a fugitive from who done don them and goes co to net Bet studio and there rail falls fallato to hie hla death ends be he la Is aboard nadwa yacht achl I I CHAPTER V Continued V-Continued Continued 5 In the library which was also th the e music room romp Mrs Mra Hadway and end Mat Mary y were wre sitting silting Mary Air Mrs Radway said laId suddenly sud cud denly It was 81 very elfish of ot me t to o hove have brought you here hero You needed me cad and Im I'm glad clad I 1 Ien en came me Mary returned She had conceived con one of ot thou those almost extra ext extravagant ray admiration for tor the beautiful I woman Literally at the eleventh elevens h hour the maid who was wal to have come declined the risk of ot oceans ocean's wrath rath an and d deserted her mistress at the very very dock The gong cons sounded which summoned them to luncheon was WUI genial lie He presented a tall and distinguished d man to his wife It seems we shipped a doctor docto r aboard Here lIere he Is la Doctor Nutt Mrs Radway and Miss Mies UnwIn The Intimacy so 10 enforced and Inevitable In evitable on r yacht with which on one must come to regard another attea after atter aftertime r a time presented problems to M Mrs Radway Rod not wholly pleasing Sh She conceded that this title stranger tranger had ft II far face which Inspired confidence In her ber e as a. much as ae that of ot the steward with hl his hI perpetual l smile lie created aversion IL He lie had bad a tine One head and ond keen but kindly y eJe eyes And there was WI something reassuring re re- assuring In his hili splendid physical pr pro portions She thought he looked with h especial kindliness at little Mary 1 Un win In As for tor Mary she breathed a sigh of ot relief Instinct tol told l her here at last lost was a man on board she could trust She had not confided In Mr Mrs Radway her hr apprehension of most o othe of f the men she soon corn I 1 hope you will find very vry little professional pro work to do Mrs Airs Radway Hadway y said anti to He lie was charmed by her tow low yet dl distinct distinct dis dis- c voles voice He Ill had bad thou thought ht s portrait to be Idealized until he me methe met t the original of It He lie had often t In other years rend of her It seemed likely when she sho was first married that she would accomplish that almost almos Impossible ambition a n salon She ha had 1 birth money wit and beauty And with These advantages ad she hud had chosen Railway Radway among the ninny ranny who put their all at nt her feet He lie looked from her to the financier What was It asked him him- self telf that had made him In her f eyes ejes ts more attractive than any other man Ambition probably and the enthusiasm earn aroused by his big moment nt at the capital lie He wondered how much she had hall repented of ot It There could be no doubt now as nl to her disillusions ns lie Ile thought he could discover lr a trace of sadness In her lovely ely lure face nn and like I ILa La her eyelids were a little weary Kenny Whatever uncomfortable pauses inthe In Inthe the tho conversation rOD there were due to Incessant grumbling at the food tood the motion of the boat and Ml his Inability to enjoy flavors ors that flint once fascinated him she tiled In without seeming effort She had no doubt become come adept at this thought After lunch Radway went Vent to his big stateroom at nt the extreme bow v of the boat Got aonie some work to do do he nn an It will keep me busy till dinner Mrs Radway knew he ho was going to sleep p. Then he hI would woul wake feeling wretched He lIe would take a highball two or three Then he would dress dressor for tor or dinner and the real man would betray betray be be- tray himself She was as not sure lure whether she was sorry or glad that th there re was a new element Introduced by Doctor Waite She knew tier her hus bus husbands husband's bands band's Imperious ways was too well to sup sun suppose pose that anything but his own will could could- moderate his appetites sh She watched him walking waling op and down own the deck with the secretary who had so su little to do A man w wh would take such a position ns n's as this uth th its relatively small and slid Insecure pay pros j must be a failure at his profs prof's Non lIon And yet Jet he did cot look took like a tall failure u rE M Mary Mery ry liked him and admitted his charts charm but t to t. eighteen be he was old The nephew young Crosby Todd roM who he J hid d shown hon her ber the tb mys mya teries of wireless wireless was more of 01 her hr age are saw law her ber eyes brighten as II the lad came from the wire wireless Ius room and Ind crossed the deck a little tittle diffidently to her He lie smiled at the young man on liked boys of this clean cut clean cut sort lort and he knew that there thre might come a day not Dot far tar oft off when hn the boy would be called upon to prove his hll mettle He lie was waa a little distressed that the boy showed antagonism an In- end and answered his hll questions as III to his bis work with face tace Well It was 1181 perhaps better so A man Will was known by his hll companions and they judged him to be one of ot Clements' Clements adherents He lie was not sure lore whether hether Mrs Ira Badway Bad nad- way for tor all her ber courtesy at It luncheon would expect him to get on the easy terms with her which he had established with Ith Mary She was Will he reflected one of the great hostesses and society beauties of ot the day she too shared allured the suspicions already formed of ot him by the captain He lie found himself himself him hIm- self lell elated a elated a new emotion with him when when she beckoned him to take a chair at her side elde I am glad you yon are a physician she began one can cao talk so much more freely to you yon yoo This hardly put him at ease It WitS was a bad bod beginning he be felt this enforced deception and yet he could not allow her to suppose he was Will not the ships ship's properly equipped surgeon It Its Is about bout my husband he she con con- lie He Is le very ilL He lie hates hatt'S ferociously He lie thinks It hurts his ene ere enemies roles mies sometimes he talks as though he believed belle In black magic Of ot course It all reacts react reaction him on eventually She watched Mary and young Todd pace op and down the deck Probably about five years years years' difference In their age she commented rl right ht Its It's natural I hope shell she'll marry him He Ue Is la a good bon honest est boy You know of him Wellington asked lie He found funnel himself concerned for Mary Unwin's future I have never even spoken to him she answered but one sometimes has baa the gift of ot seeing people as al they are You are reliable There are others othErl here who are not The man Clements Clementi with his hll eternal smile sOllie which Is le never ne accentuated and never dimin faired Its It's the smile of ot a mask Who Is II he hey I 1 saw law him for tor the float first time on onboard bolt board rd he returned Your husband must know He lie did Elgar a good goal turn fora once once onre she so said and when he offered this boat boot all found lound except the captain who Is le our old skipper Blear 1 took It He lie said Bald he knew he would have ha to pay any for the help Clements Clemente gave guve So that was how hose It came about Rut nut Railway had not guessed the extent extent ex tX tent of the pay sat ant talkIng talk talk- i Ing Ins to l Evelyn Had Radway way ay until she called Mary 1 and said sold It was time to dress I for tor dinner Clements Clemente come came Into stateroom A dinner cont coot coat and black trousers newly pressed were hung bung up They TIlty always al dress for dinner said the Buss You did dill well WIll this after after- noon I could see she Fhe was taken by yon When you yon meet lr tonight t a Fr a Mary Mrs Mr Radway Said Suddenly It Wa Was Ver Very Selfish of Me to Have Hav Brought You Here you will III find him already furiously Jealous I will not allow any quarreling quay r on board until the thing Is s achieved td for which hleb I 1 gathered you to to together ether You will not all allow 0 It It repeated slowly You U may not allow men like Sam Sum and ond Metzger to do as they please but I am a tree free ag agent nt my good man mun Now Sow he would see 11 the smite smile fade If U the dreaded Russ Hoss lived up to his reputation some other expression must replace rEllon the grinning mu musk k heard a swift Intake of breath but there was ns no other Indication of anger You are a free agent as long as you do what I tell you JOIl Tonight I shall I Introduce you rou to the rest I do not wish lib the common good U. U oe De I leered by any foolish quarreling over women The of making an enemy of ot Clements Ciment and his hll gang cani of crooks made alter his hll truculent manner He Ill had yet Tet to get to the bottom of ot the plot and gauge nuge the strength of ot It Its I Instigators Im m not anxious to quarrel he said more pleasantly but Im I'm of just justas as II Independent a nature as you TOO your Tour self You'll pardon me now DOW but 1 I have bave to dress ss for dinner It 11 amused him to think how startled Clements must be he behind that smile of ot his hIli to listen to a declaration of ot Independence from one over whom he thought he held the threat of ot life i Imprisonment knew that when the right moment came It would be easy to prove his hili Integrity Until Unlit then he could play the part assigned to him 1 with pith Ith Ju Just jutt t as 81 good rood grace as Clements the autocrat could act net the steward assume his hIli livery and walt wall i upon an nn Impatient employer never ne Ingot forgot that first dinner aboard the Albatross Radway looked straight ahead of him heeding nothing It was only when his hili plate was set before him filled with the chefs cheri rich delicacies that he seemed awake He tie had been drinking steadily since luncheon and drink made him hungry Mary UnwIn was disgusted She had no rio no fear of her her employer She had hall never liked him now DOW for his behavior to Mrs Railway Radway she hated him She was glad when came came In She smiled at nt him It seemed to her that he and young Crosby Todd were the only men aboard whom one could trust Captain was gruff groft and SOli soured red The others watched her with eyes aflame And she he like the others turned her head from the ever lVer smiling stalling stall smil ing suave e steward ard There Thre was wall little conversation at the wretched meat meal As AI Mrs Irs Radway passed to her stateroom with Mary Alary leaving her husband still at the table she clue turned to On deck later I 1 should like to speak to you you youlie lie bowed In answer The spoken word would have betrayed his glad Iad ness He Ill went out on deck to wait walt with what patience he could summon lummon for Mrs Radway's co coifing Mary Alary was Wal looking up at the wireless The operator oper ator was all receiving news of the day for his bulletin Clements had hod al allowed al al- lowed the machine to be he repaired was glad to believe that this lad tad was clean clenn and honest Tubby Unwin two defenseless children might ere lre long have need or of all that was clean and honest on the Al AI batross He lie had feared Mrs Radway would be saddened by the cheerless dinner He lie did not want to see ste her unhappy Now low he was amazed t to find her smiling stall smil ing and vivacious Let Lct us liS walk she commanded try Every voyage I tale take I 1 mean allan to learn which stars are which and how snit sail ormen cnn can stand by hy them What's that bright thin thing up there Venus he said She 19 the evening eve eve- fling ning star this month Most mariners rear by hv her too tan wordily And nd these marl mariners Clements has gathered together what together what do you know them of Very try little be he said but I 1 dont don't tilts like them Directly I came aboard I knew something was wa wrong here she saidA saidA soldA said sold A sense of dissonance She paused a moment Even more than that but Impossible to put Into words Perhaps Per Per- haps halts It ft was a certain sense of dread a feeling that Clements In a past Incarnation Incarnation In In- carnation was the sp III r r r who asked askel the fly to step Into h b nor Of ot course she said IBId a moment later liter I 1 care nothing whatever about the lire stars Itara To me they are Just de decorative deco deco- native rathe lovely lanterns hung hang In the heavens to make the beautiful ful tuL Worrying about my husband has bus band Is s driving me roe to the deepest misery I used to be so proud of ot him Perhaps 1 I lack lacked Id I'd the healthy Instinct which girls ought to have bave for companionship with boys boy of ot their own age 1 I rather despised young men Their ambitions ambition seemed seamed so 10 small so contemptible beside those of ot the men menI I saw In Washington and Ind of ot course courle Elgar was notoriously handsome hand some then You Yon see I 1 took charge of my fathers father's household when my mother moth er died I was only seventeen Think what that meant to an ambition ambition- crazed girl For or me America held only one city and that was Washington Washing ton where the embassies and legations were Then came several turns of ot the deckand deck deckand and no further con confidences I 1 vt ve seldom talk of those days she he said saIl later 1 try to think of them but here with nothing to do hut hilt watch Elgar and know that this is la the Ibe end I 1 nm am full tull of my troubles What Whitt do you mean by the end he asked The Implication that Bad Kad- ways way's death might be what she meant disturbed him No matter how concerned he might be for the welfare of the two women he was was breaking the law by y pretending to be a qualified physician And to have t to try attend a dying man and see gee others hang on his verdicts and aad take comfort from his blundering Inadequate service was OS a chilling prospect lie Ill Is slipping she said slipping I mentally It Is the tho fate tate of ot these strong men mn who derive no strength but from themselves He lie thinks a months month's rest will put hIm In shape forthe for tor forthe the battle Yon You have ha seen Slen his methods of ot training lie has burnt himself out ont By ny battle you yon mean hIs fight with Gibbons underrates Mr Gibbons whom I know slightly He Ue has not 1 Elgar's supreme ability but he be can I descend to meanness's which my hus hns husband I band never ne used After all Elgar has had hall his great moments She sighed There was a time when even een so keen keena a judge of ot events as ns my father tather thought he would win the Presidential nomina floe tion It was just after the panic of ot 1007 1901 when his name led |