| Show L Jio The Mutiny of the Albatross by WYNDHAN WYNDHAM MARTYN IN RN TUB Tila a U. n. n 8 CHAPTER XII XII Continued Continued 14 That would be useless she said more moro coldly He Ue knew she ahe win relieved re re- to ROC ace Mary coining coming toward her lie Jle sighed So RII there must moat hI he be a little littlemore littlemore more sailing Balling under the lie skull and crossbones crossbones cross cross- bones As the yacht n on red Its Ita destination became loss less certain of lit his hi fu ru lure ture Ills efforts e to stir Todd and Hull Bob UnwIn Into active had hall not come to fruitage Ills Is ulin ulm was to awaken a proper pride In the bre breast brenat t of the tale late tip III taut tain nephew WItS he an to allow lIow the till h II ha should control b by right to be he taken Into Inlo NewYork New NewYork NewYork York by a 1 murderous like Andrew An An- drew Orme linT any said acid with resigned sadness that you 1111 was WUI of ot him hint they wont won't believe It was sins mutton aution au Ill I'll say auy y he wits Willi bigger and stronger nod you was waa wise wine to watt wait What's It inn mutter Her If they Lucy do laugh nt at you OU a bit hit sir air Shut up liP Crosby Todd said angrily an Ito llo resented those these Implications of tO It II happened that he wits wn courageous and unit Ionic long felt hi his was unmanly And It Boomed that hob Bob who hud had n a spoil olT duty expected hint to 1111 betray more mOl lender butler like qualities What do you think we we ought to tu todo tudo do do Hob Bob nuked naked r sprang sprung III Instantly I Into ac cc- thin tion Seize Helz him lie he an said ld thorns hero's throe three to ono one anti he dont don't suspect n II thing Tie lie him up the swine and then wi wire r less for ht help Ip That'll put pilI us liS In III good It Its It's my 10 belief the tempter went on on that him and Metzger I plan pinn to get eel pt uway 11 to slop atop thorn them going overboard Just after lifter we sue get through the and escaping or lowering n bunt boat In III the dark Vo We mustn't let ht him get from the tho police Todd said wavering and lInd yet t It seems scents hardly pin playing lug 1111 the game to get him now If lf youre you're Just soy say so go ners ner's manner was less polite nut lint dont don't expect me hie to want to give gho n a bloody murderer fair play ploy tin same toe II as Id I'd give Jho you yell A happy huppy thought ht struck hi him III If It Ih the Judge says to you WIlY Why didn't you do what Albert Athert 1111 stud mild leU what'll you answer Ill I'll hn have hate 1 to tell tIll I him tua fJ everything At the time wheel was waa tight light lightIng Ing lug n against the desire to sleep Bleep Never lend had he hI gone KOlle so long with so 10 little tittle rest There was a great deal of ot ship shipping shipping ping and amI lie ue had not much confidence In III Todds Todd's seamanship The dawn Will smuts breaking chill chili lint nail and gray groy when he ho passed Dort rt Hancock It was there that the threes three tiling lining theta them selves elves upon him There was little opportunity to struggle brought down dawn a II belaying pin on his head with enough force tree to render him unconscious lie ile was awakened b by bythe bythe the harsh spitting of or the Ihl wireless He lie realized that the tho Albatross was WitS anchored an nil He lie was lying on 1111 the titter floor of the tile wheelhouse He lit was bound and gagged as neatly as ever lr Metzger and 1111 Pereira m had been becu The pain In III his side was slaw now nowery very ery ry severe re And with it nil all was a II riu racking kung hIli headache 1111 hI Mrs came canoe on Oil deck at nt about eight o'clock She tie he thought that Cros Crus Crosby by Todd and anti hub Hob lurked locked at Ht her with witha a em certain degree of embarrassment And the till Ill was with them The New York Yacht dub club Is send sending ing out some Borne one to take us liS In Told Todd told her They ought oll to be here any minute now I 1 thought the dl doctor capably capable of or that she said ull fru frowning Hes capable of ot anything Hamner Ham Ham- ner lIer cried You dont don't know what we were weve done for tor you maam What does the man mean Ih she asked of ot Todd I had to seize tI the ship he lip said There was no question of ut evading t what he had done dune or declining re rl We e found that Orme Orn e had planned to escape and we are holding t him for the police Yo Yu i t remember re rl member h he wouldn't let IN me use the th wireless That was because he ht didn't want to be tie caught Its It's raster easier for a crook rook to escape In III New York rork than thun It 11 would be tie In Union Where 1 Is the Mrs Irl thud way wa asked She followed them to time the bridge The attack hud hind been made mide In to the da dawn wn and Todd had bail no 1101 idea that thai Ll blow had hud been w so 80 severe Sl or that BO so much blood had 10 front from the time wound He Ill tried to 10 prevent present Mrs Irs from seeing th the man a II Slit She hl knelt down at Ids side and removed ld the gUt gag Are you ou very much hurt 1 she ahe asked Her lIer heart was lea tin wildly After all they timid had betrayed him There were tears In his eua acs She hl could see that he be did not dissociate her from those who lied had made the as es sault They carried out your orders most successfully he said and turned his aching tend feud away Tb The shrill sound of ot a siren stirred rodd odd to action Its Jt th the tb Yacht club launch be he cried Mrs 1 Hadway bent over None Tone piss else was wa near I suppose you OU can cnn never ne never nefer er believe be be- lieve Ilene It It she he whispered but I 1 had no hand band In this I 1 shall always alway feet tee I ashamed tl when I think of It It When he be made no answer she went out on Oil deck dek what had happened hap hap- happened was fated l that hour to which he hud had been lira drawing near for tor a life lire t time i rue Mary Unwin had seized her arm excitedly ex- ex ex u. I low how like tike youth she thou thought ht to forget Its recent perils end and present presenta a 8 serene front to the world Look III Mor Mary Diary cried Theres Therell Dad 1 i imeln In looked down at nt the m launch unit saw that there thre were men In lu police uniform too Then she recognized rec rec- recognized the senior partner of ot the great grant Inn firm which transacted tier her business There was nothing the she he could do now for the Injured JIll man II than thun commend him to 10 Dir Mr I r. r care It seemed an n Interminable time before before be be- fore tore the police questions were answered an answered cud and the ahue he was on Oil I bo the Yacht club chil launch with the Albatross lying astern She had bud been glad gilld to accept the opportunity to lea leave VI the yacht on Iho much faster munch launch CHAPTER XIII Mr Unwin Speaks Speak His Hi Mind The Tha were speedily to find 1 what wealth wl and the desire to hell help them could do 1111 Within twelve hours hour s o of meeting 1 K clyn II n their small lint had bad been abandoned lIh unit and they were six beautifully appointed J 4 rooms In a mansion whose whoa e grounds run r down to the Hudson It W IS Vim HimIn's mission to go o to the Albatross and bring back a list o of ot f things s Mrs Dire wanted tl On the tho night of his hla first visit to the yacht he hI returned In III a mood of horrified ex ez nt I o you remember a Ii man named limm er he asked I never be he able to forget him his hostess answered Why A 1111 sailor II or they called Red lied Mike must l h have VI had some grudge against llam m. m ner who trout from all nil accounts seemed a n i quiet civil spoken non man Mike got gotal f at al him ulna unit Jumped tI w with Ith th the e poor poet fellow In his arms The stream w ns running lust fast and tilt they couldn't suave save e them Horrible slip she exclaimed There e must 1 have 1111 been a n curse urse on the ship Death upon death And theres there's another likely Unwin went on on the tho prize crook rook of them all all Dr Andrew Orme Theres There's not much chance for tor him ulna Perhaps Its It's the tho bet better ter hr way WilY I should like tike to have hl seen n hi him III The police pollee think he be was th the e bruins brains of or the tho whole whale thing even e th the e punt own you OU culled Clements seems t to o p l t What It Matter If They Thoy Do Laugh at You a Bit Bit Sir lave been heen 1 less I dangerous IUS They have hn Ormea s record complete and hope to he hI aide able to 10 till In iii the details of ot the years IlIr they lust lost sight of him hint talked on asking Innumerable able questions and getting ready re replies plies piles from all 1111 but bul Mrs Irs lUdway 11 Less than torI forty mills miles dl distant there thero were grouped around the bedside of ofa a mutt man w who ho was not expected to hi live lI e tin an Inspector fill from III a R police po po- hh lice t surgeon l' l n and an clI cl I stenos nog r Now 11 And Andy the lime In Inspector begged be he reasonable Wily Why go to your Sinker Maker with a lie on your our conscience The Tile U suspect held out his bis hands The Inspector did riot not know w what hilt hat be he meant tint finger r prints said faintly you ou haven't ha verified them item yet 11 The Inspector did not like hike to tell him he was as rushed to 10 the bedside In 10 order to 10 take hits his dying depositions A dead mans man's hands were wor Just as liS asgood asgood good em evidence as those through which ll tie Ih e blood blond coursed l lI I 1 thought ou told me IIII he hI was ivies all allIn allIn In the Inspector said to Itt ire urge n You said you'd oud give him half an howat hour how hourat hourat r at the most mot lies one of those obstinate cusses said laid the surgeon surgeon- There was a certain certai admiration In his voice be tie could rould no not t forget that here was a member of ot hl his own profession who had attained 1 world-wide world fame rome ere crime enmeshed d him lies Ilea got the will with to live hive th the e surgeon added Wh Why not humor him lies He's cruz crazy to be finger er printed The Inspector came to the bedside It was n not often he could grant a lust has favor so easily cully All right Andy he grinned Ill II I do too It It ItAn An hour later laler the surgeon wa was wall s wanted on the tle telephone That bird Andy lId Orme Orme sal said ti the Inspector with t a note of ot grievance In his voice olce Ills prints are abs absolutely o- o new ones to us The surgeon found the time unknown n and In pain The surgeons surgeon s look was not as friendly as It ft had hint d been ben lie He had been mistaking a n pe person per pr r son Bon of probably no Importance with will h the discoverer of ot the celebrated Orme Orm p method of ot cerebral surgery Youre not Andrew Orme he ns a s There was Irritation In III hl his hili manner j he tie felt he tie bind been Poole fooled t and the sensation was W not pleasing I 1 keep Ipp on saying so n remarked smiling grimly Now 01 cn cnn n I be he allowed to sleep In pence Mrs Irs discovered In UnwIn n n man whom she could trust because e he ho was honest and devoted to her tie r Interests A er very great deal of ot business bus busi i ness lies devolved tle upon Ullon him For or the first st time In III his bis working life he was happy haplY The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tech Tec h was to receive Boh and Mar hy y to graduate from Smith Sn r ith before e she married Crosb Crosby bud bald yet to wi win n his way woy Usually the took their meat meals g s In their own suite but very pry often the they y were Invited to dine with Mrs Ra Rod Rod- d way The three thre of ot them them Mrs Unwin wn was Willi y still unable to move were mote were Invited In t ta toa to toa 0 o a dinner dillner party given b by I Ita Had d. d way when wl she learned that Todd wn was g s to leave lellye for an un appointment In III Chicago Chi Cit cago cage exactly u one olle week a after ter landin landing g from the Albatross At seven 11 Mary Iury heard her tier fathers father s a voice olce on the telephone He tie said sald h be e p I should not be able to get to II until nine Your our olce sounds sound cross russ Daddy she said ire Are ro you ou angry with au anyone any y one olle Angry ingry Is too mild a R term he tae sub said suld d I and hung up Usually he be called lit her hr r by some sortie pet pct let name but he be was abrupt t different lint unit and Incomprehensible When he cattle came they were sitting g around a wood wend lire fire In the large ha hall II 11 around which the house was bull built t t. t Unwin was one of those kindly men n given ghen to tu effusive l greetings when hi be he e knew his people Tonight he bowed Bowe d to them all coldly Not even o to Mr Mrs Irs s. s did dill he unbend Daddy Paddy said suld Mary plaintively y you lIu haven't nl spoken to poor Ioor Cros Crosby by yet t lies lie's hurt I have o no doubt said Unwin dt dl s that a young man of his r resourcefulness re t and antI Intrepidity will 1 r re recover e cover r from the shtick shock Crosby To Todd flushed lie He h had ht bet been n IO told that his bis future law tather-ln-law w wa 1 is i's of a H kindly and affectionate si tiun Assuredly the middle e aged gray ruy gentleman un on the rug rut b be lie e- e fore furL t the h lire was not running true truo to form Im lIIm m II afraid hI you hll have e had hat a tI tiro tiring 1 t day Mrs Irs ay remarked One lime hll of ot the most miserable I ha have hll to ever lr LI spent 1 h he answered It Is tilt dim 11 cult to 10 know Just how bow to tell you y OU nu 11 10 about II t It Mary came ellmo to his hla side anti and slipped ed her Drill arm through his r Very rarely h hat had she seen leer her t father In such a R mot motas mood ul l as ns this load Hud h he she wondered wUI tak token en n some somo dislike to Crosby 11 lips Ills tot tone e seemed evidence of It It Essential Essentially ly she w was as a II peacemaker Dont don't tell us UI now nosy she begged In 10 the morning this black bluck mood would ha hate e pt passed llo Floyd Flod d took no notice of ot his daughter lie He stood there thre meditating The girl might not have 1111 ve existed Very he repeated I suppose I 1 land better b commence b bj by proclaiming my uy own lenc 1 I have ha been bren an all economic failure Mrs Irs I 1 have hll worked hard and 1 there CherE Is nothing to show shuw for It A mouth month or so 10 ago 1 I went to an RO oh old friend and asked financial aid uhl from hI him t itu Ill II It was for my childrens children's lion I 1 needed It lie He refused me time I learned then something of the scorn success lens has for such as I I. I I. I Dont Daddy Duddy Mar Mary begged Sh She saw law that for some It'll reason son by her he was bent beat on crucifying himself publicly Another mitt man he went on un lug Ing a friend of equal standing In ID point of years offered aid ald It was not In 10 his power to give rhe It tt Immediately He lie set lIel out to earn farll by bU his unquestioned skill the few tew thousand dollars dollar I 1 needed It for lob Hob was and Mary be he betook betook took this burden burdo upon him blan I 1 remember remen remelD her ber that he hI said he would try and be a fairy godfather to them Well he failed lol ln fell Into another fir iii of ill silent en t r I musing When he be spoke again It was of ot another subject I 1 have Just come from the bedside of ot a man mao who I is d ay- ay dying Ing ng He tie looked toward Crosby Todd lodd sourly The man moo you rou and my son on attacked at attacked at at- tacked wounded and left lert for tor the police to drag to the Tombs Tomb I commend com com- mend end your caution Mr lr Todd Evelyn Olyn was glad that the dancing shadows from the open tire fire concealed her face I dont don't understand you Mr lr Unwin Unwin un- un |
