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Show P - - - How Sidney brake rT ; ; IKS JBROUGHT HOME 6& FISH i-vM N ' bf I WE Was Somewhat Delayed in Reaching Home, and What fM WSWiMmW ' 'izljr&l 8 Happened in Between, Being a True Story and Not an Ex- t&tjfcSfr ki&S' case, Mast Be Set Down Among Unusual Adventures -5, ffo$tf& vM$MiM:&W$ J-fSjMyMMi f&r'$- " ' !-J- VV"'-A2v-V) 7 Cleaning the Day's Catch. IFV'?l'$?J ' 'rr-riT'1 t 'X(.y.' V- r- ' -fc-. ' .--'v' Ui ? '":; ' : -U them to let out the reefs, and under a full sj.rt-n.l ot . '? C'.r ;" rV- "w p ( '' '"-V-: '''' 1 cunvm the T.ncy Ann f.iirl Hew nlicnJ. ,N-3.V'y 'Cc7' f u :'V::i-'Vv-.'C .wv-V-',' V'.-'' T.": J. 1 '-':'.Hv '"""-"I? V-" ' -ij' It. anl I" craft of UU own lii los$cr waters he Iia.1 S-fe'.'T '.(r'l -r Vi ' v-A' T-'?.- -V" ':rV .v- A- i folt ,,1'!8df 'f,kr'lc salI,,r-l,lt lI,ls wns a n?w lV3TTO'P y:'vVi' :;!?"' y-V-J.. ' f' H '"'. V:. ' " ! .-:r:';J.. --if sath.n. The Lucy Ann seemo.l to hi in as much a part v-C,':'"s,jS? ::."'v-.s.-ti " i 'y'vtl 'V:; A i,,,'. ' . ' -. . V' .' ;-' v -,'::' of the es as the I.InU on It surface or the fl-sh be- , .V;.". v v.'. :-,V-rr .ii y Y ''-v j' "T. v, . ' ' '" .- ": ' A '."i.,'-' , :'';'..'.' . I neath. The crew, who hal come rountl from Gloucester Xjvpwi y .i't-;N;,r-j.r-'"i s -:"" ;v- ; "k-'- ..' 1 '' V' .-v ' on the sloop, were a wholesome sort aud let him help y:':,y..: , Z ; hi - . ' fc 7J Let Him Help with Tackle and About thTDeck as if They Were dladto Havo K?."" ' "Vfrrr-. Him Aboard. .:! ; ' .'v"''':.' V':-.',V'-' ' rtpTl ' fhpto Copyright 1910 b Edwin Lcvick. ' ': . ' . - ' "? " '"'.' ' "fw ' Mvi ' At four o'clock uost moraln? ;I1 hands turned out They lowered two j-;iwK piled them with seine tieti and rowed eff to lay the nets, elsht men at the oars In each boat. Then they came back for dories and sot out thflr pickets to keep the nets In order. The breakfast break-fast horn blew at elcut. No one had to be called twice. Then there was another stretch of picketing and net hauling until the noon meal. The same work had to bo done lu tbe afternoon. Hy dusk, when tho last haul had been made, the day's catch was reckoned at two hundred bushels of porples. This did not finish the day. There remained the work of cleaning the catch ami parking It down l:i Ice. With nil hands bustling to their capacity, It wn eleven o'clock before they finished. Drake's faca smarted with sunburn, his hands were red and swob len and the lines had dug deep Into his blistered palms. He made no complaint. Everybody got tin-same tin-same treatment, the same hours, the same labor, and everybody took bis medlclue man fashion. The skipper fed his crew well. That kind of work demanded If. Hut fagged out as he was. when Drake got to b 1 1 bunk at eleven that night he found tlmo before he went to sleep to wonder If the folks at homo wero worried and to wish himself back. The second day passed as had tho first, at the fishing fish-ing grounds up at four o'clock, breakfast nt eight, keeping tho nets properly laid and hauling them In on occaslnu; and that night the catch again measured two hundred bushels. At meals Drake was carried back to the ravenous hunger of his youth In outing d.iys. u ht'ii everything tasted good, and he wanto! the plate plh-d h!gh ami often. lie could feel the return of youth, also, lu the surging of his blood, nnd la mi as i hey were, his muscles quickened with the . hut of acthm. Good luck had saved him from n hoodlum crew r cniited along the city wharves and had cast hliu among messmates from the Tar North, where sailors know only the sia and share its heartiness. 1 1 3 !ir!ied to address them by their first names, and from Skipper Jack down they all called him Sid and took him Into fellowship from the beginning. ' Captivated by the trim anil businesslike behavior o t tic Luey Ann when he first observed her at sea, he had grown really fond of her with ripening acquaintance. acquaint-ance. So It was with a tinge of regret that he found tho Lucy Ann, Just one week after departure from port, tying up again at the slip. Drake sought tho skipper. "vou have been mighty good to me," he said, "and I don't reineinbeV when I felt as well ns I do now. I know I must have been a lot of trouble to you. How much will make It right?" "Cut that short. Sid," camo the skipper's reply. "We were all glad to have you along, even If yo-j weren't Invited. You may be a gentleman, but yon held your end up. I wish we had you for regular compauy. As to how much will make It right, I am sorry I can't allow you wages, for tho list was full w hen you Joined us; but we had a quick trip and good caleb nud you are In on the division of extra profits. I figure your share Is $1 DO." As unexpectedly as tho sea had swallowed him It yielded him up. Mrs. Drake had quite decided tlut she must ask the poliro to put out their drag net when Drake appeared before her. The sight made her speechless, for her astonished gaze fell not on her well groomed husband of other days, but 011 bis presentment pre-sentment in an oil smeared sweater and 111 used boots and trousers, his countenance like a pumpkin and his hands rough and calloused and furrowed. A bit of well roiied tnrpnulln encased the evening attire i-i which she hal last seen him. I'nfuldlng another bundle, bun-dle, he expose.l a mess of porgles. ' Caught theui myself," he said, "and cau gu.irautce tliem fre-.li." "Sidney! What" "Some other time, my dear. I've had the experlencr of my life. U has made a new man of me. And J think It has taught me to quit being my owu- bes! customer." better to watch Its dancing sheen he stepped on a I - -V.. " v? ' .'-'wivy t'".'- 'Tl' - - ' . -T :- ! sloop that lay at the pier. Such Jewelled treasure j. ' ' ..." ' 1 : ' -. .'; . V-- '. " --.-'1; 'lyt' '''f'X. '-- ' . . i had never before enthralled him. The mass of moving .'.. !.' ' ;;. '' ' ' '' ' '' ' v-" VVY ''i'9'' ' , ''Vr&'"- ""tF. -Vv-"T- i color was beautiful beyr.nd his dreams, lie fell him- . . '.: ' ' -V'-jVl' IV " "r--" ' ' " " ::Z-:J self transported to a realm of perfect peace and com t . ' . , ; :. ; : : '7 '' .' ' y'y v v, 'i- 'jy tint. . . . t. . ::V-;vvVV-.,-:--c i - ' '-" -V; &fr.-h "t ' j.. ' r'' Headed for thejianks. 7. v' . s J-v i. - ' -v '; '- y .'; ' PhotoCopyright"i9xb'by t''.''-4; -).'' ' ' . 'l1 7 '. i Edwin 'Lcviclu Putt,n? Nas Aboard BoatsT " " "Zr'x " " ''J .... Phto Copyright, 1910 by Edwin Levick, ' " 1 THJu tero of this adventure is a well-to-do resident of New York and well known in tho Middle West, where his ancestors settled early In. the eighteenth, century. Tho 6tory la much more effective when he tells It in his own characteristic style; but a limited circle cir-cle of friends and such, a vast army of unfa-miliars unfa-miliars as this ne-wspaper would bring him naturally enforce a sense of modesty, and tho gentleman accordingly refuses to have his identity made public. The story, therefore, is written as one of make-believe, and rather gains by tbo process. (Coprrisht. 1011. tr the Sew York ncrnld Co. All ricbts K-vrved ) WITH ample fixed income, current affairs prosperous and freedom from outside ey-tanglemeut, ey-tanglemeut, there was no reason why Sidney Drake should vanish. No oue could Imagine why he had done so. Hence when worry began It affected not only 'h-. Immediate family but also the Inner hundred In R'hlch he moved, the clubs he frequented, business issoclates to whom he was an asset, and minor circles pf acquaintances who ordinarily kept In touch wilh blin. Beyond telephone range the telegraph raked the land for tidings oC him. Mrs. Drake avoided only the police In her search, for publicity would have been to.) humiliating, nnd through nil her distresses she held to the fnlth that all would come right In the end. Drake's olllec sign is non-commlital as to his occupation. occu-pation. kWhen he talks of business his friends understand under-stand that he refers to properties that he manages. There Is enough truth lu that to pass review. Lie might havo lived quietly and moved well on a genteel gen-teel inheritance, represented In properties that he does manage, but ho aspired to hold his own In expe n Blvecorupany, to give his wife a place as a social leader and to ruu with the best. With that motive lie accepted In his early married life the confidential agency for a product popularly known as Three C's Cholco Cumberland Club a function which enabled him to gratify hl3 social desires at no sacrifice of prestige, lie had the knack of obtaining orders without soliciting so-liciting them by mere suggestion or advice as au apparently disinterested party. II Ls methods, therefore, there-fore, were far superior to those of a self-coufesscd wine agent It was that diplomatic manipulation of trade which rated him high with his principals, and his convivial qualities kept him in brisk demand Jinong hLs clients. So, more often than-not, this 6u.siness of presenting the merits of Three C's called Mm out at night. Until now It Lad never Interfered ivlth his returning home. At three o'clock that morning, when Drake came out of the cafe where he and some friends hud been proving prov-ing the superior attractions of the Three C's, he decided de-cided that he must have a fresh mackerel for breakfast. break-fast. Therefore he headed for the water front market to get It. It Ls not often that the fish dealers there have a customer in a top hat, patent leathers and broadcloth at three in tho morning while they are dressing their stands. They entered Into vociferous competition for the honor and ideasure of supplying this Interesting customer with as large a 1Kb as he could carry. Instead of moving homeward with his prize. Drako walked along the water front. The air lured him on with Jut enough motion to eo.,1 hhn gratefully grate-fully nft.T stuffy hours uptown. Jle thought the rh er UiUM !ok pretty undvr the moon!-!.-. ., ,.,-dcr t',e They Lowered Two Yawls. Photo Copyright 1910 by Edwm Levick. "Skipper, come and see this fine catch." "What's that 'got a haul already V" "Yes, Mire enough haul; don't look like a mermaid exactly, but I guess It's part human." Drake caught the drift of this exchange, but t' seemed to him to lit naturally luto the caehauliii,; sceue until he fell him -elf lifted by the shoulders and a gmtf but kindly voice said. "Ahoy, steady, now; did you come here for a picnic, young man. or what's your bu-incss?" I'rake rubbed open his wondering eyes. The wand of maulc had Indeed shifted the seene. Something pushed suddenly from him the moon tipped river, the sheen of moviug color, the luring niht breeze, the grimed faces of a ship's crew; and the sky niateln d the gray of the sea, over which the ship was bumping with sails double reefed. Tho night had been real; Was he now dreaming? "You d'.n't look like a seafaring man," the gruff voiee went on; "and If you think you're a passenger, we ain't allowed to carry pas.engers." Lrake surveyed his questioner and then himself. He was forward of the forecustle hutch and had been lifted from a heap of seine nets on which to all. appearances he had luiu. His tllk hat How reposul there, as did tin; fish bought at the market. Mill neatly packed. The expanse of shirt bosom -bowed blgu.s of having served as a sleeping Jacket and bis br..a.b-lolh needed the Iron. Spray had tlei ked with whitish smjU like Incipient m!dew his patent leathers. leath-ers. The cmoiuble was too tangible to mistake it for a dream. "1 must have made a blunder." he said. "WUh' a'U I, plras-e';" "Well, you're out-lde the three mne limit. In fact, .you're on the Lucy Ann, of Gloucester, bound for porgie-. off Cape May. Now, what are you going ' to do about U'.'" "What b yu want me to do about it?" "We can't stand for a passenger or put you ashore. You had better turn to and work your way, I reckon." "That suits me, but ynii must show mc. I am green at this business." "You'll learn soon enough. :n i some day maybe you'll be -:Dd to have it to fall back on. Now' come to th.- :il. in and I'll ii- y,,!i out." Ill the rlltlU whl h loe skipper i:ae him Drake bailed I lie men on derk A -liifl of wind cuabb'd with the tackle and about tho deck as If tbey were glad to have him on board. "Shipmate." said the skipper early the next morning. morn-ing. "I suppose you know the sailor's Kleventh Com-nuindment: Com-nuindment: Six dais shalt thou labor and do all thy work, nnd on the seventh scrub down the rising and hol.iMoiie. the deck.' We let you off the watch la.-t night, so get bu-y." Drake put In the Sunday aeeording to the gospel of the sea, and a pair of ehaf.-d legs and bruised knuckles and blistered palms convinced him that he was earn-lug earn-lug his pasvi-e. That nkht the Lucy Ann lay to under furled sail, at the fishing grounds three bun dred mb'cs off Cape .May. , |