The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07

IN llRh. Ever sttu LnN FsltNIOT " IpAOuItbbSI
She's n daisy. eff she is u tOothpick."
.".,What do tsey cost; Danr,, ,,.,.
Thing you kin think Of" Thcn TO himself
half under his breath, Guess I'D call he
CHAPTER v.
That was the first OF many talks with Dan
who told him Why no would transfer his dory,I
lan,e to the imaginary BurRess-modelled had
decker. Harvey heard u good deal more aoou,
the real Hattie NJ Gloucester: saw a lock OF
ncr hair--which Dan. finding fair words OF no
nyall. had booked" as she sat In front of him
mt school that winter and g. pho tograph. Hat,
contempt for boys. aud had been iramplIns on
Dams heart through the. winter. All thls
was rsvesled under oati Of solemn secrecy on
Inc ioe; the whining wheel behind them. the
climbing deck before, and without. the unrest
bows came to know each other, there was a
fight. which ragged from bow to stern. till Penn
not to tell Dlsko. who Thought lighting on
watch rather worse than sleeping. Harvey
a great n Z % deaI for a"f his eI new s1tT training that bat he , mSs
his defeat and did not try to yet even with
his conqueror BY underhand methods.
Tint was after hs had been cured OF n string
Of boils between his elbows and wrists where
The wet jersey and "ilskins cut into the flesh.
Too salt water stung them unplcasantly. but
Dan %treatcl them when they were ripe with
Diskos rnIpr. nne asspred Harvey thnt now he
curry sores was the mark OF the caste that
clai ned him.
Being a bog and very busy. he did not bother
his head with too much thinking. But ono
day. as he stood on the foc'sle ladder. Rnyine
the cook: who had accused ,hin, and Dan OF
hooking fried pies. II occurred 10 him that this
M.- n st Improvement on taxing snubbings
from strangers In the smoking room OF a
lie was a recognizcd par. OF the scheme Of
things on the We're Hero;" had his place az
l nSIs t sls own and n among inc ,s, tho sun UN :, snd c SSr,
when the, Others we're Always ready TO listen
to what they called his .ia,,y tales" Of his iits
gre Bn-Crusicd quadrant. that they called the
whoc.yoEc'- under the bed bag in his bunk.
When he took the sun. nni with the help OF y
Robert Is. Thomas almanac found the lati-
tule. Harvey would Jump down into tn" cabin
and scratch the reckoning Lnd date with u
chief engineer - the liner could have done no
more. The said 'hoe-yoke." an .Eldridsc
Pilot" and Yowditch's '..Nsvigalor.'' were ali
The weapons Disko needed to guide him. except
vey nearly slew Pean with IL when Tom Plntt
taught him first how Ia, "fy the blue pigeon;'
tinuous sounding in any sort OF a sea. for calm
weather on shoal water Disko used hiC freely.
samples. .Greaser he up good, Harve." Harvey
would tnliow the cur. at the end, and carefully
BRING the sand, shell. sludge. or ~hntever u
might he. to Dlsko, who fingered and smolt
II and then gave Judgment. As has been said.
when DISCO thoncht OF cod he til iuvht us. n
Here from berth to berth, always with the
nsh. MS u bllndfolded chess player moves on
hut his board was the Grand Bank. n irlan.
gle OF twp hundred and ATTY miles on each sido
"a waste OF waliow. ng sea. cioakcl with dnHk
fog. rexed with gales, harried with drifting ice.
scored by .e tracks OF the reckless, liners. and
dotted with the sails OF the fishing fleet.
For davs they worked In fog Harvey ft the
bell-till. grown familiar with the thick airs.
no went GU, with Tom Plat. his, heart rather
In his mouth. Int the fog would not lit. and
the fish were biting. and no ono can be- help.
le,.ly afraid for SIX hours at Q time. Harvey
stick as Tom PlGti caiIei for them: and they
rowel back to the schooner guided by tho bell
and Tom. instinct, Manucl's conch sounding
month. Harvey dreamed OF the smoking. shift
s,raycd away into nothing. and the air aaovo
that, melted on the sen below ten feet from his
with Manuel on what should have been FORTY.
fathom bottom. but the whole length OF the
roding ran 3ut. and still the anchor found moth
Ing, and Harvey grew mortallv afraid. for
that his, last touch with earth was lost.
Whale hole SAID Manuel. hauling in. That
the schooner to lind Tom Platt and the others
ieering at the skinacr because. for once. he had
led them TO the edge OF tho barren Whale Deep.
thc blank hol, OF the Grand Bank. They made
another berth through the fog and that time the
hair OF lIarvey's head stood no when he went
the whii-ness OF the fog with a breatl! like the
breath OF the grave. and there was a roaring. n
. "'N AiN H'0N t"N W
duction N the dread summer berg OF the bank.
and no covered, in Tho bottom OF the boat
though, clear. and SOFT. and warm. when IL
seemed n SIN TO do anythins but loaf oyes tho
with al! oar; aud there were days OF lisht air
when Harvey Was taught how tn steer the
schooner from one berth u another.
H. thrilled through him when he first felt the
Keel answer to his hand on the spokcs and slide
over the long holIows ~ the f9r"sail scythed
MAGNIFICENT, In spite of Di,ko saying Tint IL
you'd break a snakes back to follow the wake,
But, as usual, pride ran before n fall. Tnoy were
sailing on. the wind with the ~staysail an old
one. luckily set. and Harvey ianmeh her right
mastered tho art. The fores,i! went over with
a bang, ami the foreGar, stabbed and ripped
.hrongn the sta,sail. which was. OF course, pre-
lowered the wreck In awful silence. aud llar-
yey spent his l"!snro honrs for the next few
necdls and palm. Dan hooted with Joy. for, as
he said, ho had made the very same blunder
lboylike. Harvey initiated all tho men by
turns. IN he had combined. Disko's peculiar
hand. when tho lines were hauled. ManucI's
ronnd -shoulhered but effective stroke In q dory,
and 10 Ton pint,,s Ohio stride along the deck.
Long, lnck. when Harvey was looking ont hy
the windla;s one Thick noon, MI Law my
him an he consa,es himself he's u bowld maj.
i"cr; Watch his little Bit ~ a back noTH"
Plat. ,,'rhe boys, they make believe all the
time TIL They've cheated 'emsclvcs int5 bcin'
mon. IN so till they dlc-preteudin' an nre-
tendin'. done II on the old Ohio. | know.
stood my first watch linrbor wRtih taelin'
iiner n FsrraSut. Dan's full o. the same Kind
o notions. SEQ 'en now, actin TO he gene
wine. nosrbucks- every hair n ropeyarn an
blood Stockholm tar. lie spoke down the
cantn stairs. Guess you're mi,took In your
judgments fer once, Disko. What In Rome
made ye tell us ali here tho hid was craHyy'
lilo, wuz,' DIsko replied. Crazy cs IA
loon when he come aboard, but III say he's
sc6errd up consid' bio sense. cured him"
He yarns good. - said Tom P.att. ''T'other
nigh he tod MS abHOut u KID ot his own si2a
st-erIn' a cunnin' little rig nm -four ponies up
an down Toledo. Ohio. | think twas. AN vivin'
suppers To u crowd o. similar kids. Gurus
Kind o. fairy tale. hut blame intercstln'. lie
knows rcOrcs OF EN-"
Guess lie strikes 'cfn Outrn his own head, ~
Disko called from tie cnDin. where he was
busy with tho log. book. Stands 10 reason
that sort Il all made M. IL don'i take In no
;'ne but Dan, mn, he laugh, at II. l'vo heard
him, behind my back"
Viewer hear whnt Simon Peter Calhoun
said when they whHckcd up n match 'twix'
his sister liitty AN l0r;n' ,Icrauid. an III.
D0NA mn uNthaf ,pln n II him ,lanvyn Q "a