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deaf that know.
"chl I can ear right 'nOugh,'' answered
Donkin, in low tone, and looked down.
He was thinking sadly of going out when
Jimmy spoke again.
Time we did get home to get something
decent TO eat. l am always hungry"
Donkin felt angry all OF sudden.
What habout me- he hissed II am
'uugry, too, an got ter WORK. You, UNI
gryi"
There's couple of biscuits in the lower
hunk there you may have one, said Wait.
Il can't eat them."
Donkn divcd in, CROPPED in the corner
and when he came up again his mouth
wasfnII. He munched with ardor. Jimmy
seemed to doze with open eyes Donkin
finished his hard bread and got up.
"D'ser think yer VIII hever get ashore?"
he asked, aneriiy.
Wait came hack with start. ''Ten
days he said promptly.
Ten daysl Strike me blind if I hcveri
Yon VIII be dead by this time tomorrow
pr APPS. Ten days!'' He waited for
awhile. "D'ye ear me? Biamme if yer
don't Ioor dead halready."
Jimmy must have been collecting his
strength for he said, almost alOud: . You're
u cadEing liar. Everyone knows YOU"
And sitting up, against all probability, he
startled his visitor horribly. But very sooi.
DGsmn recovered himself He clustered.
What? what" WHO'S liar You
hare the crow1 hare the pper-hevery
body I haiut putting On hairsi WHO'S
yer pnthonlairs2" herepeated, trembling.
Ave one ave one, says t-an' cawn'r
beat 'efr 'iSself Now I'll have both Yer
uobcdyi'
lie plunged into the lower bunk, rooted III
there and brought TO light another rusty
biscuit II held il W before Jimms then
took q bite de1aHtly
Yer won't / eantl What did say?"
went on D0nkm. fiercely He swallowed
saother dry mouthful with haEty effert.
The others silent helplessness, his weak
ness, his shrinking attitude, eXasperated
him. -sTe're dcneff he cried who's
yer ia DE iied to; ter re waited hon, and
an foot like a hlComiR hympero' Yer
nobody. Yer no one at hair he splut
tered with such a strength of unerriug
conviction that it shCCk him from head To
foot IL coming out. and left him vibrating
Ike a released string.
Jimmy lifted bis head and turned brave
unknown face, fantastic and grimacing
mask Of despair and fury. It's lips moved
rapidly. and hollow, moaning, whisjling
sounds flied the cabin with vague mutter
fuu o. uenare, complaint and desolatoH,
like he Ear-oGf murmUr OF a rising wind.
Wait shook bis head rolled his eyes; ae
denie,, cursed. menaced-and not word
cad the strength to pass beyond the Sor.
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ingoHprehensible and disturbing: glib
berish of emotions; n frantic, dumb show
of speech pleading for impossible things,
threatening a shadowy vengeance. II
~,Eered Donkin iuio u scrutinizing watch
falncss.
Yer can't hoIlcr, see? What did tell
( yer?- he said slowly after moment OF
attentive examination. hive been
treated worser'n a c0rg by your blooming
EackIickers. They as set me hpn houly
70 turn aginst me. H ham the h0nly man
'erP- They clouted me, kicked me an
yer LATED yer black rotten hincUmbrance,
you. You VIII pay fur hit. They Civ
yer their grub, their water, yer viii pay
fur hit ter me, by Gawdi Who haXed me
Ter ave drins Of " alter They put their
bloeuin rags on yer that night, AT what
didthey ygivter ne2 a eIout0n the bloomin'
Inouth-blaSt their S'clp nc Yer
Will pay fur nit with yer money. Him
gein :er ave hit in a minute: has soou has
ye're dead, yer blooInin useless fraud.
/ That's the man ham. Yah-yOR corpser'
He finng at Jimmy's head the biscuit he
| had been all the time Clutchng hard, but
( it only sraZed, and striking with loud
/ crack the bulkhcad beyond, burst like Il
I hand grenade into flying pieces. James
/ Wait as thou ,gh wounded mortally, fell
! bac K on The pillow. HisIips ceas ed totnove
] and the rolling eyes became quiet and
starrd upwards with aninteESe and steady
persistence Don kin vas surprised: he
/ sat sudd-EIy on the chest ana touchdown,
I exhausted and gloomy.
JiulE4y's head moved slightly and he
! turned his eyes to Donkin's face; a gaze
! unbelieving, desOlafed, and appealing,
/ Of a CLiid frightened by the menace OF
/ being shut up alone in the dark. Don
| kin observed bin from the chest with
( hopeful eyes; time without raising he tried
1.-THE lid Locked. Il wish l was drunk -
he uGttered and getting up listened anx
| IOuSly to the distant sound OF foot steps
on tie deck. Thev approa ched ceased.
DonEin sat down again patient and
/ pUrposeful- Every half hour the bells
spoke t. one another, ringing along the
/ whole lenot' Of the ship. Jimmy ; respira a
ton y is 50 rapid thatit col uldn thee counted.
so eai..t that il couldn't be heard. His tive
| long b1nv hands smouthed the blanket uD
| ward, as though he wished 10 gather il
! ali up under his chin. 4 tear, a bic solitary
| tear, escaped from the corner of his eye
| and 1virhout tt,r.chinsr fhts hollow cheeI-
| fell on the pillow His throat ratified
| family; and Donkin, watching the end
| OF the hateful man, felt the anguishing
I grasp OF a great sorrow on his heart t the
| thought that he himself, some day, would
| have to g. throughitalI just like tbis-per
| haps. His eyes became moist. Poor beg
| gar" he Elurmured. The night seemed t.
| 60 by in a flash; it seemed to him ne could
| hear the iTremedIabIt rush OF precious
minutes How long would this blooming
affair last? Too long, surely. No luck
He could not contain himself He got III
and approached the bunk. Wait did no
stir. Only his eyes appeared alive and hi.
hands continued their smoothing move
ment with Horrible and tireless industry
Donkin bent over.
Jimmy, be called low. There WIS nc
answer, brit the rattle stopped. "D'yel
see me?'' he asked trembling. Jinfrny'.
chest heaved. Donkin, looking aw ay, ben
his ear to Timmys lips. and heard a suune
Ike the rustic of single dry leaf dr ver
along the smooth sand Of d beach. ItshapeC
itself. Jimmy was speaking.
'LiTht-the lamp-and- CO. he sid
Donkin fRstinetively glanced over hi.
/ shoulder at the blazing flame: then still