The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-16
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shone IN The deliclously flushed face
these things made his brain whirl with
the rapture of regarding them. II
seemed impossible that this charming
creature could really be considering
him when she spoke in this manner.
Anything have done has been an
honor as well as pleasure" he STAN
mered. But don't you think another
vessel may be still in pursuit? If they
set such Importance on your capture,
they will surely try to insure it. Ii
you would only condescend to accent
the hospitality of my yacht, should
have the greatest pleasure in convey
Ing you to Stockholm or wherever you
like as soon as possible. This unfor-
tunate accident to your mast must de,
tain you" -, a - .ss
The colonel spread out his hands
deprecatingly. ..You are kindness It.
SELF" he answered. 81 couldn't think
Of disturbing your cruise he began,
but Desmond interrupted eagerly.
Il was bound for Stockholm In any
case" he averred mendaciously, land
If Miss Preobeslas will excuse our
bachelor menage"-the blue eyes SPAR
kled merrily-"l can promise to try at
any rate to make you fairly comfort
able"
The colonel was overwhelmed by
this offer. but In truth 1t could not be
accepted. There were the munitions
of war These he could not bring him
self to desert
Desmond was determined The mu-
nitions of war could be transshipped.
The colonel owed it not only to him.
self, but to his country. to do that
which served her best. AS mere
question Of principle he hoped the mat
ter might be reconsidered from this
point of view.
The colonel wavered and was pro
found In his Acknowledgements. How
could he force himself on such as
founding good nature? He appealed
to his daughter. She, with graceful
outspread hands, could find no argu-
ments to help him and could but smile
her helplessness, Lane. the skipper.
when appealed to- was most evidently
agreeable to losing his passengers. hay.
ing an eye to the dangerous nature Of
both them and their cargo Finally
the long and the short of it was that
within two hours the Polish refugees
were ensconced in the yachts best
cabins and the cases of rifles. in her
hold When morning dawned. the
merchant vessel was a dwindling speck
upon the horizon. and with every sail
set the Hendrix Hudson was flying
north to Stockholm = s, -
Pladja. the Finn. was talking in the
little English he had managed to pick
up when. Desmond and his guests
strolled on deck after breakfast. He
was addressing Jones excitedly, lick.
Ing his lips reminiscently over the glo-
ries OF the fight. A cutlass wound had
scared his forehead and was bound
with ample folds or lint In this he
resembled more than one of the yachts
crew, but Barr had pronounced them
all to be healthy wounds and likely to
heal though some of them were
shrewd enough gashes.
AS the colonePs voice was raised in
answer to some remark Of his host a.
strange thing happened. The Finn
whirled round and stared at him from
beneath his bandaged brows, his eyes
ablaze, his mouth open, intense amaze
nent shining in every feature. With q
Wild cry he rushed across the inter-
Vening deck and cast himself at the
others feet. snatching at his hands,
covering them with kisses. pouring out
| babel OF disjointed. tremulous words.
awning like dog who has found his
master after long days of separation.
For the moment the colonel was en-.
irely nonplnsed. Then as the bearded