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thought you would. We shall be mil
lionaires. doctorl,'
''or paupers, captain, said the doc
tor quietly.
CHAPTER II.
TIE FIRST RECRUITS

y A1SU lAcl0 was Aldu
young Oxford student, who had been
s'plucked" on his examinations, was
heavily in debt and had been discarded
by his father. On the day Of his dis
missal he was standing on the beach of
Weston-super-Mare pondering on his
future and reluctantly came to de-
cision to accept the queen shilling and
go for soldier. Before seeking the re-
cruiting sergeant he resolved to have
bath. So pulling off his clothes he
waded into the ocean. and when over
his depth bean to swim. AS he swan
a curious fancy took possession of him
that he had only to go on swimming
and his fc-tc,2e vould come open armed
to meet HIN. Giving way to the fancy
he swan On, but presently the water
grew colder, and, turning, he noticed
what a very long way it seemed to the
beach. He pulled on, but made no
Roadway. His heart sank; he was be-
ing carried out to sea. Still he strug-
gled, but at last, overcome, with de-
spairing cry, he fought the waters that
We're mastering him.
Now, DR.. Tring and Captain Colepep-
per had chartered vessel to take them
where the treasure lay and had fitted it
with various ingenious engines Of Dr.
Things invention for coping with the
enormous difficulties of dive which
would be far bigger than anything
any one had as yet dreamed Of, but
they had got no farther than Bideford
before their crew, learning of the pur-
pose of the expedition, mutinied to
a man, and the order was given to bout
ship for Bristol, where the crew left in
body. DR.. Tring and Captain Cole
pepper, having cooled from their disap-
pointment, We're out for row with fd-
die and flute practicing duets and heard
Alan Guthries cry. Pulling in the di-
rection from which it proceeded, they
found him about to sink and hauled
him aboard unconscious. AS soon as he
came to himself and learned of their in
tended expedition they found no diff
Guilty in enrolling him as their first re-
cruit
Then the captains daughter, Dolly,
took it into her head that she must go
refusal from her father. Both DR.. Tring
and Alan Guthrie pleaded in her behalf,
but the captain was obdurate, avowing
that they must not be hampered with
women.
One morning the captain, the doc
tor and the first recruit were sitting in
the captains room at Bristol, smoking
and xuopdoripo, howe ,,,oro NOV, ,o,l,
less enough to embark with them, We're
to come from. An organ grinder had
taken up his position in front Of the
window and was commencing to grind
out ssThe Last Rose of Summer" at a
pace SO funereal that the homely old tune
sounded as though it were dirge, and
had the three men been fanciful they
might have taken this dismal wall as
an ominous commentary on the Doctors
last words. 1t may be, perhaps, that
some such thought did occur to DR..
Tring. Anyway, his distress was acute.
The man dawdled slowly through the
Crosse, = and then started another tune,
and this time he elected to add his own
voice to the other torture:
Ere ha sheer ulk lies pore Tom Bow-ow
ling,
The darling of hover cre-e-e-ew."
"Oh. this is too much' exclaimed
the doctor and started for the door.
STEADY doctor; listen bit, I" said
Captain Colepepper, getting up from
his chair and going toward the window.
"This fellows pipe seems familiar to
me somehow or other. Hanged, though, ;"
he added after a scrutiny of the singer,
'.if I know where / can have seen the
man himself before"
The organ grinder was going steadily
on:
I" Is fawm was hof the lnan-li-hest -u-tee,
Is art was key ind a-and r-or-or-oft
Faithful berlow Tom did lis deu-u-tee,
And now 'e's GAVIN alor-or-or-oft,
And now-ow 'e's ga-aw avn alorft.
''Strange!' muttered the captain.
81 know the voice to letter, but that
thing can t be the man"
The second verse was being shouted
at them, and the words were being
driven unto their ears with force
which made the window panes rattle.
-''wor-ord depar-ar-ted,
is vir -chews wa-as 500 ra-a-a-are,
is fr'en's was ina-any hand treu ar-ar-ted,
is 'Enrietta was key ind and fair. -
"That settles it'll" exclaimed Captain
Colepepper, rushing toward the door.
"Tom Jelly was the only man who ever
changed Poll to Henrietta in that line I"
sWell, said the doctor, "if the in
dividual is friend of yours, Colepep-
per, hope you'll use your influence
with him for our benefit. Much more
of his melody will be mentally danger
ous-to me at any rate, and even Guth-
RE looks ruff1ed. =
But the captain had got outside by
this time, and the suggestion remained
unanswered The other two, watching
from the window, saw the organ grinder
turn round as soon as the door opened
and grin expansively the moment Cap
tain Colepepper's burly form appeared
on the threshold. The recognition was
mutual, and the two men exchanged a
horny handshake. Then the Observers
eaw that the captain was endeavoring
/ to drag his acquaintance indoors, while
the other offered bashful but yielding
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