Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-20

sons mild gaze that the word stuck in the
fellows throat, and instinctively he leaped
| backward.
Left turned from him disdainfully and adj
| dressed the men of his old crew:
| we are free men, he said, "but I am
the chief to whom, of your own free wills,
you have sworn allegiance on the edge Of
your swords. Do you think 1t improves
your honor that stranger should dare to
| ence?
NO" beloved valbrand in a voice Of
| And Lodin shook his-wounded arm at the
mutineer. eff my hand could close over q
sword l would split you open with it," he
| cried.
The other mems slumbering pride awoke
| Loyalty seldom took more than cat ma DIS in
those days, in spite Of all the hard work
! that was put upon her.
Duck him! "Souse himg dip him In
the ocean, they shouted. And SO energet-
icaily that the ringleader, cursing the fick-
leness OF rebels, found 1t all at once adyis.
able to whip out his sword and fall into q
But again Leifs hand was stretched
| forth
Let him be-" he said. HE is a stranger
a sih1o US ana your own words are respon-
| sinie Tor his mistake. Let him be, and
snow your loyalty to your leader by CARVE
delay" ''eiA4S.
they obeyed him silently, IL reluctantlv-
and 1t was not long before those who had
remained on shipboard were thrown into a
second fever of envious excitement.
an nney Were not pleasant. however, the
Gays that followed. In the flesh Of those
VINO had missed the sport the bear fleht
was as ranking thorn. The watches.
curing which northeast gale kept them
scuaoing through empty seas with little
10 DO and much time to gossip, were golden
hours for the growth of the SERPENT of
olscontent Though the creature did NOT
care 10 strike again, its hiss could be heard
~ ~ .ne Instance, and the CLEAN of its fangs
showed IN dark corners. If Left had had
Biorns bad fortune, to begin at the wrong
end or his Journey so that a barren HELM.
land was the climax that now lay before
nim' the hidden snake might have sweIleds
like Thora Borga Hiort's serpent NOT into
a devastating dragon.
Was it not Leifs luck that the land
which was revealed to them on the third
morning should be as much fafrer than
their Wanted MARYLAND as that snot was
pieasanter than Greenlands wastes?-a land
where, as the old books tell. vines grew
WIG upon the hills. and wheat upon the
pains. where the rivers teemed with fish
and the thicAets rustled with game, and
the Islands were covered with innumerable
Wild fowl; where even the dew upon the
grass was honey-sweet!
As they gazed upon the blooming banks
ana woods and low hills. warm and green
with sunlight. cries of admiration burst
from every throat.
Yalbrand made bold to warn his CHIEF
Though I do not dispute your will in this
any more than in anything else, will say
that difficulties are to be expected II men
are to be parted from such a land without
at least tasting of its good things"
Even for. those who had been longest
with him, the Lucky One was full of sur.
prises.
1T has never been my intention to con-
tinue sailing after we had accomplished
the three landings" he answered quietly.
'Ungrateful to God would we be were we
to fail in showing honor to the good things
He has led us to. / expect to stay over
winter in this place."
(To bs continued tomorrow)