The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

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kept up mother can see her yet standing in that
splitting bucks. Ugh!' 81
quartemaster gazing with half eyes at
the glare the said nothing the
"And I my way Indictment can
quashed believe is the only way to save my fathers
life If it cannot be done shall back to Rio and take
mothers place.
From the depths of his chest the man chohed up word
but fairly
at him inqufrngly
81 sorry you, Miss Annesley" said Perhaps,
however, will your purpose you
shore And turning from her somewhat abruptly he walked
She thought him ill-mannered but
her own story which had become the chief
moving impulse of her e quickly obiterated him from her
mind she stood there comuning until long after the
setting had spilled its gold the make itself
path below the horizon
Early morning girl to break
fast she found it already the table, the
ter waiting to sit down with her. No reference made to
the Of the previous evening but when the meal
over Wade said briefly
Annesley second thought decided to try
and reach shore with this boat have been working the
engine and believe get enough steam to keep the
old tub going half speed. might try any
swew
Eyes you must quartermaster and cook I'll be engi,
neer and stoke With fair weather and equatorial cur
rent to help should make
days cannot just wherein not enough of nayiga-
tor-but somewhere"
denly caused him to his idea of floating in the dol
drums. He the look and added hastily:
hurry
days work Then he hurried out of the saloon. ~
When she she started after him. She looked
down into engine sfrom which bursting
finally started tmdly to
down the iron ladder that led to the gallery above the
cylinder head He called out Immediately from below
"Oh, Miss Annesley, must not come down here . He
the ladder quickly and stepped out the deck
Great beads of sweat hung his forehead and he
painting
"oh' she sad really you must slower Haste is
dangerous this climate it going to be hot
day."
Yes he answered dryly, II shouldn't wonder-very
hot. But let's go to the bridge
looked pinnacle and found that the steamer
the northwest This suited
his purpose He unashed the girl
below assuring her that
went into the steering the little wheel
then so stiff would easy then he off.
leaving standing
the spokes He long time and she wondered
what he was doing But presently tramp
began to vibrate belch forth
suddenly the wheel became pliabe toy.
and she realized that moving slowly
water. At the same time Wade running
bridge He stripped to the waist and with his upper
clothes the last yestge OF his ceremony He took
the wheel swung it over several points
There said "the is to the westnorwest see
left-f it to the eftso-her will
the righthere that So keep her here at this
point, again. But if anything wrong-f
in plain sight, call thru
this tube And without further ado he ran below again
morning to the girl the bridge At first
there novelty feeling moving
completely subservient to her
times she could not resist the temptation to prove
making the steamer to
sarboard back again to the The glare of the
eyes made her head ache. The hours
dragged by YEARLY
the morning seemed long the girl it age
engine itself should have had all his time,
it with oil and
PEELED of the steam-oilng
attention knowledge
engines confined what he had picked
this vessel having established certain danger
limits he careful to within them But
likely the mechanism
to the smashing point The real danger lay to himself So
rule of action keep within bounds He opened
get it easily Then the fire doors
opened ends of the cube formed by the reox
point twice around the cube working
between the engine e worked
make most Of The me-