Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13


Mrs Falgood had declared that he must follow
me. even to the North Pole.
There was no practical way for him to toll
low me- unless he chartered last steamer
or smugpled himself on board the Sleeper as a
stowaway / intended to keep my eyes open
for him, but / should not have Thought OF
his conceaing himself in the narrow limits
of what we called the hold il Mr.. Waxau
had not told me that he had not seen HIM
leave the vessel.
l had crawled from the run to point
little forward of the mainmast with Ian
tern in my hand Probably the stowaway had
found as comfortable a place as he could,
and when he heard my approach he changed
his position to one of greater security Al
any rate heard the noise of his movement.
His plan was obvious enough lie meant
to remain in concealment until the sleeper
was out of sight of land, or until he had OBJ
tained some clue to her destination. If Mad
dy Fayrthorne intended to cruise on the
coast, he was willing to land at the first port
the vessel made, if he failed to secure a pas
sage in her as guest. lie could easily tol-
low her near the shore.
If the Sleeper went to sea he would not
show himself until the yacht had gone too
far to return. OF course [ could only guess
what he was thinking about, yet ! had done
some very good guessing for one who had the
reputation of being born in England.
As soon as | had made the discovery that
we had stowaway on board reported the
fact to the mate, and he informed the cap
tain, for we were Obliged to do everything in
a ship-shape manner on the Sleeper. Maddy
called me, and asked me if | knew anything
about the unwelcome passenger.
''Of course | do L replied, laughing. Il
have not seen him. but | heard him in the
hold, and l AMI positive the gentleman is Pat
'7Pallingrove" exclaimed the skipper
81 told you what Mrs Falgood said to him
at his new lodgings: He is to follow me If
l go to the North Pole"
Il am heartily rejoiced that you found
him so SOON" replied Captain Fayrthorne.
Il should not have thought of his being
on board il Mr.. Waxall had not told me that
he did not see him leave the yacht yester
day afternoon, though he was on deck all the
time"
Haven't you noticed smell of bilge water
neal the scuttle in the galey?" asked Maddy.
And | thought he was changing the subject
OF the conversation very suddenly,
.'No, | haven't | replied, honestly enough.
81 have observed it this morning for the
FIRST time, and it annoys me exceedingly. II
/ had barrel of cologne water | would knock
the head out and spill the contents into the
hold"
81 have not noticed any odor which you
don't find in any vessel" | said.
Then your nose is at fault laughed Mad
dy. 81 can't stand it. As we have no CO.
logne water, we must use salt water, and
wash out the hold. Mr. Waxall there is
bad smell of bige water in the cooks galley,
and l want about hundred hogsheads of
sea water pumped into the hold and then
pumped out"
SIT shall be done. at once replied the
mate, with cheerful smile, as he called one
Of the two foremast hands.
The Sleeper was provided with a small
steam engine, set up in little room next
forward Of the galley. On the main deck
above it was a windlass, with which we
could hoist the sails or heave up the anchor
II also worked a powerful pump with which
we could flood the decks, extinguish a fire
or pump out the well
This apparatus was Maddys own idea, and
it saved the employment of from two to four
hands. 1t would do a great deal of work
without making any fuss about it. Stupanne
the cook, was the engineer, and a door open
ed from the galley into the little room which
contained the boiler and machinery
Mr. Waxall directed the hands he had call
ed to remove the stores from the hold The
main hatch, over which was skylight, was
removed, and purchase block dropped into
the hold
The articles were merely hosted into the
galley, which was very large for the size
of the yacht, for Maddy considered it the
most important apartment on board He
spent not little of his time there. for he
had taste for cookery.
took charge of the removal of the stores,
which consisted of bags and barrels of veg
etabes; but we did not disturb the barrels
OF beef and pork or the water casks, SO that
We quickly finished the job.
| looked about for the stowaway but
could not see him. Probably he had crawIed
into the foreDeak.