Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-05-19
CHAPTER X

A shock was felt all through the YES
sci, and Pine. who had been watching |
the ironing of the last of the mutineers, |
at once OWNED its cause.
Thank Godr' he cried, there's a
breeze at lastw And as the overpower
ed Gabbett, bruised, bleeding and bound,
was dragged down the hatchway, the
triumphant doctor hurried upuon deck to
find the Malabar plunging through the
whitening water under the influence of
a ffteen-knot breeze.
'Stand by to reef topsails. Away
aloft, men, and furl the royals" cries
Best from the quarterback; and in the
midst of the CHEEKY confusion Maurice
Frere briefly recapitulated what had
taken place. taking care, however, to
pass over his own dereiction of duty
as rapidly as possibzle.
Pine knit his brows. do you think
that Sarah Purfoy was in the plot?"
he asked.
Not she" says Frere, eager to avert
inquiry. How could she be? Plot.
She's sickening of fever, or I'm much
mistaken"
Sure enough, they found Sarah Pur-
foy lying where she had fallen a quar-
ter of an hour before. The clashing Of
the cutlasses and the firing of muskets
had not reused her.
1--WE must make a sick bay some
where says Pine, looking at the sense
less figure. with no kindly glance;
Though l don't think she's likely TO be
very bad. Confound her-I believe she's
the cause of all this. I'll find out, too.
before many hours are over; for I've told
those fellows that, unless they confess
all about it before tomorrow morning,
I'll get them six dozen apiece the day
after we anchor in Hobart Town. I've
a great mind to do it before we get
there. Take her head. Frere. and We'll
get her out of this before Vickers comes
up. What fool you are, TO be sure.
l knew what. it would be. with women
on board ship. l wonder Mrs. V. has mt
been out before now. There-steady past
the door. Make haste. now before that
little Parson comes. Parsons are reg
ular old women to chatter and thus
muttering. Pine assisted to carry Mrs.
Vickers' maid into her cabin.
Il don't wonder at you making a
fool of yourself Chances are you've
caught the fever. though this breeze
will help TO blow it out of us. Blunt.
too.'
what do you mean?" asked Frere
hastily as he heard a step approach
what has Blunt to say about her?'
"Why. man. she was making eyes at
every man on the ship. / caught her
kissing soldier once
Maurice Freres cheeks grew hot. Al
the time he had fattered himself that
he was fascinating the black-eyed maid
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him round her finger. and perhaps imi
tating his love-making for the gratifca
ton of her soldier lover 1t was not 8
pleasant thought: and yet. strange Il
say. the idea of Sarah's treachery die
not make him dislike her There is
sort of love which thrives under i'll
treatment.
Vickers met them at the door. 'Pine
Blunt has the fever. Mr.. Best fount
him in his cabin grooming. Come ant
look at HIM"
The commander of the MaIabrr wa
lying on his bunk in the betwisted condi
ton into which men who sleep in thei
clothes contrive to get themselves. TIL
doctor shook him. bent down over him
, and then loosened his collar. He's no
sick. Halloo." says Pine. smelling a
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queer Laudanum. He's been he
cused.'
NONSENSE"
. 81 see it, slapping his thigh. at
that woman. She's drugged him.. an
meant to do the same for-"(Frer
gave him an imploring look)-''for any
body else who would he fool enough t
, let her do it. Dawes was right si
| I,os. .
"What. my wife's maid? Nonsense.
said Vickers.
:, ITS no nonsense That soldier VIII
h was shot-what's his MUNICIPALITIES, h
: but. however, it doesn't matter. 1t
all over now"
1.-The men will confess before morl
: ing" says Vickers, land We'll see." An
he went off to his wife's cabin.
9 His wife opened the door for hin
r She had been sitting by the childs be-
:, side listening to the firing. and waitir
- for her husbands return. without mu
4 mur. F'lirt. fribble. and shrew as 81
= was. Julia Vickers had displayed.
cases of emergency. that glowing cou
!, age which women of her nature at tim
n possess. Though she would yawn ov
= any book above the level of a genie
n love story; attempt to fascinate, wi
ludicrous assumption of grlishness, bo
N young enough to be her sons; shudder
10 q frog. and scream at spider, she cou
- sit throughout quarter of an hour
" such suspense as she had just unde
"A gone with as much courage as il s.
;s had been the strongest minded won,
that ever denied her sex. "Is 1t
n overT she asked.
70 yes, thank God" said Vickers. pat