Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01
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sympathy In his voice. that 1t would be
better If you went to the saloon, or your
| cabin. Believe me. 1 shall come to you
with every scrap Of news. Boyle will see
| best. or the worst. within an hour"
IF you would help me-" she answered,
DULY. please take the dog away. He is
tearing my heart strings. Poor little fell
| low. he makes no pretense."
So joey was fastened up, much against
his will, and his piteous protests no longer
added to the girls agony. She chung to
the after rail. and watched the boat. now
tiny dot hard to discern amidst the
nipples caused by the inflowing tide. Her
intimate acquaintance with the daily hap
penings of life aboard told her that
Courtenay had chosen the last hour of
flood for his effort, thus gaining the ad-
vantage of the ebb in the event of the
return journey. By degrees. tender lit
tie sprig of hope peeped up in her dulled
consciousness. The boat was very near
the distant rocks, and there was neither
be that they were afraid - altogether
broken and demoralized by the slaughter
OF the preceding night? How quickly the
acts OF this drama shifted their scenes!
sixteen hours ago she and Christobal
were actually participating In the de-
tense of the ships last stronghold; now,
the broad decks resembled the inner
spaces of some impregnable fort, while
the war was being carried into the enc
my's territory. Yet the mortal peril which
overshadowed them was threatening as
ever. Life seemed to be doled out grudg-
ingly. by minutes.
Suddenly she had a GREATNESS desire to
know why Courtenay was so sure that
the men to whose help he had gone were
really members of the crew. Christobal.
dreadlng her despairing questions was
standing In the position he had occupied
before Boyle dragged him into promi-
~Is
telescope against the ensign staff, and
keeping the lifeboat in a full field. Gray,
she noticed, was not looking toward
Guanaco hill, but swept all parts of the
coast line constantly with his binoculars
The Spaniard's field glasses were slung
around his neck. He was not using them
He appeared to be deep in thought. More
often than not, his glance rested on the
eddy created by the swirl of the current
past the ships quarter. With species
or d1Vlnauon, she guessed somewhat the !
nature of his reverie. The notion stung
her into a sort of fury. To queIl 1t, she
must speak again. =
"Will you tell me now what it was that
SuareZ found out?" she murmured
The doctor quickly appreciated her need
or material for further thought She
wanted to appraise at their true value all
things affecting that daring enterprise,
bringing the evidence to the bar of her
hopes, and nerving herself to hear the
crue1est testimony as to its dangers He
was glad to be able to beguile the next
half hour with his recital. He suppressed
no detail except his own willingness to
take Courtenay's place in the boat Not
w1thstanding his slight affectations, he
was man of finely tempered Judgment |
He saw now that Courtenay couI, not |
have accepted his offer, nor was it likely |
that the men in the boat would follow
any other leader than the captain He |
even smarted a little at the knowledge. A
'supersensitive honor led him to fear that |
his successful rival might suspect him
of vaingloriousness. Herein Christobal
did himself an injustice, and Courtenay a |
greater one. as he was fated soon to |
learn.
When Elsie heard of the duplicftv
practiced by Suarez 1t was good to sea
the hot indignation which Redeemed her
brow. She realized that the man was IN
scrupulous enough to remain silent con-
corning the captured sailors, whose un-
happy fate had contributed. in no small
degree, to the chance which brought him
to safety. She instantly fastened on to |
the theory that the Indians paid their
first nocturnal visit to the ship in the be-
lief that the vessel would prove as easy a |
prey as the castaways, whereas Suarez
must have fallen beneath their stones and |
rude hatchets If he had attempted to
board the Kansas In broad daylight. With |
all a woman's single mindedness, she re- |
garded the Argentine miner as being d.