Evening star., 1907-08-28

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| kitty l cried. you are an ange:.'
Just silly girl that loves her husband .
| she answered
| Even If he Is a fool
| Whatever he is, Julian.
| You think m frightened. of course?
| I'm not thinking; I'm trying to Imagine
| how 1t feels to be chased by pirates"
| 1T pumps the blood through ones veins
| Aye. sir commander, It does. feel mine
tngling.
| 1 was too anxious to laugh with her.
The captain came up to us.
| "A good bit of wind. he said
"A capful. you mean. captain" Mrs Ran
| dolph corrected. determined to be gay.
| Quinby laughed.
| Aye. aye: capful.'
We're holding our own with the tug.
captain?" I asked.
| She's not gaining any now and we're
| gathering speed. We can show her a clean
| pair of heels II we want to-
| We have chosen to want to- captain. II
they're really trying to overhaul US 1T Is an
| impertinence.'
| Very true. sir he said; but his tone
| was non-committal.
| We stood together. watching the tug, the
| white-capped waves. the vessels here and
| there. with glances seaward. Jack Benson
| and Miss Hansborough had strolled round
| until they were together by the lashed
automobile Benson was leaning against
| the white canvas. and Miss Hansboroughs 8
| white dress seemed to melt into that white
| canvas and become part Of It, They. too.
| were watching the tug and talking about
| 1t.
You are doing we'll. Capt. Quinby,"
| said as he started to move away.
| The best can. sr.
| The tug was falling behind. Powerful as
| she was, the Idler was the better racing
| machine. 1t seemed to me the yacht was
| going through the water now like a torpedo
| boat. The roughening sea and the speed
| with which she sheared into the waves
soon sent a drenching spray over the bows,
| wetting the canvased auto-car and driving
4 "4 ,xDh md To- oR frNY
their position. They came back to where
we stood. laughing, Mss Hansborough
! cutching her white skirts, with Benson
holding to his hat and steadying her now
] and then as the yacht dipped and rolled
| This is great!' he cried, clinging to her
| arm
"Yes?" I said, with meaning glance at
\ his hand.
| He flushed and the nut-brown maid
looked conscious.
| II mean the speed at which we're going"
| I corrected
| The Idler ought to be entered for some
| of the international races. he said. Shed
make some Of those boats look like thirty
| cents
We're dropping the tug fast" said Miss
Hansborough.
| Dense banks Of clouds had descended in
the west. apparently con1ured there by the
| smoke from the tug. They were wrapping
| the tug now, and seemed part OF the
| smudge that fussy little craft had created.
The lights. the islands. even the nearby
| vessels were Being lost in the darkness Of
| those clouds and in the coming night
| The darkness thlckened and the tug could
| no longer be seen Night was at hand.
| The wind was brisker. the sea rougher.
| and a food of water came tumbling and
| kissing at intervals over the bows. The
cover of the auto-car dripped with brine.
| Everything forward seemed half afioat.
| And still fed. plunging. lifting, stag
gering on, at racing speed.
| II think it would be wise to go below
| said To Mrs Randolph.
| 1 had seen her shiver in the chill Of the
night air.
| You don't intend to keep up this speed
| long?' she asked anxiouSly.
I beckoned to the captain.
| Captain" I said, you may let up a bit
on this: the tug is out OF sight and there is
| no longer need Of such speed.
! Yes. sir he said; then added but it's
| been pretty race.
He walked away and the engines were
| put at slower pace.
| forward deck and raced in lines of kissing
| white past the rail. while the milky wake
| heightened back into the increasing dark
| ness like blurred white highway.
| Come. Margaret said Mrs. Randolph,
| well be nothing but merma!ds If stay
here. You will come too. Jack?
| We walked from the rail together. but
! stopped at the companion-way, with
! make-believe afterthought.
"Ill be with you in a minute. after I've
had word with Capt. Quinby."
| 4 N gong TO snow our NRntS now, SdlO
| Quinby as I Joined him. I'VE might be
into something before we know it."
Very true" | admitted. Which way
| are we headng?"
| I'VE shall not go to Newport at present,
captain I remarked
| Nor he said astonished Mrs. Ran
| dolph told me we were to go to Newport
/ by the sea route"
| Captain" said, Il have my own good
! and sufficient reasons for whatever l do.
| peculiar though they may seem to you.
| The men who followed me in that tug
| doubtless know that going to New
port. They Will look for me there, but I'll
! fool them Why they seeking me is
neither here nor there: sufficient to say.
| I've done nothing criminal You recog
| nize the owner and commander Of
| this yacht?"
Certainly. sir
| He lifted his white, gold braded cap.
| Then steam farther out to sea than
| would be necessary II we were going only
! to Newport. Keep out Of the sound alto
gether. We're going round Martha's Vine
/ yard and beyond Boston light at least. Just
| where we're to make our landing haven't
settled yet in my own mind. I'll talk with
Mrs. Randolph about 1t first. But we are
not going to Newport this trip"
! 1 really wanted to head the Idler to the
| southwark. Ia search of southern waters,
| knowing l should not be looked for In that
direction. but 1 was hardly ready for that
| yet I felt that might do 1t before morn
| ing.
| When I went below I found that dinner
/ was being prepared. Mrs. Randolph and
| her sister were in their staterooms. I had
| entirely forgotten that man lives by bread;
| I had dined and supped to the full of ex-
| citement and felt the need Of nothing else
| Benson was curled lazily in q steamer
| chair. Miss Hansborough had been more
| gracious. and as a consequence for him the
| skies were again blue and the birds of love
| singing. If he could have forgotten Har-
ward he would have been quite happy and
| contented
I'm take the train for Cambridge as
soon as we hit Newport" he said. May
be can even yet patch up that matter and
stay on the team
] "If you shouldn't be able to take that
train?' I asked, as I dropped into a chair
beside him.
He sat up straighter and gave me sharp
look.
"Oh. 1 was only joking I said. 'to see
how you would take it,
| by George" he exclaimed, you gave me
a start, You're going to to New
port?''
"Oh yes, we1l go to Newport all right"
\ did not say when.
Jerome came to me. immaculate soft
footed. soft-voiced.
Everything is ready, sir he announced,