The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-15

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van. He was apparently trfle
older than Hawke. and unusually
good looking. He was smooth
shaven, rather thin faced, and he
exhibited in a marked degree the
electrical afacrity that has come
to be sort of typical New York
manner. He was very accurately
dressed and wore gold pince-nez.
He looked straight at you with a
penetrating and impenetrable eye,
but seemed to be perpetu9lly re-
garding the world with a faint
smile that was compounded of SUI
periority, indifference and cynicism
InI reality, his mental attitude was
far from either cynisim or indif-
ference, but it took some time to
find this out. His general appear
ance vaguely suggested that he
might be a very rapidly rising
young lawyer, and Elliott discov-
cred later that he mad, in fact,
been trained for the bar.
1t appeared that in Washington
Sullivan had not even been able to
get what he called "a look in" for
his money, and the claim was tenn
porarily dropped.
They sailed on the New York at
noon next day for Southampton.
During the first days of the voy-
age Elliott fell into greater init
macy with Henninger than with
any of the others of the party.
Elliott gathered by snatches that
he must have been at one time, in
some capacity, connected with the
British army. Later he had GER
tainly been an officer in the Peru
Wan army but his manner of quit
ting either service did not appear.
1t was with South and Central
America that he appeared to have
had most to do. He had mention
ed cargoes of munitions of war run
ashore by night for revolutionary
forces, fusillades of blindfOlded
men against church walls, and
more peaceful quests for conces-
sions of various sorts, involving a
good deal of the peculiarly shady
| politics that distinguish Spanish
America. Henninger drew no NOR
ais; he seemed to have taken life
very much as he found it, and Ell
lott suspected that he had been nc
more scrupulous than his antagOn
lists.
On the evening of the fifth day
out Elliott was sitting quietly in a
| corner of the smoking room with a
novel and cigar.
Suddenly he became aware Of a
lowering of the conversation at his
end of the room. He glanced up and
saw a violent but lOw-toned alter
cation with short, fat, but ex'
traordinarily dignified blond little
man who had been prominent
among the whist players. One OF
the ships officers stood by, looking
annoyed and judicial. Henningel
was white to the lips, and his
black eyes snapped.
All at once, upon some remark
of Henninger's the little man hit
out with closed fist. but the Of
ficer caught his arm. Elliott
glanced round and saw Hawke
looking on with considerable cool
ness, but, conceiving it his duty to
stand by lis friend, he got up and
approached the trio.
Go away. Elliott. This Is none
of your AFFAIR."" said Henninger
sharply.
Presently the three men left the
cabin together, and the buzz of talk
broke out again. Elliott caught
Hawkes. eye and beckened him
over
81 didn't catch the first of it,
said Hawke. 81 believe that little
ass accused Henninger of being a
| notorious card-sharp, or some
thing of the sort. The second mate
happened to be there and he heard
their stories, and | expect they've
| gone to the captain now"
The little bond man presently re
| turned to the smoking room alone
but Henninger did not reappear. Ell
lott waited for Is or 20 minutes
and then went on deck.
AS he walked slowly aft he saw
Henninger.
How'd it come out, old man? ?
inquired Elliott, sympathetically
Hawke and I would have backet
you up If you had only let us. III
an outrage"
"Will you shut your inferno
mouth--and get away from here!
Henninger interrupted, in voice
of such savage and suppressed fur!
that Elliott was absolutely stupe
fed for moment.
Startled and offended, he turnet
on his heel and walked forwart
nearly to the bows, and for a mo
ment he was almost as angry al
Henninger had been. Perhaps HI
had been tactless-but he could no
forgive the ferocious rebuff that hi
sympathy had received. But, as HI
stood by the rail, in the cool ant
calm of the midsea night, he begaI
TO take a more lenient view of thu
offense. CHANGING aft. he saw tina
Henninger had vanished.
He remained there for SOM
time. He heard eight bells struck
and the changing of the watch
Presently a hand touched his shoul
der lightly.
| Here, old chap, smoke this.
said Henninger. thrusting a larg
cigar wrapped in silver foil into hi