Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-09
CHAPTER v CONTINUED. )

& 8& - SAifAI 4 Eli lCOQIlnu6Q.). -
4 The captain took down the lantern
ss%Ed opened the door. The cabin into
k5hlch he led the way was nearly semi
y yarcular in shape. as 1t was bounded
ICY partition across the hull and the
'4Iwalls OF the ships stern. A cushioned
H;Avan extended in a semicircle around
8e rear end, there was carpet on
4 floor and furniture in the form Of
table over which was swung din
AZ rack. and couple of chairs. The
tHsaptain made an inclusive. nospitable
NGesture, accompanied by low salaam.
( W1ardy's mind was relieved.
They evidently think they are Civ.
4 y8sg me the best they have he con-
h yluded. Il was little rough with
the boy up there but never could en-.
H sduTe being started at
HI He regretted now his fleeting dis.
| thrust of Aisome, whose dewy kiss and
SIseaint, flower-like fragrance fingered
4 with him as a memory Of exquisite
i @aintiness.
IN Ehe captain said something that
(pR Funded like "Yukkuri," closed the
nor and was gone.
I'm not going to be very comfor-
N MI ne here thought Hardy, as he
8Es down on the upholstered divan.
II was directly over the screw, which
Qk the little vessel at this point
"A bought is would snake it into
"a hs. The stern. too, had an I'm.
IN, 4 seasant way of rising out of the water
lHSEaus1ng him for the moment to feel
ss8as though he were dropping from far
sT1eight. He took considerable pride in
Khe fact that he was not seasick.
live done too much sailing on
my own yacht. to let a little thing like
sgth1s knock me out" he muttered, "but
like to see Johnny Farjeon here!"
Farjeon's extraordinary capacity
Pr seasickness had always been a
A xcurce of amusement to Hardy.
A The diyan looked comfortable, SO he
Il Jay down on It and composed himself
a Sor sleep. He woke up about an hour
N hter on the floor. The wind was ri5-
VI Sng and the increased plunging of the
N t1at had rolled him from his couch.
NJ He spread his blankets on the floor
H hnd lay down on them, where he soon
N Secame aware, as he was now
thoroughly awake, that, the cabin was
liNGilled with sickening .odor, remind
&ng him, as had the proximity of the
lRcurious boy above, of the smells Of
lAGhinatown. The stern of the ship was
sFping up and down like child's see
INV, only it attained prodigious
NMSeights and depths. When it arose
& VAT of the water the. screw whirred
ssgSviciously and vainly in the air, shak-
ffS2g the cabin as a terrier shakes. a
81 6t: Hardy remembe that this was
s an emigrant Snip used for carrying
q Japanese and Korean laborers across
81 to Russia. The hold, he had noticed
aRy the light cast by the lantern, was
GEftted up with rows and rows of wood
Hssen hunks, placed one above the other.
)8EHi "Whew!" he exclaimed, "that hor.
lew lble smell oozes in through the parti-
l3sHon Such an odor would make me
sick on solid land
NJ He had too much pride in his sea-
ySnanship to admit that the motion had
&anything to do with his nausea.
"a must have air." he muttered,
10 fresh air.
IN There was portfolio on either side
IA OF the cabin, and he scrambled UP to
one of these; with considerable diff
ficulty he managed to turn the screw
} and to throw open the circular glass
E window The sweet breath of the sea
/ Immediately came whistling in, and he
held his face for some minutes to the
d window, taking long. deep drafts of it,
The moon was shining and he could
see vast expanse of tumbled waters,
black as ink One moment he was
looking at them from an apparently
great height, and the next the long
swash of the waves washed the side
Of the hull but loot or two below
d the portfolio. He climbed down.
aThat has blown the smell out Of
here already he muttered. "Ill war
rant this place hasn't been ventilated
before in years. Now for some sleep.'
slsHe lay down again on the blankets
and soon dozed off. He was awakened
second time by a cold stream If
water, spouting full upon him with
ID terrible force. He jumped to his feet,
II only to be thrown sprawling. The lit
tie vessel, which was light was rolling
from rail to rail, and the water had
q ccughed In through the opened port
hole. A sudden fear that the ship
would founder and that he would be
drowned, cooped up theer in the cabin,
seized him and he leaped, clambering,
for the portfolio. 1t was not far above
him, but ere he could reach it, it was
below him and he was thrown toward
1t, receiving a second water spout full
/ in the face, drenching him to the skin
Z k3tlt he was as active as monkey and
4 succeeded in thrusting an arm through
the opening. He hung on with will,
and as his side of the vessel move in,
to the air again, he slammed the win
dow to and gave a few frantic whirls
to the screw, sufficient to make it
! catch and from solid object to which
! he could hold. He secured the window
and rolled to the floor, where ne rest
ed on hands and knees, with his limbs
spread out as widely as possible TO
keep himself from rollng about, while
he took stock of the situation. Enough
water had come in to drench him thor
4 ough1y anu to wet mis- blankets and
baggage but not sufficient to flood
the floor of the hold.
4Whew!" he exclaimed. "That was
narrow escape. Knight very easily
have sunk the ship that way! closed