The Washington times., 1908-12-14

| idea OF coming after me with "a knife
| when l was simply trying TO save yot
! a little trouble, ! don't want y-0ur oil
| charts-wouldn't know what to 30 witt
| them IL I hac them-and you ought
| TO EIow it. N1w tell me what all this
means"
The skipper, either from the salutary
loss Of blood or from the douaing ne
had received, was In a properly chast
! ened frame OF mind and attempted nc
/ defense.
Il don't know what gets into me,
| lad" he grOaned; ''fOr although l don't
! remember nothin' about what you say
L suppose ! must have done It. All ]
| can r'ccoleC' is THAI l started to see red
and then the next thing I knew, you
! was stopping water over me. It must "a
been one OF my spells. like what I had
on the Mozambique coast in SO come
| back on me-"
| We'll, see that you don't Have any
more" srumbled 5:m, but little better
satisfied with the explanation: and
/ hereafter one things got to be under
| stood. All weapons aboard, even down
to your pocket knife. stay in my keep
| ing. You'll have 10 learn TO bite of
your tobacco with your teeth"
He pondered long that night, too,
/ while he stood h. lonely watch with
the captain snoring IN the cabin, wheth-
| eT il were not the part OF wisdom "a
/ give over the expedition and quit the
sloOp at Fsyai.
Surely, IT was no pleasant prospect to
| face a further cruise OF 5000 or 9.0oC
miles alone with a man addicted to such
! Objectionable spells.
| Yet. on the other hand, what else
! could he do? Every penny ne had in the
world was invested in this enterprise
/ To give up now meant that he must run
| the chance OF working his way back 20
/ New York as a common sailor, and ar
1 rive there destitute.
In the end he decided 10 stick by the
/ sloop- With al the weapons in his
charge. he might feel reasonably Sc
cure, he thought. from any more OF
these treac herous attacks; for, physI-
| Cally, he knew that he was more than a
match for his companion.
| Nor did he soon have cause 10 regret
! his determination. The captain came or
| deck, gay and CHEEKY IN the morning
! buoyant at the sight og PIco. which
! could be dinly seen through the glass
! OF the starbOard bow. lie was as sweet
as cherry pie all that day, pointing
out and expatiatlng upon the various is
lands as they came into view Ike emer-
aid dots upon the oceans heavins
bosom.
That night they anchored at Fayal,
and Jim would willingly have halted
( the voyage for time to inspect the
picturesque mid-ocean settlement; but
he was forced 10 agree with the captain
I that speed was their chief desideratum
at present, so merely stopping 10 take
on water ard fresh supplies. they sail
ed again the mex morning for GibraI-
I tar.
Equally brief were their stops at other
ports Gibraltar. Naples. Port Said,
Alden, the stored coast OF the Mediter-
ranean. the Levant. DeLesseps' great
canal, the Red Sea-aIl fitted by them
| like the transitory images OF a dream.
until they had left the gulf behind, and
were once more upon the wide ocean,
| squared away FOR Colombo.
Not that they lacked incidents in
plenty to relieve any tedium to their
( cruising
They were chased by Mohammedan
| pirates of the shores Of Morocco; they
encountered the roughest kind Of wealth
| er after leaving Messina, and were
driven for days under bare poles. twice
escaping shipwreck only by A miracle;
they were so nearly run down by a big
| steamer one dark night in the Red
Sea that Harrison could almost have
stretched out his hand and touched her,
as she scraped along their side
But on the whole they had fair
weather, favorable winds, and few de-
lays; and this continued even until
after they had touched at Calcutta. and